Abandoned Pennsylvanian Well No. 1 Taylor Near Snyder
American Liberty Oil Co. of Dallas plugged and abandoned its No. 1 Hugh Taylor wildcat in Central West Scurry County at 7 540 feet depth after water showed. Location 14 miles northwest of Snyder, three and a half miles west of Kelley Snyder field.
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American Liberty Oil Co
Dallas
Hugh Taylor
Scurry County
Pennsylvania
Snyder
Kelley - Snyder
Rowan & Hope
San Antonio
Peters
Webb
Fisher County
H&tc
Stonewall Test Columbian Fuel Corp
Increase In Allowable Set By Commissioners
Texas Railroad Commission sets February oil allowable with an estimated rise of about 135000 barrels per day over the current limit. Precise increase pending. order issued after brief statewide proration hearing. Testimony shows strong demand for Texas crude next month, with advance nominations and Bureau of Mines forecasts confirming higher February demand.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Bueau of Mines
Mal Andress Announces Candidacy for County Commissioner
Mal Andress, 53, announces his bid for county commissioner from precinct 1 challenging incumbent Walter Grant. A Scurry County resident for 26 years, Andress founded the Fisher and Scurry REA cooperative in 1939 and now serves as vice president of Mid-West Electric Cooperative, with extensive local farm, church, and civic ties. Grant is the only other candidate mentioned.
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M. L
Mal) Andress
Walter Grant
Andress
Scurry County
DeLeon
Tex
West Texas
Fisher
Scurry
Hobbs
Snyder
Roby
Fisher County
Metropolitan Business College
Dallas
Fisher and Scurry County
REA
Mid - West Electric Co. Operative
Farm Bureau
Eastern Star
Shriner
Lions Club
First Baptist Church
Clairemont Road
Grant
County Officials Gain 10 Percent Pay Increase
County officials and courthouse employees received a 10 percent pay increase. The commission meeting yielded a split vote with two for and two against, leaving the tie unresolved. Payroll records show the 10 percent raise was implemented despite the minutes issue and untyped records.
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Commissioners Court
Walter Grant
Doyle
Tuesday Warmth Hits City After Misty Start
Overcast conditions gave way to sunshine as Snyder saw a high of 76 with a morning misting rain. Overnight lows reached 53 degrees, and early at 7:30 a.m. the temperature remained at 53.
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Snyder
Farouk Crowned Heir Born To Narriman In Cairo
Queen Narriman Sadek gave birth to a son and heir for King Farouk of Egypt at Abdin Palace. Prince Ahmed Fouad was born at 8:30 a.m. and named after his grandfather King Fouad I. The infant and mother were reported well as officials prepared for formal proclamation.
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Cairo
Egypt
Narriman
Farouk
Nile
Ahmed Fouad
Fouad I
Farida
Narriman Sadek
Abdin Royal
Mohammed Aly
Allah
Zaki Hashem
United Nations
Hashem
United States
Council of State
Mediterranean
Paris
Spaht Fading Boggs Kennon Lead Louisiana Governor Primary
In the Louisiana Democratic primary Boggs led with 76 607 votes as Kennon closed the gap to 70 728 and Spaht faded to 68 136 after 815 of 2 112 precincts reported. Other candidates included Dodd LeBlanc McLemore and Long backed Spaht. If no majority is reached a runoff is set for Feb 19.
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New Orleans
Robert Kennon
U. S
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Russell Long
de- Lesseps Morrison
Long
Morrison
Boggs
Carlos Spaht
Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Kennon
Spaht
William Dodd
James McLemore
Alexandria
Dudley LeBlanc
Hadacol
Abbeville
Kermit Parker
Lucille May Grace
Cliff Liles
Lake Charles
Times - Picayune
McLemore
Forecasters Of Rain Change Their Minds
The Associated Press reports Texas eyes warming trend may stall. Long-range forecasts hint at a cold air mass from northern Canada possibly arriving late Friday, but confidence remains low and rain chances stay slim through Thursday. Local highs reached 81 degrees in Lufkin Mineral Wells and Cotulla.
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Associated Press
Texas
Galveston
Brownsville
Laredo
Salt Flat
Lufkin
Mineral Wells
Cotulla
Canada
Fighting in Canal Zone Raises Casualties and Detentions
British tanks fired on Egyptian snipers at Tel El Kebir in the Suez Canal zone. At least five Egyptians were killed and 120 to 160 police were detained. A surprise raid targeted Tel El Kebir and El Hammada, described as thug strongholds, amid ongoing clashes near Ismailia. General Mohammed Abdullah Raouf Bey was among those captured during street fighting.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tel el- Kebir
Suez Canal Zone
Tel el Kebir
el Hammada
Ismailia
W. L. Steele
Thheif
Mohammed Abdullah Raouf Bey
Empty lifeboat discovered as Pennsylvan ia crew search narrows
Seattle authorities report an empty drifting lifeboat sighted 600 miles off the Washington coast raising hopes of survival dashed. Coast Guard planes reduced search forces to one aircraft with two on standby while cutters continued to seek the lifeboat and verify it came from the freighter Pennsylvania which reported 45 aboard earlier.
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Seattle
Pennsylvania
Coast Guard
Washington
13Th District Coast Guard
Deffebach Named Head of Buffalo Trail Boy Scout Council
Lyle Deffebach an Odessa area insurer has been named 1952 president of the Buffalo Trail Boy Scout council. He succeeds Dr. W. B. Hardy and will be installed at the Odessa meeting and dinner. H. L. Wren will begin his second year as council commissioner. Main speaker will be H Roe Bartle of Missouri Valley. Three scouters will receive the Silver Beaver Award.
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Lyle Deffebach
Snyder
Buffalo Trail Boy Scout Council
Bob Eastus
Deffebach
Odessa
W. B. Hardy
Big Spring
H. L. Wren
Eastus
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Bartle
U. S. Loyalty Board
Office of Price Stabilization
American War Dads
American Humanics Foundation
Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Truman calls for 1952 tax rise with $8 billion deficit forecast
President Truman urged Congress to boost revenues through higher rates and closing loopholes, while not committing to which taxes. He projected an $8 billion deficit for the current year and warned of a roughly $15 billion gap next year, urging a mix of rate rises and loophole closures.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Kremlin
Complications as Rescue Nears 2 Miles From City of San Francisco
Rescuers snowplow toward a blizzard trapped City of San Francisco train with 222 aboard in Donner Pass at 7200 feet. A rescue line must cover 1.5 miles to reach a highway. passengers will walk half a mile to the road then 14 miles by auto to relief, then 83 miles to Sacramento. Doctors aboard include five or six, with medical supplies and dog teams en route.
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Colfax
Calif
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Donner Pass
S. P
Sacramento
Lawrence Nelson
Truckee
Norden
House Reform Bill Planned In Tax Bureau
House tax investigators oppose Truman reform plan and announce an independent hearing to draft their own recommendations. The plan would cut top tax collectors from 64 to 25, move to regional duties, and establish an independent inspection agency. Hoffmann resolution seeks House vote to oppose. Treasury states local tax offices won’t be discontinued.
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Washington
House
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
White House
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Rep. Hoffman
R-Mich
Executive Department
Congress
Senate
Hoffman
House Executive Expenditures Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Communists Charged With Violations Of Geneva Treaty
The United Nations Command in Tokyo accused Communist forces in Korea of violating every provision of the Geneva Convention protecting POW camps. The claim followed a Red report that U N planes bombed a Kangdong camp Monday night. Negotiations at Panmunjom remained stalled on prisoner exchange and arms control.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Tokyo
Red
U.N
Kangdong
Panmunjom
International Red Cross
North Korea
Otto Lehner
FarEast
International
The
Red Cross
Albert de Cocatric
Lee Sang Cho
Red China
Peiping
Hsieh Fang
Claude Ferenbaugh
Reds
Hsieh
Poll Tax Receipts Rise in Scurry County
Scurry County total poll tax and exemption jumped 108 yesterday to 3,955, within 31 of last year. Billy Holman of West Texas State Bank and the Junior Chamber of Commerce led payments, with 34 receipts. The Business and Professional Women meet Friday at Manhattan for a breakfast promoting voting and poll tax paying. The Junior Chamber’s trailer wheel from the Diamond M Gasoline Plant went missing during travel to the field.
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Scurry County
Billy Holman
West Texas State Bank
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Business & Professional Women's Club
Garland Armstrong
Manhattan
Diamond M
Junior Chamber
Chamber
Diamond M Field
Weather synopsis for Texas regions
East and south central Texas see cloudy to partly cloudy skies and warm conditions this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Moderate southerly winds affect the coast. West and north central Texas expect partly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight and Thursday.
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Texas
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Winston Field
Wayne Baer
L. T. Norcross
Watson
Taylor
Mal Andress
M. L. Andress
Daily News
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Fine
Canal Zone
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