Meat Boycott Shows Mixed Results Across 44 Cities
A United Press survey finds consumer resistance to meat purchases in 44 cities with 25 reporting still high prices. Lamb and pork chops rose while some cities saw steady bacon and ham. Eight towns reported no price change as New York sold far below normal Friday.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Cleveland
Department of Agriculture
New York
United Press
Har
United States
U.S
Midwest
Idaho Co-ops Plan Federation Meeting in Pocatello
Cooperative store managers and directors from about 30 co-ops in Idaho will meet in Pocatello on August 19 at Portneuf Grange hall to organize a federation for educational and public relations purposes. Local leaders note the growing impact of co-ops with major Idaho Egg Producers and Bean Growers reporting multi million dollar business.
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Pocatello
Portneuf Grange Hall
L. C. McDermott
Portneuf Co-op Association
Yellowstone Ave
Idaho
McDermott
Portneuf
Rulon Ellis
City
O. G. Hall
Inkom
Idaho Falls
Ezra Taft Benson
LDS Council of Twelve
Gate City
Idaho Egg Producers
South Second Ave
Twin Falls
Babe Ruth Battles Death In Cancer Hospital
Babe Ruth remains in critical condition at Memorial hospital with no improvement. Visitors include Ford Frick and Paul Carey as the hospital issues briefings every few hours about his status. The Yankees paid tribute with a 60,000 crowd observing a minute of silence at Yankee Stadium.
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Babe Ruth
Memorial Hospital
New York City
New York
Ford Frick
National League
Paul Carey
Babe Ruth Foundation, Friends James Chapman of Detroit and Charles W. Schwefel
Melvin Gordon Lowenstein
Truman
Lowenstein
White House
Ruth
Chapman
Babe
Yankees
New York Yankees
Yanks
Philadelphia
Yankee Stadium
Jury Convicts Reno Killer
Eugene Leo Gambetta, 44, a San Francisco bartender, is found guilty of murdering his ex wife Thelma Ribail, 25, after she tried to flee his speeding car. A nine and three jurors recommend death in the Nevada gas chamber. sentencing set for August 18 by District Judge A. J. Maestretti.
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Reno
Nev
Eugene Leo Gambetta
San Francisco
Friday
Nevada
A. J. Maestretti
Gambetta
Thelma Ribail
Pocatellans End Pharmacy Course
Eight ISC pharmacy students completed four years of effort Friday after state board exams for licenses. Candidates include Wayne Smith, 82 Campus Drive. Laurence McArthur, Sandpoint. Kay B. Anderson, Wellsville Utah. Richard L. Bloxham, Downey. David H. Clayton, Rupert. Lamir Makouski, Buhl. Joseph Allen, Richmond Utah. Billy G. Eastman, Twin Falls.
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ISC Pharmacy
State Board of Pharmacy
Wayne Smith
Campus Drive
Laurence McArthur
Sandpoint
Kay B. Anderson
Wellsville
Utah
Richard L. Bloxham
Downey
David H. Clayton
Rupert
Lamir Makouski
Buhl
Joseph Allen
Richmond
Billy G. Eastman
Twin Falls
Both Party Heads Schedule Session in Pocatello
Central committee of Republican and Democratic parties are slated to meet on August 20 in Pocatello. GOP members convene in the council chambers of the Pocatello Police Station led by H Earl Lewis. Democrats meet in Bannock County District Court room per Clifford C Brown. Precinct committeemen will elect chairmen vice chairs state committeeman and committeewoman.
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Scheda
Pocatelo
GOP
Pocatello
H. Earl Lewis
Republican County
Bannock County District Court Room
Clifford C. Brown
New York Hints of Criminal Prosecution Over Soviet Case
Mayor William O Dwyer said police findings on Mrs Oksana Kosenkina the Russian teacher who leaped from the Soviet consulate general building would be sent to prosecutors Frank Hogan John McGahey and Tom Clark for action. Police would cooperate with the prosecutors as Russian officials seek to regain control of her.
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NEW York
William O’dwyer
Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina
O'Dwyer
New York County
John McGahey
U. S
Tom Clark
O’dwyer
Thomas Mulligan
August Flath
George Mitchell
All Stores Open In Pocatello
Pocatello stores will remain open today and Saturday in line with union agreements. Some Blackfoot area stores will close all or part of the day, officials disclosed.
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Pocatello
Blackfoot
Legion Delegates Headed to Coeur d Alene Convention
Delegates from Pocatello American Legion post No. 4 led by John R. Black travel to Coeur d Alene for a state convention. The group includes 40 et 8 flags and officers from posts 451 and 1290. Mrs. James C. Bangs will attend the auxiliary meeting alongside the male convention.
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Coeur d’ Alene
Lake
Pocatello
American Legion Post No
John R. Black
Idaho
Legion
Black
James C. Bangs
Bill Jex
Wilford Dohse
Henry McQuade
Jack Allred
Forrest Howard
A. F. Coates
Robert Baum
Marion Faure
Victor E. Jones
Coates
Allred
Bangs
Jones
Baum
Howard
The
Legion Auxiliary
Lake City
Hartvigsen Quits Bannock County School Post
Milton F. Hartvigsen of Grace resigns as chairman of the Bannock county school re organization committee. Fred Yost of Bancroft to succeed him. Hartvigsen has accepted the superintendency of the new Grace school district.
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Bannock County
Milton F. Hartvigsen
Grace
Scott D. Lowe
Fred Yost
Bancroft
Hartvigsen
Explosion at Bruceton fuel plant Kills Two Workers
An explosion at the U S Bureau of Mines synthetic fuel experimental station in Bruceton Pennsylvania on Friday killed two employees and injured four others. Superintendent Dr Harold E Greenawald said the blast likely occurred outside the building collapsing part of a wall.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Bruceton
Harold E. Greenawald
Florida Chain Gang Fugitive Prefers Death to Return
Frederick Fox, 21, a former para trooper and Florida penitentiary road crew escapee, was arrested in Cleveland after fleeing in 1946 by robbing a tourist court for $25. He told police he would rather be killed than return to Florida alleging brutal treatment. Fox served in the 82nd Airborne in Europe and was wounded twice. He is held pending Florida word.
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Cleveland
Florida
Frederick Fox
Fox
82Nd Airborne Division
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
Florida Penitentiary
Fireman Hurt In Cottage Hotel Blaze At Kemmerer
Alfred Jensen of Montpelier Union Pacific fire department fractured his ankle and heel leaping from a burning Cottage Hotel in Kemmerer Wyoming after flames blocked the stairway. Two people were carried out on stretchers. no deaths. The hotel burned. arson is suspected in two consecutive fires in the town.
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Montpelier
Alfred Jensen
Montpelier Union
Pacific
Cottage
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Jensen
Cicero Returns to Gangsterism as Police Chief Ouster Prompts Rift
Cicero Illinois town president John C. Stoffel condemned the unanimous town board vote to replace Police Chief Joseph Horejs who led a reform last April. Stoffel warned the move cedes control to Jake Guzik, reputed Chicago syndicate leader, and urged residents to act.
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Cicero
Ill
Capone
John C. Stoffel
Joseph Horejs
Guzik
Stoffel
Jake Guzik
Chicago
Confessed Spy Denies Immunity
Elizabeth T. Bentley, a confessed wartime Communist spy, said she has not been promised immunity by the government for her revelations about spy rings in the United States. "I have been promised nothing," she stated.
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Washington
Elizabeth T. Bentley
United States
Snake River Bridge bids opened in Blackfoot this year
State Public Works opened bids Friday for repairs to Blackfoot’s Snake River bridge. Contractors submitted higher estimates than the state engineer’s. low bidder Hansen and Parr of Spokane quoted 13,361 dollars while the engineer’s estimate was 10,708 dollars.
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Blackfoot
Snake River
State Public Works Department
Hansen and Parr
Spokane
Wreckage Found Off Rota Island Navy Bomber
Search planes sighted wreckage of a missing PB4Y bomber high on an 800 foot cliff on Rota island Guam 50 miles north of here. All crew members feared dead.
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Guam
Rota Island
Here
Sign Posts Easy Credit At Holdrege Butcher Shop
Butcher Herb Bierhaus in Holdrege Nebraska posted a credit sign in his shop promising a T bone for one third down and 18 months to pay. The sign reads Use your credit have a T bone one third down 18 months to pay.
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Holdredge
Neb
Herb Bierhaus
Twin Falls Cowboys Rout Po catello 11 to 1 in Pioneer League
The Twin Falls Cowboys routed Pocatello 11 to 1 in a free hitting Pioneer League game. Bob Webster pitched a complete game for Twin Falls, allowing only one baserunner per inning and striking out three. John Hack, Charlie Metro, and Ray Jacobs hit solo homers for the winners. Eleven Pocatello baserunners were left on, as Torres started and Yards of bullpen struggled.
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Twin Falls Cowboys
Pocatello
Nat LeBlanc
Adolphe Torres
George Koby
Bud Powers
Twin Falls
John Hack
Charlie Metro
Ray Jacobs
Bob Webster
Cowboys
Torres
Schuerman
Barczewski
Mickelson
Red Jessen
Jessen
Hal Danielson
Webster
McDougald
Danielson
Fatal B-29 Crash Near Roswell Kills Thirteen
A B-29 Superfortress crash six miles south of Walker Air Force Base Roswell New Mexico during a routine training flight killed thirteen crew members and injured eight. Eleven crewmen and ten passengers were aboard. The eight survivors were hospitalized with seven in good condition and one in critical condition. An Air Force board investigated the wreckage to determine the cause. Walker AFB houses the 509th Bomb Wing of the Eighth Air Force.
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Walker Air Force Base
Air Force
C. J. Beck
Walker Air Base
509Th Bomb Wing
Eighth Air Force
American Airlines Strike Looming
TWU CIO chief Michael J. Quill warned a strike against American Airlines could begin within days over the firing of 80 airplane mechanics. Picket lines were planned for the 42nd Street terminal in New York and at LaGuardia.
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NEW York
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union (Cio
American Airlines Inc
Quill
42Nd Street
la Guardia
Maharajah of Baroda expected to abdicate after spending lavishly
In Bombay sources say the Maharajah plans to abdicate in favor of his eldest son upon returning to India to explain spending over 1.5 million dollars weekly during a six week spree. The prince may travel to New Delhi to confer with Sardar Patel on India’s affairs.
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Bombay
India
Maharajah of
Baroda
New Delhi
Sardar Patel
Ina
Royall Demands Peace With Honor
Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall told the North Carolina Society of Engineers at Wrightsville Beach that the United States intends to win peace if it can be had with honor. He spoke Friday night at the annual meeting.
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Wrightsville Beach
N. C
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
United States
Royall
North Carolina Society of Engineers
Miss Death As Car Fails To Take Turn
A 1941 Ford sedan left the east viaduct curve at KSEI North Pocatello and crashed 135 feet into a field. Gladys Rierdon is hospitalized with bruises and shock, Phil Lip Dreher released after head lacerations. Officers say Rierdon will face DUI charges and Dreher faced intoxication charges with plea reservation.
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Charles Hyde
Justice Court
Nogo
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Jack Bates
Police Department
Alameda
Bloody 100th Heavy Bombardment group to hold reunion in Denver
The Bloody 100th Heavy Bombardment group and allied units plan a second section reunion and dinner in Denver on August 28 and 29. Local air reserve officer William Hill Jr invites all members to respond, with information to Western committeeman William Harrison of Boulder. The unit earned its infamous nickname after heavy losses of 80 to 90 percent in early World War II air combat with B-17s over Germany.
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100Th
Denver
William Hill
Hill
William Harrison
11Th Street
Boulder
Colorado
Germany
Idaho Golfers Win Pro-Am Championship in Oregon
In Salem Oregon two Lewiston Idaho golfers Bill Welch and Bud Hofmeister won the pro-amateur title with a 69 and a 13 under par 59 total. The pair secured first place in the Pacific Northwest Pro Amateur Golf Tournament.
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Salem
Ore
Lewston
Ida
Bill Welch
Bud Hofmeister
Proamateur
Tavern boss puts up 13 Bar for sale on Friday the 13th
Trenton New Jersey owner Louis Lavine said he is selling his 13 Bar at 13 North Willow Street after 13 years of ownership and long hours. He reports no superstition about the date.
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Trenton
N. J
Louis Lavine
North Willow St
Lavine
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Thomas B. Lewis
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