Courts Replace Gunplay In Mining Claim Battles
Western prospector conflicts over uranium and beryllium claims shift from guns to court petitions. In Utah’s Topaz Mountains Anaconda Corp faced a judge’s order halting ranchers from blocking prospectors after $2 million spent on 250 beryllium claims sparked litigation.
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Denver
Colo
Colt
Topaz
Utah
Juab
Anaconda Corp
DeTee Ees
Development Corp
Reven
Gy Ce
U.S. Dist
Willis Ritter
Anaconda
Colorado
Blake Shoe Declares 60 Cents Quarterly Dividend
The American Brake Shoe Company directors announce a 60 cent per share quarterly dividend on common stock. The payment date is March 30 to holders of record March 22. This marks 243 consecutive quarterly dividends since Blake Shoe began in 1902.
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New York
American Brake Shoe Company
Blake Shoe
Flood Cleanup May Take Month In Virginia
Grundy mayor L D Combs says recovery from the flood will take about a month as 25 workers plus a bulldozer and lifts tackle town cleanup. State flood damage includes 52 bridges damaged or washed out and 1,000 slides with total road and bridge damage around 500000. Three of five presumed flood deaths recovered. two missing in Covington and Lexington areas. Authorities seek federal disaster declaration for Buchanan Dickenson Lee Russell Scott Tazewell Wise counties.
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Grundy (Ap
L. D. Combs
Grundy
Virginia
Buchanan
Dickenson
Lee
Russell
Scott
Tazewell
Wise
Kennedy
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Mary Ann Stafford
Covington
Theodore Thompson Jr
Pelham
N.Y
Snow Throwers Become Suburban Status Symbol in 1960s
Suburban homes embrace motorized snow throwers as a new status symbol comparable to the 1946 power lawn mower. Toro estimates industry sales from 300 000 to 350 000 this year with growth to 500 000 by 1968, driven by bigger suburbs and diverse buyers including stores and schools.
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John Norton
Toro Manufacturing Co
New York City
Aacey Aygensnun
Macy
Whisky Spoiled by Water Taste Complaints
A Largs taxpayer complains the town water spoils his whisky forcing a 30 mile trip to Glasgow for bottled water. Water engineer Robert A. Wilson says heavy snows melt and carry a heather taste into the reservoir but promises no harm to the whisky and an upcoming remedy.
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Largs
Scotland
Glasgow
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