Oil Drilling Notes From Scurry and Surrounding Counties
Scurry and neighboring counties report multiple drilling actions. Fort Worth firms drill wildcats in Ira area while Texaco and Shell test wells near Vincent and Rotan. Recent completions include new producers in Rough Draw Noodle Creek field and Glorieta tests in Garza and Fisher counties with various depths and perforations noted.
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Scurry County
Ira
F. Howard Walsh
Fort Worth and Associates
Will Clay, Jr
HATC
Lamb & Mize
Snyder
Goldsmith
Sharon Ridge
H&tc
Theiss Drilling Company Inc
Fort Worth
E. F Dunn
Wildcat
Lavaca Navigation Survey
Vincent
Wolfcamp
Texaco, Inc
M. A. Fuller
San Andres
H&tc Survey
Rotan
Kent County
C. L. Norsworthy, Jr
Dallas
Neo ME
Puryear
Needle Creek
Shell Oil Company
M. Kirkpatrick
Garza County
Post
Kirkpatrick
Gh&h
Gould Drilling Company
Windham and Yarborough
Midland
A. Thompson
Socony Mobilei Company, Inc
Jackson & Jackson
Fisher County
Britons Airlift Gurkha Troops To Crush Brunei Revolt
Gurkha troops were flown to Brunei to suppress an independence revolt that began with dawn attacks on oil installations. Rebels led by A. M. Azahari claimed a Brunei government was overthrown, while oil fields around Seria remained a flashpoint.
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Brunei
Borneo
Britain
Manila
North Borneo
Sarawak
Seria
Here
Kuala Belait
A. M. Azahari
Kennedy tours atomic testing grounds in Nevada visit
President Kennedy toured the historic nuclear test site in Nevada and examined a radioactive fragment with a mechanical hand. Briefers including Dr. Glenn Seaborg described Mars missions using nuclear rockets after the moon landing, a topic linked to Kennedy’s upcoming budget proposals. He did not witness tests, but officials say the visit could shape atomic propulsion funding.
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Nev
Kennedy
Mars
Moon
Glenn Seaborg
Atomic Energy Comission
Congress
Defense
West
Nevada
Algerian battle near Orleansville claims casualties
Algerian government reports a clash between Algerian soldiers and French troops in the Orleansville area. Interior Minister Hocine Mesghri rushed to the scene. five people reportedly killed. Troops confined to quarters as France keeps reduced forces to protect Europeans remaining in the country.
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Algiers
Algeria
Orleansville
Prief
Hocine Meseghri
Snyder on the GO! Diamond Anniversary issue celebrated
Snyder Daily News marks its Diamond Anniversary with Snyder on the GO a 140 page 12 section issue. Brice Worthington supervised the project featuring two color presentations and three and a half months of team effort using 75 years of local files.
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Snyder
Area
Snyder Daily News
Herbert Feather
Brice Worthington
Daily News Today
Daily News
Nehru says China seeks to keep posts at Dhola Longju
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that Red China aims to retain civil police posts at Dhola and Longju in northeast India after withdrawal. He noted China would withdraw beyond the McMahon Line but keep civil posts near the frontier. Beijing says it seeks a peaceful boundary settlement.
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Nehru
Henry S. Bradsher
New Delhi
India
Red
China
Dhola
Longju
Kim
Peking
Ladakh
Sinkiang
Tibet
Ern
Red China
Colombo
Ceylon
Burma
Indonesia
Cambodia
Ghana
United Arab Republic
Himalayas
Bhutan
Arthur H. McMahon
Indian Foreign Affairs
Life on Earth Three Billion Years Ago Reported
Carnegie Institution researchers report evidence of life nearly three billion years ago in rocks from Southern Rhodesia. Microbial algae, ancient relatives of pond scum, may have inhabited Earth when rocks solidified, shifting prior life timelines.
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Washington
Earth
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Cary P. Haskins
Carnege
Tion
T. C. Hoevins
Institute
Geophysical Laboratory
Hoeving
Southern
Rhodesia
Hoering
L. S. B. Leakey
New Moves In Viet Nam Deep South Operation
AP reports in Xuyven Province government forces in a new operation in deep south Viet Nam killed 18 Viet Cong and captured 44 in the first three days. Action aimed at opening navigation canals for barges carrying fuel and charcoal to Saigon. U S air and helicopter strikes hit bases and sampans amid heavy resistance at one point Friday.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
An Xuyven
Lock Doors Chief Urges Lock Doors
Chief of Police Chester Simons warned Christmas shoppers to lock car doors after last year's thefts, most losses being Christmas presents stolen from unlocked vehicles. He added that under the Christmas trees packages also attract thieves and urged securing houses during the pre Christmas period.
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Chester Simons
Simmons
Hurt In Dunn Mishap
Four persons were taken to Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a two car crash in Dunn around 4 40 p m Saturday none were believed seriously injured R A Hardee of Dunn was alone in one car and brought in by Bolger Ambulance Mrs Ethel Stewart of Snyder and her two daughters Linda 16 and Brenda 12 rode with Robert Stewart who escaped injury.
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Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Dunn
R. A. Hardee
Bolger
Robert ‘Ethel Stewart
Good Neighbor Trailer Courts
Snyder
Linda
Brenda
Bell Ambulance
Body Of One Miner Found In Robena Mine Tragedy
Rescue teams recovered Hurley C. Stalmaker 30 of Adah from a coal train area 3900 feet from the mine face after the Thursday explosion at U S Steel Robena No 3 near Carmichaels Pa. with 36 miners still trapped 650 feet underground gas and fires hinder progress as efforts continue to reach remaining miners. officials say chances of survivors remain uncertain.
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Carmichaels
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Hurley C. Stalmaker
Adah
Starmaker
US. Steel Corp
Robena No. 3
U.S. Steel
James Girod
Girod
Frosty Run
Oldest Snyder edition wins Go Edition prize
Mrs Arche Martin wins $25 for submitting the oldest Snyder newspaper in production of today's Go Edition. Her 1898 The Coming West issue, found Oct 12, belonged to her brother Frank Jourdan and beat out several older papers including The Western Light and Snyder Signal. Sims and Mrs Webb receive five copies for mailing rights as runners up.
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Arche Martin
Snyder
Wraymond D. Sins Sims
Snyder Signal
John L Webb
Snyder Daily News
Scurry County
Sims
Webb
Daily News
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Thomas S. Power
SAC
Offutt Air Force Base
Lyndon Johnson
Strategic Air Command Headquarters
Snyder Area
P. L. Fuller
Elenburger Wildcat
Bu Bank
I. Mo Heinzvelmann
J. Monroe
Zack Tastor
Hugh Taylor
K. KR. Babcock
Mert Theamas
John Davis
Ross Blanchard Sr
Bill Hairston
H. G. Moore
Dan Coomer
Howard Jones
Hamblen
Scurry Co. Sheriff's Posse
Tony
Tina Scott
Renal KR. Rossen
Custis Fletcher
J. A. McClanehan
Reds Humble
Clark
North Scurry County
C. W. Guthrie
Big Spring
Howard County
J. M. Sterling
Block
Lavaca Navigation Company Survey
Vincent Pool
Noodle Creek
Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc
Ha&tc Survey
Singapor
Kuching
Philippines
Sir Omar Ali Saifuddin
Sir Omar
Brune
Singapore
Malaya
Malaysia
Dream of Malaya
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Azahari
Indonesian Borneo
Indivi
Viet Nam
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