Second Test On Scurry Wildcat Set For Pennsylvanian Test
The Northwest Scurry No. 13578 Jordan wildcat undergoes a second drillstem test after a first test reported 270 feet of heavily oil and gas cut mud and 520 feet of 41.4 gravity oil. Open flow showed gas in 18 minutes while no fluid surfaced. bottomhole pressure 150 psi, shut in 1375 feet. Elevation 2750 feet. depth reached 7830 feet before test. Phillips Petroleum preps plug and abandon on No 1-A Dennis Northwest Borde wildcat near Ellenburger shows.
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Superior Oil Co
Intex Oil Co
Jordan
Northwest
Scurry Wildcat
Borden Wildcat
Phillips Petroleum Co
Dennis
Borde Wildcat
Ellenburger
Georgetown Railway Co
Lynn County
Great Western Producers Inc
Lubbock
Williams
El&rr
Tohoka
Magnolia
Conrad
Hunt Oil Co
Lucy Hodnett
Mitchell Wildcat
Pure Oil Co
Brock
Fisher Wildcat
Thousands of German Youths Rally In West Berlin Clash
Ten to fifteen thousand young Communists surged into West Berlin amid a clash with police, marching to pressure over the European Army Pact and peace contracts. The incident centered in Kreuzberg and Neukölln with leafleting at Kottbusser Tor and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in Berlin reaffirming Western resolve to defend residents. East Zone authorities then rerouted and tapped telephone lines between the Soviet Zone and West Germany.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Kreuzberg
Neukoelln
Bohn
Paris
East Zone
Soviet Zone
Truman asks 3.34 billion for atomic production expansion
President Truman asked Congress for 3 341 000 000 dollars as a supplemental appropriation to expand atomic production facilities. The funds would go to the Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority to meet a Soviet refusal to cooperate in an international program for armament control.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rayburn
Soviet Union
Justice Department Officials Hand In Resignations Today
Washington officials report that top Justice Department leaders including attorney general James P. McGranery and Solicitor General Phillip B. Perlman submitted resignations to President Truman. The move follows McGranery’s call for a clean slate to empower the new administration to appoint changes, with acting heads and division chiefs awaiting replacement decisions.
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Justice Department
Washington
James P. MecGranery
McGranery
Truman
Department
H. Graham Morison
T. Lamar Caudle
Internal Revenue Bureau
Renewed Red Offensive Feared Amid Massive Forces
Washington officials forsee a major renewed Korean War offensive as Red forces in China and North Korea allegedly boosted to about one million soldiers and a stronger air arm. They warn stalled armistice talks and Russian moves in Germany may keep Western forces tied to Korea while China and Korea demand repatriation terms and aim to disrupt negotiations. Churchill called the Korea situation very grave as Western leaders brace for a possible assault.
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Washington
Korea
Official
United Nations Command
Red
Nam IL
U.N
London
Churchill
Lord Alexander
Allied Raid Is Thrown Back in Korea Clash
Communist forces battered UN positions near Korangpo and Punchbowl with 7,126 rounds in 24 hours, halting an Allied raid on a three hill target. UN troops stormed two Korangpo hills, with tanks and bayonet assaults supporting the attack. Reds reported 105 dead or wounded. A separate fight northwest of Yonchon repelled two Chinese companies.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
Korangpo
Yonchon
United Nations
Six voters cast absentee ballots for park bond election
Six persons had cast absentee ballots for the June 7 park bond election by noon today. Deadline for absentee balloting in the $350,000 bond issue is midnight June 3.
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Park
Snyder Man Chosen as Delegate to Democratic National Convention
One Snyder man will travel to Chicago July 21 as a delegate at large. C. T. McLaughlin earned a place at the national convention after attending the state gathering with John Sentell and Forest Sears. McLaughlin notes that delegates at large share half a vote while regular district delegates hold full votes. Other delegates at large include Governor Allan Shivers and several state leaders. Regular Ninth District delegates are O. B. Ratliff of Lubbock and Ted Groeble of Big Spring.
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Snyder
Chicago
C. T. McLaughlin
John Sentell
Forest Sears
McLaughlin
Allan Shivers
Claude E. Gilmer
H- H. Weinert
Claude Hudspeth
Wright Morrow
James E. Wheat
Dan Moody
John C. Calhoun
Meville Penrose
Good Neighbor Commission
van Kennedy
LeRay Jeffers
J. R. Sorrell
Stanley Monroe
J. M. Patterson
Pan American Pipeline Workers End Strike in Texas City
Union members of Texas City Local No. 449 in the Oil Workers International Union CIO end a strike after negotiations in Houston. They secure a 15 cent across the board raise, $80 retroactive pay, and extend the contract one year. About 70 local workers return to duty with holiday pay for Memorial Day.
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Pan American Pipeline
M. Ramsey
Ramsey
Texas City
Oil Workers International Union - Cio
Houston
Texas - New Mexico
Pan American
Farmers Need Sunshine Now
The Associated Press reports Texas farmers facing rain and a damaging twister in the Rio Grande Valley. Onion shipments halted in Northeast Texas and grain crops threatened. two weeks of sun urged by Dallas County agent A B Jolley as wheat harvest continues and onions stall across McKinney Princeton Forney Rockwall and Wylie.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Dallas County
A. B. Jolley
McKinney
Princeton
Forney
Rockwall
Wylie
Truman Vets Tidelands Bill Ahead of June 5 Vote
President Truman vetoed the tidelands bill to grant states title to oil rich offshore lands, saying it would gift valuable lands of the nation. A two thirds vote in Congress is needed to override, with the House expected to override though Senate support is uncertain. The dispute centers on federal versus state control of offshore oil revenues.
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Truman
Senate
United States
Congress
House
Sen
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Supreme Court
California
Texas
Louisiana
Poage
D-Tex
Republic of Texas
Americans For Democratic Action
Subversive claims echoed in Senate hearings on Reds
Ex Communist witnesses Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley told a Senate internal security panel that Communist agents may work inside the government though they lack concrete proof. The same report details a North Korean Red prisoner killed and a guard accidentally firing at Compound 66 during a U N POW camp disturbance on Koje Island.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Elizabeth Bentley
Senate
Chambers
Miss Bentley
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Congressional
Koje Island
Korea
U.N
U. S
U.S
Col
Tayior
United Nations Kose Islang
Haydon L. Boatner
Boatner
Boat‘ner
Donald Burnett
Santa Maria
Calif
Courthouse Closes for Memorial Day Vacation
Courthouse offices except the sheriff’s department will be closed tomorrow for Memorial Day. Billy Davis, a driver’s license examiner, will be on vacation and return to Snyder on June 17. It remains unclear if another examiner will cover his regular Wednesdays and Fridays test days during his absence.
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Sheriff's Department
Billy Davis
Snyder
No Pay Slated For Workers At Post Office
Snyder's 24 post office employees are among hundreds of thousands nationwide who will miss their regular monthly pay on Monday. Assistant postmaster J. P. Nelson says the shortage stems from expenditures exceeding Congress's current year appropriation ending June 30. No emergency plan exists, with possibilities including emergency funding or postponed pay after July 1. Snyder payroll runs about $3,500 to $4,000 monthly.
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Snyder
Post Office
Post Office Department
J. P. Nelson
Nelson
Department
Congress
County Campaigns Record Funds Spent by 38 Candidates
Sworn statements filed in the county clerk’s office show total campaign expenditures of 2149.83 by 38 county office candidates. Average per candidate is 56.57 with a high of 331.82 and a low of none. Gifts total 20.10 to two candidates.
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Athough
Secretary of State
Frank Fisher
Lor Lewis
O. O. Dever
C. N. von Roeder
Cullen Toombs
J. R Jennings
F. C. Hairston
Paris Crackdown on Communists After Rioting Across France
Paris police seized editions of Communist papers and arrested Jacques Duclos along with hundreds of demonstrators after violent protests against NATO commander Ridgway. Riots spread to Marseille Bordeaux and Nice with injuries to police and civilians. Duclos faced possible charges for an act against state security as Parliament prepared to convene.
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Paris
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
NATO
Jacques Duclos
Marseille
Bordeaux
Mediterranean
Nice
Ridgway
Gare de l'Est
West Texas Weather Outlook For Thursday Through Friday
Partly cloudy conditions extend from Thursday into Friday with warmer temperatures. Northeasterly winds along the coast shift to southeasterly by Friday as west and south central Texas see similar partly cloudy and warmer conditions.
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Texas
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