Witness Massing Excluded From Hiss Perjury Trial
Mrs. Hede Massing former wife of Gerhart Eisler was ruled not permissible as a rebuttal witness in the Alger Hiss perjury trial. Judge Kaufman delayed proceedings as both sides argued her testimony and Murphy indicated more rebuttal witnesses would be called. Hiss faces perjury charges for denying delivering secret documents to Whitaker Chambers or seeing Chambers after January 1 1937.
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New York
Hede Massing
Gerhart Eisler
Alger Hiss
Samuel H. Kaufman
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Massing
Paul Massing
Rutgers University
Washington
Eisler
United States
Murphy
Hiss
High State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Russia
Nelson Firm Bids Low On Two City Projects
The Carl E. Nelson Construction Co. submitted the lowest bids on two city projects opened Friday at City Hall and also led on another two bids for paving and housing street work. Brennan and Cahoon offered $3,513 for a pumphouse at the Raymond park well, while C. H. Elle proposed $3,750 for the well project. Nelson bid $6,763 for the W Custer gravelling and surfacing job, and $5,345 for the Pocatello Heights housing streets, the latter being the only bid. Mountain States Construction Co. bid $8,842 on the W Custer project.
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Carl E. Nelson Construction Co
City Hall
Brennan and Cahoon
Raymond Park
C. H. Elle
Nelson
W. Custer
Portneuf Bridge
Highland Park
Engineers Seek 40 Hour Week
Walter Blakemore of Pocatello reports the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers may push a 40 hour week. The proposal gained approval at a Salt Lake City conference and was sent to Grand Chief Alvaney Johnston for consideration. Blakemore chairs the Oregon Short Line district and was elected Western Association vice-chairman. Perry Heath was named chairman on the Santa Fe line.
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Walter Blakemore
Pocatello
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Blakemore
Western Association
B of LE
Salt Lake City
Oregon
Curbs End on Eight Years of Installment Credit Rules
Washington U P reports that eight years of government control on installment buying ended at midnight as Congress failed to renew the anti inflation law. Federal officials expect lenders to hold terms, with few immediate changes, though used car dealers may ease some downpayment requirements to stay competitive. The Fed estimates about 8 billion dollars of installment credit outstanding nationwide.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Truman
United Press
Thieves Take $600 At Freds Lounge In Pocatello
Burglars entered Freds Lounge in Pocatello on Thursday night or Friday morning. They broke into slot machines and stole about $600, then fled the scene. Detectives found a half full whiskey bottle, two glasses, and an empty cola bottle left behind indicating they helped themselves to a drink on the house.
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Freds
Pocatello
Guy Nelson
Corn Loans Set Record Under Government Price Support
The Agriculture Department said farmers had 390,478,653 bushels of 1948 crop corn placed under price support loans or purchase agreements through May 30. The move reflects fears of further grain price declines. the prior record was 302,000,000 bushels in 1939-40.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Captive Boy Returns to Mother After Custody Case
Gerald Sullivan the so called captive boy is returned to his mother in Boston after being removed from a convalescent home. The 13 year old resisted and clung to a chair as Attorney Daniel J. OConnell paired with Children’s Mission prepared to reunite them. Mrs Sullivan was convicted of neglect and given an indeterminate term but appealed and was released on $2000 bail.
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Boston
Gerald Sullivan
Gerald
Daniel J. O'Connell
Coed Safe After Five Days Lost In Yosemite Hills
Joan Thompson a 19 year old San Jose State student was found alive and uninjured after five days lost in Yosemite National Park Her sister Patti was located Thursday with a fractured ankle Along with three Southern California youths the search party of about 40 located Joan along Snow Creek Canyon three miles from the nearest settlement She had wandered downstream and was found in moderate condition with scratches bruises and exposure to cold nights Her parents Mr and Mrs J W Thompson were at her bedside in hospital.
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Yosemite Nat’s Park
Joan Thompson
Yosemite Park
California
Snow Creek Canyon
Don Roger's
Palm Springs
Calif
Joe Goller
Hermosa Beach
Jim Pierce
Los Angeles
Goller
Rogers
Yosemite
Pierce
Joan
San Jose
Sierras
J. W. Thompson
County to Seek State Aid for Hill Highway Relocation
Bannock county commissioners will ask the state for aid to cover right of way costs for relocating the Portneuf Hill highway. Budget allocations did not include these changes, and title work for US 30N between Pocatello and Power county is not yet complete.
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Hill
Bannock County
State Parteipgyen
Portneuf Hill
Downey
Arimo
Philbin Road
U. S. Indian Service
Pocatello
Power County
Barkley Praises Truman Program in South Carolina
Vice President Alben W. Barkley lauded the Truman administration's big government program as humanitarian at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Columbia attended by over 500 pro Truman Democrats. States' Rights leaders, led by Gov. J Strom Thurmond, boycotted the event, denouncing Barkley as a party string-puller.
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Columbia
S. C
Alben W. Barkley
Truman
Barkley
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Church Attacks Japan Birth Control Plan
In Rome a letter distributed by an unofficial Catholic service denounces Japan’s proposed birth control measures as barbarous. The Fides News Agency says the author, an anonymous figure with interest in international law, alleges Allied authorities push legalizing abortions and contraceptives in Japan. The letter condemns any such laws as incompatible with Christianity.
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Rome
Catholic
Japan
Fides
Ford and UAW Sign Day-to-Day Contract Extension
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers signed a day-to-day extension of their present contract. Two Ford plants prepared for a vote on strike authorization if negotiations stall.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Camel’s
Ford
Accused Boy Tells His Deed in Murder Trial
Roanoke YVAs report Lee Scott testified Friday that a surge of anger after Dana Marie Weaver slurred his friend led to him striking her with a bottle and choking her until she stopped moving. He denied sexual advances toward the slain Episcopal Church parish house victim, as defense aims to sway the jury in Judge Dirk Kuyk’s Hastings court. Prosecution and defense arguments closed for the day after Scott’s testimony and jury instructions were prepared.
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Roanoke
Yvas
Lee Scott
Dana Marie Weaver
Scott
Dirk A.kuyk
Hastings
Baby Born in Iron Lung Thrives Despite Poliomyelitis
A Woonsocket woman stricken with polio Wednesday gave birth to a healthy baby boy Friday in an iron lung at Haynes Memorial hospital Attleboro. Mrs. Daniel O'Connell 23 was fair, the baby in good condition, and medical staff said both mother and infant were doing well.
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Boston
Rhode Island
Daniel O'Connell
Woonsocket
Fun Loving Boy Totes Off Tractor
Van Nuys California police found a dismantled tractor taken from a field by electrician Lorin C. Kemp. A 13 year old boy who admitted to taking it apart was found nearby saying it was fun and he enjoyed tinkering with machinery.
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van Nuys
Cal
Lorin C. Kemp
US Names 76 In Trust Suit
Chicago report says the government charges 76 former Bausch and Lomb Optical employees and affiliates with aiding the firms in evading anti trust charges. Melville Williams, anti trust division attorney, seeks to include these individuals in the 1946 suits alleging rebates.
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Chicago
Bausch and Lomb Optical Company
Melville Williams
Dragnet Mounted For Suspect In Neeley Attempted Rape
Police across southern Idaho launched a dragnet Friday night for a 30 year old man wanted for an attempted rape in Neeley a farm community five miles west of American Falls.
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Idaho
Neeley
American Falls
Landlady Recounts Medley Bank Balances and Secrets
Denver widow Mrs. Margaret Liggett says Carl Ash Medley once showed bank books claiming a $60,000 balance. Medley, 80, died June 16 in a Pocatello bus depot, after earlier burial of $55. Friends claim up to $150,000 may have been hidden in Denver or Kansas City banks. Medley reportedly planned to move to Washington.
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Denver
Carl Ash Medley
Pocatello
Idaho
Margaret Liggett
Downing St
United Press
Medley
Nat
Iblew Meart
Herman Suit
Lubbock
Texas
8Th Street
Pocatello Post
Kansas City
Perfect Weather Sparks Three Day Holiday Travel
Forecasters predict sunny skies and warm temperatures in Idaho as residents head out for a three day Fourth of July weekend. Highs near 80 to 90 degrees and lows around 40 to 50 set the stage with little local festive activity planned, while officials warn of fireworks restrictions.
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Pocatello
Fourth of July plans and regional celebrations across Idaho
Presidents aboard the Williamsburg for a holiday cruise while Idaho towns stage rodeos and parades. Rexburg Hailey Salmon River Idaho men plan water carnivals a fireworks display in Coeur d Alene. Weather is hot and dry as millions travel, with safety experts warning of up to 600 deaths over the weekend from traffic and firework incidents.
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Washington
Williamsburg
Congress
Margaret
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Gate City
Rexburg
Hailey
Salmon River Posse
Salmon
Iona
Arco
Coeur d’Alene
Midwest
Drowheing
When Dog Bites Police It Is News
Berkeley officials refuse to jail Lanta the Great Dane mascot for UC Berkeley housing after the dog bit a policeman. The 80-pound dog moved to a private kennel at $2 per day as the city pound could not afford 20 cent daily board.
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Berkeley
Cal
Santa
Lanta
University of California
Stuart Bettencourt
Top Advisers Meet on Budget as Deficit Grows
President Truman held a White House meeting with his top advisers to discuss fiscal 1951 spending and the mounting deficit. The Treasury reported the 1949 fiscal year closed in the red by 1.811 billion dollars, with revenues far short of costs, driven largely by defense and foreign policy outlays.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
White House
Frank Pace
Emand
Pace
Defense
Louis Johnson
Dean Acheson
John R. Steelman
Edwin G. Nourse
Counil
Offars
The
European Recovery Program
National Security Council
Agriculture chief vows wheat controls only if necessary
Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan told Governor Frank Carlson of Kansas he will not impose rigid wheat production controls unless absolutely needed. He will review the department’s upcoming wheat forecast due July 10 before deciding next year’s policy. Carlson argued output may be too low to require controls.
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Charles F. Brannan
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Carlson
Heat Derails Streamliner Near Springfield
A Gulf, Mobile and Ohio streamliner Abraham Lincoln derailed three miles north of Springfield in 96 degree heat. Seven passengers were injured and 800 shaken when five of seventeen cars left the tracks while many Illinois state lawmakers were aboard returning from adjournment. The heat expanded rails and caused the slide, the yard employee said, with the train over 50 minutes late.
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Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Here
Illinois State Legislature
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