Rotary Wildcat Projects Spark In Fisher and Nolan Counties
Fort Worth investors led a 6200 foot rotary wildcat in southwest Fisher County near Claytonville, 12 miles north of Vealmoor, with projected depth 8500 feet. Nearby, Nolan County prospectors plan a 3/4 mile west extension to the Caddo production in the North Dora field as a two hour drillstem test revealed 100,000 cubic feet per day gas and 273 feet of oil recovery. Chicago Corp No 2 TXL in Nolan’s North Dora field was shut in after two oil flows totaling 332 barrels in five hours from 5965 to 6027 feet open hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Weiner
Fort Worth
Fisher County
M. E. Famby
H&tc
Claytonville
Claytonville Canyon
Seaboard Falcon and
Green
MacSpadden
Clayton and Johnson
T&p
Vealmoor
Borden County
Nolan
Caddo
North Dora
Nolan County
Boyd
Eskota
Chicago Corp. No
TXL
Chicago
Allowable Boost In State Set For April
The Texas Railroad Commission raised the state oil allowable for April by 73,205 barrels per day, setting a permissive flow of 3,104,568 barrels daily. The increase reflects the pattern of 18 producing days statewide and in the East Texas field, with April having one fewer day than March. Chairman Ernest O. Thompson cited steady gasoline stocks and expected refinery maintenance in April as factors. He noted national crude stocks near 262 million barrels, below the 268 million level industry consensus deemed adequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Big East
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Last Day For Blood Typing In Drive Here
The Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors a walking blood bank and urges volunteers to report to the County Health Unit at 911 Twenty-sixth Street between 6 and 8 pm to be typed. About 82 people were typed in two days, with 75 more names to be added from Sun Oil Co and Texas Co employees. Blood will be provided at no charge to patients in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dick Roberts
Junior Chamber
Snyder
C. R Cockrell
Twenty-sixth Street
Roberts
Sun Oil Co
Texas Co
Railroads Win 10 Percent Mail Handling Raise
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted railways a 10 percent rate increase for transporting U.S. mails, retroactive to Oct. 1. Estimated annual extra revenue is about 32 million dollars, with retroactive payments for Oct. 1, 1953 to March 31, 1954 around 16 million. The Post Office Department did not contest the increase, accepting railroad cost data since 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
U.S
ICC
Post Office Department
Greatest Bootlegger Knocked Again in Discrimination Case
Anderson Davis Sr., Snyder County’s famed bootlegger, has another ballot of appeals denied as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals sustains the county court conviction from July 7. Davis faces a fine of 2530 dollars plus costs, with potential jail time for nonpayment, while his son serves a four year sentence for bootlegging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Davis, Sr
Snyder
Court of Criminal Appeals At
Austin
Davis
Pat Johnston
Wayland Holt
C. E. McGaw
Anderson Davis, Jr
Squabbling Over Replacement for Judge Laughlin in Texas
In Austin a dispute erupts over who should fill the 79th Judicial District seat left by District Judge C. Woodrow Laughlin. Eleven lawyers who aided in Laughlin's ouster seek appointment, while Sen Abe Kazen opposes any of them. Gov. Shivers met with the group and outlined a careful decision expected soon. Kazen and his father in law Manuel Raymond weigh influence and senatorial courtesy in the selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duval County
Benavides Independent School District
Floyd
Austin
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Allan Shivers
Laughlin
Jacob
Floyd Sr
Alice
South
Texas
George Parr
79Th Judicial District
Abe Kazen Jr
Laredo
William H. Shireman
Corpus Christi
J. W. Wilson
Falfurrias
South Texas
Senate
Kazen
79Th
Shireman
Shivers
Manuel Raymond
Jews and Arabs Tense After Negev Massacre Report
Tension rose along Israel's borders as investigators and U N observers probed a massacre in the Negev that killed 11 Jews. Israel blamed Arab attackers from the Jordan area. Syria moved troops toward Jordan while Beersheba hosted cabinet discussions. The UN Security Council and Israel Jordan Armistice Commission were notified. survivors included a woman and child who played dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
U.N
Negev Desert
Beirut
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
Moshe Sharett
Israel Army
Beersheba
Negev
Lonely Scorpion Pass
Foreign Office
Washington
London
Paris
United Nations
Security Council
U. N
Dusty, gusty Texas weather shifts with Pacific cold front
Associated Press reports dust reduced visibility to zero at Dalhart and varied across West Texas with gusts up to 49 miles per hour. Drizzle affected several cities including College Station, Abilene, Fort Worth, Dallas and San Antonio as a Pacific cold front moved in. Temperatures ranged from 36 to 68 degrees while thunderstorm activity was forecast for Central and East Texas and snow flurries potential in the Panhandle Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Dalhart
Lubbock
Amarillo
Childress
Brownsville
West Texas
College Station
Palacios
Abilene
San Antonio
Waco
Austin
Fort Worth
Dallas
Junction
Central
East Texas
Panhandle
Oil Man Asks No More Tax In Texas Oil
Texas oil leader Harry W. Bass urged a halt to tax increases on the industry at a Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assn. regional meeting in Fort Worth. He warned public policy must stop the oil industry’s slide from its top national position as reserves and drilling rates remain strong yet output shares fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Harry W. Bass
Bass
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assn
Turnstiles Standstill Father Of Absconder Will Proffer His Own Coffers
In Clio Alabama the town reels from a $80,000 to $100,000 loss after missing banker Royal Reynolds and his wife disappeared. His father R W Reynolds 72 vows to raise 25000 to aid townspeople who trusted his son. About 918 residents face empty offices and rationed lunches as creditors seek repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clio
Ala
R. W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Tommy Reynolds
Royal Reynolds
Sue
Merchants’ Exchange
Theople
Ito
Dan Easterling
Warnings Of Assassinations Alarm New York Officials
A State Department alert warned Puerto Rican Nationalists planned to kill important figures including Henry Cabot Lodge. Police expanded protection for Lodge at the Waldorf and for Sen. Kennedy, Mayor Wagner, and other officials. FBI had no comment and further details were unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Department
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
Lodge
FBI
Waldorf- Astoria Towers
Thomas E. Dewey
St. Patrick's Day
Roosevelt Hotel
Pawling
N. Y
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Gracie Mansion
Upper Eastside
Robert F. Wagner
Teachers Pay, Other Bills Are Undebated
Sleepy senators held a 16 minute session then recessed without debating teacher pay or the governor building fund requests. The Senate approved the governor’s $10 687 500 building program and a $25 600 000 teacher pay and school finance bill. The emergency building plan funds construction at Southwestern Medical School Dallas the State School for the Deaf Austin Eastham Prison Farm and the State Dental School Houston. Beer tax increases are set for hearings including a $2 per barrel and a higher $10 option. The teacher pay compromise backed by Shivers and the Texas State Teachers Assn calls for a $402 minimum raise but leaves local boards to decide actual amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Shivers
Senate
Southwestern Medical School
Dallas
State School For the Deaf
Austin
Eastham
State Dental School
Houston
Shivers
Joe Kilgore
McAllen
Joe Pool
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Texas State Teachers Assn
House
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
Lock
West Texas
Mild Weather Report From Local Observer
Weather observer Mrs. D P Strayhorn reported yesterday's high of 66 degrees and a low of 46 with a 7 30 am reading of 49 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Strayhorn
Weather Outlook for North Central Texas and Panhandle
Cloudy with showers or thundershowers and cooler conditions this afternoon. Lows near freezing in extreme northwest and Panhandle. Friday partly cloudy and cool with possible light snow flurries in some areas. Strong southerly winds on the coast shift to northwest by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Panhandle
Upper South
Rebels Slack Off On Latest Bloody Assault
Amid Dien Bien Phu fighting French and Vietminh artillery exchange long range fire as the fortress holds. American supplied aircraft supported French strikes while Vietminh regrouped after heavy losses, with Gen Giap’s forces weighing renewed charges in the northwest Indochina siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Indochina
United States
Dien Bien Phu
Foreign Legionnaires
Vo Nguyen Giap
Ethene
Geneva
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Wayne Glasscock
Bob McFarlin
B. J. Shelley
Shelley
Lee Watson
Rotary Wildcat
Borden Outpost
OIL News
Johnston
McGaw
High Court
Judge Laughlin
Masao Tsuzuki
Tokyo University
Pacific
Bikini
First National Bank of Atlanta
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