Well Slated Wildcat Drilling Near Snyder Area
Area oil field notes describe W. F. Newton of Houston setting a 3,000 foot wildcat nine miles northwest of Snyder, nearby wells in Mitchell and Nolan counties, multiple drillings at 7,000 plus feet, tests, and planned operations including Texaco and Skelly prospects with several new sites in Kent and Clay counties.
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W. F. Newton
Houston
Snyrr
W. T. Steel
H&tc
Dermott
Meadows No
Browning
Steel
Zephyr Oil No
Alfreta Anderson
Howard County
Wildcat
Ve Ser Oil & Gas Co
Fusselman
Anderson
Zephyr
Wellman & Weiner
Brassingame
Mitchell Wildcat
McCabe
Sun Oil
Ruth Harp
Nolan Wildcat
Ohio Oil No
Turner
Snyder Stepout
Texaco
Patterson
Borden Wildcat
Texaco No
Clayton
Borden Tester
Johnson & Wood No
Owens
Texas Crude
Simpson
Skelly Oil
Windham
Gw&nw
Clairemont
Showdown Battle Set By Indochina Defenders
In Hanoi the French high command said all was ready for a showdown with Vietminh forces closing on Dien Bien Phu, the last French position in northwest Indochina. The siege follows the French abandonment of Lai Chau, the tribal capital, last week.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
France
British Railroaders Call Holiday Strike
The National Union of Railwaymen plans a nationwide strike starting next Sunday at midnight affecting Britain's state railways. The dispute centers on pay raises of 56 cents or 3.60 dollars weekly, with critics calling the move holiday ruinous and urging government action to prevent a repeat of the 1926 general strike.
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Santa Claus
Britain
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
Labor Party
The
Pictorial
Soviets Tried to Reach Everest Top
Swedish climber Anders Bolinder cites Tibetan guides who fled to Nepal and testified that Soviet climbers attempted Everest from Lhasa in autumn 1952, six perished, and the party of 32 disappeared on the northern ice before giving up. In May following, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to summit.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Anders Bolinder
Svenska Dagbladet
Nepal
Mt. Everest
Lhasa
Tibet
Bolinder
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand
Tiger Tenzing
Everest
Crack Train Wreck Kills Six in Station Wagon Crash
A diesel powered streamliner derailed after colliding with a station wagon in Rouse City Texas killing six people in the wagon including Victor Saufley a Dallas real estate agent and former athlete his wife and three children plus their maid. Five passengers aboard the train were hospitalized and about 30 others were injured or shaken up.
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Rouse City
Tex
Dallas
St. Louis
Victor Saufley
Southern Methodist University
New York Giants
Harriett
Bill
John
Jim
Irma Davis
Greenville
Here
Robert W. Price
Oe City
Henry Silver
New Braunfels
Mabel Parks
Tulsa
Okla
Russell Lambert
Chester, Ind
Rebecca, Rubenstein
Chelsea
Mass
Brownell Says Suspected Reds Are Out Of Government Now
Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell says he believes all federal employees suspected of Communist tendencies have been dismissed. Sen. McCarthy disagrees, noting more loyalty firings. Brownell cites the Eisenhower security program and 1,456 firings. discussion aired on a Texas radio program during Brownell's visit.
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Brownell
Fort Worth
Tex
Herbert Brownell
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Texas
State Republican Committee
Ately
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Meet the Press
NBC
Eisenhower
Harry Dexter White
GOP
H. J
Jack) Porter
Houston
Chief U S Envoy Dean Quits Korea For Washington
PANMUNJOM U S special envoy Arthur H Dean leaves for Washington to consult while his aide Kenneth Young stays in Korea with full authority to resume talks if the Communists withdraw charges and show willingness to negotiate in faith Peiping radio brands the walkout as an ominous sign of further perfidy in the cold war crisis
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Panmunjom
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
Washington
Korea
Dean
Reds
Kenneth Young
U. S. State Department
Peiping
United States
Outed Judge Holds Court in Frankfurt Appeal Session
Suspended Chief Justice William Clark presided alone at the U S Appeals Court in Germany. He heard an appeal by two attorneys as reporters filled the packed courtroom. Clark rejected orders to resign and argued he can be removed only for cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
William Clark
U. S. Appeals Court
Princeton
N. J
Robel W. Fulghum
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Fulghum
Meveraans
Clark
U. S. High Commission
US Prisoners Refuse Explanations in Korean War Standoff
Indian Lt. Gen. K S Thimayya said 22 American POWs resist quitting the Communists and delayed explanations. He noted sessions may not start for several days as POWs demand counter explanations. A petition from 21 signers urged clarifications while a mother from Minnesota read a letter from her son, Pfc Richard Tennesson, asserting love for family and country despite the protest.
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Panmunjom
K. S. Thimayya
Thimayya
Neutral Nations
Icans
Pacific
Minnesota
Portia Howe
Alden
Mien
Pfc
Richard R. Tenneson
United States
Kline Pushes Flexible Farm Supports at Farm Bureau Meet
President Allan B. Kline said the American Farm Bureau Federation will back flexible price supports and reject high rigid floors after 1954. He forecast the convention will urge stronger government efforts to promote world trade and oppose fixed parity levels.
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Chicago
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Congressional Committee
Kline
House Committee
Fhes
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
GOP
Walter Randolph
Convention Platform Committee
Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau
Leftist Yank Arrested in British Guiana Hearing Set
Mrs Janet Rosenberg Jagan wife of the ousted prime minister faces a hearing on charges of holding an illegal meeting in Georgetown area. Ten PPP leaders were held yesterday 15 miles from Georgetown and posted bonds of 75 dollars each after a banned public gathering drawing about 300 people.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Janet Rosenberg Jagan
Chicago
People’s Progressive Party
PPP
U. S
Bobby Sox Girl Strikes Again in Third Hooded Robbery
In Washington a blonde in bobby socks robbed a restaurant owner, James H. Wing, of about 400 dollars at gunpoint. Detectives note it is the first such case in 20 years and the suspect matches a recurring description from prior robberies.
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Washington
Bobby Sox
James H. Wing
Wing
Night Temps Reach 25 Degrees After 58 Degree High
Mrs. D P Strayhorn reports last night’s low at 25 degrees after a high of 58. Reading at 7 30 this morning registered 27 degrees.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Weather Observer
Two Suspects Sought After Dallas Attacks
Dallas police hunt two attack suspects after a late Saturday assault left an 11 year old girl in critical condition with loss of blood. A second case reported a 19 year old Amarillo married woman attacked by a 32 year old man. she was forced to surrender rings and a wristwatch during the car escape.
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Dallas
Amarillo
Belt Lind Rd
Germany
Camp Fire
Clear Weather Grips Texas With Unseasonably Crisp Calm
The Associated Press reports Texas enjoyed crisp clear weather on Monday after a windy dry norther Sunday. Pre dawn temps ranged from 20 at Dalhart to 49 at Brownsville with freezing in the Panhandle. No rain recorded and winds were light from the north. More fair weather forecast for Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dalhart
Brownsville
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
French bidault urges extended NATO links amid disarmament hope
Paris reports Georges Bidault urged NATO ministers to secure a 50 year extension of the alliance and linked it to hopes for EDC ratification by May. He warned a positive Soviet reply to Eisenhower proposals would have incalculable consequences and stressed the need for French protection against future invasion.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
NATO
Bi- Bidault
North Atlantic
Eisenhower
Palais de Chaillot
Ito Cn
Berlin
Gormeey
United States
France
Mother of unrepatriated GI heartbroken over son's letter
An American mother in Minnesota, Mrs. Portio Howe Alden, receives a two page letter from her son Pfe Richard R. Tenneson, one of 22 Americans in a Panmunjom camp, saying he will not leave the Communists. He denounces the United States and asks for understanding. She hopes he will see the light and return, citing faith and Proverbs 22 6.
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Tokyo
Portio Howe Alden
Minn
Panmunjom
Pfe
Richard R. Tenneson
United States
Peo
God
Richard
Eee
Defense Department
Tenneson
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Snyder
Glenna Jean Bayless
Cincinnati
U.S
Mt. Franklin
el Paso
Yank
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