Uranium Strike Reported in Oklahoma Town
In western Oklahoma at a Custer County site six men leased 2,000 acres after a laboratory test indicated high ore content. Bernard Lang of Lang Geophysical Laboratory reported carnotite samples with about 0.50 percent uranium, worth roughly $76 per ton. Found by Oscar Gunter and his son Edward Gunter.
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Foss
Okla
Oklahoma
Custer County
Bernard Lang
The
Lang Geophysical Laboratory
Oscar Gunter
Hammond
Edward Gunter
Elk City
Prosecute Woman Who Returned Kidnaped Baby
Betty Jean Benedicto faces vigorous prosecution after snatching 2 day old Robert Marcus from Mt Zion hospital and returning him to his parents in Stockton. The case arose after a deputy sheriff spotted Benedicto with the infant at a Stockton prize fight, then she telephoned to arrange delivery in Stockton. The Marcus family plans to take their son home to Daly City. Benedicto was held in a San Francisco hospital psychiatry ward after a collapse, with prior mental health treatment noted by Stockton officials. Her mother accused Betty Jean of abandoning her own child years earlier.
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San Francisco
Betty Jean Benedicto
Robert Marcus
Mt. Zion Hospital
Robert
Sanford Marcus
Stockton
F. H. Adams
Stockton State Hospital
Benedicto
Adams
Betty Jean
Betty Benedicto
Calif
Sex Criminal Gets Parole in Canon City Prison
William Billings a 31 year old convicted sex offender stabbed at the state prison here Sept 15 was paroled yesterday on the condition Kansas will accept him He is under a one day to life sentence and was stabbed in the chest and arm by life term inmate Richard McKenna 22 in the recreation yard Parole was granted in custody of his parents who live in Arkansas City but the Kansas approval to move there is required Georgia has 6 017 miles of railroad.
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Canon City
Colo
William Billings
Coffee price drop seen by year end
A Washington report says coffee prices should tumble later this year erasing recent retail boosts of up to four cents per pound. The analysis notes strong production, favorable weather, and market adjustments likely to pressure prices downward.
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Washington
No Reward For Trucker Who Returned Fortune To Woman
Detroit trucker Vearl Valentine found a brown purse with 42,800 dollars on U S 12 near Ann Arbor. He turned it in at the nearest authorities but received no reward. The incident details his act of honesty and the absence of compensation.
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Detroit
Vearl Valentine
Valentine
Jackson
U. S. 12
Ann Arbor
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Ottawa
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Penney
Anne
Agetate-Rayon
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