Teenager Electrocuted While Playing Tag in Twin Falls
Twin Falls police identify Christine Atkin, 15, as the girl who touched a ground wire from a power pole while four friends were playing tag after a high school picnic. She lost consciousness and died at Magic Valley Memorial Hospital. Idaho Power Co supervisor cites accidental contact between ground wire and overhead line possibly tied to a lightning strike two weeks earlier.
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Twin Falls
UPD
Christine Atkin
Magic Valley Memorial Hospital
J.L. Johnstone
Idaho Power Company
Trading Posts Under Federal Probe On Navajo Reservation
The FTC and BIA probe into Navajo trading posts has checked over 100 outlets since June 23. Consumers report withheld checks, hidden prices, bad credit, and unfair lending amid alleged exploitation by white traders. Public hearings are planned Aug 28–Sept 1 across Window Rock Kayenta Shiprock Tuba City Crownpoint Chinle and Pinon.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Cupid
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Peter MacDonald
Kayenta
Shiprock
N.M
Tuba City
Crownpoint
Chinle
Pinon, Ariz
Golf Standings Heated Feet in Bradford Glow Case
Police constables Inch and Walton investigated a glow on a Bradford school field. Chemists blamed dumped phosphorus during lab cleaning as the cause of smoldering shoes and heated feet for the officers.
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Bradford
England
UPI
Michael Inch
Paul Walton
Vandals Announce 26 Game Basketball Schedule
University of Idaho coach Wayne Anderson unveiled a 26 game season with 14 home games at Memorial Gymnasium. The slate includes Sacramento State San Jose State Portland University Portland State in nonconference play and Big Sky games. Openers set at Santa Barbara and Reno precede the Dec 5 home debut versus Whitworth. Conference play starts Jan 5 1973 versus Idaho State.
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Moscow
Wayne Anderson
University of Idaho
Memorial Gymnasium
Anderson
Sacramento State
San Jose State
Portland University
Portland State University
Big Sky
University of California At
Santa Barbara
University of Nevada At
Reno
Whitworth
Vandals
Idaho State
Boise State
Rustling Stings Idaho Ranchers Through Decades
A Boise State College era feature notes rustling survived over decades from horse and brand schemes to modern vehicles. Inspector Winslow cites 27 000 plus brands in Idaho, longer jail terms proposed, and beefed up inspections to curb thefts amid stiff penalties and misclassified charges.
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Boise
Idaho
E. D. Winslow
Owyhee County
Winslow
Storms Sweep Nation With Heat and Severe Storms
United Press International reports a heat wave across the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with cool air clashes causing deadly thunderstorms from Virginia to the upper Midwest. Severe weather hit North Dakota, Ohio and West Virginia Thursday night as temperatures varied from minus 49 in Salema Ore to 91 in Needles California.
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United Press International
Gulf
Rockies
Atlantic
Virginia
New England
Canadian
Upper Michigan
Montana
Upper Midwest
Plains
North Dakota
Ohio
West Virginia
Salema Ore
Needles
Calif
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Kaniksu
Art Buyle Pacific Gas
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Credit Bureau
Bonner & Boundary
Gooby & Sons Meats
Sandpoint
John Deere
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