• Note that the uploaded photo is a larger, better quality copy than the one in the newspaper copy.

• A search was done for original copyright in both artwork and publications for the year 1954. There were no registrations for Associated Press in the artwork section and none for The Corpus Christi Caller-Times in the publications section. There's no evidence of original copyright here.
• A further search was done at copyright.gov for renewals of the newspaper Corpus Christi Caller-Times. The only listings are for original registrations with the earliest one being in 1990.

• A further search was done in renewals for Associated Press at copyright.gov. There were no renewals listed. The only listings for the year 1981 were new registrations for textual and computer file items.

Type of Work: Text Registration Number / Date: TX0000814642 / 1981-11-23 Title: The Associated Press broadcast news handbook : incorporating the A P libel manual / compiled and edited by James R. Hood and Brad Kalbfeld. Imprint: New York : AP, c1982. Description: 298 p. Notes: Cover ti.: A P broadcast news handbook. Copyright Claimant: The Associated Press Date of Creation: 1981 Date of Publication: 1981-11-01 Authorship on Application: The Associated Press, employer for hire.

Other Title: A P libel manual A P broadcast news handbook Broadcast news handbook Libel manual ISBN: 0917360494

Type of Work: Computer File Registration Number / Date: TXu000060379 / 1981-01-23 Application Title: Portable facsimile transmitter program. Title: Associated Press facsimile program written in 6800 assembly language for the Associated Press portable transmittor / written by E. Raymond Jablonski, David G. Rutherford. Description: Printout. Copyright Claimant: The Associated Press Date of Creation: 1980 Authorship on Application: The Associated Press, employer for hire.

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