Word: thompsons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What about the shortfall in oil shipments to Europe? To get an answer to the question, the House Commerce Committee heard General Ernest O. Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission, which controls the production of Texas oil. On his flanks ranged virtually every important Texan in Washington, all well aware of how bad Texas has looked recently in the eyes of the world. On one side walked House Speaker Sam Rayburn, on the other Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. Said Speaker Sam, lest anyone mistake Thompson's qualifications: "The general, in my humble opinion, knows more about oil than...
...Thompson's testimony was short and typically blunt. The oil crisis, said he, is a myth. Instead of sabotaging the oil lift by failing to boost production appreciably, Texas had done a "jam-up job," had helped make it "amazingly successful, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding." Texas was sorry that the world was angry at its actions. "We are accustomed to that," said Thompson. The facts were that the U.S. Government had not once officially demanded an increase in the allowable production set for the state's oilmen. The requests had come from Humble Refining...
...Crimson will have to offset its field losses with running wins. Much will depend on the performances of Joel Landau and Joel Cohen in the hurdles, Landau and Sandy Dodge in the dash, and Dick Wharton, Bill Morris, Phil Williams, Pete Reider, Dave Norris, and Bill Thompson in the longer events...
Bill Morris will run the 600, while Phil Williams will seek his first mile win in two tries. Norris and Thompson will attempt to pick up the valuable points behind Reider in the two-mile...
Reider took the lead at the start of the two-mile and coasted in more than 100 yards ahead of teammate Bill Thompson, who edged Dave Norris for second. Both finished 70 yards ahead of Eli Al Friedman, who took fourth...