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...Zion, 45. Reflecting farmer unrest, the G.O.P. captured, by one estimate, 57% of the rural vote v. 49.7% in the Goldwater debacle. Of 19 Democrats newly elected in 1964 throughout the region, 16 were retired. In all, Republicans picked up a net gain of 22 House seats in the Midwest???almost half their national gain...
...surface of the ground. Were these enough, without drilling, to fulfill the law's "discovery" requirement? In 1924 the Interior Department ruled that surface traces were not sufficient, that their connection with underground oil supplies was not proved. Potent oil companies?Pure Oil, Union of California, Prairie, Continental, Midwest???massed their legal forces against this decision. Three years later with the aid of Colorado's Senators they induced Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work, a Coloradoan, to reverse the Department's position. By Dr. Work's decree, surface evidence of oil in shale lands now constitutes "discovery" and validates land...
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