Wildcat oil drilling updates across multiple Texas counties
Southeast Scurry East Kent and Garza County sites report drillers Glover's Lauderdale Straughan Abilene and Gould Drilling Midland progressing on Ellenburger Noodle Creek Glorieta and Strawn sand prospects. Notable results include Fox & Ransdel 110 barrels 38 gravity oil in Northwest Fisher and J N Harrell Jr. test at 3 900 feet in Central Fisher with limited success.
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The
Atlantic Refining Company
Wallace
Clairemont
Kent
H&tc Survey
Gould Drilling Company
Midland and Associates
Ellis
Garza
Southland
J. Hays
Upper Hope
Rotan
Fisher County
Fox & Ransdel
Abilene
Willis Dean
Tom Brown Drilling Company
Merren & Montgomery
Midland
North Pennsylvanian Reef Pool
Howard County
Vincent
H&tc
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company
McMillin
Stonewall County
Aspermont
Guest ‘Canyon
Ross Brunner
J. N. Harrell, Jr
Cancer Society To Meet Here Monday
The Scurry County unit of the American Cancer Society will hold a 4 p.m. meeting in the Snyder National Bank Community Room. No speaker is planned. All donors and volunteers are considered members, and any interested person is invited to attend.
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American Cancer Society
Scurry County
Snyder National Bank
The
Cancer Society
Ill Soviet Leader Kozlov Suffering Illness Sparks Successor Talk
Reports say Frol Kozlov at 55 has a brain blood clot and may be hospitalized for months. Western observers increasingly eye Leonid Brezhnev as heir apparent if Kozlov cannot return, while Khrushchev weighs stepping down from premier and party roles.
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Preston Grover
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Kozlov
Brezhnev
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Central Committee
Supreme Soviet
Snyder Band Tops at Buccaneer Music Festival in Corpus
Snyder High School Band directed by Melvin Montgomery wins outstanding Class AAA concert band honors at the Buccaneer Music Festival in Corpus Christi. Band earns first division in concert and sight reading. Snyder choir also places in top divisions.
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Snyder
Roger Gee
Tom Bennett
Robert Clinton
Rita Hanback
Ann Patterson
Karen Elkins
Bobby Easterwood
Mike Graves
Charlie Shockley
Dwain Butler
Janie McBeth
Bill Gordon
Deanna Carpenter
Marguerette Holt
Marjere Campbell
Chnis
Buccaneer
South
Crystal City Brawl Erupts at Local Tavern
Two men were injured in a Crystal City tavern brawl after two men ordered sandwiches. Shots were fired and about 100 people gathered as police investigated the incident.
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Crystal City, Mo
Crystal City
Petition for Junior College Goes To State Board
About 50 residents from Fisher and Scurry Counties travel to Austin to present a petition seeking an election on establishing a public junior college. The effort, led by Badger Robertson, aims for state board approval and a survey committee review as the process moves forward.
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Fisher
Scurry
State Board of Education
Austin
Snyder
State Board
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Long Range Planning Committee
Badger Robertson
Rockefeller Weds Divorced Socialite Amid Rumors of Political Shakeup
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller married Margaretta Happy Murphy, a newly divorced social figure, at the Rockefeller estate in Westchester County. The couple plans a secluded honeymoon at the 1,235 acre Venezuelan Rockefeller ranch. The affair prompts mixed views on Rockefeller's presidential prospects among GOP leaders and party chairmen.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Margaretta Happy Murphy
Rockefeller
Westchester County
Rockefeller Ranch
Venezuela
William Miller
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
Dogs and Water Hoses Used Against Birmingham Demonstrators
In Birmingham Alabama police used dogs and high velocity water hoses to disperse about 1 000 demonstrators in a fresh segregation protest. Rev James Bevel urged nonviolence as federal officials joined local authorities to seek restraint amid clashes and arrests climbing past 1 400 since April 3.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Bevels
Steel City
Alabama
Kennedy
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Bevels
Federal
Justice Department
Burke Marshall
US Justice Department
Martin Luther King Jr
Food and clothing pour into Mexican town
Tons of food and clothing arrived in McAllen for Alazan villagers. Five trucks carried 40 tons of supplies across the border to Rio Bravo for distribution, but muddy roads slowed the final delivery.
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Mcallen
Tex ‘Ap
California
Alazan
Mexico
Rio Bravo
Renewal Of Civil War Looms In Laos After Helicopter Attack
Premier Souvanna Phouma accused pro Communist Pathet Lao of firing on two truce mission helicopters near Plaine des Jarres 110 miles northeast of Vientiane. He warned he may halt peace talks and not return to the area, risking a renewed civil war in Laos.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna
Snyder High Students Winner at State Interscholastic League
Snyder Jr High entrants earned three top awards at the Interscholastic League meet in Austin. Millison Smyth took second in extemporaneous speaking, Diana Ator placed fourth in persuasive speaking, and Brenda Boyd with Mary Bowlin tied for third in girls debate.
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Snyder High School
Austin
Snyder
Millison Smyth
Brenda Boyd
Mary Bowlin
Diana Ator
Miss Smyth
Lee Smyth
Novaline Imler
Conroe
Miss Boyd
Miss Bowlin
Waco University High School
Carthage
Corsicana
Danielle
Nationwide panel urged to back tax cuts by labor groups
Labor, consumer and professional bodies discuss forming a nationwide citizens committee to mobilize support for an early substantial tax cut. AFL-CIO leaders have attended preliminary talks and favor a parallel group to the Henry Ford II business committee. Treasury backs formalizing the effort as a follow through to the business group.
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Washington
Citizens Committee
Afl-Cio
Federation
Business Committee For
Henry Ford II
Treasury Department
Treasury
Ford Group
Mild Dry Weather Dominates Texas State
The Associated Press reports mild dry conditions across Texas with the northern third mostly clear and the rest cloudy to partly cloudy. Southerly and southeasterly winds up to 30 mph gusts in the Panhandle, around 20 mph elsewhere, bring slightly warmer temperatures. Sunday foresees partly cloudy, warm weather with cooler Panhandle northern parts and a few Sunday showers near the coast of South Central Texas.
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Texas
Panhandle
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Ed Perkins
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