Idaho House Debates Snake River Compact Commission Bill
Idaho lawmakers consider a 10 member Snake River compact commission to negotiate with Wyoming and a federal appointee for water diversions. The measure faces funding gaps and would leave expenditures to the governor and board of examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Hatch
BOISE
Snake River Compact Commission
House of Representatives
Stake River
Wyoming
Congress
Public Assistance
Grand Army of the Republic
GAR
House
U. S
Senate
Fish and Game Commission
O. E. Cannon
Elmore
the Wildlife Federation
State Senate
Senate Fish and Game Commission
Board of Examiners
H. Grant Gardner
Payette
Public Health Committee
Hamer Budge
Ada
Arthur Wilson
Washington
Budge
Nora Davis
Gem
Howard Stodgehill
Lincoln
Large Boyle building fire shocks Blackfoot business district
Flames gutted the second floor of the Boyle building in Blackfoot's main business area burning about three hours. Damage is tentatively pegged at $100000 with most losses on the Chuckwagon cafe and lounge fixtures. Fire spread despite snow and ice while responders contained the blaze and moved out merchandise.
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Boyle
Blackfoot
Snake River County
R. Cross
Chuckwagon Cafe
Boyle Building
St. Bernard’s Hall
Cross
A. J. Mitchell
Chuckwagon
Broadway
Bridge Streets
Federal Land Bank
Dayley Floral Shop
Packham Real Estate Agency
New Suspect Held In Dahlia Case
Jack Sands a 27 year old bellhop is booked as a suspect in the Black Dahlia murder case two years after Elizabeth Short's slaying. Police say Sands knew secret crime details and he used letters and calls to contact psychiatrist J Paul De River who alerted authorities. Sands also goes by Leslie Dwain Dillon or J F Dillon and is described as a very good suspect by Police Chief Horrall.
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Los Angeles
Jack Sands
Elizabeth Short
Sands
Leslie Dwain Dillon
J. F. Dillon
C. B. Horrall
Horrall
J. Paul de River
de River
Weather review for Pocatello and region
Pocatello North Idaho and Utah see generally cold conditions with patches of low clouds and light mountain snow flurries. Highs range from 0 to 10 in parts, with lows around 0 to 20 across districts and notable cold in Dixie areas.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Utah
Dixie
Lowes
Pophang Covresnirresns
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Meena Niabsci Sevenssovagass’- Sk
Truman budget requests reach 41 billion for cold war
President Truman unveiled a fiscal 1950 budget proposing at least 6.7 billion dollars for foreign policy and the cold war. He sought 41.9 billion for overall programs, with tax boosts and new health insurance funding amid a push for higher postal rates and social welfare.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Truman proposes cut to 70-group air force plan
President Truman urged a shift from a 70 group air force to a 48 group structure. A top Democrat in Congress predicted the plan would be vetoed and that the 70 group layout would be restored by a Democratic-led Congress. Rep. Carl Vinson of Georgia backed keeping the 70 groups.
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Washington
Truman
Air Force
Congress
Pesident
Navy
Carl Vinson
Armed Services Committee
Lamb Auction to Aid Polio Campaign Opens in Bannock Hotel
A pure-bred lamb from Idaho woolgrowers Chet Loveland and Roy Neider goes on the block at 9 30 this morning in the Bannock hotel lobby to raise funds for Pocatello’s March of Dimes campaign. Veteran auctioneer Vern Hilllard will lead the sale. The event kicks off the 1949 polio drive in the area.
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Mary
Pocatello
Idaho
Bannock Hotel
Vern Hilliard
Polio Treasury
Chet Loveland
Roy Neider
Warm meals aid recovery for polio victims and preschool registrations
Mrs Roy M Green of Alameda urges support for polio recovery through nutrition and shelter as she discusses two recovering children Nelda and Garon. Officials aim to complete this week the drive to register pre school age children with registration at the high school auditorium in North Garfield from 9 am to 5 pm.
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Nelda RaNae Green
Roy M. Green
North Jefferson
Mendy
Nelda
RaNae Green
North
Jefferson
Alameda
Garon
Phone Union Agrees On New Contract
Denver based Mountain States Telephone and Communications Workers of America announce a tentative contract covering about 12,000 workers across Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Idaho, Arizona and Eastland County Texas. The deal raises weekly wages by 3 to 6 dollars and runs December 1948 to January 1 1950 with ratification pending.
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Denver
Mountain States
Telephone
Bivis Ion 17
Communications Worker of America
L. H. Purdy
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Idaho
Arizona
E. P. County
Texas
Purdy
Woman Legislator Pushes Eugenics Sterilization Funding
Idaho state representative Helen J. Miller proposes legislative appropriations for the Eugenics Board to finance sterilization of allegedly insane individuals. She argues the act exists but is not enforced and would curb feeble mindedness and criminal reproduction while reducing state wards and burden. The act allows the board to inspect families of hospital patients to assess heredity risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Helen J. Miller
Elmore
Eugenics Board
State department seeks calm over Palestine border clashes
The United States called for restraint as Britain and Israel faced high tensions after Israeli forces shot down five British planes on the Palestine Egypt border. Washington said information from Britain and Egypt supports viewing the incident as regrettable and not derailing Rhodes armistice talks led by United Nations mediator J. Bunche.
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Washington
State Department
Britain
Israel
Department
Michael J. McDermott
Egypt
McDermott
Rhodes
London
Palestine
Mediterranean
United States
United J. Bunche
Roads Drifting In This Area Causes Highways To Close
District Highway Engineer C A Kelly said motorists face drifting on U S 30N from Lava Hot Springs to Georges town and potential closures if winds rise. Traffic must follow snow plows on U S 19 from Ashton to the Wyoming line while U S 91 from Idaho Falls to Monida also drifts. Boise reports other state roads fairly clear with icy spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Kelly
Pocatello
Kelly
Rita Hayworth Dances With Aly Khan in Swiss Gala
Rita Hayworth in a black velvet gown and Aly Khan attend a high society dinner party at the Palace hotel bar in Gstaad. Walter Spillmann hosts about 100 guests as Rita and Aly dance closely until 1:30 a.m. Rita later takes her daughter Rebecca Welles to an ice rink near the hotel in bright sun.
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Gstaad
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Palace Hotel
Walter Spillmann
Rita
Prince Aly
Aly
Rebecca Welles
Rebecca
Europe
United States
Britain
Four gamblers indicted in Washington bribery case
Washington reports three of four alleged New York gamblers arrested for bribing a college basketball player were indicted here on bribery charges. The case ties to a national betting network and involves illicit payments to influence game outcomes.
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Washington
New York
Wool Session Opens With Demands for Tariff and Promotion
Leaders from forestry livestock markets and the wool industry addressed the 56th annual convention at Bannock hotel urging a firm tariff policy for the wool trade, greater range improvement funding, and a national advertising push to boost mutton and wool sales.
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Ae Biaolanovertest Associations
Bannock Hotel
Lynn H. Douglas
Denver
Congress
Douglas
W. B. Rice
Ogden
Forest Service
National Association
Sylvan Pauley
U.S
Pauley
John S. Breckenridge
Breckenridge
W. C. Crew
Bannock
Carl W. McIntosh
Idaho State College
C. N
Cull) Wright
Omaha Union Stockyards
Make
Women's Auxiliary
Kasai Studios
Lamb
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TLE
Mers
Charitable Institutions’ Commission
University of Idaho
The
Cannon
Wildlife Federation
C. A. Robins
Federation
Wildlife People
Bob Sarles
POST
Dahlia
Palisades
Anderson Ranch
Minidoka
Lewiston
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert A. Lovett
Lamb Auction
Gay
David Little
Swift and Company
Andrew D. Little
Lambs
Garland Russell
Lamb Marketing and Advertising
C. E. Nicholson
AFI
J. M. Jones
Berry N. Duff
Colorado Extension Service
Elwood M
Vth
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