Humble Plans Wildcats In Two Texas Counties
Humble Oil & Refining sets two new wildcat locations in Scurry and Mitchell counties. No. 1 Annie Jones near Fluvanna aims for Ellenburger drilling to 9 000 feet. No. 1 Maude Farmer near Colorado City targets Clear Fork to 3 500 feet. MITCHELL TEST Sohio Yarbrough shows Ellenburger potential with oil and gas results. Vealmoor field well No. 2 Hassie Clanton reports 121.56 barrels per day. Continental drilling activity includes Green No. 1 Davis and Texaco No. 3 Fuller updates.
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Scurry
Mitchell Counties
Humble Oil & Refining Corp
Annie Jones
Fluvanna
Snyder
H&t
Ellenburger
Mitchell
Maude Farmer
Colorado City
Humble No. 1
Trulock
Clear Fork
Yarbrough
Vealmoor Field
Monterey Exploration Co
San Antonio
Hassie Clanton
Vealmoor
Howard County
Big One
T&p
Buffalo Creek
Scurry County
Elburger
Davis
Kent County
Texaco No. 3
Vickers Exploration, Ltd., and Associates
W. C
Orson
Borden County
Gail
Willbern to Leave Snyder for Phillips Petroleum in June
Willbern 33 a Snyder attorney with Sen tell Rosser & Willbern will move to Houston around June 1 to join Phillips Petroleum Corp legal department. He has led local civic groups and serves as first vice president of the Snyder Chamber and Kiwanis Club.
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Willbern
Sentell, Rosser & Willbern
Houston
Phillips Petroleum Corp
Snyder
Tidewater Associated Oil Co
James Rosser
University of Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Youth Development Council
Boy Scout
Wives’ Organization
Snyder Bar Asociation
Jaycee Etes
Margaret
Milburn Street
Texas Law School
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Runge
Tex
Frankie At Favorite Sport Again Fighting With Newspaper Men
Rome The temperamental Frank Sinatra and wife Ava Gardner clashed with a photographer in Rome after a chaotic London to Rome trip. The couple missed their Milan bound plane and vowed not to fly the airline again as police separated the two sides briefly. The photographer claimed two pictures were taken.
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Frankie
Rome
Frank Sinatra
Ava Gardner
London
Sinatra
Piotogreeket
Rebels Decide Not To Make Big Push
Vietminh forces withdraw from Laos after a 25 day advance near Luang Prabang and Vientiane. Analysts cite international pressure and peacemaking moves by Moscow and Peking as possible reasons for halting the invasion with minimal casualties.
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Vietminh
Laos
Luang Prabang
Vientiane
Mekong River
Thailand
Cambodia
Moscow
Peiping
Clerical Error in Bust Size Named by British Judge
London judge awards Miss Laura Wilson 12 guineas after Watson Dress Shop overvalued her bust by three inches in four weeks. She was measured before and after delivery to prove the error and the shop refused to take the dress back claiming growth.
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London
Laura Wilson
Wilfrid Clother
Watson Dress
Miss Wilson
Watson Salon
Eighth US atomic blast dazzles Las Vegas in spring test
A bright flash lit the Nevada Proving Grounds at 9 30 a m as the eighth detonation in the AEC spring series occurred, likely from Frenchman Flat. A mushroom cloud rose to 25 000 feet and Las Vegas felt a tremor five minutes later with no reported effects on facilities.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Proving Grounds
Atomic Energy Commission
Frenchman Flat
AEC
Death by Own Action in Dallas Woman's Death
The Dallas widow Mrs Edwin Campbell aged 23 died from poison after collapsing in her sister's bathroom. Justice A Boyt ruled death by own action citing rat poison found in her closet and an autopsy by Dr D H Mullins. Campbell's husband was slain in a burning car on December 31.
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Edwin Campbell
Boyt
Helen Ruth Whaley
Cisco
Ranger
New Blasts Hit Strike Town In Elizabeth Louisiana
Lee Howard 35 Calcasieu Paper Company plant manager was seriously injured by a dynamite booby trap while examining an earlier blast. He was blown over 50 feet and suffered a fractured skull. The strike at two paper mills began last September over a contract dispute with deadlocked negotiations.
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Elizabeth
Lee Howard
Calcasieu Paper Company
Howard
Jack Sirman
Allen Parish
Stassen Faces Fork in Foreign Aid Plans From Business Tours
Washington reports show 55 business leaders split on how the United States should run foreign aid. Some urged full State Department control and abolition of the MSA, while others favored keeping MSA with changes or integrating it with embassy staffs. Stassen weighed which recommendations to implement.
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Washington
U. S
Britain
Germany
Italy
State Department
Mutual Secur Agency
MSA
Greece
Belgium
France
Turkey
Denmark
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Clarence Francis
General Foods Corp
West Berlin
Formosa
Philippines
Indochina States
Netherlands
West Germany
House
Senate
Brazos
Brazos River
National expenditures to rise unless plans altered
Senator Taft warned that current military and foreign aid plans could push Eisenhower administration spending above Truman’s last year. He cited treasury estimates and defense budget moves that may leave Republicans facing a multi billion deficit if costs stay high.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Rohio
Eisenhower
Truman
Senate
Ohio
Secrary of
the Treasury
Phrey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Treasury
Wilson
Sen. Sparkman
Dala
Capitol Hill
Washington awaits response to eight point Korean armistice plan
Allied negotiators in Panmunjom await Washington instructions after Korea’s Communists proposed an eight point plan to manage 48,500 prisoners who refuse repatriation. The plan calls for a five nation Neutral Nation Repatriation Commission to custody in Korea, with equal troop contributions and a four month explanation period. Eisenhower, Clark, and Dulles weigh the proposal amid concerns India’s neutrality and the selection of Poland and Czechoslovakia on the commission.
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Panmunjom
Washington
Korea
Eisenhower
Gimick
India
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
Mark Clark
U. N
Dulles
New York
United Nations Command
Red
Dewey Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Migs Damaged In Dog Fights Over Northwest Korea
SEOUL reports three Communist MiGs damaged by Sabre jets high over Northwest Korea as Reds cross the Yalu. Seventh Division infantry repelled a 300-man assault on Porkchop Hill amid limited ground action. Navy carrier air strikes hit two East Coast port areas while U S Seventh Division and Eighth Army forces maintained artillery exchanges.
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Seoulp
Korea
Yalu
Seventh Division
Porkchop Hill
Eighth Army
Navy
U. S. 7Th Division
British Labor Gains in Local Elections Across London and Provinces
The Labor Party swept local council elections in London and the provinces, deal ing a sharp blow to Churchill's Conservatives. Voting began Monday and concluded yesterday, with labor gains also reducing Communist representation on councils and prompting calls for new national elections.
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London
Labor Party
Churchill
Labor
92 Degrees Yesterday Shatters Temperature Records
The article reports a high of 92 degrees yesterday and a low of 53 degrees last night with a 7:30 am reading of 64 degrees according to official weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Toll Road Debate Halts House Action in First Friday Session
In Austin the House stalled on a statewide toll road authority proposal as Rep. Joe Pyle sought to convert Senate amendments to a broad Texas bill. Rep. Maury Maverick Jr. argued local origin cannot become statewide. Pyle planned to renew Monday.
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Austin
House
Joe Pyle
Fort Worth
Senate
Dallas
Maury Maverick Jr
San Antonio
Pyle
Texas
Maverick
Dallas-Fort Worth
Shivers
Hpouse
John Crosthwait
English Jet Climbs To New Altitude Record
In London a British Canberra bomber reached 63,668 feet, surpassing the prior world mark by 4,222. W F Gibb piloted near Bristol for the Bristol Aeroplane Company confirming the climb. Cunningham set the previous record in 1948 at 59,446 feet. The club notes the balloon record still exceeds all aircraft.
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London
Royal Aero Club
Bristol
W. F. Gibb
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Britain
John Cunningham
Royal Aircraft Club
O. A. Anderson
A. W. Stevenson
Rapid City
S. D
Liquor Raid at Magnolia Service Station Files Bootlegging Charge
Sheriff’s deputies seized eight half pints of whisky from a soft drink cooler during a raid at Braddock’s Magnolia Service Station on East Highway at Thirty seventh Street. Braddock, 45, faces a charge of possessing whisky for illegal sale. deputies also searched his residence finding only broken bottles. first bootlegging charge connected to the station.
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Sheriff's Department
Braddock
Magnolia
East Highway
Thirty-seventh Street
Hubert Braddock
E. E. Norris
Bill Love
Love
Weather Outlook for North Central and West Texas
Clear to partly cloudy weather continues in the region this afternoon with warm temperatures. Tonight and Saturday will be partly cloudy with locally cooler conditions.
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North Central
West Texas
Man charged in death of his 5 year old swim star child
Miami police say autopsy shows five year old Kathy Tongay died from a ruptured intestine caused by a blow. Det. Charles Sapp reports a second degree murder warrant was issued for 36 year old Russell Tongay, a former Coast Guardsman and father, hours after his habeas release. Kathy and brother Bubba trained under Tongay at Treasure Island Pool. Kathy would have turned six May 22.
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Miami
Russell Tongay
Kathy
Charles A. Sapp
Miami Homicide Bureau
Coast
Tongay
Sapp
Dade County
Mar
Shall C. Wisehart
Edwin Lee Masci
Wisehart
Victor Catherine
Chester Eldredge
Homicide Bureau
Bubba
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