Dulles Seeks Detailed Pacts With Russia amid Skepticism
In an interview with U.S. News and World Report John Foster Dulles argues that Russian agreements survive only when spelled out in meticulous detail. He cites Austria as a model and cautions that general terms leave room to evade consequences. The piece weighs this approach against broader, more flexible terms in red-hot Cold War diplomacy.
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United States News and World Report
Dulles
Soviet Union
Russia
West
Germany
Austria
Europe
Publication motto line preserved in post office notice
The text notes entry as Second Class Matter on December 13 1947 at the Pocatello Idaho post office under the act of March 3 1879 and lists membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations as a credential.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Self-Examining the Vanity of Personality Tests
The piece humorously chronicles a collector of odd pastimes and a penchant for self deception. It narrates a satirical quiz on personality tests, with mock Q A exchanges about listening, mixing, thoughtfulness, attractiveness, bravery, and thrift. The author urges private testing to inflate self view.
Idaho Fishing Permits Threaten West's Trout Decline
An Idaho Senate measure to curb shipping permits failed in the House while neighboring states restrict shipments. A Ogden couple reportedly exploited a lax Idaho rule to ship hundreds of pounds of trout from Island Park reservoir, iced in West Yellowstone and sent nationwide. Officials say the practice harms trout stocks and should be limited to one permit per season.
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Idaho
Senate
House
Ogden
Island Park
West Yellowstone
Reduced Sound Effects From Senate Repairs In Capitol
Senators prepare to use the old Capitol chamber last used in 1859 for repairs. News access is limited, so public and news coverage will be reduced. Some lawmakers compare themselves to Daniel Webster and Henry Clay as they adapt to the smaller venue.
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Capitol
Senate
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Canyon Ferry
Montana
Montana Power Co
Mike Mansfield
House
Blind man Bill Sheppard regains sight after corneal transplant
Bill Sheppard, 29, formerly blind for 21 years, recounts fooling bosses and dates about his vision while blind. After a corneal transplant in New York, he now sees clearly and describes adjusting to brighter, smaller reality. His varied past roles included cleaner, dance teacher, masseur, and loft supervisor, with Hollywood interest in his life story.
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Bill Sheppard
Bill
New York Lower East
Jamaica
56Th and Broadway
Gotham Health Club
Jack Stone
New York Hospital
68Th St
East River
Fritz Blocki
Hollywood
Roark Reflects on Foreign Correspondents Risks and Realities
The piece honors Bill Newton and Burt Heath, two newspapermen killed in Bombay, detailing the harsh realities of roving foreign correspondents. It covers travel dangers, bribery, censorship, and the constant battle with environment, currency, and logistics that shape their work.
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New York
Bombay
Hollywood
Bill Newton
Burt Heath
Power lobby victory curtails Truman public power program
Marquis Childs reports the private power lobby won a Senate appropriations subcommittee battle over interior funding. Cuts reduce government power lines and dam projects, threatening public power delivery and Yellowstone projects, with key items slashed and a possible conference remedy only.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Interior
House
Michael J. Kirwan
Ohio
Kirwan
Fair Deal
Senate
Tee
Richard Nacy
Jefferson City
Nacy
Democratic
National Committee
Senate Committee
Southwestern Power Authority
Sam Rayburn
Southeastern Power Authority
Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley
California
Fact Nuggets From A Past Era
The text lists assorted trivia and oddities from literacy rates to tiny colleges, royal ownership of aircraft, a devotee’s walking foot practice, crime costs, historic coal bans, women jockeys, slave bed-warming, city fire costs, and Minnesota county organization during March.
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John Foster Dulles
U. S
Vienna
Congress
Joe O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Emmanuel Celler
Kefauver
Tennessee
Long
Louisana
Huey
John Carroll
Denver
Cement
Cement and Steel Industries
Allentown
New Orleans
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Joe O’mahoney
Kendrick
Joe
O’mahoney
Temporary
U. S. Supreme Court
Birmingham
Ala
Wyco Trona Development Co
Green River
Wyo
Manny” Celler
House Judiciary Committee
O'Mahoney
Celler
Manhattan
Weisman, Celler, Quinn, Allan and Spott
New York Journal of Commerce
Carroll
Manny
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Court of Competent Jurisdiction
Henry McLemore
I. W. Harper
Calverts
Johnny Walker
Gable
Boyer
Mickey Rooney
A. I
Rigby Star
Lars Wilson
Rexall Drug
Los Angeles
Midnight Earl
Bryan Foy
N. Y
Canada Lee
Katherine Cornell
Tx Y
Lady
Joey Kaufman
James
Macombo
Joey
Adams
Joan Lyle
Q Club
Paris
Alex D’arcy
Sophie Tucker
William Gaxton
The
Riviera
Michael O’shay
Virginia Mayo
Old Knick’ Music Hall
Hal Conrad
Jack Barry
Monte Carlo
WOR
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Marquis Childs
Spokane
Wash
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Dropsie College
Philadelphia
Edward VIII
England
India
United States
London
France
Mexico
Minnesota
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