Boise real estate man files for governor to test Idaho statute
Boise real estate man Frank J. Keenan announced plans to seek the Democratic nomination for governor, challenging a 1944 constitutional amendment extending terms. He said petitions may be denied and that he will pursue court recourse. Ruth Moon also seeks Democratic nomination for state treasurer.
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Boise
Frank J. Keenan
Keenan
Ruth G. Moon
Pocatello
Secretary of States
Og Ice
Supreme Court
Bert H. Miller
Miller
Kansas City
Twin Falls County
Filer
Ee Investments
Keenan Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Idaho
State Auditor
Theft Reported in Montpelier at Kendall Establishment
Sheriff logs a boxcar backed to Glen Kendall's Montpelier site where 12 tires were stolen. The loss totals $5,000 with tires weighing about 500 pounds each, including four new Goodyear sizes and eight used tires.
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Glen Kendall
Montpelier
Sheriff's Office
Kendall
Goodyear
Truce talks under way as fighting rages in Palestine
UN mediator Folke Bernadotte met Arab and Jewish leaders in three capitals seeking a four week truce start date. In Lake Success the UN Security Council clashed over terms as fighting continued. Egypt reported a naval bombardment of Caesaria and heavy losses in Isdud fighting near Tel Aviv with both sides claiming victories.
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Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Lake Success
N. Y
UN Security Council
Egypt
Caesaria
Isdud
Tel Aviv
Two Hurt In Accident South Of Pocatello
A two-vehicle crash near Mountainview cemetery left Harold M. Thorensen of Salt Lake City and Leo M. Littlefield of Murray hospitalized with cuts and bruises. Norman Fordyce of Seaoe county sheriff's office detained for driving under the influence. The Sileach family from Wendell, all unhurt, reported the southbound car encountered a northbound truck in the road causing a borrow-pit crash.
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Pocatello
Mountainview
Harold M. Thorensen
Salt Lake City
Norman Fordyce
Seaoe County
Fearless Graduates Gather for ISC Commencement
Dean Charles E. McAllister urged 35 liberal arts graduates 35 from ISC and 192 vocational and junior college certificates to be fearless. He spoke on "Science Major Everything Else Minor" and warned war remains driven by human motives, not machines. The ceremony included the first liberal arts degrees and honored high achieving graduates.
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Carl W. McIntosh
Charles E. McAllister
John R. Nichols
ISC
New Mexico
Spokane
St. John the Evangelist
Idaho State College
Frazier Auditorium
Dean McAllister
America
McAllister
Carl W. Mentosh
A. E. Albee
Trinity Episcopal
Debussy
Patricia Griffith
Harold Mealy
Eisenhower Says He Won't Run on Democratic Ticket
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower reportedly told Pathfinder magazine he would never seek the presidency as a Democrat because he is a Republican. The exclusive statement implies he would back the Republican nominee, with Pathfinder not naming its reporter but confirming accuracy.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pathfinder Magazine
Army
Pathfinder
Ike Eisenhower
Chief Roubidoux Second In Shoot At Coeur d'Alene
Mayor George R. Phillips reports Gate City police chief R. J. Roubidoux placed second in the pistol shoot at Coeur d'Alene during a state police chiefs convention. He scored below his prior week's perfect 100, which had set a 22 year record.
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George R. Phillips
R. J. Roubidoux
Gate City
Coeur d'Alene
Chief Roubidoux
Lake City
Pocatello Postings: Bud Mackenzie’s contest luck and Easter lily tale
Bud MacKenzie of 415 South Tenth Ave. earned 25 silver dollars in a national association of wholesalers essay contest but lost the 1500 prize to three others. A local bus driver from Detroit suffered a heart attack in a Pocatello club incident, was treated, then released. Mrs. DeWitt Moffitt of 633 North Grant Ave. tends a rare Easter lily blooming yearly since a gift four years ago from her son, Robert, now training at General hospital Salt Lake City.
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Francis R
Bud) MacKenzie
South Tenth Ave
Bud
National Association of Wholesalers
Nevada
Tenderfoot
Pocatello
Police
Bennett
Lonchar
Detroit
Mich
General Hospital
DeWitt Moffitt
North Grant Ave
Judge to Decide on Deadlocked Soft Coal Talks Today
Federal Judge Goldsborough prepared to order John L. Lewis to return to bargaining with the Southern Coal Producers Association. Lewis had pulled United Mine Workers negotiators from industrywide talks, and the judge said he would rule at 10 am EDT on a government injunction to force bargaining. If granted, talks could resume next week with a new agreement before June 30. Some expect regional splits if talks continue.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Goldsborough
Southern Group
ISC Names Alberta Hill Home Economics Assistant
Professor Norma Barnes of ISC announced Alberta Hill will join as Home Economics Assistant next year. Hill, a Columbia graduate and former WAC, earned a degree from Idaho and studied at Oregon State before Columba. She comes from North Dakota State Agricultural College and will teach college and high school home economics courses.
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Alberta Hill
Emmett
Columbia University
Norma Barnes
ISC
Carl W. McIntosh
Thursy
Miss Hill
University of Idaho
Oregon State College
Columbia
WAC
North Dakota State Agricultural College
Fargo
Weather forecast for graduation day and Thursday
The weather bureau predicts a partly cloudy day with occasional light showers Friday and similar temperatures. Highs near 70 and lows around 40, with Thursday’s high about 67 and low 43 and 20 precipitation noted.
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Weather Bureau
Willemsen Named Publisher of Pocatello Post
A. C. Willemsen was announced as publisher of the Pocatello Post, effective today, by W. D. Nebeker Jr. Willemsen is ex ecutive vice president of the publishing company and has been managing director of the C. C. Anderson store in Boise. He is a Blackfoot area native with education at West High Salt Lake City University of Utah and Harvard MBA 1932. He joined Allied Stores after Harvard and worked in New York Grand Rapids Wilkes-Barre before Boise posting in 1941. He is married to Mildred Callister and they have two children. He expressed confidence in the Post and Pocatello's bright future.
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A. C. Willemsen
Pocatello Post
W. D. Nebeker Jr
Pocatello Postblishing Co
Willemsen
C. C. Anderson
Boise
Blackfoot-Shelley
Mr. Willemsen
Blackfoot
West High School
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
Harvard University
Harvard School of Business Administration
Salt Lake Tribune
Harvard
Allied Stores Corporation
New York
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wilkes-Barre
POST
Mildred Callister
Michael
Carol
The
Pocatello
President Heads West on Election-Year Train Tour
President Truman left Washington on a 9000 mile westward trip hailed by the White House as non political and by Republicans as a campaign swing. He travels on a 16 car luxury train touching 18 states and arrives in Pocatello early Monday. Cabinet members Marshall Forrestal Brannan and Clark joined a smiling Truman at departure while Union railroad workers threaten to picket at each stop.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Union Station
West Coast
Pocatello
George C. Marshall
Defense
James Forrestal
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Tom C. Clark
Final Defense Bill Passed by House to Fund Navy
The House approved the last of a trio of defense bills totaling 13.39 billion for the armed forces for the year starting July 1. The Navy would receive 3.69 billion with a 552,000 navy marine personnel, 763 combat vessels, 1879 ships in reserve, and funding for a 65,000 ton super carrier. An atomic age carrier would hold long range jets and deck space for atom bomb carrying B 29s. Army and air force measures would back a 790,000 man army and 66 group air armada of 444,500.
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Washington
House
Navy
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Russia
Russians Release U S Official After Sixteen Hours Detention
Dr. Harry Lee Franklin an American political expert was seized by a Russian captain and five Soviet soldiers in the Soviet sector of Berlin. He said he was treated indifferently and slept on a wooden table after a brief meal. Franklin, 53, called the detention an outrage and said Soviet officials aim to discourage Americans and Germans from contact with the West. He was released around 2 45 a m after being held in mid Berlin headquarters following a four power Kommandatura session.
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Berlin
Harry Lee Franklin
Franklin
Vanport Flood Refugees Include 11 Children Missing
Red Cross reports 13 unaccounted residents from Vanport flood, including 11 children and infants, with 60 percent of known Vanport residents registered at shelters. Floodfront danger persists as dikes are reinforced along a 120 mile stretch from Portland to the ocean. President Truman plans to visit flooded areas on June 11 as river crests threaten further damage.
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Portland
American Red Cross
Unace
Red Cross
Vanport
Columbia River
Pacific Ocean
Columbia
The
Donna Aspinwall
Joyce Pinwall
Lucille Astin
Vivian Chambers
Jean Fowler
A Harris
Peggy
Sandra Lawler
Richard Parkert
Robertson
Raymond Ward
Po Vanport
Bi Pga
Upper Columbia
Boundary
White House
Truman
Oregon
Elmer Fisher
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Astoria
Col
O. E. Walsh
Walsh
Idaho Road Closed Again
The north south US 95 highway near Falls Creek remains shut for the fifth time in a week due to high water. A slide blocks the road at Falls Creek and 500 to 600 feet near Pinehollow. Pollock bridge over the Little Salmon River is closed as floodwaters rise. Four 4H youths en route to the University of Idaho short course detoured via Pendleton Oregon and expect to reach Moscow for the event.
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Boise
Highway Department
4H Club
Southcentral
Idaho
University of Idaho
Pendleton
Ore
Moscow
Falls Creek
Pineh
Little
Salmon River
Rapid River
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Glenn's Ferry
Ida
Sam
State Laboratory
Engineers
Bureau of Public Roads
Idaho Society of Engineers
Associated General Contractors
Tin Bridge
High
Iow
Warm River
Idaho-Montana Line
Sam Hanson
David L. Evans
Tommy C. Donovan
Douglas C. Heiner
Keith Reemtsma
Lyle Q. Crandall
James P. Dalton
George Earl Dukes
Charles M. Hepworth
Walter Chester Strawinski
Ray J. Davis
Maurene Jones
Winston P. Hackbarth
Robert W. Petty
Merlin G. Benson
George A. Garbett, Jr
George Douglas Mounce, Jr
Fred R. Petersen
Warren D. Roth
John B. Storrs
Eisenhower
Donald S. McNeil
Young Moffitt
T. Alan Gladsborough
John L. Lewis
A.C. Willemsen
West
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