Safety Belt Saves One In Crack-Up
An Alaska Airlines DC-3 crash near Homer left four dead and two survivors, Pierre Poumirau and Rector D. Land, trapped up to 18 hours. Rescuers, facing zero temperatures and frozen gear, cut through snow seven feet deep to reach them, while a fractured crew member and others continued search efforts for the missing.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Pierre Poumirau
Poumirau
San Francisco
Rector D. Land
Providence Hospital
Noe Russell Jackson Civil
Reputies Board
Jackson
Land
Atad
Nims
Earchers
Averal
Urse
Pan American World Airways
Eleanor
Alaskan Airlines
Indian Credit Reform Fails to Empower Tribes
Curtis Jackson analyzes the Dawes act's legacy and the Indian Reorganization Act of 1984, arguing that while incorporation aims to empower tribes as corporate entities, bureaucratic control and administrative disapproval hinder independent financial decision making for members of the Shoshone Bannock and other tribes.
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Curtis Jackson Post
Indian Credit Fund
Department of the Interior
Fort Hall
Shoshone-Bannock Corporation
Scouter Edwin Keller Receives 35 Years in Scouting
Edwin Keller a Putnam district Scouting leader and Pocatello High School faculty member received a 35 year service certificate in scouting from J Harry Browne deputy region scout executive at a Putnam district meeting in Swan son hall Idaho State campus Keller a scout since 1913 holds the Silver Beaver award and serves as camping and activities chairman Officials announced Feb 6 12 as anniversary week with events for parents nights courts of honor displays and a city rally including districts Kimport and Putnam.
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Pocatello High School
J. Harry Browne
Portland
Ore
Keller
Putnam District
Swanson Hall
Idaho State
Hike Keller
Arthur A. Schuck
C. R. Balmforth
Pocatello
Putnam
Kimport
Indian tribes face funding delays through bureaucratic red tape
The passage notes that federal loans to tribes are often delayed or constrained by officials’ personal sentiments and lingering bureaucratic hurdles from earlier times, delaying completed housing and related projects.
Grand Old Van of China Seeks Peace
China's 67 year old peace advocate Shao Li Tze says the nation will accept the Communists eight points to end 18 years of war. He and four delegates stand ready to begin talks with Mao Tze Tung though no meeting has been held yet. He hopes to meet today while noting his new mission scares him a little.
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Nanking
China
Shao Li-Tze
Shao
Chang Chih- Chung
Peng Shao-Hsien
Huang Chao-Hsiung
Chung Tien- Hsin
Red China
Mao Tze-Tung
Moscow
Sun Fo
Bills Pass In House Amid Debate On Narrow Margin
The House approved multiple measures including joint voter registration by spouses, higher recorder fees, probate hearing notices trimmed to one posting, moving certain medical device licensing to the pharmacy board, and contracts with Blue Cross for ward treatment. Also approved were Lewis County school district millage up to 35, school reorganization bills on trustee residency and petition naming, a prohibition on district fair directors serving as fair managers, and the medical recodification bill.
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Senate
Occupational Licensing Board
Pharmacy Board
The
Blue Cross
Lewis
Chiang Kai-shek shifts to village as invasion unfolds
The report notes Peiping surrender creating a de facto cease-fire while Taiyuan remains under siege. Communist advances push toward Nanking along the Tientsin Pukow line with forces reaching Faochi. Chiang Kai-shek returns to his childhood home at Chikao then Hangchow, planning moves depending on peace talks, with exile as a possible option.
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Taiyuan
Tientsin-Pukow
Yangtze River
Nanking
Pukow
Red
Faochi
Here
Chuhsien
Chiang
Chikao
Hangchow
Shanghai
Mei-Ling
Formosa
China
Idaho Falls Mayor Denies Support for Partisan City Elections
Idaho Falls officials have not expressed sentiment for partisan politics. Mayor E W Fanning rejected a statement attributed to Sen S Reed Andrus that eastern Idaho cities favor changing the current nonpartisan municipal election law.
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Idaho Falls
E. W. Fanning
S. Reed Andrus
Bonneville
Idaho
Fanning
Chinese peace delegation pledges talks on Mao eight points
Shao Li-Tze and colleagues say they are willing to negotiate on the eight points laid down January 15 by Mao Tze-Tung. The former Moscow ambassador notes negotiations would occur whenever Mao fixes time and place. The report highlights a sharp post Christmas break in relations.
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Mao Tze-Tung
Shao Li-Tze
Moscow
China
Mao
Idaho Christmas season employment slight drop, says BLS
Idaho December jobs fell only slightly from November levels, according to H. F. Garrett of the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics in Boise. He noted large hiring by retail stores and post offices cushioned declines, with manufacturing down 11 percent and lumbering and food processing major losses. He anticipated further drops for early 1949 in next month’s figures.
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Idaho
H. F. Garrett
Boise
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Garrett
Blizzard toll rises as million head livestock stranded
Cattle and sheep losses reach near one million animals across Nevada Utah Montana Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska with Wyoming reporting 55 200 cattle and 105 000 sheep killed in January blizzards valued at about 9 million. Prices at midwestern markets remained steady despite western losses foreseeing higher meat costs.
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Nevada
Utah
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Wyo
Barbara Brown Rides Elevator Cage In Chicago Mystery
Barbara Brown, age 2, wandered from her fourth floor home as her mother cooked dinner. The child climbed into an elevator cage and rode it up and down, with no clear explanation of how she reached the top. Authorities report no injuries.
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Barbara
Chicago
Barbara Brown
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