Taylor Expected to Name Wallace Running Mate
Eastern sources report Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho plans to run with Henry A. Wallace on a third party ticket. PM Washington dispatch says Taylor will decide publicly on Monday at 4 15 p m MST. Maryland Progressive party backs Taylor and Ohio Wallace supporters urge him to join the ticket.
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Glen H. Taylor
Pocatello
Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Taylor
Wallace
Progressive Citizen
America
United Press
CBS
Maryland
Progressive Party
Senator Taylor
Harold Ruchman
Ohio
Spring Breakup Threatens Idaho Roads Amid Frost Thaw
Motorists in Pocatello and Southeast Idaho face worsening street and highway damage as frost breakup accelerates. City engineer Les Ballis notes recent resurfaced blocks faring better, while state highway chief C A Kelly warns conditions will worsen before improving with several projects slated including reconstruction between American Falls and Pocatello and widening to a four lane segment.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Les Ballis
C. A. Kelly
Kelly
American Falls
Pocatello Municipal Airport
U. S. Highway 30N
U.S. 30
Bancroft
McCammon
Wyoming Line
Downey
Arimo
Utah Line
Preston
State 37
Holbrook
Malad
Fort Hall
Shelley
Fat
Island Park
Senate GOP Leaders Plan Lower Tax Slash
Senate Republican leaders met to scale down the House approved six and a half billion dollar tax cut to win Democratic support and overcome President Truman's veto. Taft and Senate Finance Committee members discussed targets and timing with a aim for retroactive Jan 1 passage per the Knutson bill.
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Senate
GOP
Washington
LLP
Robert A
Truman
Taft
Jans
Knutson
No Lapse For Control
Washington Republicans in both houses pledged no lapse in rent controls as the current law expires next Sunday. Senate and House leaders said Congress would pass a 30 day extension, while a longer Cain bill would extend federal controls to April 30, 1949 with a 15 percent voluntary lease clause through Dec. 31, 1949.
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Washington
Republcan
Agress
Sunay
Robert A. Taft
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Jesse P. Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Congress
Taft
Senate
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Child Swallows 25 Cent Coin Rescued in Salt Lake City
Two and a half year old Helen Morgan of Malad Idaho was released from a Salt Lake hospital after an operation to remove a 25 cent piece from her esophagus. Her parents said she swallowed the coin Thursday and was brought to Salt Lake City for the procedure.
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Salt Lake City
Helen Morgan
Louis Morgan
Malad
Ida
Salt Lake Hospital
Shoppers Clamp Down On Purchases
Chicago reports a 3% drop in food prices between January 13 and February 17 from a telegraphic survey of 20 foods in 12 cities. Grocers note housewives cut purchases as declines varied by city with pork, bacon, eggs, and lettuce showing the largest cuts while onions and canned tomatoes rose.
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Chicago
Labor Department
Evan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Los Angeles
Extradition Granted for Thornhills to Idaho
Gov. Sam C. Ford ordered extradition to Idaho for E. C. Thornhill and Norma Thornhill sought by authorities in Blackfoot on assault with a deadly weapon charges. The couple is held in Anaconda Montana with Charles Belnap named as Idaho’s agent to take custody.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Russia rejects delay on Austria reparations payment
Moscow refused on Saturday to consider any delay in the first installment of the 200 million dollars in reparations demanded from Austria but suggested the possibility of postponing the final payment.
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London
Russia
Austria
Robins Leaves for Spokane to Address Chamber
Gov. C. A. Robins departs Monday for Spokane to address the Spokane chamber of commerce on Tuesday.
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Robins
Boise
C. A. Robins
Spokane
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Idaho Farmers Rejoice At Downpour Over State
Idaho farmers welcomed rain and snow forecasts easing irrigation fears for next summer. Weather bureau reported rain at Boise Gooding Burley Pocatello and overcast at Idaho Falls Dubois Malad with snow above 5000 feet.
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Idaho
United Press
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Boise
Gooding
Burley
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Soil Conservation Service
Irrigation Division
Inkom and Portneuf Districts Vote Down Reorganization Plan
Unofficial returns show Inkom and Portneuf districts defeat Bannock County Class A consolidation with Pocatello. Marsh Valley area consolidation passes. Lava Hot Springs and McCammon districts vote against, Arimo and Virginia favor. Inkom reverts to Class C, high school tuition required. Bancroft district switches to Class B.
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Bannock County
Pocatello
Inkom
Portneuf
Marsh Valley
Lava Hot Springs
Arimo
McCammon, Downey
Swan Lake
Robin Virginia
Hawkins Basin
McCammon
Virginia
Scott D. Lowe
Lowe
Bancroft
Robin
Downey
Pigeon Pate Becomes Local Landmark in Lava Hot Springs
Mrs Robert Tonseth reports a domesticated pigeon thriving by the Lava Hot Springs post office. The bird perches on parked cars when dogs pass and scavenges for crumbs from pedestrians. Locals have claimed ownership, but the bird behaves like a friendly cocker spaniel following people.
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Post
Lava Hot Springs
Robert Tonseth
Tonseth
Pigeon Pate
Lava
Pocatello Forecast Sees Clouds and Light Showers
The weatherman calls for mostly cloudy skies in Pocatello today with intermittent rain and snow. High near 35 degrees, low tonight between 25 and 30 degrees.
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Ashton
Sun Valley
Me 2 Basin
Magic Mountain
Tayler Mountain
Pocatello
Teen shoots father after teased about cross eyes and pug nose
San Mateo California 13 year old Annette Pimental said she practiced with a 410 shotgun for two months before ambushing her father Harry Pimental 51 at their home wounding him in the abdomen and hand. She admits attempted poisoning at Christmas and cites beatings and teasing by him. She is held at the juvenile home pending investigation.
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San Mateo
Calif
Annette Pimental
Harry Pimental
Walter Moore
Annette
Alice Pimental
Anette
Taft Endorses UN Policy Backing Palestine Partition
Senator Robert A. Taft called for vigorous U N cooperation to create an international police force to enforce the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. He urged U S leadership in enforcement and tied arms shipments to UN policy alignment.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
United Nations
Palestine
Taft
Senate
Holy Land
U. S
UN Palestine Commission
Unofficial Soviet Mediation Offered in Chinese Civil War
Moscow floated a mediation plan with three conditions: Communist control of government and military, Khgunasinan party relegated to minor role, and army under Communist leadership. Nanking officials would not formally recognize the proposal, and high officials say it would be rejected if offered openly. A Chinese government source says indirect talks are being attempted to reopen negotiations with the Communists.
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Shanghai
Russia
Nanking
Moscow
China
Kuomintang
United Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
Reds
West GOP Seeks Western Cabinet Representation in 1948 Platform
A conference of 11 western states urged that at least two westerners be named to the cabinet and proposed 21 planks for the GOP platform. Recommendations include protections for the sheep industry, mineral rights in tidelands, private land ownership, and a vigorous anti foot and mouth disease program.
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Denver
Republican
GOP
Arizona
Colorado
Nevada
Oregon
New Mexico
Wyoming
California
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Washington
Hawaii
Alaska
West
Tidelands
Mexico
U. S
Counties Aid In Relief Load
Idaho Public Assistance Director Bill Child told a legislative committee that county councils of public assistance helped level off the state's relief load. The panel met with him to discuss relief problems and to seek uniform county policies.
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BOISE
Idaho County Commissioners and Clerks Association
Bill Child
Child
Rebels Form 12 Member House Strategy Panel
Rebel southern Democrats named a 12 member house strategy committee led by Rep. William Colmer to oppose President Truman's civil rights program. The group will meet Monday with Chairman J Howard McGrath to demand withdrawal of the program as a condition for southern support in upcoming elections.
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Washington
House
Truman
William Colmer
Miss
Dixie
South
Colmer
J. Howard McGrath
Four Win Awards For Tips On News Stories
Mrs. John P. Collins of the Fargo apartments won this week's $5 prize in the Pocatello Post news tip contest for reporting crowded conditions at a St. Anthony hospital that forced men patients into the maternity ward. Honorable mentions and $1 prizes went to D. E. Griffith for the Bancroft flood tip, Orion Wood for a truck bicycle crash at Main and Sherman, and Stan Riley for a fatal Idaho Falls truck auto crash tip.
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John P. Collins
Fargo
Pocatello Post
Orion Wood
West
Carson St
Main
Sherman Streets
Stan’ Riley
South Fourth Ave
Idaho
Falls
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Eugene D. R
Gate City
U. N
West Gop
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