Strike Spreads Again Affects Workers Here
Strikers began picketing Pan American Pipeline Co offices and pump stations at 12 01 this morning as the statewide oil strike expanded in the West Texas district. About 70 to 75 workers are affected with Magnolia Pipeline Co still operating normally. Vernon T. Tracy said no violence occurred though taunts were exchanged. talks with higher offices were yet to occur as unions seek a 25 cent hourly raise, while company offers hover around 18 cents.
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Pan American Pipeline Co
West Texas
Snyder
Colorado City
A. M. Ramsey
Kelley - Snyder
Texas - New Mexico Pipeline Co
Magnolia Pipeline Co
Vernon T. Tracy
Added
Tracy
Texas
Associated Press
AFL
CIO
Truman
Tom Fox
Texas Lines
Lee Watson
Agreement On 37th Street Nears Curb and Gutter Work
Property owners Miss Myrtle Harrell and Miss Fay Harrell agreed to sign for curb and gutter on Thirty-seventh Street after explanations from Hassie Greene of Lub bock. A. W. Swift has a tentative contract and crews can start immediately with completion about a week after work begins, with W. Pelphrey paying and deploying crews.
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Thirty - Seventh Street
Myrtle Harrell
Fay Harrell
Thirty-seventh Street
Hassie & Greene
Lubbock
Testing Borden Well At 8 128
Phillips Petroleum No 1-A Dennis Borden wildcat 13 miles NW of Gail recovered 1010 feet of drilling mud and 40 feet of oil and gas cut mud on a two hour DST. Test run on lime from 8128 197 feet, operator coring deeper. Full er well Texas Co No 202 P L Fuller North Central Scurry released rig preparing to complete from Cisco. Operator swabbed 27 60 barrels of oil in eight hours. Shake out four percent sand and water. About 500 feet of fluid in hole.
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Phillips Petroleum Co
Dennis
Borden Wildcat
Gail
Fuller
Texas Co
P. L Fuller
North - Central
Scurry Prospra
Cisco
Superior Oil Co
Intex
Jordan
Scurry Wildcat
Superior & Intex
Eva F. Laws
Fluvanna
Brumley
Kent County
Superior
A Woods
Sun No
Bilby Wallace
Clairemont
Husky Oil No
Nance
Garza Prospector
Hurlbut No
Ina Wallace
Mitchell Wildcat
Colorado City
Ike Opposes Cutting Foreign Aid Budget
General Eisenhower told Sen Connally that any cut in Truman's 7.9 billion foreign aid plan would tend to curtail defense. He avoided asking for the full amount but warned reductions would be heavily felt and could threaten the military build-up essential to U. S. security.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Defense Forces
Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Reds Blast U Over Armistice Delays At Panmunjom
North Korea led by Gen Nam II accused the United Nations Command of delaying a Korea truce by blocking further prisoner exchange talks. Allies refuse forced repatriation and propose suspending negotiations until the Reds are ready to bargain.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Nam II
Nam
Panmunjom
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N. Command
Gates
Matthew B. Ridgway
Mark W. Clark
Ridgway
Eisenhower
NATO
Europe
Joy
Reds
U.N
Four-Year Term and $1000 Fine for Davis in Bootlegging Trial
Anderson Davis Jr. received four years in county jail and a $1000 fine, the harshest misdemeanor sentence here, after convictions for bootlegging. He previously faced multiple sentences and appeals, including a 90-day term and earlier reversals, with trial conducted without counsel. Davis plans an appeal while under enhanced punishment provisions for two prior offenses.
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Anderson Davis
Davis
Court of Criminal Appeals
Edgar Taylor
Witnes
Taylor
Heat Wave Persists Across Texas With No Rain
The Associated Press reports the Texas early-summer heat wave continues through Friday with no rain expected. Cloudy skies may move north from South Texas to temper temperatures. Presidio hit 104 and Wink 100, while Dalhart recorded a low of 50 as ground fog and clouds appeared in South Texas.
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Associated Press
Texas
South Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Presidio
Wink
Dalhart
Gross Says He Had Chief Of Detectives On His Payroll
New York May 8 Boss rookie Gross testifies that William Whalen former chief of detectives was on his payroll after becoming an inspector. He says Gross gave him a dinner and an expensive watch. The testimony ties Whalen to Gross’s multi million dollar bookmaking operation as the police departmental trial resumes.
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Gross
New York
William Whalen
Police Department
James J. Moran
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Bill O'Brien
U.S
Mexico
Mexico City
Brooklyn
Red prisoners seize general at Koje Island hostages held
Reports from Koje Island say Red prisoners seized Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd and hold him as a hostage while an allied officer escaped. The note from the stockade offered no disclosed contents and indicated Dodd remained unharmed hours later.
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Pusan
Korea
Army
Koje Island
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Kose
Narch
U. S. Eighth Army
Wardlaw Said In Shakedown
In Dallas on May 8 a former Fort Worth gambler testified that protection payments of 50 dollars per month were paid to A. L. Wardlaw, a former Tarrant County assistant district attorney. W. H. Getzendaaner said he ran a bookie operation in Fort Worth in 1948 and 1949. His testimony marked the first public hint of a protection racket connected to the county DA's office during those years. The statements were given with the jury out of the room and over objections from an assistant U. S. attorney.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
A. L. Wardlaw
Tarrant County
W. H. Getvendaner
Wardlaw
Getzendaaner
House Moving Policy Halts Large Units on Texas Highways
State highway engineer W D C Greer announced a new policy prohibiting movement of factory constructed houses or storage tanks over 20 feet wide on Texas highways after June 1. The decision rejects an appeal by house and tank manufacturers from a Public hearing of the Highway Commission held April 29.
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Austin
Texas
W D. C. Greer
Highway Commission
Farm Boy May Get Clemency Of State Board
A 15 year old Texas farm boy, Herbert Fletcher, may receive clemency from the State Pardons Board on a 10 year sentence for filling station robberies. The board indicated agreement on recommending clemency but debated jurisdiction over the youth, who claimed he was 17 at the time. The Milam County grand jury previously no-billed a pending robbery count due to age.
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Austin
State Pardons Board
Herbert Fletcher
Texas
Freestone
Williamson
Fletcher
Milam County
Towa
Georgetown
W. K. McClain
Grand Jury
Pardon Board
L. C. Harris
T. B. White
McClain
Harris
White
R. A. (Smoot) Schmid
Texas Fair Dealers Clash Over Shivers Politics
Governor Shivers faced sharp attacks from Ralph Yarborough and the Loyal Democrats who claim he seeks to direct national affairs from Texas. Yarborough insists Texans deserve a full time governor and autonomy in choosing a president. Dickson accuses Shivers of creating a sectional party and vows to oppose him at the May 27 San Antonio convention and the Chicago national meeting.
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Austin
Shivers
Ralph W. Yarborough
Texas
Fagan Dickson
Democrats
Dickson
Yarborough
People of
National Democratic Party
United Nations
World Peace
San Antonio
Chicago
Valedictorian Billie Alford Leads Local Class of 74
Billie Alford is named valedictorian for the senior class to graduate May 23 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Madelyn Crow is salutat orian. Commencement speaker is Delbert Downing of the Midland Chamber of Commerce. Baccalaureate is May 18 at 8 p.m. in the same auditorium with preacher Boyd Fanning of the Church of Christ.
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Bile Alford
P. Alford
Madelyn Crow
J. L. Crow
Delbert Downing
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Boyd Fanning
Church of Christ
Truman faces choices after pacific truce plan in Korea
The article outlines Allied options if the Panmunjom three point armistice proposal is rejected by China and Korea. It notes no forced repatriation of prisoners, allows airfield repair in Communist areas, and a supervising commission including Poland and Czechoslovakia. It weighs potential stalemate, a blockade of China, or expanded diplomacy.
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Washington
Truman
Red China
China
United States
Korea
Defense
William C. Foster
Russia
Foster
Matthew B. Ridgway
Panrmunjom
U.N
United Nations
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Issoe
Kremlin
Moscow
North
South Korea
Yalu River
Biggest Raids Of War Made On Red Korea
Seoul May 8 waves of American planes staged the largest air raid of the Korean War targeting Suan 35 miles southeast of Pyongyang a major supply hub. 185 supply buildings were destroyed and 81 damaged as hundreds of aircraft including F-80s F-84s Sky Raiders and Marines struck with napalm and high explosives. Two MiG-15s were shot down and another damaged in battles distant from Manchurian bases.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Suan
Pyoneyang
Marine Corps
Warm spell lifts to 99 degrees in Snyder
Weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn notes the high reached 99 yesterday as temperatures climbed over the past week. Last night’s low stood at 66 and the morning reading at 7 30 was 71.
Kidnapped Snyder County Child Sought in Aztec NM
Three year old John Wade, son of former Snyder resident Rev Anthom Wade, disappeared from his Aztec New Mexico home Sunday night. Police, FBI, local officers and volunteers using bloodhounds and five airplanes searched the area with no clue. Wade appealed for Johnny’s safe return on air and noted the boy’s special diet due to allergies.
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Snyder
Mr. Wade
Champion
Loraine
W. Wade
Ennis Creek
Here
Clarence Wade
Nathan Wade
New Mexico
Weather Outlook for Texas: Warm and Clear to Partly Cloudy
East and South Central Texas see clear to partly cloudy skies with continued warmth through Thursday night and Friday. Moderate to locally fresh southerly winds on the coast. North Central Texas remains partly cloudy and warm, with similar Thursday to Friday conditions. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers in the Panhandle and little temperature change.
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Texas
Panhandle
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Borden
Ike
Anderson Davis, Jr
Ses
Moran
Sing Sing
William P. O’brien
O'Brien
O’brien
Texas Fair
Billie Alford
Red Korea
Aztec
Wade
Johnny
Farmington
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