Deep Tests Set In North Howard Area
Two new deep field wells are planned in North Howard County with Warren Petroleum Corp and H. S. Moss starting on No. 2 Ellis Idea in the Oceanic Pennsylvanian field near Big Spring. Other tests announced in Garza County and ongoing drilling reports outline progress at multiple sites across West Texas with several wells reaching total depth and performing swabbing, acidizing, or testing operations.
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Howard County
Warren Petroleum Corp
H. S. Moss
Abilene
Ellis
Big Spring
T&p
Luther Southeast
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
L. H. Merworth
GARZA
Huntley- Glorieta
Post
Garza County
Seaboard
B. D. Huntley
Bardwell & Moore
Levelland
Davies-Montgomery
TTRR
Phillips Petroleum No
West Borden County
Sunray Oil Corp
J. F. Criswell
Scurry
Harper — Huffman No
Ida Mae Oldham
Texas
Pacific No. 1
Haden
Magnolia No. 1
Foster
South Dawson
Texas Is Sunny And Hot Again
The Associated Press reports a sunny hot day across Texas with isolated coastal and West Texas sprinkles possible. Temperatures Tuesday ranged from 101 to 107 across multiple cities including Corsicana Dallas Fort Worth Waco Mineral Wells Cotulla Austin Tyler College Station Presidio Laredo Wichita Falls Texarkana Abilene Lufkin San Antonio Del Rio while Houston saw two heat related collapses and two hospitalized cases.
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Associated Press
Texas
Augusta Milen
Knute Haffling
Dalhart
Amarillo
Salt Flat
Sadler Backs Shivers Drive In State Senate District 24
Harley Sadler Abilene state senator announced in Snyder he will campaign actively for Gov Allan Shivers before the Aug 28 second Democratic primary. He defended Shivers integrity, praised legislative cooperation, and joined Roscoe campaign chairman R E Gracy at a rally to organize turnout and plan precinct meetings.
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Harley Sadler
Shivers
Sadler
Ballard
R. E. Gracey
Lee T. Stinson
Scurry County
Lee Watson
Abilene
Snyder
Allan Shivers
Gov
Texas
House
Senate
R. E. Gracy
Roscoe
Gracey
Harold Bennett
Eisenhower hails farm bill but calls it not a political victory
President Eisenhower praised Senate passage of the farm bill while stressing it is not a political win. He noted discrepancies with House version to be resolved in conference, including a dual price plan for wheat and a wool program without a time limit. The plan allows price supports to move with stock levels, with parity targets set for dairy. The Senate backed final passage 62 to 28 despite slim odds.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Benson
White House
Congress
Mountain Lodge
Camp David
Thurmont
Mercury Rises to 103 Degrees in Heat Wave
The thermometer reached 103 degrees yesterday with a low near 71 degrees overnight, according to weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn. At 7:30 this morning the temperature stood at 78 degrees.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions This Week
North Central Texas expects clear to partly cloudy, hot this afternoon through Thursday. West Texas eyes partly cloudy, warm conditions with widely scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday. East and South Central Texas show clear to partly cloudy skies, warm days, isolated coastal thunderstorms possible and gentle to moderate south winds along the coast.
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Texas
West
Eisenhower insists relations with Russians must continue
President Eisenhower rejected severing diplomatic ties with Russia and framed a peaceful, strengthened free world. He warned there is no preventive war against the Communist bloc and highlighted easing world tensions and a hoped for solid peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Free World
Mark W. Clark
U.S
Far East
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
United Nations
Soviet Union
Eisenhower vows action to stop atomic plant strikes
President Eisenhower said he will use all legal means to prevent strikes at the Paducah and Oak Ridge atomic plants. CIO workers at Paducah voted to strike for a substantial pay raise, while Oak Ridge talks showed no progress.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Paducah
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
CIO
Barney Sanders
Paducah Cio United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers
Sanders
E. F. Hitchcock
CIO Union
AFL
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Taylor Leads in Idaho Democratic Senate Nomination Race
Former senator and 1948 Progressive vice presidential candidate Glen Taylor held a slim lead over State Rep. Claude Burtenshaw for the Idaho Democratic Senate nomination as vote counting continued. Governor Francis Cherry trailed in Arkansas for renomination, with Orval Faubus defeating him. In Idaho, Sen. Henry C. Dworshak secured renomination. Nebraska’s Republican race saw Rep. Carl Curtis defeat Gov. Crosby.
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Associated Press
Glen Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Idaho
Nebraska
Carl T. Curtis
Robert Crosby
Arkansas
Francis Cherry
Taylor
Claude Burtenshaw
Henry C. Dworshak
Cherry
Orval Faubus
Berlin Dr Otto John defects warning on revived Nazism
In a Berlin news conference, former West German security chief Otto John said he defected to the East to expose what he calls Nazism revived in West Germany and to warn of U.S. plans for a new war. He claimed the Bonn regime and Allies used as tools in a new European crisis.
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Berlin
Otto John
Comunists
U.S
Germany
John
West Germany
Franz Bluecher
Bonn
Socialist Party
Gerhard Schroeder
World
Reds
United States
Britain
France
Konrad Adenauer
East
East Germany
Copenhagen
London
Wolfgang Hoefer
John Hoefer
Polio Cases Reported in Scurry and Borden Counties
Health officials report seven Scurry County polio cases plus one fatal Snyder case and one Borden County victim. John Thomas Finnerty of La Mesa is under observation in Abilene with no definite polio diagnosis yet. Local and national fundraising drives continue as officials press on for vaccines and gamma globulin supplies.
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John Thomas Finnerty
Lamesa Highway
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Borden County
Carl Dillaha
Snyder
Lane-Wells Co
Finnerty
Forrest Beavers
Scurry-Borden
National Foundation For
Scurry County
Michael Beckham
Glenda Fay Langley
Fred James Wilkinson
Lillie Mae Sneed
Lois Elizabeth Pinkerton
Eddie Brown
Braxton Perry
Delwyn Keith Davis
Hogan-Malone Hospital
Big Spring
Hendrick
Leah Davis
State Printing Contracts Charged in Gubernatorial Runoff
Ralph Yarborough accused Gov. Allan Shivers of steering state printing contracts to a company tied to Shivers supporters. Texas officials stated only 1.1 percent of state printing went to Times Publishing Co. of Mission, the lowest responsible bidder, and that awards were legal.
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Bruce Henderson
Associated Press
Ralph Yarborough
Allan Shivers
Yarborough
Austin
Shivers
Pemnccaus
Lubbock
Times Publishing Co
Mission
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Atty
John Ben Shepperd
State Board of Control
C. F. McAuliff
R. C. Lanning
Board of Control
McAuliff
Lanning
Absentee Ballot Requests Rise in Second Primary
Twenty seven voters filed for absentee ballots with the county clerk for the second primary. eleven had voted by noon today. The deadline for honoring applications is midnight Aug.
Seven Nations to Weld Pact Against Red Aggression
Britain France the United States Australia New Zealand the Philippines Thailand and Pakistan reportedly ready to join in drafting a Southeast Asia alliance. Meeting planned September 6 in Baguio to discuss economic aid projects and a military pledge to deter aggression while avoiding direct reference to China. India and other neutral Asian powers are said unlikely to attend though may join the economic aspects. Secretary of State Dulles to lead U.S. delegation at the conference and later at the United Nations.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Baguio
Philippines
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Pakistan
U.S
India
Burma
Indonesia
Ceylon
Asia
Indochina
Dulles
United Action Idea
New York
United Nations
China
The
Soviets Honor British Group At Embassy Banquet
In Moscow Premier Malenkov hosts a lavish reception for Clement Attlee and six Labour leaders visiting en route to China. A four hour dinner at Maxim Gorky’s estate marked a rare Western delegation banquet, with Edith Summerskill receiving a garden bouquet.
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Moscow
China
Georgi Malenkov
Clement Attlee
Malenkov
Attlee
Rumor Stevens May Get Portugal Post
Washington reports fade speculations that Secretary of the Army Stevens may replace M. Robert Guggenheim as ambassador to Portugal. Guggenheim resigned for personal health reasons. Eisenhower accepted the move and wished him a swift recovery. Hagerty noted no successor chosen yet.
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Washington
M. Robert Guggenheim
Portugal
Stevens
White House
Guggenheim
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Fifth Cease Fire Into Effect Today In Indochina
The fifth and final cease-fire took effect at 8 a.m. in South Viet Nam ending the war for now. Vietminh and French Union troops stood down as authorities monitored crowds and traffic in Saigon while refugees moved toward southern areas. U S forces prepared to assist civilian evacuations as the Geneva accord aims to withdraw Vietminh forces and manage national elections. Desertions reportedly rose after the agreement.
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John Roderick
Saigon
Indochina
South
Viet Nam
French Union
Vietminh
South Viet Nam
North
Laos
Cambodia
Mussolini
Somaliland
Nouth
Spec
Tansomhut
Hanoi
Haiphong
Hanoi-Haiphong
Adm
L. S. Sabin
U.S
Western Pacific
Geneva
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