Republicans Ready For Miller Gavel To Bang
San Francisco AP reports the Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace opens Monday with delegates arriving. Barry Goldwater leads on the first ballot, while William Scranton fights to stay in contention. Five candidates may be nominated, with speeches and demonstrations shaping a dramatic week. Miller, the GOP chairman, presides as the hub of planning and speculation centers on Goldwater’s VP choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson
San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
William E. Miller
GOP
Miller
Goldwater
Snyder Area Oil Prospecting Drills Several New Wells in Texas
New prospectors stake positions across Fisher Stonewall Borden and Howard counties in the Snyder area. Operators Payne Johnston J M C Ritchie Lauderdale Straughan Mayfair Sun Oil Sunray DX and others plan multiple depth wells including 5500 to 10500 foot Strawn Fusselman Ellenburger and Wolfcamp wildcats near Sylvester Rotan Gail Coahoma and Kent with precise section and distance notes. See AREA OIL.
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Snyder
Permian Basin
Fisher
Stonewall
Borden
Howard
Payne-Johnston
Tyler
C. C .Farmer
Sylvester
Fisher County
Raven Creek
T&p
J. M. C. Ritchie
Midland
Clara Carter
Rotan
H&tc Survey
Lauderdale & Straughan Drilling Co
Mayfair Minerals, Inc
Abilene
B. B
Bs&f
E. Howard Survey
Fusselman
Sun Oil Co
McDowell Estate
Borden County
Gail
H&tc
Southland Royalty Co
O’daniel
Coahoma
Howard County
Vincent
Strawn
Weather snapshot for Texas regions this weekend
Snyder reports high Friday 103 degrees and low 73 with 7 am reading. North Central Texas partly cloudy today with scattered storms and a cooler trend. Sunday should be clear to partly cloudy and cooler with lows 70 to 78 and highs in the 80s.
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Snyder
Texas
Local Guard unit begins 17th annual summer training at Camp Hood
The 36th Texas Infantry Division arrives at the world’s largest armor training site for two weeks of field maneuvers. About 6500 guardsmen from 65 Texas cities gather under hot Central Texas sun, with July 26 set for their return. Colonel Tom Blackwell calls it one of the most challenging postwar encampments as advance parties have already set up a tent city and prepared for the Sunday reception. Early prep proceeds smoothly with no major issues.
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Fort Hood
36Th
Texas
Tom Blackwell
Austin
Col. Blackwell
CRMWD Board Due Engineer's Report
The Colorado River Municipal Water District directors meet Friday in Big Spring at 10 a.m. The engineer's report by Freese Nichols Endress on a proposed second lake on the Colorado River will be presented. Odessa president Charles Perry indicates the report is crucial.
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Colorado River
Water Use Peaks in District Amid Record Daily Demand
The Colorado River Municipal Water District logged a new single day water use record with 54.9 million gallons delivered Tuesday including Odessa Big Spring and Snyder. Oil company withdrawals pushed the total near 55 million. Wednesday municipal demand eased to 41.3 million, oil needs 9.6 million. Peak day Odessa 26.6 million Big Spring 13.5 million Snyder 4.7 million. Lake Thomas level fell about a quarter foot weekly due to demand and evaporation.
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Colorado River
Odessa
Big Spring
Snyder
J. B. Thomas
Convention Program for Republican National Convention
Tentative schedule in San Francisco with East Coast times includes opening sessions, colors, pledges, and remarks by national leaders. Key events feature George Christopher badge presentation, speeches by Kuchel Younger and Bow, and a keynote by Gov. Hatfield after a Hoover read. Preconvention entertainment and later program details are listed.
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San Francisco
William F. Miller
New York
William
Maillard
John Shelley
George Christopher
Thomas Kuchel
California
J. Arthur Younger
C. Douglass Buck
Republi
Can National Committee
David Bruce Marth
American Legion
Robert A. Forsythe
Tim M. Babcock
Montana
Dorothy A. Elston
National Federation of Republican Women
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Rep
Bob Wilson
National Republican Congres
Sional Committee
Ed Foreman
Texas
Charlottee T. Reid
Illinois
Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Lowell Thomas Jr
Alaska
Elly M. Peterson
Republican National Committee
Miller
Herbert C. Hoover
Victor Jory
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
McLaughlin Sells 149 Oil Wells to AMC in Texas Fields
C T McLaughlin of Snyder and Petroleum Producers Inc sell 149 wells in Scurry Garza Nolan and Fisher counties to AMC Corporation. AMC plans to resell operating interests to Newmont Oil Co of Houston with New Mexico waterfloods. Local production chief James L Kincaid to stay on. payment reportedly cash plus a retained production payment valued over one million dollars.
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Snyder
C. T. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Petroleum Producers Inc
AMC Corporation
Scurry
Garza
Nolan
Fisher Counties
Newmont Oil Co
Houston
James L. Kincaid
Herman Ledbetter
Newmont
Artessia
Dulaney Heads to National Republican Convention
Gene Dulaney departs Dallas Sunday at 9 a.m. for San Francisco to serve as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. He will attend a Texas Delegation caucus called by Senator John Tower, and says he will back Senator Barry Goldwater, expecting Goldwater to win on the first ballot and in November.
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Gene Dulaney
Dallas
San Francisco
Dulaney
Texas
John Tower
Snyder Dulaney
Sen
Barry) Goldnter
Eight killed in crash near Brownfield Texas
Eight farm laborers died in a head on collision one mile west of Brownfield as a station wagon and a car collided. Primo Ramon 34 drove the car and Pablo Castro 23 the station wagon. Seven others in the wagon perished, including three Estradas and two Guitierrez. The crash blocked traffic for two hours.
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Brownfield, Tex
South Plains
Highway Patrol
Primo Luna Ramon
Pablo Galvan Castro
Charlie Langora
Brownfield
Jesus Estrada Jr
Ellen Estrada
Dela Estrada
Lalo Guitierez
Luis Castro Jr
Ramon
Rt. 4
Brunette in Topless Suit Wins In Revue
In Corpus Christi a petite brunette in a topless swimsuit won the bath revue Friday night. Tera Hunsaker topped about 130 contestants to earn the title Miss Wading Pool and is described as 17 months old in the fragmentary report.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
Corpus Christi
Tera Hunsaker
Miss Hunsaker
Budget deficit likely lower than early forecast
President Johnson is expected to announce soon that the fiscal year ending June 30 shows a smaller deficit than the $8.8 billion forecast. Revenue outpaced expectations due to a strong economy, and spending cuts aim to reduce government payrolls from 2,571,000 to about 2,497,000.
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Adren Cooper Washington
Johnson
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