White House asks press to withhold judgment on Vaughan
Editorial calls for broader White House reform beyond rotted beams and criticizes Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan as a fatally flawed aide. It argues Vaughan’s handling of plane transport for friends and gifts from them shows serious misuse of influence and warrants suspension, while urging President Truman to act decisively.
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White House
Iself
Truman
Hermann Goering
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Europe
Senate Cuts Air Force To 48 Groups
The Senate voted 49 to 9 to reduce the Air Force to 48 groups and slash contract authority by 577 million dollars, limiting new aircraft to 1.415 billion instead of 1.993 billion. The move reduces force strength from 57 to 48 groups, amid a broader $15 billion defense bill and upcoming spending cuts elsewhere.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
LinCal Livy
Air Force
Taylor urges AEC to use Pocatello plant for jobs
Senator Glen H. Taylor said he spoke with Leonard Johnston about using the Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant for necessary AEC work to keep employment. Johnston stressed the decision was final and not swayed by Congress. AEC Johnston is consulting Navy officials to find a solution.
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Glen H. Taylor
Post
Leonard Johnston
Arco Atomic Energy
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
AEC
Taylor
Defense
Johnson
Congress
AEC Johnston
Navy
Nine Return from Idaho River Trip Without Beards
Nine businessmen who left Pocatello August 14 returned Friday morning on the streamliner. Spokesman W. C. Carnes said the trip to Idaho’s River of No Return was incident free and enjoyed ideal weather aside from two small storms and a run through areas burned by forest fires.
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Idaho
River of No Return
Pocatello
W. C. Carnes
Boy Cut While Chasing Ball At Haltiwell Park
Dale Taylor, 12, was treated at General Hospital Friday night for a badly cut arm after falling on a broken beer bottle while attempting to catch a ball at Haltiwell Park.
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Dale Taylor
General Hospital
Haltiwell Park
Wantads Promote Buying and Selling Help From POST Wantads
A truncated line advertises POST Wantads as a useful service for those seeking to buy or sell items. It invites readers to use the classified column to place or respond to want ads.
Skunk Eviction Tried by Saint Helena Police Chief
In St. Helena California Chief of Police Cheney Johnson delayed action on a SOS call from the Robert Dickeys for 24 hours. On Friday he undertook a personal eviction of a family of skunks that had forcefully occupied the Dickey home.
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ST. Helena
Calif
Cheney Johnson
Robert Dickeys
Dickey
Gale Rips Florida Coast in 155 MPH Hurricane
A savage hurricane struck the Florida Gold Coast from Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach with 155 mph winds. One dead, more than 15 injured as it toppled towers and damaged shelters. Storm moved west-northwest at 15 mph. wind instruments failed but Palm Beach recorded 110 mph at 9 p.m. EDT. Damage area extended 40 miles south to Fort Lauderdale amid unroofed buildings and wrecked structures.
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Palm Beach
Florida Gold Coast
Fort Lauderdale
Weather Bureau
West Palm Beach
Lake Okeechobee
US Sub Cochino explodes. seven dead in Arctic sea
The submarine Cochino sank in the Norwegian Sea after an explosion. The rescue ship Tusk saved most crew, but six died including Lt. Wilson Manley Shafer Jr. and five others. civilian technician Robert W. Philo was the sole Cochino victim. Five injured aboard the Tusk were evacuated at Hammerfest as rescuers battled mountains of waves.
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Washington
U. S
Norwegian Sea
Robert W. Philo
Newark
N. J
United Press
Hammerfest
Norway
Navy
Wilson Manley Shafer Jr
Naval Academy
Wilson Manley Shafer
Stamford
Conn
Melvin Buck Hennenberger
N. B Hennenberger
Gloucester City
James Robert Miller
Enl
Lillian Maxine Miller
Ae Lou Pinney
McKee Street
Sturgis
Mich
Robert Francis Brunner
Robert F. Brunner
RFD
Altoona
John G. Guttermuth
Boy Drowns In Portneuf River
A 3 year old, Larry Floyd Lattimer, drowned in the Portneuf River Friday after entering the muddy waters while chasing a ball. He slipped or waded from a slippery bank about 15 feet from shore into a current near a slow eddy. his body was recovered about 50 feet downstream. He wore swimming trunks at the time.
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Larry Floyd Lattimer
Leo V. Lattimer
Portneuf Park
Wayne Ray Hamilton
Lloyd Deppe
Clifford Hatch
Clifford
Larry
Portneuf
Lattimer
Blackfoot Leads Idaho City Permit Totals in July
Blackfoot tops 14 Idaho cities with 725 210 in July building permits, Boise and Idaho Falls also high, reflecting a surge from last year. June totals show Blackfoot 75 800 while Idaho Falls led that month. Other cities listed include Twin Falls 141 888 Pocatello 123 650 Caldwell 81 140 Coeur d Alene 36 990 Jerome 71 550 Lewiston 62 830 Nampa 34 905 Payette 17 820 Sandpoint 25 550 St Maries 5 500 and Wallace none.
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Seattle
Blackfoot
Idaho
Construction News Bulletin
Idaho Falls
Arco
Boise
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Caldwell
Coeur d'Alene
Jerome
Lewiston
Nampa
Payette
Sandpoint
St. Maries
Wallace
Who Said It The Music In My Heart Phrase
A brief note directs readers to the Classified page for the author of the line The music in my heart I bore long after it was heard no more. The item treats a literary quotation with a reader inquiry.
Peaceful chorus at Moscow conference praises Russia
A Chinese labor leader Min Nan-Yung a Russian church prelate Metropolitan Nikolai Krutitsky German Communist escapee Gerhard Eisler and Italian leftist Pietro Nenni praised Russia and attacked the United States at Moscow Conference of Peace Partisans. The Chinese leader projected a coalition government after defeating the Nationalist forces. Krutitsky denounced the United States as a resuscitated Babylon while Eisler called Western German leaders imperialists and Nenni labeled Truman a Little Napoleon.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Min Nan-Yung
China
Nikolai Krutitsky
Babylon
Gerhard Eisler
Peitro Nenni
Truman
Napoleon
Indians close Rainbow Beach to public after trespass issues
Rainbow Beach eight miles east of American Falls has been closed by Bannock Shoshone Indians citing fire risk and lack of respect for Indian property. A new no trespassing sign was posted near the last road approach as locals used the beach for swimming and boating.
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American Falls
Rainbow Beach
Here
Pocatello
Michaud Flats
Grinnell
Grin
Forest Fire Ravages Payette National Forest
In McCall Idaho AP reports Payette National Forest fires have burned about 15,000 acres on the South Fork with 7,500 foot Hell's Canyon bottom barn area also controlled after destroying 8,400 acres. Fire destroys deer winter feeding ground and remains a major worry.
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McCall
Payette National Forest
Big South
Mimben
Maree
Forest Service
Joe Hessel
South Fork
Hessel
Hell's Canyon
Payette Forest
Tractor displays radio equipped farm implement at Cassia fair
Farmers at the Cassia county fair unveiled a tractor with an integrated radio and antenna. Mrs. Mary Steelman demonstrated the device by driving the tractor and listening to Keith Kendall play an electric organ over KSEI in Pocatello, eighty miles away.
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Burley
Cassia
Mary Steelman
Keith Kendall
KSEI
Pocatello
3QW
Freezer Fixer Declines to Testify in Vaughan Probe
John Maragon, linked to White House aide Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, refuses to incriminate himself by answering Senate questions about tax returns, unreported income, and alleged influence peddling. Senators press for perjury actions as Vaughan’s testimony is postponed to Tuesday.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Friday
Frankie Costello
Vaughan
Maragon
James N. Hunt
Bradley Asks Pact Funds For Non Communist Armies
Gen Omar N Bradley chairman of the joint chiefs urged the Senate to provide 160 million dollars to Atlantic Pact nations to retool their munitions plants. He testified at a closed session as committees postponed a key showdown in the Senate.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Truman
Bradley
Combined Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Dutch Housewife Fails English Channel Attempt
Dover England Saturday Mrs Willie Croes Van Rijsel a statuesque Dutch housewife tried a second time to swim the English Channel but could not locate the coast through thick fog after 17 hours in the water.
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Dover
England
Willie Croes van Rijsel
Thenglish Channel
Dawes Offers No Advice On Eve Of Birthday
In Chicago on Friday Gen Charles Gates Dawes former vice president and architect of the Dawes Plan for German reparations said the world can get along without his advice on the eve of his 84th birthday. He added that he is an old man and that no one wants to hear what he has to say.
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Chicago
Charles Gates Dawes
United States
Britain
Dawes
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