War Is Up To Russ Says Truman
The United States and 11 North Atlantic nations signed the North Atlantic treaty to deter Communist aggression. President Truman declared war is not inevitable and warned Russia that Western democracies unite to prevent future unprovoked attacks. The ceremony in the government auditorium marked a milestone as foreign ministers signed the pact.
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Truman
Washington
United States
North Atlantic
Russia
Western Europe
AEC Expert Named To Idaho Reactor Station Post
Leonard E. Johnston, manager of the AEC atomic power lab in Schenectady, is named manager of the new nuclear reactor testing station to be built near Arco Idaho. Lawrence Hafstad says early Idaho work will focus on utilities and water supply with few workers in 1949. The AEC plans no permanent new community for workers. housing will come from surrounding areas.
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Washington
Leonard E. Johnston
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Power Laboratory
Schenectady
N. Y
Commission
Arco
Idaho
Lawrence R. Hafstad
Hadfstad
Idaho Station
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Richland
Wash
Los Alamos
N. M
Navy
Arco Naval Proving Grounds
Hanford
Hafstad
Argonne
Illinois
Oak Ridge National Laboratories
AEC
Johnston
National Atomic Energy Program
Schenectady Area
Idaho Unit Assists Paralyzed Boy Seek Walk Aid
The Idaho chapter of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults plans to fund nine year-old Bobby Winn's trip to the Berry Foundation school in Encino California for help in learning to walk. Lavern C. Johnson, trustee, says the society will cover travel and braces for Bobby and his parents will take a Pullman train from the Green Triangle cabins.
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Idaho
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Bobby Winn
John Winn
Berry Foundation School
Encino
Calif
Lavern C. Johnson
Cleveland strike clashes at Fawick Airflex plant
Three hundred pickets including 75 women clashed with police on Monday in Cleveland during a fourth straight week of violence at the Fawick Airflex Co. plant. Four strikers were arrested as officers used clubs to keep demonstrators from blocking workers entering the clutch manufacturing facility.
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Cleveland
Avomen
Fawick Airflex Co
Idaho Cities Voters Face Heat Over Slot Machine Issue
Idaho voters in Boise Twin Falls and Pocatello head to polls for mayor races amid a fierce slot machine debate. Boise campaign spending runs high with pro and anti ads on radio and newspapers, as incumbent Potter Howard defends against Gene Howell.
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Idaho
Twin Falls
Boise
Pocatello
Potter Howard
Gene Howell
Nampa
City Leaders to Meet on Atomic Plant Planning
Pocatello city council and chamber officials authorize Mayor George R. Phillips to confer with Arco Blackfoot Idaho Falls and Pocatello leaders on reactor plant issues. Phillips will travel to Idaho Falls to discuss housing and shared problems while noting rent control as a potential future topic.
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Pocatello
Chamber of Commerce
George R. Phillips
Idaho
Phillips
Arco
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls
Utah
LDS Conference Hears Appeal To Maintain War On Prejudice
Salt Lake City church delegates fill Temple Square for the 119th general conference as apostles Spencer W. Kimball and Henry D. Moyle urge action against prejudice. Kimball cites Indian rights and treaty obligations while Moyle commends LDS members in Utah politics for advancing moral government and issues like liquor sales and Sunday closing.
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LDS Conference
Salt Lake City
Great Mormon Tabernacle
Temple Square
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Council of Twelve
Spencer W. Kimball
Kimball
Redman
Church
Henry D. Moyle
Moyle
Utah
VFW Leader to Visit Gate City for Idaho Tour
National commander Lyall Beggs will visit Pocatello as part of the 50th anniversary events. He arrives Thursday night and will preside over a radio press conference Friday morning and a 1:30 p.m. meeting with officer installations at Memorial Hall. A dinner-dance and a Saturday 10:30 a.m. parade through downtown follow, with bands, guards, and possibly Fort Hall Indian reservation participants.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pocatello
Lyall T. Beggs
Idaho
Military Order of the Cooties
Pioneer
Bannock Hotel
Beggs
VFW
Memorial Hall
Richard Carter
Lavern Cardwell
James V. Chivers
George R. Orchard
Isaac Gutzman
E. F E. Morgal
Driver Charged After Reckless Ride Through Stops
George Peppas 50 of Weiser faces reckless driving charges after his automobile sped through a stop sign striking two cars and a fence and ending crossways in a traffic lane. Mrs LaVera VanInwegan of Pocatello reported damage to her left front fender. Robert Heckhart 22 reported minor damage to his left rear fender.
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George Peppas
Weiser
LaVera VanInwegan
Pocatello
Six Pocatello mayoral primary voters face record turnout
Six candidates appear on the mayor ballot with two council seats open. Polls run 9 am to 7 pm across six wards with absentee voting at city offices. Voter registration is at a historic high and results could set up a June runoff or April 26 final. Names include Halsey Bowns Barlow Stowell Hanson Adkins. Places listed for each ward polling sites.
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Pocatello
W. W.halsey
James H. Bowns
Rampton Barlow
Grant Stowell
Sam Hanson
Earl J. Adkins
Kenneth DeLate
Ray J. Davis
Ezra Hawkes
George S. Walker
C. A. Carmack
H. C. Hinckley
Jack Rhondeau
James C. Bangs
C. A. Tallberg
Harry Dudenaire
James N. Franklin
Harold Read
Church of Christ
East Benton St
Central Christian Church
East Center St
McClelland Lumber Co
North Fifth Ave
High School
North Arthur Ave
Sunlite Neon Sign Co
North Main St
Eagle Hall
West
Benton St
Livestock Interests Sought Shield From Atomic Plant
Rep John Sanborn Idaho reports to woolgrowers that the atomic energy commission aims to avoid disturbing livestock near the Arco-Blackfoot site. A project area manager will be named in April to meet with representatives and discuss grazing in a potential 400,000 acre area used for project needs and buffer.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Arco-Blackfoot
John Sanborn
Idaho
Washington
M. C. Clarr
Idaho Woolgrowers Association
Sanborn
Atomic Commission
Commission
Gate City Railroad Men Win Safety Title
Pocatello railroad workers received the Union Pacific safety certificate for the year 1948 with only one reportable accident, edging Omaha and Cheyenne. E. L. Neeley accepted for Pocatello, George Andrews accepted on behalf of federated shop crafts. ceremony included safety reps from Salt Lake City and Portland.
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Pocatello
F. B. Lewis
Union Pacific Railroad
E. L. Neeley
Center
George Andrews
Mendy
Gate City Railroad
Gate City
Pocatellans
Lewis
Omaha
Neb
Neeley
Federated Shop Crafts
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific System
C. E. Lucas
Salt Lake City
A. Rutherglen
Portland
Ore
L. L. Hoeffel
Union Pacific
N. I. Nelson
Andrews
William Jenkins
Westvaco Nears First Electric Furnace Start Up
Westvaco plant north of Pocatello moves toward initial operation of an electric furnace with two months remaining. Sixty car penters were laid off as cement forms near completion while steel construction proceeds. The first furnace aims for June 15 with material orders placed for the second furnace.
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Westvaco
Pocatello
Howard Higgins
Higgins
Help For China Aid Extended By Congress
Congress voted to continue aid to China while the Senate adopted a ban on shipments to Communist controlled areas, written into the European recovery program extension for 19 months. The House approved extending the China Aid act to February 15, 1950 to allow time for review.
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Washington
Congress
China
Senate
House
Russia objects to changes in Germany borders
Moscow via Tass reports Russia denounces changes to Germany's western borders as unlawful. Ambassador George Zarubin delivered a protest to Britain, with similar notes to the United States and France, asserting that border changes violate the 1945 declaration obligating joint decision by the four powers.
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London
Russia
Germany
Tass
Moscow
George Zarubin
U. S. State Department
United States
Great Britain
France
Western pact seals new balance of power in postwar world
The signing nations Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States confirmed a Western defense pact led by President Truman. The treaty rejects Soviet expansion and pledges joint defense. Russia and satellites boycotted the ceremony and issued protests to Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
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Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Holland
Luxembourg
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom
United States
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Dean G. Acheson
Russia
Moscow
Europe
Senators Move to Ban Pre mixed Oleo Across States
A bipartisan group of dairy state lawmakers introduced a bill to prohibit interstate sale of pre mixed yellow colored oleo. It aims to outlaw shipments and impose fines and jail terms under the federal food drug and cosmetics act.
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Washington
Dairy States
Good Year Seen For Idahoans By United Press
A United Press survey of Idaho businessmen indicates 1949 should bring prosperity similar to last year barring a national economic disaster. Most expect only short term trends, with stability coming from the state’s income mix, agriculture, and steady minerals and forest products in northern Idaho.
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Idaho
United Press
Earl W. Murphy
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
John R. Wiley
U. S
Internal Revenue
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William M. Pierce
Meridell Chinks Peak
Record City
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