Idaho Highways Faulted for Politics and Waste
Southeast Idaho readers blame politics and graft for poor roads. K C Barlow calls for an insulated highway inspection system, better specifications, and removal of contractor influence. Citizens from Pocatello urge action to fix ruts and holes hindering travel to Yellowstone and Sun Valley.
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Barlow
United Press
Highway Department
Pocatello
Yellowstone
Sun Valley
Boise
Messick’s
Spring Showers Possible as Mild Weather Persists
Weather reports continued mild conditions with a chance of spring showers or thunderstorms this afternoon. High near 70 and low around 40, according to the forecast.
Europe Sees U S Role After European Tour Says Pastor
Father F L Lobell of Saint Anthony's parish returns from a year abroad and says Europe views the United States as its only bulwark against Communism and chaos. He cites Marshall Plan optimism and warns of hunger and unrest fueling Soviet influence in postwar Europe.
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Holy Land
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Amsterdam
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St. Moritz
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Holland
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Hitler
Western European Economic Union Formed in Paris
Sixteen non communist nations join with western Germany to create the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation with Paris named as its capital. Robert Marjolin, a French economist, elected permanent secretary general guiding plans to coordinate Marshall Plan funds and promote full employment and trade.
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Germany
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Europe
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Organization
Police Move Quickly In Failing Kidnappers
Hollywood police rescued billiard star Fred Whalen from four kidnappers within an hour near his home in Hollywood San Fernando Valley. The suspects Floyd Ervin Peter Zolna and J D Yeargain were jailed on kidnapping charges after a quick stop by a cruiser. Whalen was unharmed and held briefly for investigation while the car was diverted to a police station.
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Fred Whalen
San Fernando Valley
Whalen
Floyd Walter Ervin
San Francisco
Peter Zolna
Clinton, N. J
J. D. Yeargain
Sacramento
Fresno
Cal
Lockheed Air Terminal
Desperate battle as UN debates crisis in Palestine
Arab and Jewish forces clash on the plains north of Jerusalem near Mishmar Haemek as 5,000 troops of the Arab Army of Liberation cross from Trans-Jordan. Reinforcements, armored cars, and artillery flood the area amid disputed casualty tallies and shifting control claims.
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Palestine
Armageddon
Arab League
al Ahram
Haganah
Mishmar Haemek
Malad Youth Fined for Disturbing the Peace
Morse Raymond Benson, 16, of Malad, pleaded guilty in police court to disturbing the peace. A Catello man’s complaint alleges Benson made indecent remarks to the complainant's wife on a public street and offered money to enter his car. The arrest report notes Benson spoke to the woman, a pedestrian, twice on Center street subway ends. He is described as a married man and father.
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Morse Raymond Benson
Pocatello
Benson
Center Street
Young Benson
Silver Jackpot Hits at Phoenix Club
Jay Nichols, a Phoenix Club bartender, inserted a single silver dollar into a big slot machine Friday and triggered the jack pot. He won $1100, though he remained nervous about the payout.
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Nevada
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Phoenix Club
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Burglaries Linked Across Idaho Towns and Reservations
Recovery of mud covered parts from a coin slot machine found in a canal near Poca ties burglaries in Idaho Falls Inkom and Downey to the same group. Deputies say parts match those taken from the Inkom pool hall and link to the Topper club heist in Idaho Falls where a night watchman was slugged and $2300 stolen.
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Idaho Falls
Inkom
Downey
Inkom Pool Hall
U. S. Highway 91
Pocatello
Topper
Pocatello Postings Highlights and City Happenings
Young Carol Deaton won the city junior high spelling title at KEIO with the final word FINANCE. A meteor was spotted near the airport, identified by C A A officials as a ground strike two miles east. The Hart Nursery donated 25 lilac shrubs for Ross Park. credit corrected to Hart Nursery.
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M. T. Deaton
Carol
Keio
Finance
Luther Deck
Rte. 1
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Hackett
C.A.A
Beta Sigma Phi _ sorority
Hart Nursery
Ross Park
City Faces 65 Foot Ohio River Crest In Flood
Cincinnati and Newport brace for a 65 foot crest as the Ohio River floods the riverfront, threatening about 10 000 homeless. Fire lines and beechmont levy are reinforced. Ed wards Manufacturing Co. flooded to first floor. Reds Stadium protected by Millcreek dam as 32 000 fans expected for opening game.
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Hamilton County
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Soviet Imposes Highway Controls in Vienna Area
Vienna reports Russia, defying Anglo American protests, set roadblocks around the capital that stranded travelers and halted air travel to the western world. Two routes were blocked, a third route to the city was later found unguarded, affecting flights at nearby U S and British airfields.
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Vienna
Austria
Russia
U. S
Trap Shoot Gala Scheduled at Former P. A. C. Club
Two new traps installed and functioning promise a gala turnout of trap shooters at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Joe Cotant advises the event at the former P. A. C. trap club located one mile north of Pocatello near the American Falls underpass.
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Joe Cotant
Pocatello
American Falls
UN delegates gloomily seek Palestine decision at emergency session
At UN General Assembly emergency session in New York delegates from 57 nations opened talks on the Palestine question with little optimism. A U.N. official warned the meeting may not yield a solution as pressure mounts with British forces to leave the Holy Land in 29 days.
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Flushing
N. Y
UN General Assembly
Palestine
United Nations
Chaim Weizman
U. S
Warren Austin
Holy Land
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Faris el Khouri
Syria
UN Assembly
T. F. Tsiang
China
Jose Arce
Argentina
Great Britain
Taft Grooms For Ohio Test
Sen. Robert A. Taft returns to Ohio to confront Harold E. Stassen in the May 4 Republican primary. After a Nebraska loss to Stassen, Taft gears up for their only remaining face off before the national convention.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Nebraska
Group Protests Draft Move Before Congress
A Methodist youth leader a Quaker fruitgrower and a New York minister testified before the House Armed Forces Committee opposing a peacetime draft for 19 through 25 year olds. They warned the draft could enable preventable wars citing military pressure and potential world union control overruling Congress.
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Washington
New York
Congress
House Armed Forces Committee
Former News Writer Convicted Of Treason
Former wartime correspondent Robert H. Best of United Press was found guilty of treason for German short wave broadcasts during World War II. The verdict came on his 52nd birthday as Judge Francis Ford offered no immediate sentence pending appeal. Best faces a possible death penalty or lengthy imprisonment and a fine. sentencing was postponed to allow reflection on punishment.
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Boston
Robert H. Best
Francis J. W. Ford
Ford
Best
Norman L. Gay
Medford
Charles W. Bartlett
United Press
New York
Wage
U. S. Marshall
Vienna
Louise
Aty Maurer
United States
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Sumter
S. C
Austria
Akverie
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