Karens To Quit Form Own State
Burmese planes dropped pamphlets on Karen rebel held territory urging surrender. The broadsides accuse Karens of being used in a divide and rule plan and claim Britain and Commonwealth support Burma’s suppression of rebellions. Prime Minister Thakin Nu narrowly escaped Karen sniper fire while touring Central Burma and plans a trip to Britain for talks.
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Farmer Named Father of Year at Lock Haven
78 year old William Casper Peter of Beech Creek chosen by the National Father's Day Committee as American Father of 1490. Ceremony at Lock Haven city hall will be filmed for the National Father's Day banquet in New York on June 19. Peter raises logs at 5 a.m. and says hard work keeps him worthwhile. His wife has died. all his children and grandchildren live nearby.
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Tot Saved From Pool Is Better Tot Saved From Pool Is Better
Three year old Laberta Giles was revived after nearly drowning in a 25 foot cesspool behind Paul Shields store home near Denver. Neighbor Gene Nivork alerted Shields who entered the hole with a rake to lift Laberta from murky water. Fire department resuscitators revived her after about one minute underwater.
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Wood County oil field claims ninth field near Mineola
Tyler May 19 A Twyler independent operator Bobby Manziel said Wood County has its ninth oil field and fifth pool discovered by Manziel The No 1 Maude Thompson well two miles northwest of Mineola produced an estimated 30 to 40 barrels hourly from the Swanson Yarbrough Survey There is production through perforations in the sub Clarksville at depths around 4692 to 4704 feet The well initially drilled to Woodbine tested dry was plugged back and shut in for weeks The new pool follows Hawkins Norman Paul Merigale and Manziel fields now merged into a single pool Manziel moves equipment to a second location on W D Cains land north and east of the discovery
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Hit Co Author Dies in Bathtub
New York May 19 reports Thomas Heggen, 29, co author of the Broadway hit Mr Roberts, was found dead in his mid Manhattan apartment bathtub. Police say death from drowning, not homicide, with six insomnia pills on a washstand. the bottle held 50 tablets. Heggen, a Navy veteran, co wrote the book Mr Roberts published 1946 and adapted to the stage last year.
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Reds Awaited In Shanghai To Halt Looting
Shanghai observers fear Nationalist garrison orders prompt widespread looting and price hikes as troops seize vehicles and goods. The piece notes officials push a soldiers first policy, with merchants facing heavy taxes and limited stock, while civilians expect Communist intervention to curb abuses.
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Arabian American plans 1000 mile Middle East oil pipeline
ARAMCO plans full scale construction of a 1000 mile 30 inch pipeline across four Middle Eastern nations to move 300000 barrels daily from the Persian Gulf through Saudi Arabia Trans Jordan Syria and Lebanon to the Mediterranean. The project will lift Saudi output to 800000 barrels daily and reduce tanker shipments via Suez. State Department and defense authorities approved steel allocations.
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$15,000 Appeal Bond Set for Ollie Prince
Federal Judge T Whitfield Davidson set a $15,000 appeal bond for Ollie Otto Prince awaiting his appeal from a conviction for robbing the First State Bank of Rice Texas last August. Prince has remained in Dallas County jail since the conviction.
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Ollie Otto Prince
First State Bank of Rice
Texas
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