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Crime probes seek to bar gambling mail use and curb crime
Senate investigators planned to ask Congress to bar gamblers from using the mails and interstate communications to place bets or settle wagers, aiming at big syndicates and a broader move to curb illegal gambling. Proposals include halting information flows about horse races and games, targeting Continental Press and shifting policing to the FCC, with harsher penalties and tighter regulations pending final form. Flooding eased along the upper Mississippi but threats of overflows persisted, with towns in Iowa Illinois and Missouri reporting high waters and some evacuations and plant shutdowns.
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