Gas Price Probe Sparks Pocatello Action and Ironing Boards
In Pocatello officials and residents push for a gas price investigation amid new price increases. State Representative Henry O’Leary and Mayor George Phillips join Senator Henry Dworshak in urging action. The piece recalls price comparisons in Salt Lake City and local shortages while humorously noting a 1926 Model T sighting.
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Henry O’leary
Pocatello
George Phillips
Henry Dworshak
Salt Lake City
Cents
Ogden
Preston
Poatello
Stassen Attacks Government Price-Agency List
Former presidential hopeful Stassen denounces Secretary Anderson's market trader list as irrelevant statistics. He questions whether insiders profited from price moves and says reports already held by the government could answer in minutes. A department spokesman says names are being released as fast as compiled.
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Soares
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Senate
Jan. G. Anderson
Stassen
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Stagsen
Two Slightly Hurt In Pickup Crash Near Green Triangle Inn
Two Fort Hall men escaped death when their pickup left the pole line road south of the Green Triangle Inn and crashed into a telephone pole. W. W. Webster, 68, suffered severe facial and hand lacerations and a broken finger. Hiram Faulkner, 50, had minor injuries and faced drunken driving investigation.
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Hiram Faulkner
W. W. Webster
Fort
Hall
Webster
General Hospital
Faulkner
Fort Hall
Pole Line
Green Tringle Inn
the General Hospital
Pocatello Police
Court orders new hearing in Marino murder case
Illinois authorities reacted as Tony Marino, jailed for life 22 years ago, awaited a Christmas release. The U S Supreme Court vacated the 1925 murder verdict, calling the system flawed after a police officer acted as key witness without Marino’s knowledge. Marino, now 40, remains detained with an immigration writ pending.
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Chicago
Illinois
Tony Marino
Marino
Joliet
Immigration Department
U. S. Supreme Court
President Grants Christmas Pardons to 1523 Draft Violators
President Truman pardoned 1,523 men who violated Selective Service during World War II, including objectors and Japanese Americans. Most had been released from Federal custody. a further 1,518 may receive automatic pardons after a year of service. The War Claims Board rejected general amnesty and distinguished wilful evaders from conscientious objectors.
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Yule
Washington
Truman
Justice
Hot Blast At GOP Bill Is Expected
President Truman plans a national address as he weighs signing the Republican stopgap anti inflation bill by midnight December 31. Senator Kilgore predicts a signing with a sharp rebuke to GOP provisions, while economists report postwar peaks in production prices and wages and the Commerce Dept notes personal income reaching a new high.
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Washington
Truman
White House
GOP
Harley M. Kilgore
W. Va
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
U S Orders Troops From Panama Area
U S forces will withdraw immediately from Panama canal defenses outside the Canal Zone. 2000 troops, bases including Rio Hato B-29 site to be evacuated swiftly as Panama rejects a new wartime lease. State Department cites anti American demonstrations and Communist influence shaping the turn. Sen Knowland proposes Nicaragua canal as alternative. relations with Panama remain formal.
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Washington
United States
Republic of Panama
Canal
U. S
Pacific
Rio Hato
Panama
State Department
Panama Assembly
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Department
William F. Knowland
Calif
Congress
Nicaragua
Frank T. Hines
U. S. Am
Hines
Assembly
Simplot to Open Utah Fertilizer Plant After WAA Bid
Simplot Fertilizer Co of Pocatello announced purchase of a war surplus kalunite plant at Salt Lake City for 752 006 dollars. The plant will produce phosphoric acid and ammonium phosphate using a wet process, and will boost Fort Hall mine output to about 250 000 tons to supply local and Salt Lake facilities.
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Simplot Fertilizer Co
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Simplot
Fort Hall
O. A. Power
WAA
Sen
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Jess Larson
Sen. Thomas
Signs Hidden By Poles Spark Gate City Traffic Woes
A POST photographer witnessed crashes at Fifth and Pocatello avenues as a stop sign was obscured by a telephone pole. He traced the Buick Rambler’s route to reveal multiple obscured or damaged stop signs around town, blaming municipal officials for ongoing accidents.
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POST
Fifth and Pocatello Avenues
Spokane
Pocatello Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Pocatello
Photog
Fifth
Pocatello Avenues
Two Friends Charge Attack During Hotel Knife Fight
Jimmy Rogers filed assault with a deadly weapon against Arthur J. Hamilton after a Tuesday hotel altercation left Rogers severely wounded. Police released Hamilton on $100 bond but Rogers later pressed charges as his injuries worsened. an initial hearing is set for Wednesday.
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Jimmy Rogers
Arthur J. Hamilton
Pocatello
Rogers
Hamilton
East Side
Weather Forecast Hints At Snowless Christmas For Pocatellans
The forecast for Wednesday calls for partly cloudy skies with a temperature change. Thursday may bring scattered clouds but no snow, with sunset around 5 p.m. Residents hope for a white Christmas despite dry streets and no snow in sight.
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Gate City
O'Leary
Ponteto
Jack Bates
Pocatello Department
James Bedingfield
Carl L. Muir
State Police
Federal
U.S
Panama City
Florencio Forte
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