Escapees Caught By Snyder Patrol Car Unit
Fisher County jail escapees identified as John B Tarleton Jr Hughie Jack Pitts and Amos Benny Bolton were captured eight miles east of Sweetwater around 1 30 PM A State Highway Patrol unit led the arrest near a rail line by Bill Zimmerman and E W Green The extensive search involved about 300 people and multiple counties with bloodhounds and airplanes used in the chase
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roby
Fisher County
R. L. (Bogue) Wilkins
Pink Maberry
M. E. Brazleton
Trent
John B. Tarleton, Jr
Snyder
Hughie Jack Pitts
Amos Benny Bolton
Dallas
Sweetwater
Marvin Brister
Bill
State Highway Patrol No. 337
Bill Zimmerman
E. W. Green
Love
U. S. Highway
Panhandle & Santa Fe
Texas Pacific Railways
Here
Nolan, Fisher, Scurry
Taylor Counties
Ferrel
Lamesa
Austin
Paul A. Miller
Talco
Tex
Chevrolet
Gail
Fluvanna
Ira
Vincent
Tarleton
Sylvester
Clear Fork
Brazos River
Harvey Ranch
Odessa
Oil Shows And Gas On Tests Of Scurry Well
Taylor Oil and Gas Co No 1 Winston Brothers, Central Scurry wildcat, reports oil and large gas volumes on two drillstem tests in unidentified formations. First test from 7,236 to 7,255 feet yielded 230 feet of oil and gas-cut mud with gas surfaced in 50 minutes. Second test from 7,253 to 7,266 feet produced 270 feet of mud-cut oil with 70 percent 40 gravity oil and 450 feet of salt water. gas surfaced in 42 minutes at 30 000 to 40 000 cfd. Project bottomed at 7,362 feet and will core. The No 1 Winston is west of Snyder in Kelley-Snyder field. Dudley T. Daugherty seeks to drill No 1 R Whiteside Estate wildcat two miles west of Blackwell in Coke County with 1730 feet from north and 660 feet from west lines of 293-1A H&TC on 80-acre lease. drilling to start by Saturday. A M and A P Fuller set No 4 Lou E Johnson Estate as 6800-foot offset to Fuller-Coke Strawn field. drilling to start by Dec 28. General Crude Oil Co to begin No 1041 Percy Jones tract 6B, a Salt Creek area stepout. No 1134 completion shows 272.23 bbls 42.3 gravity in 24 hours. pay at 6546 feet, depth 6590 feet, gas-oil ratio 633 1. Location 660 feet north and 1980 feet west of 104-G-W&NW four and a half miles west of Clairemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Oil & Gas Co
Winston Brothers
Central Scurry
Strawn
Kelley-Snyder
J. P. Smith
Snyder
COKE
Dudley T. Daugherty
R. Whiteside
Blackwell
Coke County
H&tc
Arledge
A. M
A. P. Fuller
Lou E. Johnson
Fuller-Coke Strawn
Robert Lee
Kent
General Crude Oil Co
Percy Jones
Salt Creek- South
Kent County
W&nw
Clairemont
Koreans Say Four Americans Might Return If Allowed
A South Korean soldier claimed four Americans and twenty South Korean POWs wish to go home if repatriation were offered. He said Nazi leaders stalled explanations. names of the Americans were withheld to prevent reprisals. The UN Command will interview willing prisoners before the December 24 deadline.
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Panmunjom
U. N. Command
Showers Dim North Texas Then Widespread Cold Across Nation
Light rain and drizzle grazed the Gulf Coast and South Texas as a whistling norther missed Texas. Predawn readings ranged from 65 in Brownsville to 25 in Dalhart with many 30s and 40s elsewhere. Frigid conditions spread from the Rockies to the coast with subzero lows across Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
Texas
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Dalhart
Ferendle
Galveston
Amarillo
Salt Flat
Beaumont
Houston
Junction
Cotulla
el Paso
Lufkin
Dallas
Waco
Pecos Valley
Rockies
Coast
International Falls
Minn
Atlanta
Ohio Valley
St. Cloud
Great Lakes Region
Appalachians
Mild Weather Continues With Warm Night Light
Weather observer Mrs D P Strayhorn reports a low of 29 and a daytime high of 48 as overcast skies hung over the area last night. Reading at 7 30 o clock noted in the report.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Soviet Confession Announcement Signals Beria Trial
Moscow reports government confirmation of confessions from Lavrenty Beria and six associates. A special Supreme Court session will hear the case, with V. N. Merkulov named as a co-defendant. Beria led Soviet police 1938 to 1953 and faces charges of high treason and counter-revolutionary activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Lavrenty P. Beria
Supreme Court
V. N. Merkulov
Beria
Mer- Beria
Soviet Union
Georgi Malenkov
U.ss.r.lice
Both
Malenkov
Izvestia
Moscow Radio
Soviet Supreme Court
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Communist Party
U.S.S.R
Marenkov
Internal Affairs Post
Secretary Benson Calls for Crop Cutbacks to Cure Surplus
MEMPHIS Secretary of Agriculture Benson warned farmers that U S agriculture faces a serious surplus as production exceeds markets. He urged cutbacks in cotton and wheat and noted a shift toward livestock farming, urging acreage adjustments while pledging to pursue lower costs and better farm marketing. The speech, read by Earl Coke, was delivered during the Plant to Prosper Farm Forum while Benson attended White House talks on the 1954 legislative program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Benson
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Earl Coke
Mid-South
Mae
Poisoned champagne to inherit wealth in New York case
Harlow Fraden a 23 year old NYU chemistry graduate is accused with Dennis Wepman of poisoning his parents Dr William Fraden and Shirley Fraden and an aunt and uncle to gain about 100000 dollars. The motive arose after a reduction in allowance and Fraden’s attempt to flee after the murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlow Fraden
George B. de Luca
Dennis Wepman
Fraden
de Luca
William Fraden
Shirley
Wepman
Franden
New York University
Ooo
Two Lubbock Pilots Down Third Missing in Snowstorm
Jack Miller Dan Burkhalter and Kenneth Johnson were ferrying two small planes from Lock Haven to Columbus when they were lost in a snowstorm near Johnstown Pennsylvania. Miller and Burkhalter reported the third pilot missing after contact was lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Lubbock
Last Day for Hall and Heady Before Gas Chamber Death
Jefferson City nears the executions of Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady for kidnapping and murder linked to 6 year old Bobby Greenlease. Officials note Hall regrets the crime only for its failed plan, while Heady mourns the broken relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Bonnie Brown
Carl
Bobby
Greenlease
Kansas City
Hall
Mrs. Heady
St. Louis
Weather Summary North Central Texas and West Texas
Mostly cloudy and cool with a chance of rain in North Central Texas and warmer Friday. West Texas remains mostly cloudy with a slight uptick in temperatures into Friday afternoon. Occasional rain is possible in northern areas Friday morning.
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Texas
West
Pioneer pilots first class mail by air in new Snyder test
The Post Office and Civil Aeronautics Board authorize 14 local service airlines to carry all first class mail by air on feeder routes as an experimental plan from yesterday through Jan. 11. Pioneer will transport mail out of Snyder via air, with limited intraline speed and potential delays if feeder routes cannot reach destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Post Office Department
U.S
Baeeran
Pioneer Air Lines
Jim Babcock
Pioneer
Civil Aeronautics Board
Babcock
New York
Chicago
Southwest
Post Office
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Eskota-to-Trent
Brazelton
Texas & Pacific Railway
U. S. Highway 84
Sweet
Floyd Gilbeth
Gilbeth
Old Mexico
Sheriff's Department
Farm Group
St. Moritz
England
de Luce
Yepman
Rtme
Elmer Dolan
Death Row
E L. Evans
Monte
Kemper Military Academy
Robert N. Bull
Evans’ Parish
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