Lehrbas to lead Voice program in expanded US information effort
Lloyd Lehrbas named head of the State Department Information and Education Program for foreign nations under George V. Allen. Congress increases funding from 10 million to 28 million, expanding Voice broadcasts, libraries, cultural centers, student exchanges, and documentary films abroad with emphasis on Marshall Plan regions and the Middle East.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
State Department
George V. Allen
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United States
Voices of America
Voice
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Middle East
Bannock County Secession Push Tests Idaho County Lines
In Bannock county unrest lingers after a failed secession drive to redraw borders. The 1947 legislature passed three enabling acts allowing Grace and Bancroft to vote on joining Caribou county while Swan Lake may decide on Franklin county. Grace Bancroft cite bad road funding and perceived bias toward Pocatello.
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Pocatello
Bannock County
Caribou
Franklin
Grace
Bancroft
Swan Lake
Idaho
Bannick County
Caribou County
Franklin County
Pocatello Voters urged county commissioner district plan
Editorial argues switching Bannock County Idaho from county-wide to district based commissioner elections. It notes road funding flows from Pocatello and delays due to season and equipment, and cites possible secession pressure from Ban nock leaders. It predicts Bannock could become wealthier and more populous if industrial growth continues.
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Pocatello
United States
Bannock County
Idaho
Truman Eyes Strong Push on High Prices in Congress
President Truman prepares a forceful opening to Congress on rising prices. White House researchers distribute NAM ads from two years earlier calling for end of controls. He plans to argue with current food price data and a proposed rationing bill after the speech.
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Congress
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White House
National Association of Manufacturers
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OPA
America
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Truman Inflation Policy Sparks Tax and Wage Debate
Marquis Childs describes how President Truman linked inflation to the repeal of the war profits tax and higher wages. He notes Republican tax cuts and inheritance changes as inflationary actions, contrasts with Truman’s fiscal stance, and cites the Council of Economic Advisers backing a sharper inflation program to confront rising prices.
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Robert Ruark on Choremi case and wiretap concerns
Robert Ruark argues that the Choremi case wrongly used wiretap evidence to convict a woman for loitering in her apartment, not prostitution. He contends home privacy was invaded and that the law should require actual illegal acts for conviction, not intent, while noting men share in the guilt in prostitution.
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Mrs. Choremi
la Cheremi
Choremi
Washington
Sophie
Barbs on golf and bluffers in sports talk
A columnist jokes about taking time to do things right and notes there are no cliff dwellers today but many bluffers. It quips that most ball players are poor golfers and humorously jests that this applies to most golfers.
Dewey Warren record dwarfs Congress in domestic policy
The piece argues Dewey and Warren outpace Congress on minimum wages fair employment housing and education. It compares their positions with Truman and urges voters in the special session and November to judge Congress against the GOP leaders’ records. It notes Dewey Warren and Truman share similar aims on social reforms and federal aid.
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Herman T. Stichman
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Russia
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OPA
Royalty on Display From a Humble Traveler View
London reader Henry McLemore mails an anonymous pound to Buckingham Palace. He laments Royal Family pay, notes constant public appearances, and highlights Princess Margaret and Prince Philip’s demanding schedule while suggesting only rough fun in crowns.
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England
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Henry McLemore
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Sketch
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Nelson
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Duke Erie
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Mouse vs Man in kitchen comic tale at home
A humorous domestic scene unfolds as a meadow mouse flees from a yardstick wielded by the Man of the House while the Good Wife and collie look on. The group traps the rodent in the bathroom then carries it outside to safety as the couple debates fears of mice and gender roles. A second piece notes Western Reserve University student George Lehner invents a portable dance floor for four couples.
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