Flandro Wins Regatta at American Falls Park
C Ed Flandro of Pocatello narrowly beat Elmer Hardy of Pocatello in the park regatta’s high horsepower race aboard Nautie Fordy-Niner. The second annual event drew large crowds, with races starting at 3 pm and finishing around 5 pm despite equipment limits. A spectator incident occurred when Paul Gregoire mishandled his light 16 inch outboard.
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Steve Lamoreux
C. Ed Flandro
Pocatello
Spring Helow
Elmer Hardy
Zelma
Flandro
L. R. Scott
Power County Press
R. L. Getty
Paul Gregorire
Forest Fires Rage Across Idaho and Montana Killing 13 Firefighters
Hundreds of fire crews fought multiple wildfires across Idaho and Montana amid strong winds. In Idaho the largest blaze, near Jackson Peak in Boise National Forest, covered about 2400 acres with 400 firefighters struggling to gain control. Payette and Nez Perce forests also faced extensive fires as crews were sent from Salt Lake City and Twin Falls. In Montana a 4500 acre blaze north of Helena claimed 13 lives including two parachute fighters and a ground worker, as another lightning-started fire emerged nearby. Names and ages of the dead were released, highlighting the harsh toll of the disaster.
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United Press
Idaho
Forest Service
Jackson Peak
Boise National Forest
Idaho City
Lynn Knight
Boise
Knight
Payette National Forest
Slim” Vassar
Payette Forest
McCall
Twinalls
Salt Lake City
Vassar
Long Tom Creek
Nez Perce
Clearwater
Coeur d’Alene
Helena
Mont
Age R
Navon
Modesto
Philip R. McVay
Babb
Marvin L. Sherman
Missoula
Newton R. Thompson
Alham
Four Die In Ferry Boat Rescue Tragedy at Entiat
Four people are presumed dead after a car plunged down a hill and off the Entiat ferry into the Columbia River. Two were saved, ferry operator Tom Jones and Inez Slater among the saved, with Jones rescued by a rope tossed from shore after he aided Slater with a life preserver.
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Wash
Columbia River
Tom Jones
Jones
Police Go To School In Idaho FBI Course Opens
A statewide group of police officers arrived in Pocatello to attend a week long FBI school at Idaho State College campus. FBI agent in charge Guy Banister said instruction will focus on personal identification. This is the third FBI sponsored service in Pocatello in as many years held at ISC Science hall.
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Gem State
Pocatello
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Idaho State College
Guy Banister
Butte
FBI
Idaho-Montana
ISC Science
GOP Solons Stage Bank GOP Solons Stage Bank
Senate Republicans voiced dim views on drafting a new party policy declaration for the 1950 campaigns. They feared it would spark fresh intra party conflicts and said the party record could only be made in Congress between presidential campaigns.
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Washington
Senate
Republican National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson
Hugh Scott, Jr
Bergman and Rossellini Seen At Seaside Villa Drive
Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini were seen Sunday driving a sporty car with friends to a seashore villa, a rare public appearance for the film duo.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Pole-Sitter Joins Down After 26 Days in Revere
Mrs Joan Ellis descended after 26 days atop a 50 foot pole at the Revere amusement center. She complained of high rents and the lack of a low rent apartment then left with husband Arthur V Ellis for a vacation in Durham New Hampshire. The couple and daughter had lived on the pole while hoping for housing and received letters from across the nation.
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Revere
Mass
Joan Ellis
Arthur V. Ellis
Durham, N. H
V. P.'s Romance Still Sizzles
Vice President Alben Barkley attended a St. Louis baseball game with Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley. He denied romantic intent though questions and overheard remarks left the issue in doubt. Barkley wore a gray pin striped suit and sat with Hadley at the Cardinals Giants game.
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ST. Louis
Alben Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
Barkley
Hadley
New York Giants
E. M. Connor
Fatherful moment as pole sitter welcomes son
Cleveland reporter notes Charlie Lupica, perched on a drug store pole, becomes a father Sunday night to a seven pound baby boy named Charlie Jr at St. Ann’s maternity hospital. Ben Di Marco recalls the scene as Charlie sent cigars down to cheering passersby while the Lupica family grows with Nicoletta, Carl, and Margaret.
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Cleveland
Charlie Lupica
Charlie
St. Ann’s Maternity Hospital
Charlie Jr
Lupica
Ben DiMarco
DiMarco
Nicoletta
Carl
Margaret
Ecuadoran President reports massive quake toll in central region
President Galo Plaza Lasso said the magnitude of the Friday earthquake in central Ecuador destroyed Ambato Gua no Pelileo Pillaro Patate and Salcedo and leveled Pelileo killing thousands. He noted deaths may approach 5 000 with survivors scarce and described widespread ruin and industrial centers crushed. Airlift planes ferried injured to Quito and other towns.
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Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Pelileo
Plaza Lasso
Voice of the Andes
Ambato
Guano
Pillaro
Patate
Salcedo
Tungurahua
Pebleo
Scena
Pacific pact urged by Chiang and Rhee to Quirino
In Chinhae Korea Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek and Korean President Syngman Rhee pressed Philippine President Elpidio Quirino to pursue a Pacific pact as a bulwark against international Communism. They called on Pacific and Far Eastern nations to unite amid growing Communist danger.
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Chinhae
Korea
Chiang Kai-Shek
Syngman Rhee
Elpidio Quirino
Chiang
Rhee
Pacific
Shirley May Rests a Bit Before Channel Swim
Shirley May France, 16, rests in Dover on the eve of training to swim the English Channel from Dover harbor breakwater into the channel. She visited Canterbury and faces possible poor conditions for the next four days, with a chance of better weather afterward. The forecast could delay her attempt until after her seventeenth birthday next Thursday.
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Dover
England
Shirley
France
Dover Harbor
Toa Y
Canterbury
Air Ministry
Taxes Hit Record High
The census bureau reports the American tax burden reached a new peak last year with total federal state and local taxes at 54.5 billion dollars. This averages 372 dollars per person, led by federal taxes at 274 dollars per capita, with 53 dollars to state and 45 to local governments.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Grass fires fought by Pocatello firefighters
Pocatello firemen battled two grass fires in the Gate City area on Sunday. The first blaze near Foothill boulevard and Racine avenue was put out with wet sacks and a booster pump after a 10 40 a m call. A second fire in the foothills near West Whitman covered about four acres before being controlled.
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Pocatello
Gate City
East Beach
Foothill Boulevard
Racine Avenue
West Whitman
Fire in Fireman Fowler’s Car Near Station
Bellefontaine Ohio firefighters quickly responded when a blaze broke out in Fireman C. R. Fowler’s own car parked in front of the station. No injuries reported.
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Bellefontaine, O
Fire Department
C. R. Fowler
Demos See Aid Victory
Democratic leaders said the final hurdle to the Senate passage of the 5.65 billion dollar foreign aid bill would be cleared. They expected Senator Kem to fail in his bid to deny Marshall Plan funds to Britain and other nationalizing European nations. The four proposed restrictions all had been defeated.
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Washington
Senate
James P. Kem
Britain
Spain
France
Ministers Plan Council Europe Assembly In Strasbourg
Foreign ministers from 10 western European nations meet in Strasbourg to shape the Council of Europe constitution and program. The elder cabinet will be the governing body, while the 87 member assembly will have advisory powers and meet first Wednesday in Strasbourg University building.
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Strasbourg
France
Europe
Council of Europe
Council of Ministers
European Assembly
Assembly
City Band Plays Boogie to Dvorak and Chopin
The Pocatello municipal band directed by Guy Gates presented a varied program at Ross Park Sunday evening. A crowd enjoyed marches by Sousa Alford and Holzman along with boogie woogie pieces and works by Dvorak and Chopin. Concerts continue next Sunday at 6 30 p m in the park.
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Pocatello
Guy Gates
Ross Park
Sousa
Alford and Holzman
Palefaces Beat Injun Archers in Benton Creek Shootout
Nine Redskins fell in Bent Creek as Asheville Archery Club whites outshot Cherokee archers 3 708 points to 2 961 after multiple rounds at a stationary target on Sunday.
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Bent Creek
N. C
Bent Creek Ranch
Asheville, N. C
Cherokee Reservation
Fall Injures Park Visitor at Jackson Trip
Mrs Lena Heiler of Slater Missouri, aunt and guest of Mrs Carl W McIntosh, is hospitalized in Jackson Wyoming after a fall near the city. She suffered a fractured pelvis when she slipped while leaving a hotel during a motor tour to Yellowstone Park.
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Lena Heiler
Slater, Mo
Carl W. McIntosh
Jackson
Wyo
102 Year Old Veteran Falls From Peach Tree
Charles L Chappel a 102 year old Civil War veteran and senior vice commander of the GAR California Nevada district was treated at Long Beach Naval Hospital after collapsing in his tomato patch. He fell from a peach tree while harvesting fruit and doctors feared pneumonia though he was said to be doing nicely.
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Long Beach
Charles L Chappel
GAR
California- Nevada
Long Beach Naval Hospital
World's Tallest Man Becomes Dandy Bill Collector
Clifford M. Thompson from Wisconsin, eight foot seven and 460 pounds, arrives in Portland to practice law while awaiting Oregon licensure. He uses his height to confront debtors and enjoys meeting the Dairy Co op, aiming for a modest home with large rooms.
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Portland
Ore
Wisconsin
Clifford M. Thompson
Oregon
Thompson
Dairy Co-op
Marquette University
Jets to Go Overseas to Germany Under Atlantic Pact
In Frankfurt the air force announced Thunderjet fighters will arrive in Germany by year end to support ground forces under the Atlantic pact. Lt Gen John K Cannon said one fighter group will get Thunderjets near turn of the year, the other already flies F80 Shooting Stars. Cannon called Thunderjets best for army support. The chiefs said occupation forces will have pact duties and the air force will become all jet.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Air Force
John K. Cannon
U. S
Europe
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
British Meteor sets long flight and refueling records
In Littlehampton England a Gloster Meteor jet set new marks for time and distance in air to air refueling tests. The aircraft remained aloft 12 hours 3 minutes and logged 3000 miles with 11 contacts to a Lancaster tanker carrying kerosene. Pilot Patrick Hornidge took off at 5 20 am and landed at 5 23 pm, ending due to haze making further refueling unsafe.
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Littlehampton
England
Patrick Hornidge
Hornidge
Notre wins $31,000 in prizes on radio show
Holly wood Union City dental assistant Ann Notre aged 20 identified the mystery film as Jealousy on a radio giveaway to win 31000 dollars in prizes.
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Hollywood
Ann Notre
Union City
Klan War Flares Iron City Parade Firefight
Maylor B Drake said a posse of his friends exchanged gunfire with Ku Klux Klan members during a Sunday parade in Iron City Georgia. Authorities reported a Klansman wounded in the exchange and no further injuries disclosed.
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Iron City
Maylor
B. Drake
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