Shivers Cites Scurry Water Project Today
Gov. Shivers urges Texas to solve its water problems locally at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention. He touts conserving surface and subsurface water and notes possible interregional diversions if needed. He cites the Colorado River project in Scurry County, showing a $11,750,000, revenue-bond funded plan to supply Big Spring Odessa and Snyder, with district-wide financing to support growth.
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Fort Worth
Shivers
Texas
Washington
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association
Colorado River
Upper
Colorado
Scurry County
Big Spring
Odessa
Snyder
Drillstem Test On Scurry Well Near Dia mond M-Canyon Field
In Scurry County Texas operators report drillstem tests and progress on multiple wells. McAlester Fuel Corp No 1 A tests at 7 447 to 7 462 feet recovering 288 feet oil gas mud and 5994 feet salt water with gas surface in 38 minutes. Other drills include Borden wildcat York No 1 recovering 30 feet heavily oil cut mud and 140 feet oil cut mud from 7 515 to 7 530 feet and Magnolia No 7 Murphy at 6 784 feet total depth. Nearby wells and statuses are listed with locations and depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester Fuel Corp
T. P. Allen
Allen
LaVaca
Diamond M-Canyon
Scurry County
Texaco
P. L. Fuller
Borden County Crown Central
Joe B. York
Borden Wildcat
Fluvanna
Phillips Petroleum No
Dennis
Gail
Georgetown Railway Co
Garza County
Hunt No
Clayton & Johnson
Magnolia
Murphy
Conrads
Baker & Taylor Drilling Co
W. D. Johnson, Jr
Clairemont
Sun No
Bilby Wallace
H&tc
Wallace
Spartan Drilling Co. No
E.W. Grissom
Dawson Wildcat
Sparenberg
T&p
Spraberry
Bad Weather Delays 8750-Strong Infantry Airlift to Texas
Shaw Field South Carolina reports weather disruptions delaying the 31st Infantry Division airlift of about 8 750 combat soldiers to Temple Texas. The Dixie Division was to depart at 2 a m CST for Exercise Long Horn beginning in five days with 20 C 124 Globemaster aircraft and 30 C 46 troop carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw Field
S. C
31St Infantry
Shaw Air Force Base
Texas
Dixie Division
Temple
Air Force
Allowable Cut For Texas Is Ordered
The Railroad Commission ordered a cut of about 103000 barrels a day in Texas April oil allowable. Reducing statewide producing days from 24 to 22 drove the cut, with West Texas allocations pending. East Texas remains at 19 days. Pewett Ranch and Hawkins fields adjust. Fort Chadbourne stays closed. Pickton and Pantex cut to 10 and 14 days. Industry input varied from 21 to 24 days before final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
Olin Culberson
West Texas
Goldsmith - San Andres
Commission
Big East Texas
Pewett Ranch
East Texas
Hawkins Field
Fort Chadbourne
Pickton
Pantex
Sun Oil Co
Gulf and Crown Central
Sun
Shell
Humble
Magnolia, Phillips and
Texas Co
Stano
Parachutists Safe After Dallas Plane Crash
A Marine transport crashed near a Dallas suburb with 21 parachutists aboard. One parachutist survived hospitalization after bail out. two crew members died, seven injured, and the rest unhurt. Pilot Captain R C Wesley escaped by parachute. The missing jumper Joseph John Jasso was later found alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Lisbon Veterans Hospital
Joseph John Jasso
Cmdr
Lewis Joseph Garfield
Downey
Calif
Carl L
Cherry Point
N. C
R. C. Wesley
Pensacola
Fla
Garfield
el Toro
Dallas Naval Air Station
Wesley
Senate Moves To Halt Morris As Cleanup Begins
Senate committees move to block Morris from seizing records while he launches a nationwide income disclosure survey of 25 000 high paid officials. McCarran seeks limits on Morris power and vows to hear under oath about any Communist ties before Easter. House tax investigators probe New York tax agency irregularities and Dowling is fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newbold Morris
Morris
McCarran
D-New
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Senate
Gress
Nevada
China
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Rep. Potter
R-Mich
New York City
House
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Monroe D. Dowling
John B. Dunlap
Dowling
Gravedigger Held in Extortion Letter Case Linked to Sutton Trial
William Brinckerhoff Brown 61 of New York was jailed on federal extortion charges after admitting writing a threat to Arnold Schuster, the man who led police to Willie Sutton. Schuster was murdered March 8, while Sutton and two alleged accomplices faced trial for a $64,000 Manufacturers Trust Co. holdup in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arnold Schuster
Willie Sutton
Sutton
Schuster
Brooklyn
FBI
William Brinckerhoff Brown
Brown
Queens
Manufacturers Trust Company
Rain Brings Little Relief In Snyder Area
An hour of rain with light hail and a sand duster yielded about half an inch of moisture in Snyder yesterday. Most rain ran off as ground soak was minimal, with grasslands slightly helped and Deep Creek revived briefly. March moisture reached 0.60 inch. year total 0.90. highs near 76, lows around 42.
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Snyder
New Mexico
Marion Everhart
Soil Conservation
Everhart
Elevator Men Deny Shortage Charges in Texas
Three Panhandle grain firms deny shortages cited by a House subcommittee probing the CCC grain storage program. Frank Triplett of Producers Grain Corp. says the firms may sue any responsible party for allegedly false propaganda. The committee listed several Texas firms with claimed shortages but no final action, including Hollingsworth Mill, Hollenstein Elevator, Interstate Grain, Plainview Wheat Growers, Great West Mills, Minimax, Tex-O-Kan, and B&B Grain Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
House
Frank Triplett
Producers Grain Corp
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Texas
Triplett
Plainview Wheat Growers, Inc
J. C. Eiring
Plainview Company
Milo
Ralph Blodgett
B&b Grain Co
Spearman
Hollingsworth Mill and Elevator Co
Gatesville
Hollenstein Bros. Elevator Co
Ambarger
Heard Elevator
Petersburg
Interstate Grain Corp
Fort Worth
Plainview Wheat Growers
Plainview
Great West Mills
Ballinger
Minimax Feed & Elevator Co
Lamesa
Tex-O-Kan Mill and Elevator
McKinney
TWA To Add More Europe Flights This Summer
Trans World Airlines says strong demand for summer tourist travel to Europe will push its transatlantic coach service to 10 flights a week in each direction starting June 1.
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Washington
Trans World Airlines
Europe
Big Guns Turn Back Red Drive Near Korangpo Front
Allied guns repelled a 1000 strong Chinese assault northwest of Korangpo as U N forces held the line. Fighter bombers damaged rail targets and air raid sirens sounded in Seoul before sunrise though targets proved noncombatant.
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Big Guns
U. S. Eighth Army
Korangpo
Seoul
Hedy Free Again After Divorce Number Four
Hedy Lamarr has been granted a divorce from her fourth husband Ernest Ted Stauffer in Los Angeles after she testified he abused her. Stauffer, a nightclub owner in Mexico, was described as charming to patrons but not toward Lamarr. A chauffeur testified to seeing an onslaught in a Beverly Hills hotel. The couple wed last June and separated in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Hedy Lamarr
Ernest
Ted) Stauffer
Mexico
Marvin Neal
Stauffer
Beverly Hills
Acheson Sees Truce Talks Success Amid Caution
Secretary of State Acheson told the Senate committee he expects a successful truce in Korea though he warned against optimism. He urged approval of aid for foreign programs and outlined concerns on Korea, Indochina, NATO unity, inflation, Spain facilities, and possible aid to Japan. UN talks on prisoners faced Communist refusals and proposed port-entry changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Len Wiley
U. S
Korea
Indochina
France
Germany
NATO
State Department
Spain
United Nations Command
William P. Nuckols
U.N. Command
Pyongyang
Sinanju
Hambung
Hungnam
Seoul
Inchon
Taegu
Two Egyptian Politicians Put Under Arrest
Cairo Egypt two Wafd party leaders Fuad Serag el Din Pasha and Abdel Fattah Hassan Pasha were seized by police and sent to Bilbeis and Bassioun for detention. The prosecutor general accuses Serag el Din of administrative responsibility for the Jan 26 riots that left 67 dead. Hassan is accused of rhetoric that day. The arrests are seen as a major blow to the Wafd party by Prime Minister Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha's government.
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Cairo
Egypt
Fuad Serag el Din Pasha
Abdel Fattah Hassan Pasha
Serag el Din
Mustapha el Nashas Pasha
Hassen
Interior
Hassan
Bilbeis
Bassioun
Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Farouk
Contested Martin County Water District Creation Questioned
Houston attorney Victor Bouldin closed CRMWD’s lawsuit arguing the Martin County District was created by an improper and unconstitutional process. He said the State Board of Water Engineers used extra data after hearings and acted to help rather than follow law. The suit seeks to block pumping limits affecting Odessa and Big Spring.
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Austin
Martin County
126Th District Court
Houston
Victor Bouldin
Colorado River
Bouldin
CRMWD
State Board of Water Engineers
Odessa
Big Spring
Commission Talks Funds and Charters for City Improvements
City commission members reviewed charters from other cities and provisions for borrowing on tax and revenue bonds for capital projects. They planned to draft sections for the tentative charter and discuss budget mechanics and finance administration at next Monday’s meeting.
Farm unions clash over federal farm policy leadership
A rift opens between the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Farmers Union as they push opposing visions of government role in farming. The union urges higher price supports and campaigns against the bureau and National Grange with help from Agriculture Secretary Brannan, a struggle seen as shaping this year’s election and future farm economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers Union
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
National Grange
Bureau
Brannan
Union
Truman
Mexicans To Release Four Florida Shrimp Boats
U S consular officials head to Campeche to ensure four seized Florida shrimp boats are released promptly. The Mexican Navy dropped trespass charges as the vessels were within nine miles of the coast, beyond the U S three mile limit.
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Florida
Mexico City
U. S
Campeche
Yucatan Peninsula
Coast Guard
Mexico
William Airshie
Weather Summary For Texas Regions
West Texas reports partly cloudy skies with a cooler trend today and tonight as lows fall to 28 to 32. East Texas shows cloudier to partly cloudy conditions with showers along the coast and a cool to mild Wednesday. South Central Texas trends cooler today and tonight with a warmer Wednesday and strong northwest winds near the coast. North Central Texas remains cloudy and cooler today and tonight with a warmer Wednesday.
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Texas
East
Senators Debate Ike Testimony On Foreign Aid Bill
Sen Brian McMahon and Sen Theodore Green discuss the Foreign Relations Committee delaying a decision on summoning Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower to testify about the $7.9 billion Foreign Aid Bill. McMahon plans to push the issue in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian McMahon
D-Conn
Theodore Green
D-R.i
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
McMahon
Senate
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Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Matthew B. Ridgway, Jr
Tokyo
Haneda
Far East
Matthew B. Ridgway
Con
Snyder Area
TWA
U.N
Hedy
Sec
Japan
Munsan
Water District
Uncle Sam
Ike
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