Texaco Tests Gas and Oil in Scurry County Wildcat Well
Texaco Inc reports good gas and oil shows in the Odom lime at its 262-1 P. L. Fuller wildcat, 16 miles northeast of Snyder. Gas surfaced in two hours with 60 feet oil and mud recovery, flow pressures 410 and 990 pounds, final shut in 2 430. Texaco plans 7100 feet to test Odom Lime completion.
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H&tc Survey
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Saturday Rites For Wreck Victim Hodges 3
Funeral services were held at Bethel Baptist Church for Floyd Allen Hodges a 3 year old killed in a motor scooter pickup crash in Snyder. Rev Floyd Wallace officiated burial followed at Snyder cemetery through Bell Funeral Home. He died Friday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene after the wreck. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Tommy Hodges a sister Jeannette Hodges and a brother Hubert all of Snyder.
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Snyder
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Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
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Jeannette Hodges
Hubert
How Major Bills Stand
The AP digest shows major bills in review. Power for President to cut taxes is in House Committee. Tax revision passed the House and awaits Senate action. Other items include anti-recession public works, unemployment insurance, postal worker raises, postal rate hikes, farm program extension, and an anti-poll tax amendment.
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Reds Protest As Plans Made To Observe Wall Anniversary
The Communist authorities protest Berlin anniversary events as West Berlin prepares a three minute noon silence and a city hall bell toll. Memos from Moscow and East German authorities claim provocations along the wall and warn against Western visits.
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Otto Dibelius
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Ministry For Refugees
Texas Heatwave Grips State With Record Temperatures
The Associated Press reports Texas endured a brutal heat wave with highs from 90s to over 100 across cities including Dallas 108 and Houston 100. A weak cool front failed to ease conditions as drought intensified and one death in Beaumont was linked to the heat.
Oilman Dies In Oklahoma
Glen C. Robinson 64 owner of D&R Oil Co and vice president of Robinson Drilling Co died at 5 15 am Saturday in his hometown Miami Oklahoma He helped discover Sharon Ridge Oil Field near Ira in 1937 and had lived in Miami since 1907 He was director of the First National Bank and a First Baptist Church member Survived by wife Ethel een and two sons Dr Jack Robinson and Bob Robinson with Robinson Drilling Co Funeral services were pending at Cooper Funeral Home in Miami.
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Princess Margaret Returns Home With New Equerry
Princess Margaret landed in London with Prince Philip after Jamaica independence events and announced she will receive an equerry to aid royal duties. Maj. Michael Mitchell of the Coldstream Guards was chosen for the post, to begin October 1.
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Quake Rocks Taipei City No Casualties Reported
An earthquake struck Taipei on Saturday causing tremors across Formosa with no casualties reported. Authorities assessed damage while residents described strong shaking and continued aftershocks potentially affecting local infrastructure. The event prompted temporary evacuations and ongoing monitoring by seismology agencies.
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Taipei
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Century Heat Keeps Surging as 100-Degree Streak Extends
Snyder sizzled in temperatures above 100 degrees for the eighth straight day on Saturday and forecasts suggested a high chance of reaching the century mark again Sunday. Saturday’s 104-degree reading topped Friday by one degree, with the Weather Bureau predicting possible showers in Northwest Texas but little cooling influence reaching far south.
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U S agrees not to endanger cosmonaut during flight
The United States pledges a safe flight for cosmonaut Major Nikolayev and a happy landing while noting Washington will not impede him. The exchange follows Moscow protests over Western actions connected to Berlin and the Berlin wall anniversary.
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Kuznetsov Heads Soviet Delegation to Geneva Talks
Deputy Foreign Minister Vassily Kuznetsov left Moscow for Geneva to lead the Soviet delegation at disarmament talks. Valerian Zorin will remain in Geneva briefly after Kuznetsov arrives before returning to Moscow. Soviet sources did not comment on replacements or potential political significance.
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Kuznetsov
Fiery Pickup, Tank Truck Crash Kills Seven Near Hale Center
A butane tank truck and a pickup collided near Hale Center Texas on a Saturday night, killing seven. Milton Boone, driving the truck for Hale Center Co Op, perished with a small girl aboard. Five people in the pickup were found burned and later identified.
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Farm and Ranch Recognition Day Planned in Snyder County
The Agriculture Affairs Committee of the Snyder Chamber of Commerce announces the second annual Farm and Ranch Recognition Day at the county barn in Towle Memorial Park on October 2. Dolph Briscoe Jr of Uvalde will speak, with a barbecue supper and program featuring a Chinese auction of the first bale of cotton ginned in Scurry County in 1962 and several conservation awards.
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Senators Move to Clip Senate Filibuster on Space Bill
Washington AP report on Senate leaders backing a cloture petition to end a filibuster against a government ownership alternative for space communications. The measure seeks private ownership and would force a roll call Tuesday afternoon to decide, with two thirds needed to limit debate to one hour.
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Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
George $. Smathers
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Marilys Monroe Films Shown in Cairo Luxurious House
Seven Marilys Monroe films are to be shown next week in one of Cairo’s most luxurious movie houses as part of a Monroe loyal week. The event highlights the star’s enduring popularity in the Cairo cinema scene.
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