Murray Reveals $200000 Profit on One Oil Lease
Former railroad commissioner William J. Murray Jr says he earned more than 200000 dollars on a South Texas oil lease and a separate venture netted about 1 million by 1959. A Travis County grand jury probes potential legal violations while Murray defends his actions and recalls other petroleum deals.
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Commission
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Texas
Dallas Moraine News
Throckmorton County
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New York
David Baird
Paul
Barnhart
BBM| Drilling Co
Corpus Christi
Baird
BBM
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Johnson
Allen
Hudgins
Wharton County
West Bernard
Johnson Oir
Mexican Charro Star Miguel Aceves Mejia At Alameda
Mexican singer Miguel Aceves Mejia performs at the Alameda Theater this week with the Mariachi Vargas de Mexico City. The 43 year old charro, born in Chihuahua and son of a railroad conductor, has appeared in 40 films and owns 25 charro suits. His Alameda engagement ends Sunday night.
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Miguel Aceves Mejia
Alameda Theater
Charro
Farmadus Vargas
Mejia
Chihuahua
Alameda
San Antonio Man Honored For Texas Livestock Work
Howard R. Murphy of San Antonio received the Texas Livestock Industry Award at a luncheon during the third annual Texas Livestock Industry meeting and range tour at Southwest Agricultural Institute. The event was sponsored by the Alamo Soil Conservation District Southwest Agricultural Institute and the Farm and Ranch Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Howard R. Murphy
San Antlonio
Texas Livestock Industry
Southwest Agricultural Institute
Murphy
San Antonio
Texas
Alamo Soil Conservation District
The
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Livestock Industry Award
Jack Barton
Texas A&m
Institute
EB. M. Stevens
William K. Holt Machinery Co
Seven Million Dollar Life Policy Sold in California
New York Life Insurance Co announced a seven million dollar whole life policy sold to a California businessman. The buyer, in his mid forties, declined to reveal his name. the policy is believed to be the largest ever sold on a single life.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
New York Life Insurance Co
Planet Barnard's Star B reported near Earth in 6 light years
Tucson reports Dr. Peter van de Kamp of Swarthmore College announced at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society that a planet about 1.5 times Jupiter's mass orbits Barnard's Star, six light years away, detected through stellar wobbles and photographic plates from Sproul Observatory.
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Solar
Jupiter
Peter van de Kamp
Sproul Observatory
Swarthmore College
Earth
van de Kamp
American Astronomical Society
Kitt Peak National Observatory
University of Arizona
Barnard’s
Nursery Quarantined as Diarrhea Strikes County Home
Harris County Juvenile Board learned the county nursery for dependent children is under quarantine for diarrhea. Judge J W Mills reported this is the second quarantine in a year. A doctor counted 13 quarantined babies and toddlers, noting 18 residents at times with only two attendants. Mills sought recommendations to improve the juvenile program within the budget.
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Houston
APY
Harris County Juvenile Board
J. W. Mills
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Lalande
Sarah Lee Lippinesh
Broadway CA
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Koepper
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