When the Federal Government won title to the rich submerged oil lands off the California Coast, Texans feared their offshore oil properties would be the next target. They were right. Last week Attorney General Tom Clark, a Texan himself, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to give the Federal Government title to the Gulf of Mexico's offshore lands now being "illegally leased" by Louisiana and Texas to private oil companies. Estimated amount of oil in the 780-mile coastal strip: 10 billion barrels.
Texas' Governor Beauford Jester was so boiling mad he told newsmen, "You can't print what I think." The underwater...
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