The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 7, 1953, Page 8

“THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, April 7;/ 1958 I THOUGHT So! PRETENDING TO BE ONE OF THE “LIVING -DEADS THAT ELECTAIC SEAT IS ONE OF MY TESTS. IF YOU WERE TRULY’LIVING-DEAD, YOU'D HAVE FELT NOTHING! == NOW # MANORAKE IS MISSING. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITHHIM? AND WHAT DOES THAT 00 TO THE GALE OF TICKETS ? MURDERS (7, THATS wHaT! SOME- THING'S GOTTA BE DONE ABOUT THIS.BUT Quicn | et LIKE WHICH, SHER'FF TAIT > NOT ‘THAT I GIVE A HOOT (erin. = oe hea} WOULONT IT BE urTeRuy FASCINATING TO BE AN AUTHOR 2 — I MEAN AND REALLY WeiTe.’ F DASSIN’ THROUGH THIS SURG ON YOUR WAY 10 bi ‘ NVIDIOVW FHL IIVAGNVW NOoaduOD HSV'13 WOLNWHd 3HL 3TOO0OD AINUVS 1108 Nag SId YAIHLV4A dN ONIONS m 4 > x m 4 aul WUVZO QI O9SID AHL _ TODAY bas maton WASHINGTON (#—Tidelands is the familiar but wrong name for the long-standing dispute between the federal government and some states over ownership of the oil- rich land under the water off the coast. The Republican-controlled Con- gress is hurrying to carry out Pres- ident Eisenhower’s campaign Promise to give these lands to the states. Congress will give them a big chunk but not the whole pie. The government hasn’t challeng- ed the states’ ownership of the tideland, that part of the shore between ‘high and low tide. The Supreme Court ruled 108 years ago they belonged to the states. The dispute has beer over owner- ship of those submerged lands ex- tending seaward from the low water mark to the edge of the con- tinental shelf. _The American contirient slopes seaward—as much as 200 miles off the Atlantic Coast, 135 miles in the Gulf -of Mexico — from the water’s edge till it drops off in the Ocean deeps. This long slope is the continental shelf. There is oil in the submerged lands in the Pacific off California and in the Gulf of Mexico off Lou- isiana and Texas. The fight over ownership of the submerged land began to boil in the mid-1930s when it became clear from ex- ploration that the oil reserves in the gulf were very rich. The federal government and the states both wanted the revenue from the oil. The government. ar- gued this revenue should be for the benefit of all the people of the United States, not for just the resi- dents of a few states. The states claimed ownership to the sub- merged lands as part of their “rights,” some of them claiming lownership rights going back at least into the 19th century. There was another factor: Since oil reserves are a vital part of | national defense, the government! protested it should have full con-} trol of the submerged lands for future need. Twice, Democratic - ‘controlled | Congresses—in 1946 and 1952 —j voted to give the states at least | part of those submerged lands but former President Truman killed the idea with a veto. And three times — once in 1947} and twice in 1950 — the Supreme Court ruled three states—Califor- nia, Texas, Louisiana—did not own the submerged lands. The court did not say the federal govern- ment owned them but did say it had “paramount rights” in them. In view of that ruling, the states | could not get the lands unless they |; Were given to them by Congress. The court had said there is no} limit on the constitutional Power | of Congress to give away U. S. property. | Last week the House voted to} give the states ownership of at/ least a part of the submerged | lands, And the Senate, now deba- ting a similar measure, is expected to approve it next week. The two houses would give the states the submerged lands off their coasts out to a limit of three miles, at least. This means they | could keep the royalties from the joill from within that three-mile | boundary. | For some states — particularly | Florida and Texas — the limit} i would be farther out in the sea. Those two states claimed a 10%- mile limit long ago with more or less con, approval at the time. But the House and Senate mea- sures are vague in spots and that will probably mean more years of battling in courts. Some of the main supporters of this “‘tide- land” measure in the Senate frank- ly admit they don’t know how far ; out to sea some states might be jable to claim ownership on his-| | toric grounds. The House and Senate would let | the government bave what the} | states can’t claim, although the | Senate measure doesn't say what the government should do with its share of the submerged lands. Pointed Arrest STERLING, Il. #.— A Sterting | citizen, in exercising his right to! j arrest a wroagdoer, so frightened | j the offender that the latter fled, leaving his automobile behind. | The Sterling man, driving er | pickup truck, was almost struck | by an out-of-town motorist who ignored a stop sign. Both vehicles | stopped. The truck driver con-} fronted the motorist with, “You're| under arrest." To back up his} statement the truck driver pulled’ a knife. The offender leaped from his car and fled ; The Sterling driver took . the) keys from the other auto and ed a complaint with police.} When the out-of-town offender in- quired of police 2bout his car the ,comp.sint was served. He paid a fine for failure to yield the right-/ alway ' Ne charge was filed punted inethed of arrest for the! Kt is behewed that fe 9p Ameren ease five sears. t an ave 3 years is the wext 2 df shout 23 years. the large, sunlit classroom with its new desks, big blackboards and .beautiful. colored maps, she found herself envying Grace Tay- lor, and the joshing words: “Prin- cipal’s pet!” rose to her lips. But she didn’t utter them. That which shattered a girl’s peace of mind, that which constricted her throat, tied her nerves into knots, kept her sleepless althorgh her bi eyes and aching head yearned for the balm of slumber, was some- thing too serious to be joked about. Then Grace appeared at last, slim and lovely in her tweed suit, her golden hair _warm-toned in the sunshine. Ruth smiled at her and happily turned her mind to other things. “Any luck?” “Nope.” Grace perched on a corner of the desk. “Mr. Quince was apologetic in his pompous way, but the school, he announced, was in no position to sanction such an outing. There were questions. Suppose the boat sank? Sup- pose a child fell overboard and drowned? Or suppose afew of them got a bad case of sunburn?” “Suppose?” Grace shrugged. “I daresay he’s right, though. Just a picnic on the beach will have to do, I'm afraid.” “They'll be disappointed,” Ruth teftected aloud. “The little brats really worked. Iwas so proud of Jotinny Smith in particular!” “Stl...” Ruth nodded. She drew on her white gloves, pickéd her handbag from the desk and walked with Grace down the long, silent hall to the exit of Building Two. Com- pleting only her second year at the school, she still found it a novelty, in June, to be able to hear birds | singing on the lawn and to be able to walk anywhere along the as- phalt paths without fear of being run down by some boy on a bi- cycle. She shook her head. la year older?” are?” . “They’re grand!” said Grace firmly. “A person's lucky if her work throws her into contact with children. They’re so quick, so lively, so bright!. And all their illusions are still intact!” UTH interrupted. Her mind was a shopper sort of mind. It couldn’t remain in one is id to hop from here to there if only to keep from dwelling on Dan, the impact Dan had upon her life. “Yl be back next year,” she said flatly, dismissing the subject. “That's to say, if the campaign this summer leaves me with energy enough to teach.” ere was much that Grace could have told her about that. Interested in ascertaining the chances Ephraim Carlisle had to be elected mayor, Grace Taylor had -undertaken a private poll. Each of her friends had been askede“Luchetti or Carlisle, a ORUnUY, pews, or the old system.” ree out of four had snapped: “Luchetti. At least he has sense enough to recognize there’s a limit to the spending people can do.” But Grace was a kind, understanding creature who never in her life had added agony to agony. She didn’t now. “It'll be an interesting summer, no doubt. I'm staying in Golden City, inci- dentally.” She paused. Then a beautiful flush crept up her fair skin all the way to her cute, rounded forehead. “I'll have to get the new house in order, you see.” “The what?” Grace made light of it. “Oh, Yelbert and I decided we might as well battle in our own home as here at the school. We thought we'd give marri a whirl.” Ruth swalk She felt half- suffocated, and had to inhale deep- ly several times. All the waiting over? The pain, the horrible pain of not knowing, at an end? “How wonderful! You must let me give youa “You ” chortled forthright Grace Taylor, “why do you sup- pose you're the first to be told?” Questions rose to Ruth's con- fused, milling mind. When had Grate decided? How had she final- ly found the courage to make the plunge? Wouid she continue to teach? Did she think it wise to re- pose all her hopes for happiness in the hands of a human being? But a door banged shut in the Adminstration Building. “Hi!” hailed Yelbert Quince. He came toward them with his long strides, the cuffs of his trousers flapping about his briskly moving ankles. Meeting Grace's glowing pur- ple eyes, she discovered Grace wouldn’t be annoyed if she were to be left alone with Mr. Quince. “Tl give you a ring,” she whis- to Grace, then whirled and went quickly to her Ford. A rueful grin greeted her. “It took you a long time,” complained Bob O'Brien. “I thought you'd never come out.” While she stared, goggle-eyed, he opened the door and reached for her hand. Before she could recover her wits he pulled her into the car and had the engine purring under the hood: “Thought,” he explained, “that it was time I had a@ look at you.” - This, she thought, is being 4i- diculous. She met his gaze coolly. “I hapt pen to be busy, Bob. In the event you haven't been reading the apers, the hotel’s doing a rushing usiness.” “Oh, I read the papers from time to time. You mustn't think that farmers don’t take an interest in the world. By the way, congratu- late your father for me, will you?” He ignored the road that led to Golden City. He struck east Siro the county seat of Belfast to Highway 1. Presently they were in among the hills, taking the side road down through Peterr Canyon. There they found summer temperature. (To be continued) Science Has Watched The Actual Physical Start. Of Human Life In Lab Experiments’ by ALTON L. BLAKESLEE AP Science Reporter CHICAGO W—Seeing the physi- cal start of new human life was described here to the Federation jee women. Male sperm cells were added later to fluids con- | taining the egg and cbserved under i il microscope. | The sperm cells are not attracted ‘potent enzyme or chemical con; troller. Nothing happens while the five , chemicals—adenosine triphosphate, j luciferin, oxygen, magnesivm and of American Socieues for Experi-|to the egg directly by any bio- | luciferase—are held together, mental Biology. This stayt is the merging of the jlogical force, he finds. A sperm, | skoped like a tadpole, may swim But nerve stimulations set free | another chemical, inorganic pyro- male germ cell, the. sperm, wit®|very near the egg and just miss, Phosphate, which brcaks the bond the female germ cell, the ovum or egg. And the merging seems to occur } by chance, this study finds. The sperm must swim into the egg, actually touch it in order to fertilize it and start the union which begins new life. Sperm cells touching. This chance encounter could have much te do with why you look and act exactly like you do, and not like your brother or sister. For individual sperm cells pre- sumably differ in their genes or hereditary units which they can carry to the egg with its heredi- tary units. The merging is described by Dr. Landrum B. Shettles, department of obstetrics and gynecology, Col-; lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in a report to the’ federation, opening a five- day meeting here today. | touching it. Once having touched the egg, the majority of sperm remained in con- | tact with it, under these test-tube conditions. Hundreds could attach, at right angles, to one egg. The motion..of their tails often made may swim very near, but miss |e 466, totale. in. clockwise fash- Dr. Shettles told of seeing the heads of the sperm penetrating in- side the egg, toward the nucleus or core of the egg. (In these experi- ments, any fertilized egg would not, of course; be able to live on outside the body and keep dev- eloping into a baby.) Another mystery of nature—light | from fireflies—was expleined by jthree Johns Hopkins University scientists, Dr. William D. McEl- jroy, Dr. J. Woodland Hastings and Jane Coulombre. The strange cold light apparent- ly comes from the sudden reac- jholding the five chemicals and they then can react te produce the flash of firefly light ; At almost the sanic time, another chemical ‘begins to destroy® the ;Pyrophosphage, to separate the ‘five chemicals again and put out {the light. In a few secondéthe !light is produced, and extinguished The firefly study is part of ef ‘forts to learn how signals.-dfo nerves make muscies and organs in other animals, including humans. do their marvelous work, Local Taxes Awa y From Home Off ‘For Servicemen WASHINGTN @®—A serviceman | is exempt from local taxes on his property in states other than his He observed human eggs ob-|tion of five chemicals which are| home state, the Supreme Court tained during necessary operations} bound up in the bug's tail by a/ decided 7.2 Monday VICTOR OVER BUREAU OF STANDARDS DIRECTION— sem M. nich ani, Cal if, menufactuner of AD-X2, a lt of auto and other betteries, pours « car Suitery in Washingtién’ Hie the foing oi Standards durec The Buces ve Daiens ¢ —R& Beeph nt for appredcal of his prod- Dr. Ahen V. Astin, Bureau of : hos Wibeled hie powder worth ped im the case went to werk y & “a very good tong The ruling specificaly rejected an effort by the city and county of Denver, Colo., to colieet personal was assigned to duty at nearby y Field. Justice Reed delivered today's decision. Justice Douglas wrote a dissenting opinion which Justice Black joined Dameron appealed to the high tribunal after the Colorado §u- preme Court said the local tax specified in the 1940 RIO DE JANEIPO 0 —Bras. zi¥'s land and colonization sery- fee has signed an agreement with the World Council of Churches fer settlement of 4 German families in the state of Rio de Janeiro. ‘The immigrants, will serve as ithe nucleus for an expected esi- yony at Papucela. Their passage will peid by the Council, whieh siso will give them help the first year, including the construction e bomen. j LET'S GO DOG RACING TONITE! | STOCK ISLAND 5%;