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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1950
Page
4
The article argues that oil is vital to national security and that a Treasury plan to cut the oil depletion allowance would harm exploration. It defends the current depreciation rule as reflecting the high risk of wildcat drilling, noting only one in five wells become producers. Removing the incentive could threaten future oil supplies and economy.
Dr Ernest Codman Colwell of the University of Chicago urges that American schools are failing to teach core literacy. He faults parents for over meddling, claims curricula are watered down, and warns against treating schools as custodians. He condemns teaching political patterns beyond children’s years.
Last week in Washington featured political maneuvering over Sen. Joseph McCarthy s claims of Communist infiltration in the state department amid looming elections. Republican critiques of the White House file access collide with defense of loyalty reviews as the F B I has found virtually no disloyalty among thousands of federal employees. The coal strike settlement with John L Lewis is also noted, while Senator Taft seeks probes into contempt proceedings against the United Mine Workers and government actions in the dispute.
Congressional wrangling centers on restoring acreage cut by the 1949 act amid a clash between the American Farm Bureau Federation and Secretary Charles Brannan. Partisan diverging views emerge as Sen George D Aiken condemns government propaganda. Debates also focus on liberalizing the 1948 social security act to cover about 11 million more workers.
The Oakland area completed Maryland's first commercial natural gas well near Oakland. It produces about 432000 cubic feet per 24 hours from 4500 feet, with a pipeline laid to deliver gas to consuming areas after earlier unsuccessful drilling in the region.
A Uintah High School letter lauds the drama and music departments for presenting Our Town. The writer chides the community for low attendance and negative talk, urging loyalty to UHS and support for student programs. The piece thanks Mr. Alfred and staff for an outstanding production and warns those who spread adverse publicity may regret it.
Petroleum technicians devise a device that injects live steam into solid sludge at tank bottoms. The steam liquefies the mass so a vacuum pump can draw it off. The liquefied sludge can then be processed to recover valuable materials, reducing costly manual shoveling.
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