Organized Crime Fight Tightens Across U.S.
A UPI special report by Susan Wagner Edward Cowan and Kirk Vogeley details a major raid in New Kensington Pennsylvania where 34 Internal Revenue agents and a deputy marshal seized assets and arrested 21 people amid a national push against gambling. Attorney General Kennedy says three pending bills aim to curb bookmaking and interstate gambling by banning telephonic tip services, interstate travel for illegal gambling, and shipment of gambling devices, with slot machines the remaining legal exception.
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Authorities Launch Battle Against Slums in Chicago
Chicago and Cook County officials launched a nationwide style drive to withhold rents from relief tenants to curb slum housing. Public Aid Director Raymond Hilliard said the program targets money driven landlords profiting from unsafe vermin infested overcrowded firetraps. A Superior Court suit targets violations from illegally converted apartments while relief rent allocations will be withheld from September checks, pressuring landlords to repair or face eviction action with owner names disclosed in court.
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Court Martial Acquits Officer At Texas Radar Tower Collapse
Air Force Col. William S. Banks was acquitted by a court martial on negligence charges tied to the Texas radar tower collapse that killed 28 people. Banks, 45, said the verdict confirmed his innocence. He commanded the radar tower near the Nosy Jersey coast during a January storm and later returned to a materiel management post in San Antonio.
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Thrifty shoppers face math of everyday groceries
By Hal Boyle and Joy Stilley New York and Moscow reports show housewives confront algebra of price per ounce to stretch grocery money. Consumers compare size and weight, as 29 cent and 35 cent packages differ in ounces, while Russia and South Africa face their own industrial and safety charges in separate scenes.
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Kentucky News Highlights Incomplete Hospitality Clinic Ends
Leitchfield AP reports the state's second hospitality clinic was to end today after talks by officials on treating Courists and visitors. About 200 people were tending the clinic with medical staff on site. Earlier, a chief was held at Danville and more clinics were planned in other cities. Louisville AP notes a homicide trial for Harry Titus, 18, killed Aug 9 while peering into a homeowner’s window. The 196 State Fair opens Sept 7 with events and a quarter horse show. the midway will be open and visitors can enter the grounds.
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Prison Exhibit At San Quentin Draws Thousands
San Quentin prisoners display paintings sculptures and crafts in a four day show. Prison officials expect about 20 000 visitors to view the art and designs created by inmates during the visit weekend.
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Fear Approaches Era Remains of Polk County Politician Died
Polk County political figure Cal Higpins, a Democratic leader, died at Polk County churches where he spoke of fear and faith. The Rev Quentin Garman, a newspaper columnist, commented on state militia influence and Gov Frank Clement in a weekly column. The report notes Higpins’s ties to church missions and the political climate of the time.
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