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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1949
Page
4
A civic appeal urges coordinated support for a city teen age club project. Local leaders from businesses and organizations are forming a group to map a working plan, emphasizing solid backing and planning to avoid failure.
The piece criticizes Britain's Labour government for dual foreign aims amid Israel Egypt tension. It accuses London of aligning with Arab interests while claiming UN deference, risking a confrontation with Russia and possibly dragging the West into war. It questions motives and military brinkmanship and warns of ineptitude among officials.
Washington warns that Greece may face collapse as guerrilla activity rises from 21 000 to 26 000 with Albanian and Yugoslav support. The piece argues U S policy has worsened the situation and must be clarified to avoid a broader bankruptcy of American influence.
Marquis Childs argues U S policy in Greece lacks clear aims and risks misreading the situation. He warns against broad powers for military missions, urges caution on China and Greece, and notes Dean Acheson should weigh political and economic factors alongside military plans.
Paul Gallico argues the trial tests national security and free speech amid Cold War tensions. He warns liberal support for alleged treasonous aims could undermine constitutional rights and frames the case as part of a larger battle against imperial Russia and foreign influence.
In a taxi conversation Brig. Gen. John Reed Kilpatrick extols Sonja Henie as one of the greatest athletes of all time. He cites her decade of world titles and three Olympic championships, insisting no rival could match her. He compares her to Caruso and Pavlova, noting her flawless performances.
Senator Kefauver’s father witnesses his son sworn in as a U.S. senator while contemporaries like Lyndon Johnson and Fred Marshall enter Congress. The article also covers Davenport’s Taft-Hartley tie pledge, Wherry’s ghostwriter disclosure, and Truman’s California reform suggestions.
A Kansas born journalist Tom Geraghty, once with the New York Herald, who wore a cane and a friendly smile, pursues sources for his Hoosier friends. He meets Evelyn Thaw amid the Thaw case headlines and has a photo taken with her. In a saloon run by Tim Shine, a self styled psychoanalyst uses rough talk about handling women. Geraghty then plans to visit Hammerstein's Victoria theater to meet the champion woman puncher on the bill.
John Wheeler plans a demonstration of a theory to a casino crowd as Tom Geraghty recruits Miss Musclebound as his girlfriend. The professor shows a staged demonstration at a club, is knocked to the floor by the bag puncher, and is later discharged from Bellevue hospital. The plan collapses and the female performer appears at Hammerstein's the next day.
KEIO radio raises funds for March of Dimes with Madhouse program and night-long requests drive led by Jack Fisher. Ducks starve along Union Pacific right of way but train crews scatter feed helping many survive. Little Bit the Capricorn goat causes family upheaval with a pushy six-day-old antics at 157 South Second.
The poem laments county leaders denying raises while cutting twenty jobs in winter to save funds. It notes road crews laid off as snow drifts rise, then recalled for storms, only to be dismissed again. It also shifts to Rita Hayworth romance, then personal gripes about relentless cold, radiator woes, and a call for relief.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower at Columbia University argues for doubling pay for teachers below high school principal. Sen Alynes Bridges of New Hampshire advocates cutting expenditures to avoid tax increases.
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