Midland firms boost Scurry oil finds with several new wells
H C Hood reentered No 1 Garrett Harrell in Scurry County to produce 124 barrels daily from multiple perforations. Monsanto reentered No 314 McLaughlin to complete a Canyon reef producer with 141 barrels daily. Texaco, Teaco and others report new producers in Corazon San Andres, Noodle Creek, and Rough Draw fields totaling dozens of barrels daily.
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H. C. Hood
Midland
Scurry County
Garrett Harrell
Snyder
H&tc
Monsanto Chemical Company
McLaughlin
Canyon Reef
H&tc Survey
Texaco, Inc
P. L. Fuller
Fuller
Ha&tc Survey
Corazon
San Andres
M. A. Fuller
Texaco
Petroleum Producers Corporation
H&gn
Thomas & Saxon Drilling Company of
Abilene
Fisher County
Rotan
Hargrove
Gordon Knox & Associates
Mitchell County
Colorado City
McCabe (Cisco
Humble Oil & Refining Company
J. C. Stribling, Jr
Humble
Stribling
Strike Called At Fiat Auto Works
Communists and non Communist unions launched a 24 hour strike at Fiat in Turin to protest the firing of 84 workers. Fiat reported 44 009 of 47 114 production workers attended and nine of 13 445 white collar staff were absent as the plant prepares a two week vacation period.
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Turin
Italy
Fiat Auto Works
Fiat
Israel Britain clash over Soblen return plan stalls
At Geneva disarmament talks Western delegates unveil new test ban proposals seeking on site inspections, but Soviet resistance remains. In London and Jerusalem, Britain and Israel clash over Dr Robert Soblen’s removal with El Al airlines and possible legal delays.
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Gould
Geneva
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Joseph B. Godber
Dean
Godber
Kennedy
Moscow
London
Israel
Robert A. Soblen
Jerusalem
Soblen
Fe] al
el al
Frances Hancock
Foreign Ministry
Chaim Yahiel
Zurich
Rome
Athens
Czechoslovakia
Brixton Prison
Home Office
Brixton
New York
Fl al
Texas Sizzles as Mercury 7 Zooms Upward
Texas baked under searing heat from the Panhandle to the Gulf with many sites near or above 100 degrees. A 2,500 acre grass and brush fire north of San Antonio spread amid water shortages while a tornado touched ground west of Girvin but caused no damage. Record-tying 12 straight days of 100 degrees or more ended only by chance of relief in parts of the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Presidio
Galveston
San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Girvin
Pecos County
West Texas
Abilene
Alpine
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
College Station
Corpus Christi
Childress
Dalhart
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
Junction
Laredo
Lubbock
Lufkin
Midland
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
Wink
Alamo City
Panhandle-Plains
North Texas
China says it has made progress on nuclear bomb
Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi stated in an interview published in Geneva that Red China has made great progress toward developing a nuclear weapon. He noted China possesses strong research organizations for peaceful energy and for atomic bomb manufacture, arguing it is necessary to deter imperialist hostility.
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Ieneva
Chen Yi
Red China
Geneva
Laos
China
Penny Rudd Crowned Miss Texas 1962 In Fort Worth
Nineteen year old Penny Lee Rudd of Marshall won Miss Texas 1962 in Fort Worth in a tense ceremony. She is 34 22 34 and aims to be a medical doctor. First runner up was Linda Rogers Miss Oak Cliff and second runner up Lanelle Gallant Miss Waco.
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Fort Worth
Penny Lee Rudd
Marshall
Oak Cliff
Linda Rogers
Beaumont
Richardson
Waco
Seifinals
Miss Friedlander
Miss Tyler
Birth Control Pill Under Intensive FDA Investigation
The FDA and G D Searle are studying whether Enovid caused six U S deaths from thrombophlebitis with twenty nonfatal cases reported. British authorities warned of risk. FDA notes deaths occur from various causes. No proof yet of a causal link. Enovid prescribed since 1960 and used abroad for female disorders.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Enovid
FDA
Britain
Conoyr
U.S
G. D. Searle & Co
Chicago
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Bureau of Medicine
Status Of Major Bills In Congress
AP reports the status of major bills across Congress. Youth employment opportunities and unemployment insurance expansion face House committee review. Presidential power to cut taxes and to fund anti recession public works are in committee or Have Senate action. Postal and federal worker pay, postal rate hikes, tax revision, farm program extension, and UN bonds purchase have varied progress.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Communist Group Splits at Helsinki Youth Festival
In Helsinki the Ceylonese delegation to a Communist youth festival split as 44 non Communist members withdrew citing exploitation for Cold War politics. The split occurred as Yuri Gagarin received a 15000-strong welcome and a separate news conference discussed the division led by Hema Dabare, Colombo justice of the peace.
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Helsinki
Finland
Yuri A. Gagarin
Hema Dabare
Justice of the Peace
Colombo
Finkbine to Sweden for abortion step
Sherri Finkbine and her husband Robert depart Los Angeles en route to Sweden to seek an immediate abortion for her 11 week pregnancy amid concerns the thalidomide drug may deform the unborn child. A Swedish official cited delays even in emergencies, and they hope for possible consent.
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Robert M. Burnett
Los Angeles
Sherri Finkbine
Sweden
Arizona
Robert
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Finkbine
Europe
Canada
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Clarence
Akron, Ohio General Hospital
Georgia Hathaway
Snyder Area Oil
U. S
Hancock
Maria Beale Fletcher
Miss Texas
Carolyn Sue Clark
Miss Sherman
Penny Rudd
Sherri Finkbine Ott
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