Sparks Council Joins Brownout Row In Nevada Power Dispute
Sparks Nevada city council demanded an investigation into Sierra Pacific Power for failing to install standby emergency plants on the western side of the Sierra Nevada. Councilor Harry Foote accused the firm of making California power a political football while western Nevada is left holding the bag. Local merchants and Reno businesses reported energy cutbacks and lantern-light efforts as the region grapples with a 20 percent power reduction.
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Brownout Row
Nevada
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Sparks
California
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Harry Foote
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Sierra Pacific
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Whooping Cranes Sought in Arctic Nesting Grounds
Two biologists from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Audubon Society plan a summer Arctic coast expedition to locate the nesting grounds of the whooping crane. After two years tracking the 37 survivors in Texas, they keep the location secret to deter hunters. They aim for the northern rim of Canada’s Northwest Territories to safeguard the species and aid a comeback.
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Arctic
Texas
Canada
Northwest Territories
Roberth. Smith
Winona, Minn
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Hubert P. Allen
National Audubon Society
United States
Annals
Canadas
Great Slave ‘Lake
Arkansas
Allen
Nebraska
Smith
Prince Albert
Sask
Boy Murderer Finds Unlikely Home at Warden's Mansion
Twelve year-old Jimmy Melton, dubbed Hex the youngest murderer in the United States, lives in Canyon City's warden Hex Best's mansion next to the prison after killing his 16-year-old sister last Christmas. He enjoys the dogs and says he likes it there while townspeople observe the unusual arrangement and the warden notes the boy's preference for quiet, monitored life.
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Virginia MacPherson
Canyon City
Colo
Jimmy Melton
Warden Boy Best
Hex
United States
Warden
Jim
Funds Allotted for Fighting Tree Pests in California
Los Angeles March 24. The Board of Supervisors authorized 35000 a year to help combat elm leaf beetle near Saugus and 38500 a year to wipe out olive scale infestations north of San Fernando. Agricultural Commissioner Harold J. Ryan called the olive scale the worst infestation in California, threatening many fruit and ornamental trees.
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Angeles
Los Angeles County
Harold J. Ryan
Board of Supervisors
Saugus
San Fernando
Ryan
California
Worker Sues Rail Firm for 50 000 Damage Claim
Louis G. Black a machinist at Santa Fe Railroad San Bernardino shops filed a federal court suit claiming 50 000 in damages under the Federal Employees Liability Act. He alleges an inadvertent activation of compressed air caused a drill injury that kept him from steady work.
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San Francisco
Santa Fe Railroad
Louis G. Black
San Bernardino
Hudson Motor Car workers strike over production standards
Detroit March 24 A dispute idle 10000 Hudson Motor Car Co employes over discharge of 28 spot welders. The company accuses the welders of failing to meet production standards. Local 154 UAW members refuse to work in protest.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
United Auto
Pedestrian Safety Debate Amid Auto Club Study
In Los Angeles a traffic safety discussion cites an Automobile Club of South California survey. Pedestrians bear about two thirds of blame for fatal incidents, though the club says motorists are not absolved and all must help prevent tragedies.
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Los Angeles
Mirek
Automobile Club of South
California
Auto Club
Ratti
Giese
Charles E."finley
Iowa State College
Will Horn
Cali
Actress Lucile Allen wins annulment from Philip Van-Zandt
Angeles report states actress Lucile Allen aged 24 was granted an annulment from actor Philip Van-Zandt aged 43 after a marriage begun in January 1942. The divorce court ordered Van-Zandt to pay $80 a month in support for their daughter Phyl.
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Lucile Allen
Philip van -Zandt
Misa Allen
Maries
Van-Zande
van Zandt
Phyl
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