Minnesota Fats Considers Retirement From Pool Tour
Baton Rouge reports Minnesota Fats, famed pool hustler Rudolf Wanderone, 57, contemplates quitting after a long career marked by unbeatable records. He claims he never loses, has drawn huge crowds, led the Billiard Players Association, and is now filming his own movie The Player in Baton Rouge after a week of matches with champions.
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Baton Rouge
Minnesota
Fats
New York
Vietnam
Eric Hagenlacker
Rudolf Wanderone
Charles
West
Johnston City
Johnson City
Billiard Players Association of America
Hustler
Jackie Gleason
Paul Newman
Fast Eddie
Idaho Road Report Details Widespread Snow Hazards Across State
The Idaho Highway Department announces hazardous travel with widespread snow covering many routes. U S 95 and secondary roads show snow floors, icy patches, drifting, fog, and chain advisories from Coeur d Alene to the Oregon line, with Lookout Pass and several passes requiring chains and caution.
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Boise
Whitebird Hill
Grangeville
Moscow
Genesee
Craigmont
Culdesac Hill
Lewiston Hill
U.S. 10
Kellogg
Wallace
Lookout Pass
U.S
Orofino
Kooskia
Lolo Pass
Twin Falls
Nevada Line
Hailey
Gelana
Stanley
Trial Pass
Mores Creek
Idaho City
Lowman
Grasmere
Brownlee
U.S. 20
King Hill
AEC
Caldwell
Swan Valley
Blackfoot
S.H
U.S. 301
North — American Falls
Raft River
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
McCammon
Bancroft
Soda Springs
Montpelier
Wyoming Line
Interstate 15
U.S. 91
Preston
Sage Junction
Dubois
Monida Pass
U.S. 191
Rigby
Ashton Hill
West Yellowstone
Economy tops one trillion with GNP clock debut
Washington reports the economy reaching a $1 trillion level as inflation drives growth. President Nixon introduces a new GNP clock at the Commerce Department ceremony and calls in Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns for a White House discussion on boosting money supply.
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UPI
Nixon
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
White House
Federal Reserve
Burns
Congress
Tax tips from IRS on audits scholarships and forms
Public tax guidance notes that taxpayers are responsible for all return details even when aided by advisors. It covers scholarship handling for exemptions, form availability, and Social Security withholding rules for multiple jobs with credits possible.
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IRS
Boise Seeks Two Bandits In $10000 Robbery
Boise police issued an all points bulletin for two men believed to have robbed Welles Department Store at Hillcrest Plaza, tied the manager, and held Mrs Proffit hostage at their home. One suspect forced the safe open. the other guarded the woman who suffered shock. A dark skinned man with bushy hair and a .38 pistol was described, the second as stocky with dark hair. They fled in a vehicle with Oregon plates toward Gowan Field.
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Boise
UPI
Boise City
Welles Department Store
Hillcrest Plaza
C. Norman Proffit
Proffit
Mrs. Proffit
Oregon
Gowan Field
Runaway Dies While Sleeping in Detroit Garbage Receptacle
A 9 year old boy Rollie Bloodshaw who fled his home to avoid a spanking was found dead behind an apartment complex in Detroit. Police say he likely died of exposure after sleeping in a concrete garbage receptacle. an autopsy was planned. Temperatures fell below freezing over the weekend.
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Detroit
UPD
Rollie Bloodshaw
P Butter Rule 90 Percent Nuts Sparks Supreme Court Query
A Skippy spokesman noted Skippy did not join an appeal against a 90 percent peanut content rule for peanut butter. The Peter Pan case reached the Supreme Court end and was rejected. Idaho police advise pedestrians to use sidewalks crosswalks and face traffic. New brides must exchange old licenses for new name licenses.
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Washington
UPD
Skippy Peanut Butter
Supreme Court
Skippy
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Idaho
Department of Law Enforcement
Macon Mayor Orders Shoot on Sight in Robbery Wave
Macon, Ga. Mayor Ronnie Thompson issued shoot on sight and shoot to kill orders to police after 22 robberies since November 1. He cited two killings including an armored car messenger shot during a $60,000 Sears delivery, saying he targets criminals not citizens.
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UPI
Ronnie Thompson
Sears, Roebuck
Thompson
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