Ex convicts confess to time bomb plot on Philippine airliner
The NBI reports two ex criminals confessed to planting a box believed to carry a time bomb on a Philippines Air Lines flight that crashed near Daet on May 7, killing 13. They claimed a Manila gangster masterminded the plot to kill a rival husband aboard the plane.
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Manila
P. I
National Bureau of Investigation
Philippines Airlines
Ludvig Sundeen
Litchfield
Mass
Richard Parker
Rochester
NBI
Daet
Alabat Island
Philippine Airlines
Pal
Vet Pension Doom Seen by Senate Sources
Washington sources say the House approved veterans pension measure is dead for this session. The bill would grant 729 per month at age 65 to veterans with income under 1 200 a year, with dependents and earnings under 2 400 also eligible.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Chicago FBI Chief Taken In Custody
Chicago FBI chief George R. McSwain was taken into custody on contempt of court charges for refusing to produce confidential files in the case of ex-gangster Roger Touhy. He was released on his own recognizance after a rapid legal sequence and court actions.
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Chicago
George R. McSwain
FBI
Roger (the Terrible
Lies on Tracks Protest Ties Up Tokyo Streetcars
Union leader Masaji Otsuka 37 lay on city tracks for five hours to protest the arrest of 67 protesters at a city hall demonstration. Police urged him to rise and studied lawbooks to determine if they could arrest him.
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Tokyo
Japan
Masaji Otsuka
Chamber backs CVA opposition in mass vote
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce members oppose the Columbia Valley Administration after 182 ballots: 143 opposed 24 favored 15 with no opinion. Board submitted the referendum to set chamber policy and results were to be presented at the noon monthly meeting.
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Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Valley
Chamber
Board of Directors
Negro Shot By Policeman In Porters and Waiters Club Incident
Patrolman Louis Mahon shot Emil Levels in the leg at the Pocatello police station after Levels, intoxicated and boasting, attacked the officer during a transport interview at the Porters and Waiters club. Levels, a bartender, was taken to hospital for treatment. Police Chief Oliver ordered a full investigation.
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Pocatello
Louis Mahon
Emil Levels
Levels
Mahon
A. L. Oliver
FCC relaxes eight year old ban on editorials by radio
The Federal Communications Commission last night relaxed a ban that had barred editorial commentary by radio stations for eight years. The commission said stations may present both sides of controversial issues if they remain fair.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Slot issue again prompts group query at city council
City council last night heard a call from Riley Dixon of Allied Civic Forces to set a date for a special election on slot machines in Gate City. City Attorney Ben Peterson said he would review state statutes and provide an opinion within the week. Neil K. Chase urged repairing five blocks of Custer Street at $7,000, with bids and specifications to be submitted via the city engineer. The council promised action on Chase’s request at the next special meeting, while little progress occurred on traffic relief proposals.
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Riley Dixon
Allied Civic Forces
Gate City
Dixon
Ben Peterson
Peterson
Neil K. Chase
Highland Park
Custer Street
Portneuf
Custer
Highland
Westello
Chase
Mountain States Construction Co
Halsey
Ray J. Davis
Council
Pocatello
North Main Street
Bottle of uranium found at Argonne lab in Illinois
The pint size bottle of uranium oxide missing from Argonne near Chicago has been recovered from the bottom of a buried waste container at the lab. Officials cautioned that remaining missing uranium may still be out there as reclaiming work continues at Oak Ridge.
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Washington
Argonne Atomic Laboratory
Chicago
Brien McMahon
D. Conn
Joint Congressional Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Sen
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Hickenlooper
Stock Market Dips Level Off After Sharp Decline
The New York market firmed at closing and some stocks rose slightly, halting a downward run after two sessions. Trading was slow at about 500000 shares, well below Wednesday's 1140000, with rail shares and leaders up to a point but the overall list steady to fractionally higher as activity remained dull.
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New York
Bunche Declines D.C. Post Over Segregation Pressure
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, acting UN mediator and former Howard University professor, rejected a State Department job saying he would not live in Washington due to Jim Crow. Collier's article excerpt cites Bunche calling life in the capital a sentence for a negro who opposes segregation.
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Washington
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Richard B. Gehman
Collier’s Magazine
Howard University
Goose tagged cow puzzles Fish and Game in Idaho
Idaho fish and game officials investigated a Hereford cow in Soda Springs bearing a goose banding tag from the federal wildlife service. The tag was attached to the cow as trout season approached, prompting questions about how a goose tag ended on livestock and whether geese are evading hunters.
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Willard Bitton
Car Soda Springs
Bitton
Fish and Wildlife Service
John Delo
Soda Springs
Caribou Wildlife Association
Delo
State Fish and Game Department
Game Department
Idaho
Baccalaureate Rites Set Sunday Night for College
ISC plans baccalaureate and commencement exercises for over 370 graduates. The Sunday 8 pm service in Frazier hall features Rev Dr George S Sloan of Buffalo Wy as speaker and regional clergy leading prayers. Idaho State Symphony with Prof Harold Mealy plays processional and recessional.
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Frazier Hall
George S. Sloan
First Congregational Church
Buffalo
Wyo
Pocatello Congregational Church
O. R. Warford
Rudolph Goranson
Idaho State Symphony
Harold Mealy
Wesley M. Harris
Professor Goranson
Carl W. MclIntosh
ISC
John R. Nichols
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
James Grady
St. Anthony’s Parish
Pocatello
Pioneer resident Jennie Stevenson dies after long illness
Mrs. Jennie Uhland Stevenson 83 of 145 S. Garfield Sr. Pocatello died after a lingering illness at a local hospital. Born November 26, 1865 in Rock Island Illinois, she moved to Pocatello in 1891 and lived earlier in California. Survived by three sons, two sisters, a brother, a grandson and a cousin. Funeral at St. Joseph's Church with rosary Friday evening and burial in Mountainview Cemetery.
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Pocatello
Jennie Uhland Stevenson
S. Garfield Sr
Stevenson
California
Timothy
Ann Rodden Dolly
Rock Island
Ill
Frank A. Uhland
Union Pacific Railroad
Uhland
Andrew B Stevenson
Union Pacific
Edward Manson Stevenson
Los Angeles
Cal
Alhambra
Harper T., Uhland
Katherine Jones
Detroit
Mich
Hannah Winn
Edward T. Dolly
Tll
Thomas J. Uhland
Ella la Pointe
Sea Side
Ore
St. Joseph's Church
Edmund R. Cody
Downard Chapel
Mountainview Cemetery
Truman to Sweat For His Measures
President Truman said he will stay at his desk all summer and longer if needed to push his stalled legislative program through Congress. The cross country stamping tour is shelved with no revival planned and no vacation, except possible weekend cruises, is on the horizon.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Palisades Dam Project Bids Open for Drill Work
The Bureau of Reclama tion called for bids on a diamond drill program 1650 feet deep for the Palisades dam outlet works and power plant near Idaho Falls. Bids due 10 a.m. June 28. work must finish in 120 days. The dam aims to irrigate 450,000 acres in the Snake River Valley, generate hydroelectric power, and aid flood control.
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Boise
Bureau of Reclamation
Palisades Dam
Idaho Falls
Bureau
Palisades Dat
Snake River
Truman calls states to tighten driver licensing standards
President Truman urged state and local governments to deny driving privileges to the irresponsible and unfit. He criticized weak licensing laws and scandalous examiner procedures, noting Missouri’s system as terrible while reporting 32,000 highway deaths and over a million injuries last year. He praised increased driver training and safer postwar highway construction.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
No Break In Truck Thm Mediation Reaches Impasse
Mediators said no progress toward settlement in the Utah Idaho truckers strike against Garrett Arrowhead and Consolidated lines. AFL Teamsters locals in Salt Lake City Ogden Pocatello Twin Falls and Boise held noon meetings as federal officials in Salt Lake City led mediation efforts.
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Salt Lake City
Utah-Idaho
S$. J. Johnson
Clarence Lott
Teamsters Union
Pocatello
Johnson
Pear
San Francisco
Idaho
Seattle
Labor Temple
AFL Teamsters Union
Garrett
Arrowhead
Consolidated
Ogden
Twin Falls
Boise
Three Lines
Federal
S. L. Johineson
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Action Pends
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Otto Kerner, Jr
U. S
McSwain
Kerner
Roy Johnson
Alts
Jon Cars
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CVA
Dr. Bunche
D.C
Fish and Game
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St. Joseph’s Church
The
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