Legislature Filibuster Fights Timetable In Idaho Session
Tensions rise as lawmakers dodge quotes and seek action on gambling and school reorganization. Rep. Young balks at lifting bills from the table while Gov. Robins weighs a veto and adjournment looms. Over 250 bills remain as the 60 day limit nears and critics fear delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Young
Canyon
Rep. Young
Howard C. Stodgill
Lincoln County
Sen
Bolton
Senate
John Hohnhorst
C. A. Robins
Navy Places Largest Peacetime War Games Test in Caribbean
In San Juan Puerto Rico a major Navy war games test proceeded without US Air Force participation. A simulated atomic air burst over a dispersed task force off Vieques Island tested defenses, radar and anti-aircraft systems as Adm Blandy evaluates results.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S. Air Force
Navy
Air Force
Vieques Island
Erting
Neptune
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Atlantic Fleet
Employment Varies Across U S As Firms Adjust Workforce
More than 10 000 workers were laid off rehired or added to payrolls as railroads automobile plants and atomic works adjusted to local conditions. New York Central Railroad recalled 5055 workers across six states effective March 16 after layoffs on February 11. International Harvester Springfield Ohio plant cut about 500 in body assembly shifts. Hanford Atomic Works Richland Washington laid off about 3750 of 15000 keeping rest on five day weeks. Bell Aircraft Buffalo plans to add about 800 workers by July 1 for Boeing B 47 parts. Jersey Central Railroad laid off 378 with 775 maintenance staff likely to return March 1. Studebaker SB Indiana to hire 1800 to boost output 21 percent. aim 4510 cars weekly. Daystrom Olean New York layoffs partially reversed. 151 workers back, week length raised to 45 hours amid easing furniture boom.
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Atomic Works
New York Central Railroad
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Michigan
International Harvester Company
Springfield
Richland
Wash
Hanford Atomic Works
General Electric
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Buffalo
Jersey Central Railroad Lines
E. T. Moore
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Studebaker
Daystrom Corporation
Olean
N. Y
Load Limit Rule Order Is In Effect
Law enforcement announces a state load limit of 250 pounds per inch width of tire for trucks on state highways. Speed limit reduced to 30 mph for all vehicles. Area affected includes Cassia Minidoka and Twin Falls counties. Truckers must multiply tire size by tires to determine the load.
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Burley
State Department
Cassia
Minidoka
Twin Falls
Manhunt Looms Over Desert Area After Arizona Captures Desperado
Arizona police captured 21 year old George Schmid near Phoenix after a brutal triple murder tied to accomplice Billy Ray Gilbert. Gilbert, 28, remains at large as planes, patrol cars, and mounted deputies comb south Phoenix for the armed escapee who boasted of not being taken alive and planned a prison escape with a kidnapping scheme. Florence Chisholm, a kidnapping survivor, aided officers by warning of Gilbert’s threats and shedding light on the pair’s crimes and plan.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George Schmid
Billy Ray Gilbert
Schmid
Gilbert
Ernest Winstead
Willis Pugh
Winstead
Needles
Calif
G. D. Sullivan
Melvin Yowel
S. C. Ramos
Florence Chisholm
Miss Chisholm
Arizona State
South Phoenix
Adolf Schmid
Here
Superstition Mountain
San Bernardino
Mrs. Winstead
Pugh
John Cheeser
Arizona State Prison
Florence
Lon Walters
Gets To Be Habit For This Offender
Fall River police booked 45 year old George Keene on malicious mischief after he confessed to smashing a store window at J. O Neil Supply Co. He said the urge prompted the act and that the window was near police headquarters. Keene had just been released from New Bedford jail Saturday for a prior window breaking at the same store.
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Fall River
Mass
J. O'Neil Supply Company
George Keene
New Bedford
Bomb Plant Lays Off 3 000 Workers at Hanford
The Hanford Atomic Works in Richland Washington announces immediate lay offs affecting about 3750 of its 15000 employees. A five day work week will also be adopted. Plant manager George R Prout says long range programs remain intact and the reduction reflects progress in new plant construction and timing. AFL council aided in confirming the lay off and noted the numbers.
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Richland, Wash
Hanford Atomic Works
Atomic Metal Trades Council
AFL
Hanford Works
George R. Prout
General Electric Company
Fred C. Schlemmer
Hanford
Furniture Men Return From Southern California Furniture Show
Petersen Furniture president Arthur M. Petersen and Martin Furniture Co. manager Russell Humphreys returned to Pocatello after attending the 23rd Winter Furniture Market in Los Angeles. They noted Los Angeles as a long time furniture center now producing wholesale furniture at about 160 million dollars annually. They praised clean modern designs and imported woods including South American primavera and myrtle, Honduras and Philippine mahogany.
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Pocatello
Arthur M. Petersen
Petersen Furniture
Russell Humphreys
Martin Furniture Co
Potatello
Two Hour Riot in Milan Injures Twenty in Italy
In Milan a two hour clash between police and ex partisans left more than 20 injured as tear gas, stones, and bolts flew during a protest over Prince Borghese release and General Roatta acquittal. Police arrested about 12 as demonstrations spread to Rome Bologna and Florence.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
Il Duomo
Valerio Borghese
Mario Roatta
Bologna
Florence
Emilio Serene
Giuseppe Invernizzi
Civil Rights Bill Sparks Senate Filibuster Standoff
The Senate braces for a major filibuster as Southern Democrats challenge Truman's civil rights program. Leaders Ellender Russell and Long vow to oppose any rule change while Lucas seeks to move key legislation despite Southern and Republican opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Ellender
Sen
Allen J. Ellender
Huey
Kingfish
United Press
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Daylight Hold Up Ends In Downtown Fatal Stabbing
In Los Angeles a stranger stabbed Gene Forgett to death in a hotel lobby after an argument with Mrs Forgett. The assailant drew a knife from his coat, killed Forgett, wiped the blade on his trousers, and fled the scene before authorities could detain him.
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Los Angeles
Gene Forgett
Francis Forgett
Forgett
Union Rail Meeting Ends In Deadlock
Union officials representing about a million railroad employees met with railway negotiators in Chicago but the session ended without a settlement. Leighty, chief negotiator for sixteen non-operating brotherhoods, said negotiations would resume Monday though he could not predict the outcome. The unions have been free to strike since January 17 after an emergency fact finding board urged a 40 hour week and seven cent raise.
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Chicago
Leighty
President Truman
Soot Hits Nylons In Los Angeles
Soot particles swirled through downtown Los Angeles on Sunday ruining women pedestrians stockings and clothing. Western Union employee May Grant and two coworkers reported soot causing runs in their nylons and itchy legs. A similar run outbreak occurred last week in Jacksonville Florida blamed on low grade motor fuel.
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Los Angeles
Estern. Union
May Grant
Miss Grant
Jacksonville
Fla
Fair Today Forecast Flows Into Tomorrow
The forecast calls for fair conditions today and tomorrow with little temperature change. Highs around 40s to 50s and overnight lows in the teens. yesterday’s highs reached near 50 and lows near 1.
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Wallgren
Sen. Cain
Uel
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington, D. C
National Security Resources Board
Harry P. Cain
William F
Bill Hatch
John Bruner
Associated Press
Awas
House
C. A. Bottolfsen
Appropriations and Finance Committees
Boise
U. S
U. S. Senate
Congress
Arizona
Via Dante
Cathedral Square
Union
White House
Jenny Irish
E. L. Bartlett
Alaska
Hawaii
Alaska Territorial Federation of Labor
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