Texaco and oil companies report discoveries in Scurry and Howard counties
In Scurry County Texas several wells show activity with No 48 M A Fuller pumping 116 barrels daily from 2060 to 2168 feet, 350 1 gas-oil ratio and 20000 gallons of acidized perforations. Reports also note multiple wildcat failures and a Kreber location in the North Sara Mag pool and a successful No 1 McDonnell producer in Howard County.
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Texaco, Inc
Coragon ‘San Andres
Scurry County
M. A. Fuller
H&tc Survey
Snyder
Intex Oil Company
Sun Oil Company
J. W. Nichols
Howard County
Tom Brown Drilling Company
Merren & Montgomery
Midland
McDonnell
Sara Mag ‘Canyon Reef
Vincent
Tom Brown Drilling Company, Inc
North Sara Mag Pool
Post
Garza County
Katz Oil Company of
Abilene
John F. Latt
Jasper Hays
Atlantic Refining Company
Ruby Cave
North Rough Draw
Noodle Creek
Kent County
Ambassador Oil Corporation
Rotan
Fisher County
Two Reported Dead In Plane Crash Near Rio Grande City
Starr County sheriff says an Air Force lieutenant was killed and a Mission man injured in a light plane crash two miles east of Rio Grande City on Saturday. The dead lieutenant is Donald Batlard of James Connally Air Force Base, burned. the injured man is A. L. Woodall, 30, of Mission.
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Rio Grande City
Tex
Starr County Sheriff's Office
Air Force
A Mission
Sheriffs Department
Donald Batlard
James Connally Air Force Base
Waco
Raul Pena
A. L. Woodall
Mission
Snyder ICT Officers First In District
Snyder High School Industrial Cooperative Training Club officers won first place in opening and closing ceremonies at the district meeting in Abilene. They will compete in Fort Worth on April 27 with Phil Berry as president and other officers named. New district president Rickey Richardson and vice president Carolyn Mullens were elected, with Midland High hosting next year.
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Abilene
Snyder High School Industrial Cooperative Training Club
Snyder
Fort Worth
Snyder Club
Phil Berry
Bob Lieb
Ginger Austin
Darrell Rains
Lyn Holt
Tommy Force
Marjorie Cole
Roy Taylor
Norman Allen
Judy Burdette
Margaret Goodlett
Rickey Richardson
Carolyn Mullens
Amarillo Palo Duro High School
Midland High School
J. C. Jackson
Snyder High School
Selassie Welcomed in Cairo by Nasser During Stopover
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was greeted personally by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo on Saturday as he stopped over en route to Switzerland to visit a sick granddaughter.
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Cairo
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Switzerland
Slaving Details Still A Mystery in Opera Murder Case
Police in Rome seek motive behind the shooting of American opera star Frances McCann 41 in a Bernini Bristol hotel. Ernest Boxmann 53 lies wounded in hospital muttering about the room incident as detectives piece together letters showing his unrequited love and claims of business ties. Frances McCann wife of J Water Rodgers Jr and mother of four had risen with the West Berlin Opera.
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Bennet M. Bolton
ROMEO
Ernest Boxmann
Frances McCann
Miss McCann
Boxmann
Miss McCain
Rome
J. Water Rodgers Jr
Altadena
Calif
Europe
West Berlin
Bristol
R Boxmann
Charlotte Busch
Berlin
Frances
Mrs. Busch
Cynthia
Walter I
Sally
Soviet Planes Fly Over Alaska Spark Protest Note
Two Soviet reconnaissance aircraft flew about 30 miles into U S air space over Alaska on Thursday night prompting a formal protest from the United States. Washington demanded Russia prevent repeats and Alaska leaders called for stronger air defenses amid rising U S Soviet tensions.
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Corner of Alaska
Washington
Alaska
U.S
Moscow
Foy D. Kohler
Russia
United States
State Department
William Egan
E. L. Bartlett
Pentagon
Egan
Juneau
Bartlett
U. S
Cuba
Latin America
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Greenwich
Defense Department
Trail
Alaskan
Cancer Drive In Borden County Over Top Again
The Borden County Cancer Crusade exceeded its quota by about 240 percent at a Friday night event featuring Miss Mohair and a San Angelo band at Gail school. The drive continues toward its official April 1 start with plans for more gifts. Mrs. Frank Miller chairs the unit which has consistently led the state in quota performance since 1958.
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Cancer Crusade
Borden County
Gail
Crusade
Borden County Cancer Crusade
American Cancer Society
Frank Miller
Rain Lashes East Texas as Dust Blows West
Rain and dust storms sweep Texas as a Pacific cold front moves across the state. Gusty winds up to 45 mph raise dust in the Panhandle while East Texas expects thunder showers to dry up with the cooler air advancing southward.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dalhart
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Grain Signup Increases as Farmers Divert Acreage
Washington AP reports feed grain growers had signed 13,126,000 acres for diversion by March 7 under an Agriculture Department program to cut production. The signup ends in March. Last year 12,319,000 acres were signed by the same date. Farmers in the program receive price supports and payments on idled land.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains Hit By Huge Blizzard
A powerful system swept the northern Great Plains on Saturday with winds up to 100 mph and blizzard conditions across the Dakotas Nebraska and Colorado. Roads were blocked in parts of South Dakota and Nebraska with whiteout visibility and heavy snowfall.
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Great Plains
Colorado
Dakotas
Nebraska Panhandle
South Dakota
Black Hills Secion
Sidney
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Neb
Wildcat Hills Park
Food
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Colorado Plains
Kansas
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Weather Bureau
Arab Talks Suspended As Unity Efforts Break Up
Cairo AP reports Syria Iraq and the United Arab Republic halted three day talks to pursue unity. Delegations will return to Damascus and Baghdad before resuming discussions in Cairo on an unannounced date. Communique says views were aligned though no specific agreements were listed.
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Cairo
Syria
Iraq
United Arab Republic
Syri
Damascus
Baghdad
Revival Freed By Connally Party Strong in Texas
Gov. John Connally urged Texas Democrats to mount a vast revival to counter Republican threats. He warned Republicans seek to inflame rather than solve, citing an alleged $331,000 Houston budget and urging moderate voters to return to the Democratic fold.
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Austin
John Connally
Democratic Party
Texas
Connally
Democratic Executive Committee
Republican Party
Houston
Its Great Day For Irish In New York Parade
A 120000 strong Irish parade in New York drew 2.5 million spectators along Fifth Avenue as officials including Dublin deputy lord mayor John J. MacWeeney and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller reviewed the march. Brig Gen. Martin H. Meaney led the two mile procession from 44th to 16th Streets amid holiday festivities and sunny weather.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Ireland
John J. MacWeeney
Dublin
America
Willarney
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Martin H. Meaney
44Th
16Th Streets
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Umberto
Italy
Serge
Helene
Boulogne
Paris
Prince Alexander
Yugoslavia
Dimitri
Michael
Snyder Area Oil
Scurry
Gulf Oil Corporation
J. S. Criswell
Camp Springs
Deane H. Stoltz
Hays
Southwest
Theiss
Borden
Lee
Claire McCowan
Los Angeles
Byron J. Walters
Miss McCowan
Boulder
Denver
Minnesota
Iowa
Chicago Weather Bureau
Pacific
Central
California
New England
Mercury
Burlington
Maine
John A. Gordon
First Presbyterian Church
Gordon
Big Lake
Garth Jones
John Mulligan
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