Custodians React as Admiral Testifies on Sparrow Missile
Washington officials describe Admiral Moss testimony on a new Sparrow guided missile as confidential and unclear. The admiral said the weapon could track and destroy planes at three to four miles, with ground to air development planned. No disciplinary action will follow, and the Pentagon hints the status remains development and near production.
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Washington
Pentagon
Navy
John B. Moss
Senate
Moss
Bureau of Aeronautics
Adm
Aruman
Air Force
Lasa
Ventagon
White House
Wildcat drills several tests across Fisher and Kent counties
Noranda Oil and partners stake a 5 700 foot Pennsylvanian wildcat in Fisher County near Rotan. General Crude Oil tests No. 1 Ralph Collins in Claytonville field. Superior reports Mississippian gas and oil swab at 7 990 feet in Northeast Borden. Crown Central and Texaco pursue deeper drilling near Myrtle Pennsylvanian and Strawn. In Kent County Clairemont reef test yields 1 190 feet gas and 180 feet oil muds. Wood and Jones drill northwest of Clairemont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotan
Fisher County
Noranda Oil Corp
Barto Jamison
General Crude Oil Co
Ralph Collins
Claytonville Field
Superior Oil Co
C.D. Jones
Borden County
Crown Central Petroleum Corp
Joe York
Wildcat
Borden
Texaco No
P. L. Fuller
Strawn
Snyder
Kent County
Clairemont
General
Percy Jones
Jones
Superior No
A. Wood
West Texas Dust Foretells Windy Dry Spell
Dust storms swept West Texas and the Panhandle as a cold front moved across the state. Winds up to 60 mph reduced visibility in Abilene and Wichita Falls, with fog in San Antonio and Victoria. No rain fell, while counties pursue rain-making efforts and a weather improvement district charter.
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West
Texas
Associated Press
West Texas
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Abilene
del Rio
Big Spring
Amarillo
Childress
Wichita Falls
San Antonio
Victoria
el Paso
Texas Breuth
Rio Grande
Horacio Vidrio Perez
International Boundary Water Commission
Lower Valley Authority
Mexico
Marte Gomez Reservoir
Andrews
Martin
Yoakum
Dawson
Terry
Mitchell
Lynn
Gaines
Borden
Midland
Howard
More Migs Are Shot Down in Korea Sky
SEOUL, Korea American Sabre jet pilots shot down four more Red jets today for a total of 15 destroyed in three days. Eleven MIG-15s were damaged. In a seven minute battle over Northwest Korea 20 F-86s fought 17 Reds with four MIGs destroyed and two damaged.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Northwest
U. S. Eighth Army
Punch Bowl
Officials Meet on Dividing U S Tax Dollars
A Washington round table of governors and congressmen discussed new methods to split future federal tax dollars. Participants included Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll, Gov. Adlai Stevenson, and Gov. Walter J. Kohler Jr. but no action to curb overlapping taxes was announced.
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Washington
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Adlai Stevenson
Sinois
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Wisconsin
Continued Warm Temperatures Forecast for Today
This morning at 7 30 the temperature was 50 ensuring another warm day after yesterday's high of 79 reported by Mrs. D P Strayhorn. The previous night dropped to a low of 32.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Rail workers in Midwest refuse injunction end amid ongoing strike
In Cleveland area March 12, workers at Toledo Ohio and Elkhart Indiana defied a federal injunction and blocked New York Central traffic to Chicago. About 1,800 idle in Elkhart, five hundred strikers in Toledo vote again today. NYC resumes service west of Buffalo with potential Canada routing if strike continues. Union leaders seek settlement terms after a two year dispute.
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Cleveland
Toledo
Elkhart
Ind
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Buffalo
St. Louis
New York Central
NYC
Model Railroad Club
H. A. Porch
Intern
Canada
Charles O'Day
Washington
Water pipeline work nears sedimentation tank in city
Workers for Enix Construction laid pipeline within 2000 yards of the new sedimentation tank at Avenue M and Thirty third Street. The line serves Snyder from the Colorado River Municipal Water District lake and will run five to 17 feet deep across Deep Creek. Foremen expect the tank to be completed in under three months with two weeks for filling and testing after the pipe is laid under two tracks of the R S and P Railway.
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Enix Construction
Avenue M
Thirtythird Street
Snyder
Colorado River
R. S. & P Railway
Shivers Makes Surprise Visit To Girls School
GAINESVILLE March 12 The governor Allan Shivers paid a surprise visit to the State School for Girls. He offered no comment after a brief inspection. Superintendent was out of town and the assistant was hospitalized. He toured dormitories and spoke with students including a girl confined after an escape attempt.
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Gainesville
Allan Shivers
Maxine Burlingham
Quick Loser in Russian Roulette Ends in Death
Harrell Parr, 47, in Dallas, was in Baylor Hospital in critical condition after a tragic Russian roulette incident at a friend's home. The host removed shells, Parr inspected the revolver, and after loading a shell, fired a bullet through his head as his wife pleaded with him.
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Dallas
Harrell Parr
Baylor Hospital
Parr
C. P. Dodson
Government Moves to Avert Steel Strike Today
Washington reports a decision on the price phase of the steel dispute while a strike looms. Adm Ben Morel of Jones and Laughlin warns a price boost must be large enough or firms face strike or bankruptcy. CIO United Steelworkers prepare for a possible midnight March 23 walkout.
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Washington
Adm
Ben Morel
Jones & Laughlin Company
Steel Industry
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Capehart
CIO
United Steelworkers
Taft Faces Setback After New Hampshire Results
Senator Robert Taft said he was a little disappointed by his showing in the New Hampshire primary and doubted an Eisenhower lead report. High winds and dust halted his Amarillo stop, delaying arrivals as Taft blamed limited campaign time for weaker rural performance. He planned speeches in Lubbock and El Paso.
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Lubbock
Robert Taft
Ohio
New Hampshire
Taft
Texas
General Eisenhower
Amarillo
Manchester
Eisenhower
el Paso Toay
England Moves Toward Large Budget to Stabilize Pound
Britain unveiled a record 4.24 billion pound budget to restore world confidence in the pound and halt gold and dollar outflows. February reserves fell below two billion dollars, prompting fears of peril. tax cuts aim to boost production and morale, though stock markets fell despite calls of budget strength.
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London
Britain
Treasury
Health Unit Head Resigns Leaving Post Open
Dr H C Powell Jr administrator for the city county health unit and at Sweetwater has resigned to join Beaumont Hospital staff. He had arrived last November from Leggett Texas and previously acted as administrator at Abilene. Dr F E Sadler will take over in the Midland Ector Howard County unit this week but no replacement is set locally. J E Craven says the State Health Department will send candidates for approval by officials and the health advisory board.
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H. C. Powell, Jr
Sweetwater
Beaumont Hospital
Powell
Leggett
Tex
Abilene
F. E. Sadler
Howard County
Sadler
J. E. Craven
Unit Sanitarian
State Health Department
Advisory Board of Health
Eisenhower Kefauver Sweep New Hampshire Primary
Eisenhower and Kefauver scored decisive wins in New Hampshire with full delegate sweeps. Eisenhower reeled in Taft by about 46 000 votes, Kefauver topped Truman by roughly 20 000, as turnout neared 134 000 across 297 precincts despite heavy rain and snow.
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Kefauver
New Hampshire
Truman
Eisenhower
Reds propose new plan to let Russia inspect U N weapons
Allied truce negotiators rejected a Red scheme to have Russia and other neutral teams inspect American secret weapons in Korea. The plan would require neutral teams to gather military intelligence, seen as a trap by Rear Adm. Libby. The talks drift toward a longer discussion period as the parties note a slightly improved tone.
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Munsan
Korea
Russia
U.N
Adm
R. E. Libby
William P. Nuckols
U.N. Command
China
Andrew J. Kinney
Chang Chun San
Kinney
City selects 60m test well site for water sampling
W. J. Ramsey city superintendent says a new test well will be drilled on Avenue Y between 24th and 25th Streets. Equipment moves in today. A prior test well near Deep Creek south of the city on 37th Street east of Noble Heights was abandoned as a dry hole.
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W. J. Ramsey
Avenue Y
Twentyfourth
Twenty- Fifth
Ramsey
Deep Creek
Thirty - Seventh Street
Noble Heights
Weather Outlook For Texas Regions
West Texas sees partly cloudy skies and a colder spell this afternoon and tonight with warmer conditions by Thursday. East Texas reports cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers this afternoon, then partly cloudy and colder tonight and Thursday with strong southerly winds shifting to northerly this afternoon and diminishing Thursday. North Central Texas remains partly cloudy today tonight and Thursday with colder conditions. South Central Texas shows partly cloudy conditions today tonight and Thursday with lighter colds tonight and coast winds turning from south to north this afternoon and diminishing Thursday.
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Texas
East
Senate Stakes Inland Waterways in Oil Lands Debate
Senate amendments affirm state ownership of submerged lands under harbors bays and inland waters including the Great Lakes while delaying final jurisdiction debate. The plan would grant states royalties from tidelands with three-eighths share, and Congress to set the bays edge, while Interior control until a final solution. The issue overlaps with IRS bureau reorganization and treaty considerations.
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Washington
Senate
Great Lakes
Sen
Long
D-La
Congress
Sens. O'Mahoney
Dwye
Anderson
D-Nm
Secretary of Interior
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sens
Pceniy
D-Tex
Holland
Dfla
House
Senate Interior Committee
Texas
Union
California
Gulf of Mexico
Connally
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J. T. Murphree
Murphree
LaWayne Hulse
Fisher
Penn
Borden Test
Scurry Wells
McAlester Fuel Corp
T. P. Allen
Scurry Wildcat
Humble No
James Davidson
Ellenburger Project
Kent
Scurry
Garza
Stonewall
Weather Improvement League
Denver
Austin
U.S
Ways and Means
Rep
Doughton
D-Nc
Rep. Reed
Reed
Mills D-Ark
Mills
Tually
Tional
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Shivers
England
N. H
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Robert A. Taft
Frankfurt
Germany
Hower
Florida
E. Johnston
Bob Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
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