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Long Beach Has Its Own Tidelands Oil Rights

overall development Of offshore
holdings with caution.
Officials Of the State Lands Com.
mission expect that now the fed
eral grip has been relaxed. leasing
regulations may be changed to al
low "wildcatting" for offshore oil,
and some increase made in the
required rate for operators to drill
new wellS. For several years the
drilling rate on state leases has
been about four wells 4 month.
Calnornia's submerged lands are
offered for oil leases On . CON-
Ipetitiye bidding system.
But state officials are more i'm.
Imediately concerned with the dis
position Of millions In revenue
which have been held in escrow
since the Supreme Court in 1917
ruled the federal government had
paramount interest In offshore
lands.
just before the State Of Arkan-
sas last week filed suit challenging
constitutionaIity of the law which
President Eisenhower signed May
I22 returning the lands to state con-
troll. one state official expressed
worry over such an action.
1 ]. Stuart Watson, assistant exec
Iutive officer for the State Division
Of Lands, said, mo state official
may want to take a chance and
lspend it 1.-THE impounded funds)
+. II could be some years before
the money is cut loose
/ In other words, II later court
ruling returned the lands to the
federal government, the state
might be liable for any funds
spent.
/ California has its own method
Of drilling for offshore oil. Along
the Gulf Coast, barges drill direct
ly over the petroleum pool.
/ In California's ''whipstocking''
method, the, drilling operation
starts on shore. BY a carefully de-
lvised series Of iron wedges, the
direction Of the drill is angled UNI
derground so that it bores out
under the sea until the petroleum
pool is reached.
Hen have been drilling wells off
the California coast since 1880,
when pilings were driven into
Santa Barbara Bay.
The Los Angeles City Council
took q dim view Of offshore oil
about 1900 when q city ordinance
declared offshore drilling within
lefty limits q nuisance and banned
further activities. But the ban
II
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q lollll q. 4leMToWER

WASHINGTON sRWestern pro-
posals for ) Big -Four meeting on
Germany put squareIy up to Mos
cor today the next move In the
developing diplomatic battle over
German nnification.
The proposal Ii regarded here
IS 3 bot one for the Reds 10
handle because identification Is
something that 10 country which
wants support Ii Germany can be
against.
And YET The ratification which
tie United States, Britain and
France clearly seek Is one which
would associate ! united Germany
closely with the West and, II pos.
sibie, bring Il into the Western
European defense lineup.
The Russians thus are being
asked 70 accept ! foreign minis
ters' meeting 10 consider rolling
the Iron Curtain back st least 10
the borders Of Poland. The West.
ern Powers have reserved the
right to restore certain Polish
areas % i united Germany. II
they should insist, the roliback
would be even greater.
The proposals ior . meeting "of
limited duration :. about the
end 81 September 81 place to
Be mutually agreed were made
% the Soviet yesterday Ii similar
notes delivered 10 y. s. s. n. EN-
bassies Ia London, Paris and
Washington.
This line Of action BY the West.
ern nations grows out oil decisions
made here BY Secretary OF State
Dulles, Rritain's Lord Salisbury
and Foreign Minister Georges
Bldault Of France to seek Big Four
talks On Germany following the
West German elections Of Sept. 6.
These three subjects were pro-
posed for discussion:
/. The organization Of free cleo
tons Ii West Germany, which Is
controlled By the western Powers.
ID divided Berlin and Soviet East
Germany.
:. Proposed creation Of an all
German government with free.
dom 81 action ID internal and ex.
ternai affairs. "
3. Final agreement on 1 treaty
ending the occupation and restor-
Ing the independence Of Austria.
The Western Powers told Rus
sla steps proposed On Germany
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Todzy's
Won,.er,
ey DOROTHY Roa
AP Fsshlen Editor

NEW YORK R-Ihe endlessIy
wearable dress-and Jacket costume
in featherweight companion tWeeds
gains new importance in the fan
collection Of Grabois, q house not
included In the New York Dress
Institute couture group organiza.
ton but nevertheless attracting
wide attention among buyers and
press.
Designed for the average figure
and priced for the average bud.
gel. this group Of dresses and cos.
tunes follows the slim line Of the
season, but eases the straight.and.
narrow silhouette Just enough for
comfort.
Typical Of the easy-tO-Wear COS.
tunes shown ID one consisting Of
ehiffon-weight tweed dress In char.
coal gray, with d c0ordinated Jack.
ct In lightweight hubby tweed. The
jacket has 4 fitted line and a
smooth look through the shoulders:
the dress is slim, but the skirt
allows ease for walking.
More extreme and definitely
striking Is i sheath dress embrOid-
cred all over in black sequins,
trimmed with 4 white satin neck.
line bow.
Ben Zuckerman, also previewing
his collection for the visiting press
today, shows j distinguished col.
lection Of suits, coats and costumes
featuring all variations Of the jack.
81 silhouette. from the short box
variety TO fitted, seni-fitted and
belted tunic styles.
He feaures both bulky fiecked
tweeds and d lussr0us satin-linish
flannel that looks like broadcloth.
Others showing Ia tcday's SEIZED.
Schnnrer and oleg Cassini.
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By cARAgR DAvlDsoas

DEA-N~
LONG BEACH. Cali. REvery-
thing i different in California
including offshOre Oh riches.
Three paris Of the United States
were most directly concerned when
years Of argument over Ownership
Of underwater land along the AM
eriean coasts was decided recently
by . Law recognizing the sovereign
" Of individual states. Court tests
aren't over, however. 4 new suit.
spanked BY Arkansas. seeks return
to federal control.
The areas most directly affected
are:
The gulf states Florida, LOuisi-
ana and Texas where undersea
oil fields are producing black gold
and where more Is being sought.
California, where tidelands Oh
drilling Il older, bigger and richer
than In any other state.
Long Beach. Calf, . city 81
800. 200 which by special grant has
complete local jurisdiction and i
outside the state lease area.
The city has 72s wells IN is
shoreline field, producing 5000
barrels i day. Total revenue q
the municipality since develop
ment began In 1859 has been l7G
million dollars. Of which 10 mil
lion has been tied up in litigation.
On the other hand. the state Of
California has 400 wells IN its
coastal field producing 5000 bar
rels daily. They yielded Is million
in lease revenues from 1872 until
1S4T when litigation came to
head. Another So million has been
impounded since.
The peculiar Long Beach Cali.
fornia situation resulted from q
grant the state made some years
ago giving the city complete con.
troll Of It's own tidelands area for
the benefit Of commerce and navi'
cation.
Later, oil was discovered under
the harbor, and Long Beach
poured its rs million In revenue,
obtained before lawsuits, into har'
Dor development.
In 1851 the state gave II per
mission to use half the oillease
revenues for dry-land improve
ments. Once legal tangles are
cleared up. the city hopes to start
on q 90 million dollar civic i'm.
provement program. including
parks. Libraries and yacht basin.
State officials regard future
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LIFE.
ABROAD
By GODFREY ANDERsaa

KIRUNA, Swedish Lapland IL
Civilization has invaded Western
EurOpe's last great wilderness.
About 10000 Laps. once wander
ers with their reindeer herds
through northern Norway. Sweden
and Finland, are now showing q
tendency to prefer nylons. cosmet-
les and bathtubs.
Although many still stick 10 the
hard, nomadic life which sends
them wandering in the mountains
in search Of good grazing grounds
in summer. TO the shelter of the
stunted forests in winter, an ever.
increasing number is settling down
TO regular jobs.
Most of the 800 here In Kiruna,
most northerly town Of Sweden,
work in the iron ore mines, ON the
railroads, or as fishing and tourist
guides.
Their picturesque dress sets
them apart from the Swedes sur,
rounding them. Men and women
wear colorful knee-length padded
coats Of bright blue, red and vel.
low, caught round the waist with
leather belts.
Some of the girls use lipstick
and 60 to movies. Their favorites
are Westerns with plenty Of &C.
toni.
They have discarded wooden
stockings for nylons.
nigeria Blind, q typical Lapp
woman. came here from the far
north after the grazing gave out
for her thousand head Of reindeer.
Nils Anders Ponga. her 2l.year-old
nephew, now takes her herd to
the mountains in summer.
Last winter nigeria for the first
time In her life moved into q
house. But the early spring forced
her out again into reindeer-skin
tent which she set up In the gard
en-. She found the house too hot.
Lapp tents are built like wigwams
on framework of crossed sticks.
a hole in the top lets out smoke
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PILE UP

CLEVELAND R-WOe Is Mike
Megyas, In the past five weeks:
A tornado toppled his chimney.
He went on duty as an auxiliary
policeman to help other tornado
victims and got ! parking ticket.
He took home 4 homeless robin,
which now refuses to leave and
won't eat anything but meat, po-
tatoes and prunes. He has to take
the robin along TO work at . sewage
disposal plant because the cat
wants to eat II.
His pocket was picked.
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UnificatiOn OF Germany Is
Issue For Big 4 Consideration

@must pFeeede the opening 81 dis.
cussions with the Soviet govern
ment for . German peace treaty. =
The last previous meeting Of the
Big -Four foreign ministers. In Nay
and June 1919. was concerned with
agreements for the ending of the
Soviet blockade Of West Berlin.
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SHE DONE HIM WRONG

CLEVELAND aA-As 50 of1en
happens. ! woman betrayed Paul
Smith. arrested Tor Violating his
parole from the federal peniten-
tiary at Leavenwortn, Kan.
Tn not your man." said Smith,
-. when U. S. deputy marshals
went to his home Tuesday with
. warrant. But the deputies lifted
Smiths right sleeve b uncover q
tattoo Of . naked woman, Just as
il was described in the arrest
papers.
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from the central fire, which is
built In circle of stones inside.
Some Lapp tents have . radio.
IA few have bathtubs, though
water must be carried from q
stream.
For nigeria, as for most Lapps,
her economy Is built upon her
reindeer. Laps use their reindeer
from horns to hOoves. They make
clothing and bedding from the
skins, grind up the bones until
they are soft enough to eat, hang
out the stOmachs to dry and make
soup from the clotted blood. The
best of the meat is smoked and
exported to southern Sweden.
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D. cllARLES =. BARRET

WASHINGTON IA - House Re
publican leaders were reported
ready today to clear for floor &c
ton q hOtiy controversial bill to
Increase tariff barriers protecting
American industry from foreign
competition.
The bill. sponsored By Rep
Richard III. Simpson (R-Pal, is
strongly opposed by the Eisenhow-
er administration, which il urging
instead . program to promote free
world trade.
The House rules Committee, nor
maIly dominated by administra-
ton supporters, convened today 10
decide whether the trade-restrict-
ing bill should be sent to the House
Hoor. Il was approved is-lO last
week by the Ways and Means
Committee.
Simpson predicted, In an inter-
view, that the bin would be passed
by the House. probably early next
week.
Republican Leader Halleck Of In
diana noted that the Simpson bill
has strong support, especially from
House Republicans, but he said he
was extremely doubtful" II would
pass.
Simpson insisted his tariff bill
Is needed to protect the jobs Of
American workers in industries he
says are suffering from competi.
ton by cheaper foreign imports.
Six Democrats on the Ways and
Means Committee, IN . minority
report to the House, said q step
70 restrict trade now. "could do
irreparable damage to the strength
and unity OF the free nations Of
the world"
Major provisions Of simpsons
bill:
/. A broader definition Of injury
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came off when the Long Beach
field gushed in. Exploitation cot
fully under way in the Is70s when
.whipstocking was introduced.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
BY the ASsocIoted Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
Dec. 12.-Ted Williams slugging
star of the Boston Red Sox. has
had many "a for 4" days in
baseball and now has come up
with one in fishing.
Williams got four strikes and
boated four sailfish to win in
dividual honorS in the inter-
national sailfish tournament
that ended here yesterday.
Williams was a member of the
Sportsman's Club of America
team and his catch also gave the
team the tournament honors,
Others on the team were Dave
Denholm of Los Angeles and
Gar Wood, jr., of Miami Beach,
Second in tournament compe-
tition was the Humacao Angling
Cub of Puerto Rico. composed
OF j. Adalberto Roig, Miami;
Z. R. Smith. Coral Gables. ano
r hard Edmunds, Boca Ration
ne National Capital and Big
c lie Conservation Club OF
v shington, D. c., represented
b. Harry r. Fowler and Claude
D. Whitfield. both of Washing
ton. and Eugene M. Fry of Be-
thesda, Md, was third.
Evening star., 1953-12-12

game year. captured the British Open title
Carnouse toughest British test
THESE TWO COURSES -Oakmont and Carnoustie-
around 1000 yards in length supposed to belong to youth
On that last day must play them twice and almost
yard trapped and bunkered packed with trouble
Ben kid when he stepped the first tees at Oak
mont and Carnouste He 40. You'll find that the
playing days and ages Bobby and Hogan the two
altime greatest just the opposite Bob to the
the of a. years his keennesS his
anxiety kid cut him down. He his first title at the
age of 81 He through at 3d. deciding that year-1sSo-
to retire.
Why retire at %? Well at g. Bob had given 20 to
playing golf He amateur Isn't OF long
enough for an amateur to give to game?
Bob actually is years campaigning before he retired
for he his first minor championship at the of 13
HOGAN AT THE AGE OF 13, caddie. When TO- he
unknown stragger in the golf
had retired Ben fighting desperately hang
with amazing could have year
struggling almost in vain.
But through all those years BenS dreams of the
He entered with Ty Cobb Dew Mburn
and couple others the greatest competitors all time
He past the middle age of golf competition before he
the sunrise He "a before they
to say-"Look out for Hogan
But it years after he had become almost too old
to keep winning that he struck his big year That in
1953-the year became the man of the year in sport
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Londy Disappointed in Running
Worlds Third Fastest Mile

nounced as 58.2. 60.4. 61.6 and
61.8.
Robert G. Menzies, Australian
Prime Minister, who witnessed
the run, exclaimed: 1T was
colossal. Give him some one
to go with him and he will
win the four-minute mile for
Australia"
Menzies was at the finish line
to greet Landy.'
The 23-year-old medical stu
dent seemed disappointed at his
effort.
II knew all week I was going
for a fast run, but I did not tell
any one." he said. II needed
the initiative at the 200-yard
mark, but could not do it.
well, I did all I could and
could not do any better. This
record d-breaking business is hard
work. You can't do it unless
you have everything in your
favor. I was going well at the
three-quarter mark, but was
surprised / did not run the last
lap faster. I am physically ex-
hausted."
Landy had no excuses for not
doing better today. He said the
track was all he could expect.
ITO run four-minute mile"
he said, you have to have con-
f1dence you can break the four
minute mile before you start. I
think the American, Wes Santee,
may do it. He has more pace
and confidence than have"
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Davis Spoffing Demarco
8 Pounds in Fight Tonight
By the Associated Press

BOSTON, Dec. IL. - Teddy
(Red Top) Davis, New England
lightweight titlist from Hartford
Conn, will spot Tony Demarco
Boston's current boxing favorite
about eight pounds tonight when
they meet in a nationally tele-
vised 10-round bout at the Bos-
ton garden.
The fight will be seen in Wash
ington on station WMAL-TV
starting at 9 pm.
Davis, now weighing 1872. never
has quibbled about such matters
He boasts that he will give away
as much as 18 pounds if the
purse is big enough.
II once spotted Sammy Angott
18 pounds and IA and up tt
Paddy Demarco and Wallace
Smith," Davis boasted. why
should I worry about giving ar
inexperienced kid like Tony De-
marco eight?"
Along with victory, Davis ex.
poets the largest purse of hi
long career. The sponsoring
Callahan A. C. appears assured
of a 10000 crowd, a tribute tt
Demarco's drawing power.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
1erps' Wrestling Team
Opens Season Toniuhf

The University of Maryland
wrestling team, champions of
the Southern Conference last
year. opens it's new season
against West Virginia at Ritchie
Coliseum tonight.
The starting lineup for the
Terps, as announced by Coach
Sully Krouse, will read: Francis
Alfaro, 1913 pounds; Jerome Car
roll. 1870; Danny Little. 1877:
Vince Hartnett, lat; Ed Lessig,
157; Bob Fisher, 1877; Ernie
Fisher. lit, and Carl Everly,
heavyweight.
Maryland was the only team
to beat the Mountaineers last
year and that defeat knocked
the visitors out of the confer
ence title. Now, however, the
two teams are in separate leagues
and tonight's result will have
no bearing on conference stand
ingS.
The freshman squads from the
two schools will meet at $50
pm. and the varsity competition
is expected to begin at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
BY the Assocloted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 12.-Scores
were running high and tempers
were f1aring today as the touring
golf stars entered tie third
round of the $4,000 Miami
Open Tournament-their last
workout of the year.
Perhaps the players are
burned out after a hard 1858
campaign. Spectators could
think of no other reason for
these strange happenings during
yesterdays second round:
/. Julius Boros. the 1852 Ma
tional Open champion, quit in
disgust after taking 100, four
over par, for the first q holes
over the fiat and normally easy
Miami Springs municipal coarse.
2 Johnny Palmer, tie solid
competitor from North Carolina.
failed to qualify for the third
round with his 72-74-146, six
strokes over par.
3. Sam Snead threw ball
away in anger after missing a
2-foot.
4. Lew WorSham, the years
top money winner, and Tommy
Bolt left broken clubs on the
course.
S. Art Wall, ir., the f1rst-day
leader, got into a violent argu-
ment with photographers who
took his picture during a round
in which he skidded into a
fourth-pl2ce tie.
Only a Breeze.
The pros complained that the
green's of the 6,570-yard course
were too gralny. but local play
ers said the greens we're in bet
ter shape than usual. The pros
said it was too windy, but
Miami's breezes yesterday were
comparatively mild and there
was hardly any wind at all dur
ing Thursdays first round.
The cause of the mediocre
shooting was a mystery. but one
thing was sure: Therell be big
galleries out today to see what
Is going to happen next.
Husky Doug Ford. second big
geSt money winner of the year.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
By the Associofed press

MELBOURNE, Dec. 12.-Al-
most a year to the day he first
gained international fame, slen-
der John Landy today ran the
third fastest winning mile in
history, a 4;02 effort at Olympic
Park.
Landy's time-a new Austria
lian records exceeded only by
the world record of 4:01.4 set
by Sweden's Gunder Haegg in
1945 and by the 4:01.6 of Swe-
den's Arne Anderson in 1914
for a then world mark.
(These times compare to the
fastest mile ever run by an
American, Wes Santee'S 4:02.4
at the Compton (Calif.) relays
last June. Roger Bannister of
England ran 1902 mile earlier
this year. but the time was not
recognized because it was a
paced mile.J
In contrast to week ago
when he ran a 4:09.8 mile, Landy
benefited by a swift 58.2 first
quarter by John Marks, the for
mer Aussie mile champion. At
the half mile, however, timed in
1886, Landy was in front by
20 yards
He steadily increased his mar
gin during the last half mile,
winning by 200 yards. He fin
ished running into a headwind of
6.1 feet per second.
The quarter times were an
Evening star., 1953-12-12
CIV Coach Cautious
Despite Another Win
Over Tough Rival
BY George Huber

George Washington University
now has played two basketball
games and beaten the two teams
figured to give it the toughest
competition in the Southern
Conference, but any disposition
to hand the title to CIV runs
into opposition from Coach Bill
Reinhart.
Maybe we are favored now"
Reinhart comedies, "but two
games is no more than getting
the season started. It's like
handing the pennant to the
Yankees or somebody just be-
cause they win an opening game
or two"
CIV beat Richmond last night,
81-67, before $500 at Uline
Arena, and earlier in the week
it handily disposed of West Vir-
ginia, 106-75. Even though this
gives the Colonials a fine start
in what promises to be a great
season, Reinhart is disposed to
be cautious. 1--WE beat this club
last year by about the same
score" he recalls, "but along
about tournament time they
were the ones in the tournament
and we were out"
Richmond Takes Early Lead.
The 81-67 margin looks nice,
but for a good part Of the game
Richmond was in front. CIV
got the most out Of the last Is
minutes or so after trailing until
almost the last minute OF the
third period.
John Holup got going after a
poor start and tossed in series
of points late in the third period
to give CIV a lead for the first
time, and George Klein, trans
fer from Potomac State Junior
College, came in as a sub to give
the Colonials a nice boost to-
ward their final margin.
Richmond was mostly soph-
omore team, with four of the
five starters second-year men
and the other a Junior. They
aren't the usual college soph-
omores, however, as most OF
them have had service basket
ball experience.
Spanked by two little guys, s.
foot-1O Ed Harrison and 5-foot-
9 Warren Mills, the Spiders ran
up a 21-8 lead in the first period
and continued to enjoy a 1926
edge at halftime.
Zone Defense a Surprise.
Richmond surprised the Co.
lonials with a zone defense
the Spiders hadn't been using
that in their four previous
winning games-and it took a
(See COLONIALS, Page ALL.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Gardens 1854 Tournament
Turned Over to ECAC

NEW YORK, Dec. IL (P.-The
holiday basketball tournament.
opening December 26 in Madison
Square Garden, will be under
the sponsorship of the Eastern
College Athletic Conference
starting next year.
The tournament, held for the
first time in 1852. was turned
over to the ECAC yesterday by
the Metropolitan intercollegiate
Basketball Committee. composed
of representatives of Manhattan,
St. Johns and New York Uni
verSity.
The associations admitted
purpose in taking over the tour
nament was to find a source of
revenue, In rellnquishing spon-
sorship. the metropolitan COM
mlttee specified it be represented
on the ECAC committee and
that at least two of the three
schools be invited to compete
each year.
Entered in this years tourna-
ment are Duquesne. LaSalle, St.
Louis, Niagara. Brigham Young.
St. Johns, New York University
and Manhattan.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Rain Bars SteeIers Practice
As Squdd Arrives for Game

back Harry Gilmer or Linebacker
Knox Ramsey would see action.
Ramsey had knee and ankle
injury, while Gilmer is recuper-
ating from a knee operation
Art Rooney, president of the
Steelers, preceded the team to
town and was the luncheon guest
of George Marshall, Redskins
president. (Society column
please note.)
Pittsburgh coaches report that
Jimmy Finks' ailing knee is still
troubling him so much that most
of the quarterbacking will fall
on Bill Mackrides' shoulders.
Fullback Fran Rogel also is on
the doubtful list.
The Steelers will make the
Annapolis Hotel their headquar-
tiers overnight.