Nolan County Wildcat Drilling Planned By Mar-Tex Realization
Mar-Tex Realization Corp of Dallas plans a 6000 foot wildcat in Northwest Nolan County as No 1 Boothe located about three miles north of Lake Trammell production and five miles southeast of the Rowan Hope discovery near Sweetwater airport. Magnolia No 6 W Ed Murphy in Southeast Borden County recovered 331 barrels of oil with some gas on swabbing tests in the Clear Fork. Drillsite is in section 69 25 H&TC about 19 miles southeast of Gail. Magnolia No 7 Murphy drilling below 1240 feet in anhydrite and lime. So nho No 1 B S M and S R Swenson in Garza County at 7510 feet in Strawn lime taking electric logs. No shows for production. Sun Oil Co No 1 B E Bilby Wallace Kent County field extender had slight shows in last 12 hours swab bottomed at 6705 feet in lime.
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Mar-Tex Realization Corp
Dallas
Nolan County
Boothe
T&p
Lake Trammell Field
Rowan & Hope
Magnolia No
W. Ed Murphy
Borden County
Clear Fork
von Roeder
Gail
Murphy
Garza County
Sohio
S. M
S. R. Swenson
Spur
Sun Oil Co
Bilby Wallace
Kent County
U S Admiral McCormick Named Supreme NATO Commander
Admiral Lynde D. McCormick has been named supreme commander of Western Naval Forces in the North Atlantic by NATO. He currently leads the U S Atlantic Fleet and will command up to but not including the British Isles coast, per a Truman Churchill agreement.
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London
U. S
Lynde D. McCormick
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Adm. McCormick
U. S. Atlantic
NATO
British Isles
Truman
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United States
McCormick
Eisenhower
Vice Chief of
Naval Operations
Egypt Considers Middle East Defense Pact With Egypt
Cairo indicates it may join a Western Middle East defense command if its dispute with Britain is resolved to Cairo's satisfaction. Premier Aly Maher Pasha said participation depends on handling all Egyptian concerns, with the National Front deciding attitudes. Talks with the four powers followed Maher Pasha meeting U S and French envoys and come after Eden suggested a possible settlement satisfying Egyptian aspirations.
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Egypt
Middle East
Britain
Aly Maher Pasha
United Nations
National Front
Strongman
Suez Canal
Maher Pasha
London News Chronicle
U. S
Jefferson Caffery
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Farouk
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Free World
London
H-Bomb Plant Costs More Than Original Estimate
The AEC reported the hydrogen bomb plant costs will exceed 1.0 billion dollars, over twice the figure from 18 months ago. Chairman Gordon Dean cited unfinished reactor design and higher reactor costs, with broader energy and weapons programs expanding nationwide activity.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Gordon Dean
AEC
Dean
South Carolina
Congress
Payne Brothers win pump station contract for Colorado Basin dam
Payne Brothers of Abilene won the contract with a low bid of 36 699 for a pump station at the Colorado River Municipal Water District dam in Southwest Scurry County. The award includes intake facilities for the Big Spring Odessa pipeline and signals completion steps toward dam closure.
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Colorado River
Spence
Big Spring- Odessa
J. W. Moorman & Son Construction Co
Poll Taxes Near Record in County Beach
A large increase in poll tax receipts and exemption certificates raised the total to 6 383, with Junior Chamber of Commerce members predicting the 6 000 goal will be surpassed. Tax offices will close at usual times tomorrow midnight, but earlier extended hours may be provided. Residents within Snyder city limits must obtain exemption certificates before the deadline.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jim Ikard
Ikard
Snyder
Southern Democrats Push Russell for Presidential Run
Southern Democrats press Sen. Russell of Georgia to join the party’s presidential race while Sen. Maybank denies a stop-Kefauver effort and notes Byrnes’ visit. Russell says he is surprised by any push and the era echoes 1948 walkout dynamics amid Taft and Stassen entering New Hampshire GOP primary ballots.
Mulkey Seeks County Commissioner Post on Roads Platform
Chuck Mulkey a 40 year old dirt contracting foreman entered the race for Precinct No 3 commissioner. He pledges better county roads for school buses and traffic, aims to keep taxes normal, support a county jail and park, oppose sponsoring a Youth Center, and protect local interests. He was born in Warner Oklahoma in 1911 and moved to Scurry County in 1949.
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Chuck) Mulkey
Mulkey
Oklahoma
Warner
Okla
Beatrice Ann Tee
Louisana
Kermit
Scurry County
Everett & Madden
Frank Montgomery
Wink High School
Wink
Union Baptist Church
100.F. Lodge
Precinct
L. L
Pat) Moore
Henry Layne
Haskell Beard
Elsc
Taft Chases Republican Nomination in New Hampshire Primary
Senator Robert A. Taft announced he will enter the New Hampshire preferential primary on March 11 to challenge General Dwight D. Eisenhower for the GOP nomination. He noted he did not ask supporters to run but would allow the vote to proceed despite unfavorable factors including state leaders backing Eisenhower. Taft acknowledged a 10 day withdrawal window and that 14 delegates are at stake.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Tobey
iStake
Weather Notes From Snyder Warm Day Returns
Mrs. D D P Strayhorn weather observer reports a high of 74 yesterday in Snyder. Last night’s low reached 28 degrees and this morning at 7 30 the temperature stood at 38.
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Snyder
DD. P. Strayhorn
Communists Revisit Key Points in Armistice Negotiations
In Panmunjom talks the Communists moved on two fronts agreeing to rotate 25 000 troops a month and to Chinese involvement in a demilitarized zone while balking at troop movement safeguards. They also questioned weekly unit location reporting and prisoner exchanges as U N staff pressed a broader plan.
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Munsan
Korea
Reda
U. N
Panmunjom
William P. Nuckols
Lee Sang Cho
U.N
Lee
Diplomat Vincent Denies Communist Ties Before Senate Panel
Career diplomat John Carter Vincent testified to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee that he is not and has never been a Communist and has never sympathized with communist aims. He warned against malicious testimony aimed at eroding public trust in officials and the U.S. government.
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Washington
John Carter Vincent
Senate
State Department
Internal Security
Louis F. Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
Communist Party
Vincent
Budenz
Labor MPs Demand Confidence Vote Over Butler Plan
In London Labor MPs file a vote of no confidence in Churchill's Conservative government over Butler's austerity plan. The proposed medical charges and cuts aim to balance finances, with a Commons debate set amid a 14 vote majority and fears of a sharp living standard drop for Britain's 50 million people.
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London
Labor
Britain
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
Churchill
House
Butler
Aneurin Bevan
Flood Crest Advances Through Ohio as Freeze Slows In
Ohio River flood crest moves toward Portsmouth as temperatures drop below freezing reduce expected crest by feet. Upstream towns flee 8 000 to 10 000 residents while 10 die or missing. Marietta Parkersburg and Pomeroy report varied impacts with some areas isolated or recovering. Cleanup underway in East Liverpool Stratton Empire Brilliant Steubenville Wheeling Wellsburg and New Cumberland.
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Portsmouth
Ohio City
Marietta
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
New Boston
Ohio
East Liverpool
Stratton
Empire
Brilliant
Steubenville
Wheeling
New Cumerland
Wellsburg
Battered Cadillac Tale Ends With Alibi
Houston police report a 4 am return home followed by the owner’s wife striking the car with a hammer. She reportedly damaged all breakables and punctured the tires before police intervened. Sheriff’s Lieut. W E Isbell described the incident.
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Houston
W. E. Isbell
Isbell
Non Strikers Seek Benefits After Picket Line Stand
About 900 Pure Oil workers at the Smith Bluff Refinery plan to apply for unemployment benefits after refusing to cross MEBA picket lines. The refinery shut down Monday night as MEBA pickets were recognized by the OWIU.
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Nederland
Pure Oil Company
Smith Bluff
Marine Engineers Benefit Association
CIO
Oil Workers International Union
L. L. Crane
OWIU
Beaumont
Port Neches
MEBA
Ike Cites Progress In European Defense
Paris dispatch reports Gen Alfred Gruenther, Ike's aide, telling UN correspondents on a TV radio program that Western defenses in Europe have advanced far beyond expectations a year ago. He cautioned that progress is strong but not yet able to guarantee protection against aggression.
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Paris
Eisenhower
West
Europe
Alfred Gruenther
United Nations
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions
Partly cloudy conditions continue across West Texas East Texas and South Central Texas through this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Winds stay southerly along the coast with mild temperatures. North Central Texas sees partly cloudy skies with a slight warmth in the northern portion this afternoon and tonight.
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West
Texas
East
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