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...mint juleps . . . But there are indications, turned up by our office, that the julep was invented right in this section early in 1800 by slaves who used a mountain brew called fulcher* whisky and garnished their master's juleps with the mint that grew around their crude cabins...
...Platte Pipe Line Co. will open a $62 million, 1,149-mile, 20-inch oil pipeline next week that will give Rocky Mountain oil producers a big new market for their crude. The line, which runs from eastern Wyoming to refineries near St. Louis, is capable of delivering 110,000 barrels...
INDUSTRY Collusion or Costs? When major oil companies raised the price of crude oil 25? a bbl. last month, and retail price increases for gasoline and home-heating oils followed. New Jersey's Republican Charles A. Wolverton, chairman of the House Committee oh Interstate & Foreign Commerce, let out a yell...
There has been no general increase in crude-oil prices since December 1947, said Baker, and prices in 1952 averaged slightly less than they did in 1948. Costs of labor have gone up 31%, and machinery costs and state production taxes have also risen. But the principal item of higher expense has been in "exploration." Humble Oil spent $43,065,000 on digging dry holes last year, 62% more than in 1948. The average cost per completed well was $106,500, up 29% from 1948. As for excess supplies, said Baker, the Defense and Interior Departments have repeatedly asked...
...Majlis. And though Mossadegh had won one more parliamentary triumph, his power is steadily being undermined by 1) the unpopularity of his attempt to oust the Shah, win control of the army and set up an unopposed dictatorship; 2) his failure to break the British blockade and sell crude oil to the outside world; 3) the attrition of the currency (the rial was 118 to the dollar last week, against 74 a year ago, 47 two years ago); 4) the infiltration of government ministries by the outlawed Communist Tudeh Party...