Mayor Candidate Blasts Barracks Housing Plan
Pocatello chamber directors name a three man inter city planning committee to coordinate industrial expansion with Idaho Falls Blackfoot and Arco. Rampton Barlow the Gate City mayoral candidate denounces plans to house atomic workers in Phillips field barracks and warehouses saying it imprisons future residents and shifts costs to neighboring cities. He calls for federal aid to cover rising municipal costs from the atomic plant and warns progress requires broader tax funding.
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Army
Phillips Field
Pocatello ‘of Commerce
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Arco
Ed W. C. Carnes
P. Goodfellow
Spanier
J. L. Craig Jr
Bannock
M. P. Goodfellow
Goodfellow
Washington, D. C
Rampton Barlow
Gate City
Barlow
Neizhaes
Baraa
Fosse
Powe
Pocatello
Powers Shun Charge Against Russia on Alliance Pact
Washington diplomats rejected Moscow's accusation that the Western powers seek aggression against Russia. They approved the final draft of a defensive alliance and planned to sign it on Monday after a two hour interdepartmental meeting led by Secretary of State Dean Acheson and foreign ministers of 11 western nations.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Moscow
Russia
Dean Acheson
State Department
Not Our Fault Sunday Comics Short This Week
Followers of certain comic strips in the Pocatello POST face a smaller lineup this Sunday due to unforeseen circumstances. Next Sunday all strips return in new and better form, with a shift to full page size comics starting April 10 after printing delays.
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Pocatello Post
The
POST
Slots Licensing Surges As Renewals Near Deadline
Nearly 50 slot machine owners visit City Clerk Bert Reese to renew licenses for the year. City had issued 208 temporary licenses at year start. by March 31 only 118 had renewed. Reese predicts most owners will renew soon.
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Bert Reese
Reese
Tenants Told Provisions For Eviction
Washington article outlines eviction rules under a new rent law. Some evictions need no certificate from the local rent office, while others require a certificate and varying notice periods up to six months. Local rent control advisory committees will stay in decontrolled areas to advise on recontrol.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Alabama
Indiana
New Jersey
U S Soldiers Prepare Major Mock War in Germany
America’s garrison in Germany will mobilize after Easter for Operation Chips Down a large scale mock war to train occupation forces against an eastern aggressor. Nearly all U S soldiers in Germany are set to participate as officials outline Europe wide maneuvers and a public strength parade next week.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
U. S
America
Taft-Hartley Repeal Seen As Unlikely
Washington Republicans and southern Democrats claim victory in blocking Taft Hartley repeal. They push a substitute by Rep. John S. Wood to amend the act while resisting the administration bill. Nixon predicts House support for Wood but warns limited amendments may occur. In Las Vegas Dave Beck warns CIO and AFL unions would unite if no repeal or watering down occurs and plan a joint Washington lobby.
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Washington
House
House Rules Committee
John S. Wood
Richard M. Nixon
Cal
Las Vegas
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
CIO
AFL
Beck
River Work Bids Called for Idaho Projects
Bids for two emergency flood control works on the Boise and Snake rivers will be opened next week. The Boise project near Parma plans revetments and levees. bids are set for April 6. The Snake river project from Henrys Fork to the east belt bridge area near Rigby will see bids opened April 7.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Idaho
Corps of Army Engineers
William Whipple
Boise
Snake Rivers
Boise River
Parma
Snake River
Henry’s Fork
Union Pacific
Six Candidates Vie In City Primary Ballot
Registration closed last night as six mayoral hopefuls prepare for Tuesday primary. Voters will choose two finalists with polls open 9 am to 7 pm at multiple ward locations statewide. Candidates listed are Grant Stowell James Bowns Sam Hanson Earl J Adkins W W Halsey and Rampton Barlow.
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Grant Stowell
James Bowns
Sam Hanson
Earl J. Adkins
W. W. Halsey
Rampton Barlow
Church of Christ
E. Benton St
Second Ward
Central Christian Church
E. Center St
McClelland Lumber Co
N. Fifth Ave
Third Ward
High School
N. Garfield Ave
Sunlite Neon Sign Co
N. Main St
Fourth Ward
W. Benton St
Machinists Pick Bates Secretary for Lodge 198
L E Bates was chosen secretary of Machinists lodge No 198 at a Friday night meeting in the WOW hall. Arnold Trappett, lodge president, said Bates will fill the unexpired term of William Nussbaum who resigned. Trappett also named Tobe McMullis and Gene Reese to audit the lodge’s books for the current quarter.
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L. E. Bates
Wow Hall
Arnold Trappett
Bates
William Nussbaum
Ae Trappett
Nam Tobe McMullis
Vuine Suri¢Ksinger
Gene Reese
Pocatello Benefits From Rail Work Boom Across States
P. J. Lynch announced at Omaha that Union Pacific will hire 480 locomotive and car repairmen across seven states to meet a coming surge in agricultural shipments. Pocatello, a major maintenance point, is expected to receive a large share, though local officials have not been briefed on exact figures or work details. Additional staffing will occur at Omaha Grand Island Denver Cheyenne Portland Salt Lake City and Los Angeles.
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Pocatello Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
P. J. Lynch
Lynch
Pocatello
Grand Island
Nebr
Denver
Cheyenne
Portland
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Idaho Solon Jailed Fined for Disorderly Conduct
UPI reports Congressman Compton I White of Idaho was found guilty in Spokane police court of disorderly conduct. He was fined 100 dollars and costs after refusing a parking ticket and allegedly attempting to run down a motorcycle. Police Judge John F Aiken noted Spokane enforces the law equally.
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Spokane
Wash
Compton I. White
Ida
White
Homer Hall
U. S
Clarks Fork
Hall
John F. Aiken
United States
Beard insurance on Monte Wooley shocks London
Lloyds of London insured Monte Wooley's beard against fire theft hail and tornado. Harvard University bought a 5000 dollar policy on Wooley's chin whiskers during his Cambridge appearance, per the London Star.
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London
Lloyds of London
Monte Wooley
London Star
Harvard University
Wooley
Cambridge
Star
Hunters bag wildcat near Pocatello for bounty
William M. Pierce and Calvin Whiting of Route 1 South killed a one year old wildcat at Chinks Peak three miles south of Pocatello. The men claimed five dollar bounty for the vermin and boasted about killing many cats in the area claiming wildcats are plentiful and bother sheep.
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Paul Mendy
William M. Pierce
Calvin Whiting
Chinks Peak
Pocatello
Whiting
Pierce
Farm Bureau Probes Oleo Use in Idaho School Lunches
Idaho Farm Bureau dairy committee met at the Bannock Hotel to study rumored oleomargarine in school meals. They will push action to end oleo use if confirmed, and support repeal of the margarine tax only if colored oleo cannot resemble butter. 18 committee members from southern Idaho attended with speakers Gerald Lee and Lyman Rich.
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Gem State
Dairy Committee
Idaho Farm Bureau
Bannock
John H. Webb
Pocatello
Bur
Eau
American Farm Bureau
Idaho
Gerald Lee
Chicago
Dairy Department
The
Lyman Rich
Utah State Agricultural College
Painters Forecast Quick Settlement of Local Grievances
Union secretary Claude Criss said a 10 am Sunday meeting with contractors could end the dispute in Pocatello. Painters asked for $2 an hour, contractors offered $1.87, and some workers walked off on Friday amid talk of a painter’s strike. In Salt Lake City local No. 77, about 400 members walked off battling for a 12 1/2 cent hourly raise.
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Pocatello
Claude Criss
Criss
Salt Lake City
Painter and Decorator Local No. 77
Allen Mecham
Salt Lake
Emands
Conductors Meet in WOW Hall This Afternoon
Meeting of the Order of Railway Conductors division 209 to be held this afternoon at 1 oclock in the WOW hall. General Chairman H W Corbett urged all members to attend.
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Order of Railway Conductors
Wow Hall
H. W. Corbett
Parley Opens as LDS General Conference Ends
The LDS Church begins its 119th annual general conference with a testimony meeting for stake ward and mission workers. Spencer W Kimball urged reaching American Indian communities with the gospel and a groundbreaking for a 70 bed children's hospital was held with Albert Smith blessing, amid late illness recovery news.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Stake
Ward
Mission
Spencer W. Kimball
Counci of Twelve Apostles
Angeles
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Wildcat
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Marie Camille
Anita Thurman
James Belisle
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