Arkansas Gambing Crackdown Ends Illegal Gambling
Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller's anti gambling push halts commercial gambling across the state. Director Lynn A. Davis destroys about 500000 dollars worth of slot machines and tables around Hot Springs plus raids seize 30000 dice. Contempt citation and political backlash follow as investigations probe murder-for-hire rumors.
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Scotsman editor Sir George Waters dies at 87
Sir George Waters former editor of the Scotsman from 1924 to 1944 died Saturday at age 87. Born in Thurso Scotland in 1880 he graduated from Edinburgh University studied in Berlin and Paris and taught for a year before joining the Scotsman in 1905. Pago Pago is the capital of American Samoa.
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Blast Kills Nine at Swiss Quarry Demonstration
An accidental explosion at a stone quarry demonstration in Schaffhausen Switzerland killed nine men eight of whom were from Zurich. The incident occurred Saturday and involved workers testing explosive use.
Five Day Week Changes Life in Soviet Union
The five day workweek in the Soviet Union sparked mixed effects. Vodka sales rose 25 percent while book reading declined. People wait in longer lines at food stores barber shops and bath houses as stores adjust Sunday hours and two day weekends.
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