Oilmen Seek Legal Easing in Coastal Tidelands Fight
Washington coverage traces how oilmen avoid new leases, turning to lawyers as states challenge Congress signed 1945 1947 actions. Arkansas sues to clarify title to submerged lands, royalties, and boundary disputes while Florida, Louisiana, Texas anticipate tests. Offshore oil remains a high-stakes clash over continental shelf ownership and national resources.
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Washington
U. S. District Court
Arkansas
Eisenhower
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Associated Press
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Tidelands
F. W. Lee
Interior Department
Lee
Geological Survey
Oscar Chapman
Ickes
Interior
Chapman
American
United States
Truman
Continental
U. S. Supreme Court
California
Buzzing Bee Triggers Truck Crash Near Washington
A bee entering a truck cab caused driver Clifford Potts of Madison, Michigan, to lose control. The transport truck carrying four new automobiles overturned and burned. Potts suffered minor injuries while the four cars and truck were destroyed.
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Washington, Ind
Clifford Potts
Madison
Potts
Mau Mau Leader Granted New Trial
Kenya's supreme court reversed a seven year sentence of Jomo Kenyatta leader of the Mau Mau movement and ordered a retrial. The court ruled magistrate Thacker lacked jurisdiction to try Kenyatta on charges of instigating and leading the campaign to drive whites from Kenya.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Supreme Court
Jomo
Kenyatta
R. S. Thacker
New School at Durant
Durant Oklahoma announces a new city school for next fall. Russell elementary school formerly the Russell training school on the Southeastern State College campus will become Durant city’s new school.
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Durant Durant
Okla
Russell Elementary School
Russell Training School
Southeastern State College
Durant City
Toll Road Critic Claims Toll Road Hurts Town Businesses
In Eufaula Oklahoma a Sapulpa publisher R P Matthews Oklahoma Turnpike Authority vice chairman told about 500 people that the Tulsa to Oklahoma City toll road damages bypassed towns. He cited Phillips Petroleum sales drops and said eastern financiers opposed the Sapulpa to Sulphur free road as a loss maker. Muskogee Mayor Lyman Beard also attended the meeting.
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Eufaula
Okla
Oklahoma City
R. P. Matthews
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Sapulpa
Phillips Petroleum Company
Matthews
Bristow
Stroud
Chandler
Muskogee
Lyman Beard
New Trucking Stamp Set For 50th Anniversary
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield announced a stamp honoring the trucking industry's 50th anniversary will go on sale October 27. The issuance accompanies the American Trucking Association Convention in Los Angeles.
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Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
American Trucking Association
Los Angeles
Stowaway Girl’s Sailor Gag Ends in Arrest
An 18 year old Los Angeles waitress Joan Garrison shaved hair and donned a Navy uniform to stow away on the USS Los Angeles during gunnery practice. She boarded Monday on a dare with a group of friends and was caught after she was coached by sailors. Bail was set at 1000 dollars. The U S Commissioner called the case peculiar and unusual.
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Los Angeles
Joan Garrison
U. S
Howard V. Walverley
Canadian Ship Sinks In Crash Off Nova Scotia Coast
Twenty eight crewmen were rescued after the American trawler Thomas D rammed the Canadian dragger Green Rock about 70 miles off Lunenburg Nova Scotia. All hands were taken aboard the Thomas D and the ship headed to Lunenburg.
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Lunenburg
N. S
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Thomas D
Balloons Carry Anti Communist Propaganda Across Czech Lands
Balloons filled with anti Communist messages drifted from northern Bavaria into Czechoslovakia in a heavy bombardment of propaganda. Radio Free Europe reported the balloons carried appeals opposing the Moscow backed Czech regime, with thousands launched Tuesday.
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Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Bavaria
Radio Free Europe
Yale Tussle With Mexican Peso Over Alumni Fund Total
In New Haven, Yale University bookkeepers counted alumni fund receipts at $1,021,831.89 in Mexican peso. Managing Director Charles Watson III converted the peso to dollars yielding 11 cents, rounding the total to $1,021,832.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Charles Watson III
Conscience Rides Held On Burglar
A Norwalk California report details a burglar confessing by phone to Deputy Sheriff G E Rowley. The suspect claimed to have held up a service station in North Long Beach and left an envelope with 77 dollars in cash and 350 dollars in checks on the window ledge.
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Norwalk
Calif.p
G. E. Rowley
North Long Beach
Beauties Get Beastly Jolt From Judges
LONGBEACH Calif July 15 UP American girls in the Miss Universe pageant faced suspense as judges expanded finalists from five to 22 without naming names. Observers noted strong support for Misses Washington Iowa and Florida. The ultimate Miss U S A will win a 2400 dollar sports car and a movie contract.
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Longbeach
Calif
Washington
Iowa
Florida
United States
America
Freighter Crash Called Fate
In heavy fog off the Golden Gate the freighter Hawaiian Pilot rammed the Jacob Luckenbach amidships. Coast Guard officials prepared a full inquiry with captains’ accounts. Matson Navigation says the Luckenbach cut across the pilot’s bow making the collision unavoidable.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Coast Guard Board of
Matson Navigation Co
Jacob Luckenbach
Luckenbach
Luckenbach Steamship Co
Coast Guard
Asw
Co op Office Construction Underway in Anadarko
ANADARKO Okla July 15 UP Construction of a 10000 dollar office and headquarters building for Western Farmers Electric Co operative was underway Wednesday.
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Anadarko, Okla
Western Farmers Electric Co-operative
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