German farmer’s oil gusher mocks Texas dream
Harms Schots, an Emsland farmer, struck oil on his land with a seven day gusher yielding 30 000 tons. Yet he receives only minimal compensation under the 1933 law that gives the state subsurface mineral rights. Courts reckon 105 marks yearly for 50 acres, while Schots seeks additional damages as his fields are sprayed with oil. West Germany races to develop domestic oil, drilling from the North Sea to Bavaria, but landowners reap scant rewards.
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Central Press Association
Hanover
West Germany
Harms Schots
Emsland
Germany
Texas
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Fatso Hermann
Goering
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Alps
North Sea
Jutland Peninsula
Louisiana
Bavaria
Alpine
Johnson Calls For Early Action On Space Agency
Senate leader Lyndon B Johnson urged an early decision on creating a new civilian space agency to direct manned space efforts. He warned the nation is behind in the space race and called for rapid progress to reach the moon, amid calls to overhaul the Pentagon and shift missile work to civilian control, with witnesses from the Air Force invited.
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Agency For Space
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B Johnson
Outer
Texas
William M. Holaday
Pentagon
U.S
Air Force
Mike Mansfield Mont
Ralph Flanders
R-Vt
Proposed Space Agency Might Be Led by Killian
A member of the Preparedness group said any new space agency should be headed by Dr. James R. Killian, President Eisenhower's scientific adviser.
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James R. Killian
Eisenhower
Selentife
Braille on U.S. bills urged by Rep Fulton
Rep James Fulton urged the Treasury Department to add Braille symbols to new U S currency to aid the blind after a vendor asked him to identify a bill. He cited a blind vendor's difficulties and said the idea would reduce reliance on sighted handlers.
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James
Fulton
R-Pa
Treasury Department
Pulton
New York Transit Strike Deepens Amid Widespread Losses
New Yorkers face an eighth day of subway stoppage as a strike by Motormen's Benevolent Association disrupts service. City losses reach 16.4 million in the first week, with daily costs near three million as wage and retail impacts mount. mayor Wagner accuses illegal striking and warns against blackmail while motormen vote on ending the strike and reasserting representation for 35,000 subway workers.
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New
Robert F. Wagner
Motormen's Benevolent Association
City Transit
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Subway
Jobless Claims Show Increase in First Week of December
Washington reports a 20 percent rise in unemployment benefit seekers for the first week of December, with 396,000 claims, up 66,000 from the prior week. Seasonal layoffs in construction and textiles, plus metals and machinery, contributed. Insurance recipients rose to 1,721,900 as of Nov 30, with New York California and Pennsylvania posting the largest gains.
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Labor Department
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Pennsylvania
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New Jersey
Ohio
Tennessee
Braille Symbols Considered for Future Dollar Bills
Fulton urged the Treasury to adopt Braille on all future currency. He noted that current $1 bills are printed and higher denominations remain to be printed, with options for Braille either punched or raised.
Social Security Uses Cheesecake to Promote Benefits
Santa Monica official John H. Johnson pushes Social Security info with glamorous photo teasers. Studios provide models for stories to attract publicity and explain benefits to the public, including figures like Joan Collins and Lauren Bacall, illustrating how media can reach viewers through attractive imagery.
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Ralph Friedman
Central Press Association
Santa Monica
Calif
John H. Johnson
Social Security Office
Johnson
4Im
Bar Johnson
Rush
Joan Collins
Jean
Sir Simmons
Terry Moore
June Allen
Francis X. Bush-lyson
Sheree Northman
Lauren Bacall
Turity Benefits
Humphrey Bogart
Rancis
Johnmoney
Mother of 16 Kills Husband in Liverpool
Marie Farrell, 47, mother of sixteen, faced trial for slaying her husband Joseph Farrell a shipyard laborer with a carving knife shortly before midnight Saturday. The couple had fourteen or more children living ages seven to twenty seven. The trial opened as the trumpet call of the crane echoed three miles away near the harbor.
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Joseph
Liverpool
England
Mothers Hope To Visit Sons In Red China
Three American mothers seek permission from Communist China to visit sons imprisoned there. State Department opened visits to relatives of six jailed Americans. Mothers Mary Downey of New Britain, D. Fecteau of Lynn, and Mrs Hugh Redong of Yonkers await visa or passport validation.
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China
State Department
Red China
U.S
Mary V. Downey
Monore St
New Britain, Conn
John
William Downey
Ifs
D. Fecteau
Wyman St. Lynn
Mass
Richard
Fecteau
Chinese Red Cross
American Red Cross
Hugh F
Redong
Argyle Terrace
Yonkers
N. C
Hugh
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