State law crackdown targets Blaine County gambling
Idaho law enforcement warns 22 Blaine county liquor establishments to remove gambling equipment within two days or face arrest. Seized clubs include 12 in Ketchum, eight in Hailey, two in Bellevue, with roulette wheels dice and “21” games to be disposed of. McCall area may see future action while north Idaho adopts a hands off approach.
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Boise
Blaine County
Ketchum
Sun Valley
Hailey
Bellevue
McCall
North
Idaho
Resort Area Halls Gambling In Idaho County
Idaho state police closed all gambling in Blaine county including Sun Valley clubs. Spot checks in Sun Valley Ketchum Hailey and Bellevue found operators halted gambling activities. no devices were in use. Police ordered all gambling halted by 1 p m today.
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Ketchum
Ida
Idaho
Blaine County
Sun Valley
Hailey
Bellevue
Hangar Up For Lease At Pocatello Air Force Base
The corps of engineers invites bids to lease for one year a government hangar at the Pocatello Air Force Base for aircraft storage and repairs. Lease starts May 1 with bids opened April 26. The 9,920 square foot hangar includes a lean-to and installed equipment. inspection arranged through the air install ate office.
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Portland
Ore
Corps of Engineers
Pocatello Air Force Base
Air Installate Office
Pocatello Air Force Use
Montana State Women Bowls 12th Tournament in Great Falls
The Montana State Women's Bowling Association will hold its 12th annual tournament in Great Falls from April 15 to May 2. Teams from regional clubs compete across multiple lanes as part of the state championship event.
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Great Falls
Montana State Women’s Bowling Association
Britain May Ask Formal Russia Apology Over Berlin Note
Britain may seek a formal apology from Russia after Marshal Sokolovsky blamed a British pilot for a Berlin collision. American and British leaders prepared to defend allied air traffic. Robertson pressed for condemnation and guaranteed air freedom. Moscow appears to have issued new instructions to Sokolovsky.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Russia
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Lucius D. Clay
Brian Robertson
United States
Sokolovsky
Roberts
Cabinet
London
Robertson
Germany
Sokoldovsky
Moscow
Gen. Robertson
Czech airliner hijacked in midair to Munich base
Eighteen passengers and crew hijacked a Czech airliner midflight from Czechoslovakia to the U S zone of Munich. The pilot landed at Neusberg near Munich, with 15 passengers and 3 crew hoping to enter England later, while six wished to return home.
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Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Prague
Bratislava
U. S. Munich
England
Neusberg
Chidkova Bozina
Truman Links Civil Rights Fight to Communists and Wallace
President Truman, at a news conference, tied mob violence against Communists and Henry Wallace supporters to his civil rights push. He urged local handling due to limited police powers, pressed Congress for federal protections, and noted southerners’ demand to block his nomination. He outlined federal-law enforcement of Taft Hartley and ongoing meat strike actions.
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Washington
President Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Middle West
Wallace
Congress
Bernard M. Baruch
Draft Bill Readied For Congress As Huge Air Force Fund
Southern coal operators threatened federal action against John L. Lewis as his United Mine Workers stood by the 25 day old soft coal strike. The operators urged the NLRB to force bargaining on the pension dispute and filed an unfair labor practices petition under Taft Hartley. judge Goldsborough ordered Lewis to appear for contempt proceedings.
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Southern
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Operators Association
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
United Mine Workers
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Truman
T. Alan Goldsborough
Matthew F. McGuire
Iron Age
Automotive News
Federal Power Commission
Goldsborough
Union
Tornado Toll Rising In Midwest Storms And Flood Fears
Tornadoes plowed across northern Illinois and Indiana, killing four people and injuring many more near Chicago. Brisk winds followed as another storm moved from the Dakotas to Minnesota with snow and dust, while spring floods threatened in North Dakota Minnesota and Indiana. Zero temperatures were reported in North Dakota with cold returning to the region.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
U.S
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wheatlands
North Dakota
Mercury
Eckman
N.D
Lake Michigan
Grant Park
Ill
Hebron
Ind
Weather forecast with showers and cooler temperatures
Today will be mostly cloudy with occasional showers and cooler conditions. Tonight temperatures fall to 30 to 35 degrees with a colder low following a high of 54 yesterday.
Italians Urged to Vote Against Communism in April Election
Rome dispatch reports a bitter attack by the communist run popular front on the American Mateno writing campaign. Postal pleas from the United States appear effective as Avanti reprints the letters. Meanwhile a one hour nationwide strike of 6,000,000 workers is set for Monday, covering public services and utilities with essential staff only.
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Rome
Italy
Popular Front
Mateno
United States
Avanti
Socialist Party
National Labor Confederation
Sicily
United States Seeks Direct Voice in Palestine Rule
Diplomatic sources say the US aims for a direct voice in governing Palestine by the three western powers with the Soviet Union excluded from a similar role.
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Direct Voice
New York
United States
Palestine
Soviet Union
Pocatello Postings and Pipe Collecting Surprise
Blaine Gasser, a keen pipe collector in Pocatello, shows off a new two 90 degree origies pocket pipe. Railroad officials report a coal strike layoff of 200 in the East may take time to affect local jobs. Mrs. Treno Papetti notes Pocatello's first pansy blooming in her West Pocatello garden.
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Blaine Gasser
Blaine
Navy
Gasser
Chicago and Illinois Midland Railroad
United Press
Treno Papetti
Ravine Drive
Papetti
West Pocatello
Flood Evacuation as Suwanee River Rises
The Suwanee River flooded bayshore areas in Live Oak Florida forcing evacuation of 30 families from marooned homes. An orphanage near Dowling Park and the old peoples home was surrounded by water as the Red Cross set up emergency aid at the National Guard armory. Roads were washed out with three more highways closed and only one link between Jacksonville and Tallahassee left open.
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Live Oak
Fla
Suwanee
Navy Amphibious Ducks
Dowling Park
Old Peoples Home
National Guard
Red Cross
Suwanee County
Stephen Foster
Florida
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
State
Idaho Power Declares Dividends on Common and Preferred Stock
Idaho Power board declares a 45 percent dividend on 550 000 common shares of 20 par value and a quarterly 4 percent dividend on 131 000 preferred shares. Common dividend payable May 20 to holders of record April 26. Preferred dividend payable May 1 to holders of record April 15.
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BOISE
Idaho Power Company
Court Rules Mother, Slayer Of Child, Never To See Other One
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alfonso A. Scott ordered lifelong separation of newborn Steven Dale Kunin from his mother Shirleen Kunin after she was found guilty in a manslaughter case involving Denise Kunin. The ruling bars any future contact with the child and assigns the infant to a county home, while a prior judge sentenced Shirleen Kunin to prison for the death of Denise. The case drew protests from Shirleen Kunin as the court detailed extensive evidence of repeated abuse and fatal injuries to Denise, with the father Lawrence Kunin contesting the claim of abuse and seeking custody.
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Los Angeles
Alfonso A. Scott
Shirleen Kunin
Denise
Lawrence Kunin
Steven Dale Kunin
Steven
Kunin
Alexander
Draft bill seeks 19 to 25 year olds for two year service
Washington reports that Chairman Andrews will present a bill to draft men aged 19 through 25 and register 18 through 30. It calls for two years of service, with veterans of 12 months exempt and those of 90 days offered reserve duty options. The plan accompanies major defense moves including a larger air budget and a moratorium on selling surplus war plants.
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Washington
Walter G. Andrews
N. Y
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Truman
National Guard
Reserve Corps
White House
Defense
Andrews
Armed Services Committee
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Top Arab Leader Killed Near East Jerusalem
Abdul Kader Husseini, a commander of Arab forces in Jerusalem and a top Arab strategist, was killed on the East Jerusalem battlefield. The higher Arab committee announced the death, noting he entered action Wednesday night before dying in Kastel where Arab forces failed to recapture the village later. Mourning swept the Arab section of Jerusalem.
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Palestine
Abdul Kader Husseini
Jerusalm
Eastel
Arab J Higher Committee
Husseini
Kastel
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