Liberty Stops Broadcasting Program Changes At KSNY
Liberty stops broadcasting as Gordon McLendon announces suspension of Liberty Broadcasting System operations until the courts grant relief. He accuses baseball leagues of conspiracy and appeals to antitrust law, with 458 stations halting operations after confirming plan to resume when able. KSNY's Charles Wolfe notes prior eight hour day broadcasts and new RCA records arrangements.
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Snyder
Gordon McLendon
Liberty Broadcasting System
LBS
Associated Press
McLendon
Justice Department
Ford Frick
Charles Wolfe
KSNY
Liberty
Wolfe
RCA Victor
Nied
Lester L. May
Pump Tests On Scurry Wildcat Shows Oil Progress
Stanolird Oil and Gas No 2 0 A Buffaloe Strawn wildcat in North Scurry County tests on the pump after slight oil shows. The well flowed 125 barrels of water and no oil in six hours, then 768 barrels of water with four barrels of oil in the next 18 hours. It is plugged back to 7595 feet in Strawn lime. Borden wells drill in Northeast Borden County and Northwest Borden. American Trading No 1 Elmer Howell drills to 7311 feet in lime and chert. Magnolia No 2 D Conrad and Superior No 13 578 Jordan drill in Scurry County. Pure Oil No 9 Whatley Cisco project moves to pump installation after perforations are prepared.
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Stanolird Oil & Gas No
A. Buffaloe
Strawn Wildcat
Scurry County
Borden Well
Sinclair Oil & Gas No
Roy Reeder
Borden County
Phillips Petroleum No
Dennis
Borden Wildcat
American Trading
Elmer Howell
Scurry Wildcat
Magnolia
Conrad
Superior No
Jordan Northwest Scurry Prospector
Pure Oil
Whatley
Cisco Project
Senate approves tidelands bill moving to Truman
The Senate passed a tidelands bill granting states clear title to submerged offshore lands. The measure, sending the bill to President Truman, faces expected veto despite House support 247 to 89. Contends: federal supremacy versus state ownership and potential oil value estimates of 22 to 39 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
California
Texas
Louisiana
Supreme Court
House
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Chinese maneuvers under way on island as sirens sound
Sirens rang for a half hour during an air alert in Taipei while reports claimed large scale military maneuvers were underway on the island controlled by the Chinese nationalist government.
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Taipeh
Romance Dead in County As June Brings Delay
Most couples awaiting nuptials expect June for weddings while no marriage licenses have been issued since May 3. The county clerk joked about a three day sale with licenses offered at half price.
McCarthy Helped by Federal Staff on Housing Piece
Walter M. Royal Jr, a government publicist, testified he and about a dozen federal workers assisted Sen. McCarthy to prepare a housing article the Senator sold for 10000 dollars. He denied writing it for McCarthy and said he learned later that writer Maron Simon was on Lustron's payroll.
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Washington
Walter M. Royal Jr
Sen
McCarthy
Rwis
Royal
Senate Rules Subcommittee
Benton
D-Conn
Senate
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Lustron
Maron Simon
Simon
Tustron
Reds Press Armistice Breakoff As Talks Stall
In Panmunjom the ninth day of negotiations sees North Korea and the United Nations renewing rejection of prisoner exchanges and repatriation. Gen Nam Il insists on formal termination of talks, while Vice Admiral Joy interrupts to reject the Kee plan.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam UT
Panmunjom
Nam Il
U.N
Nam I
Charles F. Colson
Rose Island
Top Ace Shot Down In Korea
U S Fifth Air Force reports Col Walker M Mahurin, famed fighter pilot with over 25 kills, shot down over Korea Tuesday. He radioed that he had been hit by an enemy MiG and was on fire. Mahurin, 33, from Fort Wayne Indiana, helped pioneer Sabre jet dive bombing as a combat group commander of the Fourth Fighter Wing.
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U.S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Air Force
Walker M. Mahurin
America
Sabre
Mak
Mahurin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Texas Rail Road Commission Sets June Oil Output Cut
The Texas Railroad Commission lowered June's allowable crude to 2,847,875 barrels per day, down 113,444 from May. Chairman Culberson warned figures could shift with strike developments, and the plan limits production to 19 producing days statewide, with field specifics for East Texas, Pantex, Hawkins, Pickton, Millican, and 14 West Texas Phillips-Goldsmith plants.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Strike Situation Commission
Olin Culberson
Texas
East Texas
Pantex
Hawkins
Pickton
Millican
West Texas
Phillips-Goldsmith
Culberson
Commission
Local Level Bargaining Begins in Texas Oil Strike
The Associated Press reports local bargaining starts amid a 17 day strike by 90,000 CIO oil workers across 22 unions. Some Texas refineries resumed work while Gulf Coast plants remain idle and wage talks proceed with multiple companies including Continental Refinery and Phillips.
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Associated Press
Texas
CIO
Texas Gulf Coast
O. A. Knight
Wichita Falls
Continental
Wage Stabilization Board
Lantic Refinery Co
Port Arthur
Gulf Oil Corp
American Liberty Oil Co
Mt. Pleasant
WSB
Phillips Petroleum Co
Berger
International Union of Operating Engineers
AFL
Three Escaped Inmate Trio Kidnaps Guard At Oklahoma Hospital
Three dangerous inmates from Eastern State Hospital in Vinita Oklahoma abducted guard S S Cochran at gunpoint in a shower room, took his 1951 Plymouth and drove off at high speed before releasing him unharmed near the Kansas-Oklahoma line. The escapees are Edward Farrison 35 Robert Red 41 and Forrest Taylor 38 all described as dangerously insane.
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Vinita
Okla
Eastern State Hospital
S. S. Cochran
Here
P. L. Hays
Theane
Edward Farrison
Okmulgee
Robert Red
Eufaula
Forrest Taylor
Durant
Farrison
Hays
Mays
Cochran
Harrison
Kansas-Oklahoma
Duval Grand Jury Indicts No One Today
San Diego May 16 The Duval County grand jury returned no indictments after a brief investigation into alleged voter mistreatment. It issued two reports praising District Attorney Homer Dean Jr. and detailing the investigation. Judge Sam G Reams received the reports and noted the jury would continue with new information at hand.
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San Diego
Duval County
Grand Jury
Dist
Homer FE. Dean Jr
Sam G. Reams
Alice
Freer
Rae Independent School Disct
Texas Rangers
Reams
Dear
Anti Red Bills Pass in Japanese Lower House
The government won approval for the Anti Subversives Bill by 194 to 103 in the House. Two related measures also passed and moved to the Senate as Prime Minister Yoshida’s Liberal party argues the laws prevent chaos and riots like May Day protests.
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Tokyo
House
House of Councillors
Senate
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal Party
Steelworkers Union Chief Presses Demands in Talks Push
Philip Murray told Philadelphia union convention he is ready to renew talks on a 26 cent an hour package with union shop but will not concede on government wage board terms. He warned no further compromise while the industry stalls on WSB proposals as the Supreme Court weighs government seizure. Delegates signaled potential strikes if seizures are upheld or wages remain frozen, with social and political support threaded through the convention.
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Philadelphia
WW — Steelworkers Union
Philip Murray
Murray
WSB
Supreme Court
High Court
Steelworkers Convention
Truman
John L. Lewis
Walter Reuther
CIO
Auto Workers Union
Trans-Texas asks CAB to disqualify Pioneer in Texas case
Dallas May 6 Trans-Texas Airways asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to disqualify Pioneer Airlines from the Texas Local Service Case alleging Pioneer shifted from local service to regional trunk status after CAB allowed participation. Trans-Texas claims it is the only operating local service carrier and seeks 1,847 more route miles to 17 new points and seven existing service points.
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Dallas
Trans- Texas Airways
Pioneer Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board “Texas
CAB
Trans-Texas
Pioneer
Trans- Texas
San Antonio
Shreveport
Beaumont
Austin
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Temperatures Fall from 100s to 99 Degree High
Temperatures dropped from over 100 yesterday to a high of 99. The low last night was 69 and at 7:30 this morning the reading stood at 70 per weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Snyder Representatives Hear Dallas Air Service Hearing
Six Snyder men travel to Dallas to present Scurry County’s case before the Civil Aeronautics Board. Attending are James Roser acting as attorney, Ralph Geisenhower chamber vice president, Leon Huff chamber manager, and from Sweetwater County Judge Edgar Taylor, Dr. John Blum, and Sam Joyce. If approved in Dallas, the plan goes to Washington for final review. Pioneer Airlines and Continental Air Lines show interest, with Trans-Texas also expressing interest.
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Snyder
Dallas
Scurry County
Civil Aeronautics Board
James Roser
Chamber
Ralph Geisenhower
Chamber of Commerce
Leon Huff
Abilene
Sweetwater
Edgar Taylor
John Blum
Sam Joyce
Blum
Joyce
Huff
Bob Smith
Pioneer Airlines
H. D. Moreland
Post Office Department
Department
Moreland
Washington, D. C
Scurry
Weather West Texas to Central Texas forecasts
Partly cloudy conditions dominate West Texas with widely scattered thundershowers and cooler readings in the Panhandle and Upper South Plains Friday. North and west areas stay cooler Saturday with partial clearing. Central Texas shows warmth Friday with possible Friday night showers and Saturday partly cloudy with more scattered thundershowers. Winds remain fresh along the coast.
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Texas
Pani
Upper
South Plains
Skyrocket Hitchhiker Carried by Air Force Globemaster
The Douglas Skyrocket, claimed by the Navy as the world's speed and altitude record holder, is loaded aboard an Air Force C 124 Globemaster in El Segundo California via the transport's clamshell door. The Globemaster will take the Skyrocket to Bolling Field Washington DC for Armed Forces Day display.
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Navy
el Segundo
Calif
Bolling Field
Washington, D.C
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B. R McLendon
LBS Board of Directors
May
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KLBS
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Reds
Ralph Dietler
Stanolind Oil Purchasing Co
Tulsa
Shell Oil Co
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Sinclair and Texas Co
Herman Pressler
Humble
Pan American Pipeline Co
Texas - New Mexico Pipeline Co
Com
Nuts Bolt Mental Hospital
Oklahoma
Duval Grand Jury
Air Service
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