Senate approves offshore leasing bill without school proviso
Washington July 31 UP The Senate backed a compromise oil leasing bill for continental shelf waters seaward of tidelands, defeating the earmarked education revenue plan. Vote 45 to 43. The measure grants federal control and revenue from submerged lands, with estimates ranging from 40 billion to 250 trillion dollars in petroleum value. The House did not accept the school fund amendment.
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Senate
White House
William F. Knowland
Calif
Oil-For-Education
House
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Seventeen Drown After Bus Plunges Into Canal
An express bus carrying 17 passengers collided with a truck on a highway near Morrisburg Ontario and plunged into the Williamsburg canal. Seventeen passengers drowned, twenty survived, and both drivers were hospitalized. The bus was traveling from Toronto to Montreal along the Plat Rapids canal section.
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Morrisburg
Ont
Williamsburg Canal
Colonial Coach Lines
Toronto
Montreal
Rent Ceilings End Tonight Across Nation
Federal rent control ends at midnight in about 1,100 communities. Officials say rents will rise modestly, with unrelated state measures stepping in in some areas. About 24 certified zones will stay under control until next April 30, while a small staff remains to manage leftovers under ODM.
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Washington
Office of Rent Stabilization
New Yorkas
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Kansas
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Federal Rent Agency
Office of Defense Mobilization
QDM
Fort Sill Provost Marshal Praises City Law Agencies
Col. George B. Buell Fort Sill provost marshal lauded Lawton law enforcement at a Thursday Kiwanis luncheon. He said the Sill prowl marshal's office handles traffic control crime prevention and apprehension of violators with a 90 member 24 hour team and a crime lab. He noted 23000 vehicles registered at Sill last year and cited crime rate context amid rising assault and murder figures compared with personnel.
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George B. Buell
Fort Sill
Lawton
Col. Buell
Sill
Sill Stockade
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Wilson
Governor Lays Down Law For State Employes
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray says none of his appointees may campaign for office next year and will resign if they run. He calls Aug 10 departmental meeting to enforce the rule and to discuss state fire prevention as the danger period from September to December looms. He travels by National Guard plane to the Pacific Northwest and will return the following Friday.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Murray
U.S
United States
Oklahoma
State Game and Fish Department
Planning and Resources Board
National Guard
Pacific Northwest
Norman Loses Phone Service
Norman Oklahoma July 31 Up repairmen worked to restore service to 1200 telephones after a ditch digging crew severed an underground cable for a water main The strike affected the southeast part of the city Southwestern Bell Telephone Co expected to restore by noon Friday.
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Norman
Okla
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Legal Fencing Reduces Fence To Dwarf Size
Tulsa July 31 A District Judge proposed a stepped fence reduction between two neighboring yards after five years of dispute. The plan would lower the fence to two feet for 25 feet from the front, then four feet for 25 feet, six feet for 10 feet, and eight feet for the remainder, to ease tensions. A final ruling is set for September if the arrangement proves unworkable.
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Tulsa
W. Lee Johnson
Johnson
Paroled Gang Terrorist to Head West for Quiet Life
Art Newman 64 once feared leader of the Charley Birger booze gang is released from Stateville after 26 years for murder. He plans to settle in California and devote his days to tending flowers as parole supervisors take custody.
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Joliet, Ill
Illinois
California
Art Newman
Charley Birger
Stateville Penitentiary
Water meters attributed to ancient Romans in 100 A.D.
A historical note credits Romans with inventing water meters to curb waste in Rome around 100 A.D. The claim suggests early urban resource management by Roman engineers and authorities.
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Rome
Truman Is Busy As Guest Star
Casper Wyoming July 31 Former President Harry S Truman will be honor guest at a review of the 131st Light Bombardment Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard here Friday then fly to Camp Ripley Minnesota for a night fire power exhibition of his World War I division the 35th Mr Truman arrived Thursday night by plane from Kansas City and was driven in a stage coach drawn by two white mules to the Casper American Legion hall where a capacity crowd cheered his arrival He told newsmen he was deeply grieved over Senator Robert Tafts illness and hoped the senator would recover soon He noted that though they differed politically they remained friends and that Taft dying would be a great national loss.
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Casper
Wyo
Harry S. Truman
Missouri Air National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Truman
Kansas City
Gary Withholds Campaign Plans
Oklahoma City Raymond Gary president pro tempore of the state Senate will announce in January whether to enter the governor race next year. The Madill legislator says he has no campaign organization yet and has made no decision. He has held general meetings across the state to discuss the race. Bruce G. Carter of Miami is the only declared Democratic nominee.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
State Senate
Madill
Bruce G. Carter
Miami
Oklahoma A&m
Saddle Soves Sour Spirits Of Foursome Saddle Soves Sour Spirits Of Foursome
Four young travelers from New York ride across the country on horseback from Austin Texas to New York City. Bruce Whiteley Rupert Hitzig Cayla Hitzig and Nina Galpin discuss costs and daily progress as they camp nightly in Mississippi en route to September 2 arrival. They ride 25 to 30 miles daily with $5 for feed and $5 for food per person. If funds run short they wire home for support.
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Miss
Texas
New York
Bruce Whiteley
Rupert Hitzig
Hitzig
Cayla
Nina Galpin
William Hitzig
Rupert
Senatobia
Austin
Tex
Road Job Bids Set For Tuesday
Oklahoma City July 31 The State Highway Commission will take bids next Tuesday on road construction projects in 12 counties totaling 1,586,214 plus bridge jobs amounting to 217. Roads cover 21.4 miles of paving and 42.2 miles of grading and drainage in Rogers Stephens Cherokee Lincoln Cleveland Kiowa McCurtain Washington Major Caddo Hughes and Muskogee. Largest project is 7.3 miles of asphalt paving west of Garvin county line in Stephens along SH 29 at about 376,292. This extends a multi million dollar Garvin county stretch from Elmore City. Bridge painting appears in 16 projects across more than 30 counties. Contracts awarded to lowest and best bidders on Wednesday after bid opening.
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State Highway Commission
Rogers
Stephens
Cherokee
Lincoln
Cleveland
Kiowa
McCurtain
Washington
Major
Caddo
Hughes
Muskogee
Garvin County
Stephens County
Elmore City West
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