Idaho Cities confront slot machine law conflict
Idaho Falls and Twin Falls officials debate legality of slot machine licenses under state rules as Idaho Falls adopts three month licenses. Pocatello council takes no action while Boise moves to outlaw machines after year end amid fears of license refunds if state bans them. Rumors spread through northern and southern Idaho about future changes.
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William B. Hatch
United Press
BOISE
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Attorney General’s Office
G. W. Brewer
Stanley
Magic Valley
Panhandle
ISC Loses Second EWC Clash
Cheney Washington ISC drops a 43 to 40 decision against Eastern Washington College of Education. George Kiel leads ISC with 15 points as they slip after leading by five late. A one day rest precedes Monday night at Gonzaga in Spokane.
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Wash
ISC
Eastern Washington College of Education
Bengals
EWC
George Kiel
al Kireeese
Ed Willett
Gonzaga
Spokane
Brighten Up Your Home Brighten Up Your Home in Pocatello
The POST and Pocatello Jaycees offer eight best decorated homes in Alameda and Pocatello with prizes from 25 dollars for first to five 1 dollar awards. Brighten up for Christmas and join the Sunday event.
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Post and Pocatello Jaycees
Alameda
Flaming wheel mystery baffled Bellefontaine police
Police sent the mangled remains of a so called flaming wheel to Wright Patterson Air Force Base for analysis. Chief A D Paden said the object resembled a tire rim and burned hot enough to darken nearby homes. Air base officials expressed interest but offered no explanation, suggesting it could be a magnesium flare or other device from unknown origin.
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Paden
Wrightfield
Here
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Bellefontaine
Col
C. H. Welch
Col. Welch
Wright-Patterson Field
Idaho farmers favor groundwater code with protections
Idaho state reclamation engineer Mark R. Kulp says farmers support a groundwater code as long as existing water rights are protected. He notes skepticism about the code but emphasizes that if enacted, no existing rights will be affected and the code aims to regulate further groundwater use.
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Boise
Idaho
State Reclamation
Mark R. Kulp
Kulp
Twin Falls
Idaho Reclamation Association
Bomb Kills Egyptian Police Chief in Cairo Riots
In Cairo bomb blasts kill Police Commander Zelim Zaki Pasha as week of student protests turn violent. Police and students suffer injuries with hundreds arrested. officials note the chief’s death and ongoing clashes around College of Medicine Fuad El Awal University.
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Cairo
Zelim Zaki Pasha
Zaki Pasha
College of Medicine
Fuad el Awal University
Ibrahimieh Secondary Ool
Britain
Egypt
China First Lady to Meet Truman for Aid
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek plans a White House meeting with President Truman early next week to seek full U S support for China's civil war against Communists. Officials say the talks will focus on easing administration reluctance to fund China's war effort and review military and economic needs.
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Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Truman
U. S
China
Mme Chiang
Mme. Chiang
George C. Marshall
Nist
Far East
Chiang
Meat prices fall as supplies rise across major cities
Retail meat prices dropped up to 19 cents a pound in six weeks as wholesale declines reach about 16 percent per a Bureau of Labor Statistics study. Eight cities including Atlanta Chicago and New York show lower prices on five popular cuts with pork down the most. Experts credit increased marketings by farmers and a larger hog crop with heavier animals.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
United Press
Atlanta
Chicago
Columbus
Detroit
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Omaha
New York
Berlin electrical workers threaten strike over police at power plants
Nearly 5000 Bewag workers in the Soviet sector of Berlin warned the new Communist city government to withdraw police from Bewag installations and release six arrested workers. The ultimatum targets 3 p.m. Monday and follows a mass meeting held across the sector border.
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Bewag
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
United Press
Clay
Resumption of Spy Probe Set
Washington officials order two commun ist espionage probes resumed after Whittaker Chambers revealed microfilmed top secret State Department documents hidden in a pumpkin on his Maryland farm. The evidence leads to an inside theft, with hearings planned and the grand jury to reconvene Monday.
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Maryland
State Department
Moscow
House On American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Justice Department
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New York
Grand
Chambers
Time Magazine
Tom C. C
Grand Jury
unAmerican Activities Committee
House
Robert E. Stripling
Chamers
Murder Trial Set Monday for Midvale Rancher
The first degree murder trial of B. V Newman will open Monday in district court. Newman is charged with shooting neighbor W. E. Wiggins after an argument over a horse delivery mix up on July 8.
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Ida
B. V Newman
Midvale
Newman
W. E. Wiggins
Wiggins
Election To High Court Asked In Idaho By Bar Association
The Idaho Bar Association proposed electing vacancies on the supreme and district courts by secret ballot among attorneys in 11 districts. Ballots would list candidates printed by the bar and submitted to the commissioners secretary by January 20. The association also urged creating a statewide coordinator of courts and a constitutional amendment to allow gradual judiciary reorganization by law.
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BOISE
Idaho Bar Association
Idaho
Sam Griffin
Bar Association
The
Supreme Court
Ex-Chorus Girl Weds To Hollywood Mogul
MGM chief Louis B Mayer marries former chorus girl in a private Yuma ceremony amid heavy security. The couple, joined by her 11 year old daughter and Mayer’s entourage, elude reporters with deputies driving and a sheriff acting as chauffeur before fleeing to Palm Springs.
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MGM
Louis B. Mayer
Yuma
J. A. Beard
Superior Court
Willard Daniel
Justice of the Peace
B. H. Lutes
Mayer
Howard Strickling
Whitey Hendry
Suzanne
Winterhall
Palm Springs
Calif
Strong Coastquake Rattles Southern California Coast
A strong but less damaging earthquake rocked Ventura to San Diego with its epicenter in the Coachella desert near Palm Springs. Cal Tech dated the event at magnitude near 4.0, causing shattered windows, merchandise losses, a zoo elephant’s miscarriage, and theater evacuations as residents felt rolling shocks along the coast.
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California
Ventura
San Diego
Long Beach
Palm Springs
Griffith Park Zoo
Coachella Desert
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Beaumont
India
Los Aner
Springs
Desert
Hollywood
Union Pacific
Ing
Sasa
Robert Allen
Palomar Observatory
Daily Report
Ontario
Arcadia
Inglewood
Santa Ana
Beach
Altadena
Beverly Hills
Fred Robinson
Snow Delays Travel as Idaho Snow Rolls In
Snow slows all travel around Pocatello with delays for aircraft, buses, and trucks. Airports report arrivals back on schedule by 4 p.m. while drivers face slick roads and multiple fender benders. Five inches of snow reaches toward Rupert as west routes drift toward Boise and caution tops the list.
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Pocatello
North Fourth Avenue
Fremont Street
Boise
Here
Rupert
Robbery of Magazine Salesman Sparks City Investigation
A 35 year old disabled magazine salesman, Harry Wood Jr., reports he was kidnapped and robbed of 30 dollars by a lone assailant in a dark green car, later walking to a bus line to reach home. In a separate incident, Water Wynn, 53, was beaten in Salt Lake City and is hospitalized in serious condition after a hotel roommate allegedly knocked him down. Police seek Jack Moser for questioning.
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Salt As City
Harry Wood, Jr
Wood
Wynn
Salt Lake General Hospital
Salt Lake City
Jack Moser
School Meet Set for Spokane Conference Dates
Idaho school administrators plan to attend the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools meeting in Spokane December 9 to 11. State Superintendent Alton B. Jones says the state committee will present accreditation recommendations for high schools at the gathering.
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Boise
Idaho
Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools
Spokane
Alton B. Jones
State Committee On
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