Son Imprisoned for Killing Father in Arizona
Lloyd P. Thorp a 40 year old Phoenix truck driver was sentenced to five to seven years in state prison for voluntary manslaughter in the Christmas Day beating death of his father Wade O Thorp a 72 year old dairyman previously jailed for murder and once living under the alias William Groves. The case followed a 13 hour jury deliberation after a second degree murder charge.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Lloyd P. Thorp
Arizona State Prison
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
Thorp
Wade O. Thorp
Idaho
Twin Falls
Ida
William M. Groves
Edward
William Groves
Chester Martin
Grove
Groves
Wade Thorp
Poore’s Botched Escape Ends In Suicide Before Execution
J. W. Poore, slated for execution by electric chair Friday in Mississippi for the 1947 slaying of geologist A. H. Hover, killed himself with a razor yesterday while awaiting water. His death came as Gov Fielding Wright had denied a commutation, though the U S Supreme Court was reportedly weighing a stay petition.
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Jackson
Miss
J. W. Poore
United States Supreme Court
Poore
A. H. Hover
California
Fielding Wright
Supreme Court of the
U. S
Elections Set for Germans as Western Zones Approve Law
Western Germany’s three military governments approve an electoral law paving the way for Germany’s first free elections since 1933. The vote, set for August 14, will be held in the U S British and French zones to form the 200 member Bundestag.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Adolf Hitler
U. S
George P. Hays
West Germany
Bundestag
Atomic Commission faces charges of turnover and mismanagement
Lilienthal accused the five member Atomic Energy Commission of administrative indecision citing 87 percent turnover. He argued personnel instability undermines the program while noting exodus after 1945 under army rule. He pledged accountability beyond himself if mismanagement is found, stressing continuity and human factors.
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Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Margaret LaVatta Calvin Graveside Rites Planned
Graveside funeral services for Margaret LaVatta Calvin 50 of Ft. Hall are set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Bannock Creek cemetery. She died in Tacoma Washington Friday May 27 after a lingering illness. Born at Ft. Hall she was the daughter of Raphael and Effie LaVatta. Survived by husband Thomas Calvin and one sister Mrs. S M Panigue of Bannock Creek. Rev M J McGowan will officiate. Downard mortuary handling arrangements.
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Margaret Lavatta Calvin
Ft. Hall
Bannock Creek
Calvin
Thomas Calvin
Tacoma
Wash
Raphael
Effie LaVatta
S. M. Paniogue
M. J. McGowan
St Anthony Church
Downard Mortuary
Wives Push for Higher Pay for Soldiers in Congress
About 100 service wives swarmed Congress pressing for higher husbands pay. Representative Sutton of Tennessee, WWII veteran, said the protests harmed a compromise bill and overheard insults labeled him a young whippersnapper, country boy, and young chick. The group questioned why last week’s 406 million dollar pay increase bill was returned to the armed services committee.
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Washington
Congress
Sutton
Tenn
Armed Services Committee
U S Plans Radar Bases in Bahamas and Britain
The United States will build radar tracking stations on the Bahamas and in Great Britain as part of a Florida based 3000 mile test range for guided missiles. The Banana River site in Florida will launch the program, with the range extending southeast over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Washington
Great Britain
Bahamas
United States
Defense Department
Banana River
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Pair Bound Over On Liquor Charge
Edgar and Helen Blasingame operators of the Green Gables Inn were bound over to district court on liquor license charges after a preliminary hearing. They were arrested May 16 as agents testified they bought drinks at the inn. Attorneys for the defendants and state prosecutors appeared at the hearing.
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Edgar
Helen Blasingame
Green Gables Inn
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Blasingames
Ralph Jones
Hugh McGuire
Henry McQuade
Lloyd
Haight
Dugie
Wanda Abercrombie
Little Change For Girl Auto Victim In Traffic Crash
St Anthony's hospital doctors say Bonnie Nash seven remains in fragile condition after last week's street accident in front of her Tvhee home. The child daughter of Mr and Mrs George Nash Route 2 North is conscious briefly and suffers brain concussion and severe shock from the collision with an oncoming car.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Bonnie Nash
George Nash
Ronnie
Woman, Tired Of Beatings, Gives Self Up To Police
Pocatello police arrested John Sonier and Lavenia Sonier in front of the station on disturbing the peace charges. Lavenia said she was wanted in St Louis for shooting her ex husband, James Buttler, and claimed her husband forced her to work for him as a procurer amid gambling and beatings. FBI interest noted for possible white slavery charges. officers removed playing cards from Sonier during booking.
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John Sonier
Lavenia Buttler Sonier
Pocatello
Sonier
St. Louis
Mendy
James Buttler
Guy Nelson
FBI
Inspector's Fees Studied Move to Make Wholesaler Pay Inspection Fees
Mayor W. W. Halsey said the city council will amend ordinance 6-111 to clarify that the wholesaler or slaughter house requesting meat inspection pays the fee, replacing the current practice of the city bearing the cost from the general fund.
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W. W. Halsey
Halsey
Phosphate Mines At Ft Hall Open This Summer
Phosphate mines at Ft Hall will process over 200000 tons this summer by two Gate City firms. Simplot Fertilizer Co. general manager O A Power said the five month season will remove about 175000 tons for Westvaco Chemical Co. The local Simplot plant will use about 30000 tons. The mines opened Tuesday for the 1949 season.
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Simplot
Ft. Hall
Gate City
O. A. Power
Simplot Fertilizer Co
Westvaco Chemical Co
Power
French Jet Leduc 010 Reaches 900 KPH In Test Flight
The French jet plane Leduc 010, in its second test flight near Toulouse, attained 900 kilometers per hour at just over half throttle. Designer Rene Leduc said he was extremely satisfied with the performance.
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Toulouse
France
Leduc
Rene Leduc
Taft-Hartley Reform Push Delayed Past June
Democrats on the House labor committee plan continued efforts to craft a repeal bill for Taft-Hartley. Chairman John Lesinski says a floor vote is now hoped for by the end of June after a closed door session to discuss a compromise with administration and Southern Democrats.
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Washington
ULP
House Labor Committee
Senate
John Lesinski
Mich
House
Big Four Fail To Break Berlin Four Power Impasse
The Big Four foreign ministers ended eight days of aimless talks on German unification and then stalled on a four power government for Berlin. They could not agree on maintaining the Soviet veto in a revived allied command in Berlin, even over routine matters like garbage collection.
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Paris
Germany
Berlin
Kommandatura
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