Thousands of other Bell Telephone workers in dozens of other Texas cities joined the action before it was resolved. The commission reprimanded the workers and company management, but ruling that the evening chief should keep her job. Throughout 1947, a boom in the local population continued unchecked. Oil production and new field discoveries also progressed at a rate unparalleled in the city's history. Twenty-six new pools were discovered, and producing wells reached 19,216 an increase of 1,443 since 1946.
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