Mercy Flight During Blizzard Returns to Idaho
Pilot Manness, flying west toward Shoshone, turns back 35 miles from Sun Valley due to a ferocious blizzard. After a hazardous takeoff from Mackay, the return flight to Pocatello is smoother, with Manness relieved to land and seek medical care. Pilot Frank Sokolik and Jack McConnell praised for the successful mission.
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Shoshone
Sun Valley
Sokolsk
Salmon River
Manness
Cub
American Falls Lake
Pocatello
Frank Sokolik
Jack McConnell
Governor declares Idaho state of emergency over snowbound conditions
Idaho Governor C A Robins declared a state of emergency to speed federal relief as heavy snow blocks roads isolating more than 10 000 sheep around American Falls and stranding cattle and dairy movements. He said Red Cross and other agencies will join with state and federal efforts to aid livestock producers and motorists.
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Boise
Idaho
C. A. Robins
American Red Cross
Farrell
American Falls
Capitol Writer Tracks Idaho 30th Session Progress
Gov. C A Robins logs the 30th Idaho legislature with 742 percent of Senate bills stalled and about 200 still to decide. Helen Miller pushes drunk meter bill. Nellie Steenson champions it. both face vetoes as chambers avoid new taxation and boards face cuts. Rumors of lobbyists, split sessions, and a possible fall return loom amid tense third quarter ahead.
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Helen Miller
Ada
House
Nellie ‘Cline Steenson
Bannock
Senate
Steenson
Glen Bandelin
Bonner
Idaho
Boise
Senate Chamber
Legislative Wisecracks and a Perk of Influence
A lobbyist sent a growing plant as a joke gift to a female legislator praising her vote on a bill. The exchange highlights playful back‑channel humor in legislative politics.
Long Delays Facing Tax Bill Change
Washington reports that Congress will delay action on Truman's request for a 4.0 billion dollar tax increase. Senate Finance Chair George said no action until House acts and projected May 1 for tax questions. Byrd questioned whether any tax increase will occur this year amid debt concerns.
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Washington
LLP
Congress
Truman
Walter H. George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Ways and Means
George
House Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Finance Committee
Korean Border Raids Claim Several North Attacks
Brig. Gen. Che Byung Buk says North Korean forces carried five cross border attacks into South Korea over four days. He, however, believes North Korea is not ready to launch a full invasion.
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Seoul
Korea
Che Byung Buk
Korean National Army
South Korea
Newly Organized Scout Pack 77 Holds First Meeting in Blackfoot
In Blackfoot, Cub Scout Pack 77 held its organizational meeting at the Elk’s home with 40 Cubs and 63 parents attending. Den chiefs from Troop 77 and Troop 25 were introduced, and plans outlined for monthly gatherings, advancement requirements, den mothers and fathers, and future dens activities.
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Scout
Uh Pack
Blackfoot
Cluff Johnson
al Carlson
Dan Budd
Cop
Budd
J. R. Oliver
Kenneth MacInnes
Alfred Hahn
J. O. Young
Jimmy Oliver
David Bowser
Carroll Bond
Johnson
Jack Cowden
Equipment rental costs cut for Portneuf soil district
Portneuf Soil Conservation District lowers land leveling gear rates from $11 to $9 per hour to aid farmers. Chairman Fred Cooper notes the goal is to assist without profit and boost irrigation readiness. Plans assign a bulldozer and carryall to Gem Valley and Tyhee areas. New officers include Green of McCammon and A Gray of Downey. Gray succeeds Harold Thomas.
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Grace
Portneuf Soil Conservation District
Fred Cooper
Gem Valley
Tyhee
Cooper
Ihe Green
McCammon
O A. Gray
Downey
Gray
Harold Thomas
Lava Hot Springs
Georgetown News Notes Busy Weekend Visits and Ailments
Georgetown residents attended a funeral in Lanark for Thomas Roberts. Mrs. Carmen Smith visited her daughter in Smithfield Utah. Howard Smith injured at the Conda mine. Mrs. Richard Sleight spent the weekend in Smithfield. Milton Widdison and James Smith visited from Salt Lake City and Soda Springs. The infant son of Hugh Weighall ill with pneumonia. Alice Clark visited Logan. Montpelier stake picnic in Dingle. Earl Bartschi of Conda visited Georgetown. A new pencil sized carbon monoxide detector is now licensed for manufacture.
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Mrs
Carmen Smith
Smithfield
Utah
Don Smith
Hooper Family Six Week Southwest Trip Report
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hooper returned from a six week journey through Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico and Texas visiting Lawton Oklahoma Carlsbad Caverns El Paso Mesa and Phoenix areas and ending in Las Vegas Nevada They joined Mrs Hoopers sister in Mesa and saw notable sites while Mrs Jennie Mason underwent surgery in Ogden Utah and Mrs Effie Bell remains seriously ill
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Andy Hooper
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Berniece
W. R. King and Daughters
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Wichita Falls
Hooper
Carlsbad Caverns
el Paso
Old Mexico
Mesa
Papago Park
Roosevelt Dam
Rockwell Mineral Baths
Chandler
Casa Grande
Father Kino
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Nevada
St. George
Cedar City
Salt Lake City
Montpelier Notes on Local Trips and Fire Incident
Mr and Mrs Eliot Compesen joined Mr and Mrs ee Koford for Logan ice follies part of a three day winter carnival by UAC students. Montpelier firemen fought a rear office blaze at Chief Motel for over an hour. Cause suspected defective wiring. Arthur Bee flew to Idaho Falls to visit parents with Robert Fields to Pocatello for fights. Mr and Mrs John Renie of Pocatello visit Mrs Renie’s sister Mrs Arthur Bee. Gordon K Ashley attends state board of pharmacy meeting in Pocatello Friday and Saturday.
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Montpelier
Eliot Compesen
Ee Koford
Logan
UAC
Arthur Bee
Idaho Falls
Robert Fields
Pocatello
Gordon K. Ashley
State Board of Pharmacy
Family attends Idaho Falls wedding
Mr and Mrs Rock Toone and daughter Edna with Mr and Mrs A L Hooper attended the marriage of their niece Ruby Johnson to Hugh Sharp in Idaho Falls. The article also notes cattle as all domesticated quadrupeds.
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Rock Toone
Edna
A. L. Hooper
Idaho Falls
Ruby Johnson
Hugh Sharp
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Lostiver
Mackay
Capitol
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Pocatello Post
GOV. Robins
House of Representatives
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Board of Bureau
Highway Commission
State Board of Publicity
Tom Bell
Minidoka
T. C. Waddups
Butte
Tom
Rep. Bell
Pocatello Mattress
No. Johnson
Hodges
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Roscoe B. Woodruff
President Truman
Governors Island
N.Y
Frank Fowler
al Lindquist
H. V. Shephard
Fred’s
North Main
Dude’s Confectionery
South Main
Montgomery Ward
Hotel Whitman
Farr
Nennergren’s Sweet Shop
Stauffer’s
Main—Highway
Floyd and
Harry
E. Gould St
Maxwell’s
N. Main
America
Vas
Bela
Welers
Georgetown News
Newell Passey
Bertell Johnson
Thomas Roberts
Lanark
Howard Smith
Conda
Richard Sleight
Milton Widdison
James Smith
Soda Springs
Hugh Weighall
Alice Clark
Georgetown
Montpelier Stake
Greenay
Dingle
Earl Bartschi of
Lara
Jennie Mason
Ogdenmore
Effie Bell
John Renie
Mrs. Renie
Jeremium, OS
Phillips 66
Wasatch
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