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Most other Saskatchewan wells yield heavy black crude, rather than the lighter, and more valuable oil produced in Alberta. The Smiley strike, yielding a 32-to-36°-gravity light oil, has given Saskatchewan oilmen reason to hope that, in quality as well as quantity, their wells may some day match Alberta's best. Oil companies have already budgeted a record $40 million for development...
...Flying Jeep. A stubby, lightweight Jeep (almost 3 ft. shorter, 1,200 Ibs. lighter than standard models), designed for airlift by helicopter or plane, was shown off by Willys Motors, Inc. It has an all-aluminum body and magnesium wheels; 85% of the parts are interchangeable with regular Jeeps...
...worked out well," Martin said yesterday. "We found only about five or six of those men who didn't need the extra help, and we quickly jumped them into the regular weekly sections. We feel the ones who were attending the double sections are ready for the lighter schedule...
...reason for the drop from '51 to '52 was the lighter football schedule, which saw Army and Holy Cross, both local crowd drawers, replaced on the schedule by Washington University of St. Louis and Davidson...
...Moral. In Limoges, France, after telling the court that his drunkenness had been encouraged by wine advertisements on matchboxes, Leon Seigneurin, 49, was nevertheless fined and jailed, and told by the judge: "Next time, get a lighter...