Soldiers in Britain face gouging claims and old Paris woes
Hal Boyle notes French volunteers distrusted by frontier Americans during the revolution and recalls a 5000-strong British polling show that over eighty percent of U.S. servicemen in Britain feel gouged by shopkeepers and landlords. He argues comfort grows with time, cites 35,469 American brides among Britons between 1946 and 1950, and jokes a dowry can recover losses.
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TV Seekers Deny Politics Charge at Tulsa Station
Harold Stuart, son-in-law of Tulsa oilman W. G. Skelly, denied Democratic bias in Central Plains Enterprises proposed Tulsa VHF station before a FCC examiner. Stuart, a Democrat and Central Plains VP, said Skelly is a Republican leader and denied leaning toward the Democrats.
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Panama Canal Cleanup Will Be Long and Costly
Panama Canal cleanup will take months and cost millions of dollars says Panama Canal Zone governor John Seybold. He notes more than two million cubic yards of rock on Contractors Hill must be removed and that blasting is needed to fix the break in the tide hill, though traffic should not be disrupted.
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Courthouse Closes Saturday Morning for Armed Forces Day
Comanche county courthouse will close Saturday morning in observance of Armed Forces Day, announced by Commissioner Emil Woerner. Regular Saturday hours are closed in the afternoon.
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