Davis No. 1 Awaits Orders After Testing Oil Field
In Fort Bend County the No. 1 Davis well in section 98-3-H&GN was shut down awaiting orders after a dry swab following an acidizing in open hole. Recovery was estimated at 22 barrels of new oil and 38 barrels of lead oil from 7,882 feet total depth. Timeline and details reference Ellenburger tests at 8,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bend
Wade Davis
Central Scurry Wildcat
Davis
Woodley Petroleum Co
Zilla Collins
Cambrian
North Dora
Nolan County
Collins
T&p
C. L. Norsworthy, Jr
Dallas
Nita Mae Brooks
Nolan
Maryneal
Cambrian Discovery
Co. L. Norsworthy, Jr
Brooks
Lake Trammell Canyon
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Betty
EA Cambrian
Petty
Dora
Grand Jury Slates Insurance Probe in Texas
A Travis County grand jury slated for Thursday will hear from Paul and Leslie Lowry of Beaumont organizers of the bankrupt Texas Mutual Insurance Co and Spencer Treharne head of United Lloyds and United World Life. Also invited and subpoenaed is Paul L. Key of El Paso an official of Southwest National Bank. Senator William T. Moore of Bryan whose name links to the insurance furor is expected to testify after a call from the campaign trail. Witnesses include state insurer examiners and others as the panel continues its third day of inquiry into alleged violations of Texas insurance laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Paul
Leslie Lowry
Beaumont
Texas Mutual Insurance Co
Travis County
98Th District Court Grand Jury
Spencer Treharne
el Paso
Texas
Paul L. Key
Southwest National Bank
Bob Long
William T. Moore
Bryan
Texas’ Insurance Furor
Moore
Long
Wilson
Lowrys
Treharne
United Lloyds
United World Life Insurance Co
Southwest National Bank of el Paso
Board of Insurance Commissioners
United Lloyds Credit
Grand
State Insurance Commission
L. W. Blanchard
Lee Phefferkorn
Virgil C. Thompson
Sen. Moore
R. G. Hughes
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Small Rise at Lake J B Thomas
Rain in the watershed added six tenths of a foot to Lake J B Thomas by noon, lifting the elevation to 2232.5 feet. Another six inches rise was anticipated per E V Spence, general manager of the Colorado River Municipal Water District, with about 75 000 acre feet of water reported before the latest increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Thomas
E. V. Spence
Colorado River
Rainfall report hits county as farmers restart crops
Heavy rains swept parts of the county for about an hour yesterday. Fluvanna area received 0.7 inch while areas north reported over 1 inch. Hermleigh saw a light shower, China Grove south of Hermleigh and Dunn area had 0.5 inch. Snyder measured 0.03 inch. May total 3.55 inches. year to date 6.9 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fluvanna
John Stavely
Fluavanna Mercantile Co
Hermileigh
China Grove
Hermleigh
Dunn
Snyder
D. P. Strayhorn
French Nurse Recalls Dien Bien Phu Siege Days
Genevieve de Galard Terraube described tending French wounded during the siege of Dien Bien Phu as the most formidable experience of her life. She spoke before 50 newsmen about the March 30-31 assault when mortars and heavy artillery wounded and killed many, noting the long delays and underground bunkers where victims endured pain before help arrived.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Dien Bien Phu
Frech Union
Surplus Butter Plans Rejected by Benson
Secretary of Agriculture Benson said all proposals to sell 375 million pounds of government butter at cut rates have been discarded. He noted one idea offering surplus butter at 1 cent per pound with a purchase of fresh butter would be too costly and fail to solve future surplus production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Navy blimp ends world endurance record flight
The ZPG-2 airship with 14 aboard landed near Boca Chica Naval Air Station nine miles north of Key West after about 200 hours aloft. Cmdr. Marion H. Eppes led the crew from Lakehurst to simulate anti-submarine patrols and surpass the 170.3 hour record set in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Florida Keys
Navy
Marion H. Eppes
Pinson
Ala
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
Miami
Eppes
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Dulles Warns Guatemala Arms Fuel Communist Bastion Claim
Secretary of State Dulles said Poland shipped about 2000 tons of arms valued at 10 million dollars to Guatemala, aiding a potential Communist bastion near the Panama Canal. Washington authorities described rapid airlift deliveries to Nicaragua Honduras and Guatemala as tension rises amid border reports and denials from Guatemala's foreign minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
Guatemala
Panama Canal
Poland
Central America
United States
State Department
Nicaragua
Honduras
Moscow Radio
Guillermo Toriello
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Jules Dubois
Tegucigalpa
U. S
John E. Peurifoy
Lincoln White
Department
U.S
Toriello
Segregation Rulings Hit Texas In Court Decisions
The Supreme Court ruled against segregation at Hardin Junior College in Wichita Falls and ordered Houston to allow Negroes to use city golf courses on a segregated basis. Local observers expect quick enrollments and park access challenges as rulings extend beyond schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Mdhday
Hardin Junior College
Wichita Falls
Houston
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Maryland
Virginia
Warren
High Court
San Antonio
Memorial
Glenbrook
Hermann Parks
Appeals Court
Will Sears
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Sears
City of
A. W. Beal
Wiggins to Speak at Snyder High Graduation Tonight
Dr. D M Wiggins former president of Texas Tech will be main speaker at Snyder High School commencement in the auditorium at 8 oclock. The 127 graduates are the largest class in the school's history. Wiggins now serves as vice president of Citizens National Bank in Lubbock and has held top posts in education and administration across Texas.
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D. M. Wiggins
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Snyder High School
Wiggins
Citizens National Bank
Louisiana
Burkburnett
Canadian
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Texas College of Mines
el Paso
Texas Tech
Hardin-Simmons
Yale
M. M. O‘rear
Jane DeWald
Ray Gordon
Monnie Hedges
Lee T. Stinson
Plane lands on diamond in Paris Texas with collie as co-pilot
California crop duster W C Hakes flying a Piper Cub from Long Beach to North Carolina landed on a plant recreation lot at night near Paris. With his 80 pound collie beside him and low gasoline, he edged between power lines and a baseball backstop to stop on the second base after city workers lined the area with car lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
W. C. Hakes
Long Beach
Calif
North Carolina
Babcok and Wilcox
Hakes
Russell Sowle
Sowle
More Aid Given India
The United States provided 350 150 to support India's training programs focusing especially on women workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
New Delhi
United States
Gas mask demonstration at Kohler plant dog incident
Picketing workers watch Elmer Schrader fit a gas mask on his dog Duchess during a strike at the Kohler Company plumbing ware plant. Later fist fights broke out as non-strikers tried to enter the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohler Company
Elmer Schrader
Duchess
Redhead To Be Freed If Texas Doesn't Move
In Pensacola Florida Betty Bushey a red-haired divorcee faces release if Texas moves. Constable Kelson reports no word from Texas on her return from Alice and she remains jailed without bond. Florida officials seek her transfer with a Florida officer by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Betty Bushey
Texas
W. J. Kelson
Alice
Tex
Jacob S
Buddy) Floyd Jr
John Ben Shepperd
Batchelor Appears In Court After Base Release
SAN ANTONIO Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor appeared in court a few minutes after being released from Fort Sam Houston for the first time since March. He remains in Army custody as the service decides on possible court martial for allegedly collaborating with the enemy in North Korean prison camps. He seeks about 4000 dollars in back pay and allowances to bring his Japanese wife to the United States and to aid his defense if tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Claude J. Batchelor
Fort Sam Houston
Batchelor
Army
General rejects McCarthy charts as dishonest display
Maj. Gen. Cornelius E. Ryan defended Ft Dix records on Pvt. G. David Schine as accurate and truthful amid Sen. McCarthy accusations that Army charts misled the public. Ryan testified he saw no dishonest purpose and detailed leaves, calls, and ratings while McCarthy pressed for a different reading of the charts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cornelius E. Ryan
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Dix
N.J
David Schine
Subcommittee
Ryan
Sen
McCarthy
Schine
Secretary of the
Army
Stevens
Steven
Ft. DY
Ryne
John Bruce Blount
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Blount
Weather sketch for Texas regions today and tonight
North Central Texas shows mostly cloudy skies with widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon, becoming partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Warmer Wednesday with partly cloudy conditions across the Panhandle and South Plains. East and South Central Texas expect mostly cloudy to scattered showers and thundershowers, then partly cloudy with widely scattered storms tonight and Wednesday. No sun and cooler winds along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Soret
Geneva Talks Resume Amid Secret Sessions in Indochina Peace Effort
Western diplomats say Indochina peace conference moved to decisive stage with secret sessions. U S Undersecretary Smith and British Foreign Secretary Eden led discussions with figures including Bidault and Molotov to break deadlock over Indochina and Korea as talks proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Indochina
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
Bul Lee
Viet Nam
V. K. Krishna Menon
Nehru
Red China
Chou En-lai
Eden
V. M. Molotov
Mane
Molotov
London
Smith
Prince Bull Loc
Bao Dai
Ier
France
Believ
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Howard County
Vincent
Scurry
Woodson Oil
Marley
Woodson
Lanham
Ralph Lowe
Golden Sun
Lone Star
Royal Youngsters
Scotland
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Aberdeen
Grand Jury
Lake
Red Bastion
Board of Education
Jackie Grimmett
Jerry Smith
Rose Marie Roe
Roland Chadwell
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