Commission Hopes to Expand Bannock Hospital
Bannock county commissioners Wenday and Hale debated building a six story Memorial hospital with added wings rather than a full six story plus isolation wing. They aim to honor last November’s bond while reviewing bids from Cahoon and Brennan and exploring financing options including assessments elections federal aid or selling the current hospital.
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Bannock County
Wenday
Memorial Hospital
Roy T. Hale
Frank H. Paradice, Jr
Elle
Brennan
C. H. Cahoon
U. S. Department of Public Health
Commission
Death Case Is Studied In Twin Falls Area
Investigation into the death of Mrs. C. H. Norris of Twin Falls near American Falls after a highway accident continued as coroner H. L. Davis ordered an autopsy. Police report the coroner will hold an inquest at 10 am Wednesday amid lingering mystery.
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C. H. Norris
Twin Falls
Pocatglo
American Falls
Power County
Norris
H. L. Davis
Public hearing on laxity charge against AEC set
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee ordered a public hearing for Wednesday on charges of lax security at Argonne laboratory near Chicago amid Sen. Hickenlooper allegations that an Atomic Energy Commission official was restored to duty after only two of 35 witnesses were heard. Lilienthal defended the official and warned the tactic could harm the atomic program.
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AEC
Washington
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne Laboratory
Chicago
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R., Sr
Hickenlooper
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
William F. Knowland
Cal
James Yore
R. A. Hessler
Desperate three kidnapping suspects flee through Nebraska in stolen cars
In Nebraska a trio of alleged killers kidnapped a policeman in Mandan North Dakota and seized five cars as they fled through North and South Dakota and Nebraska. A hostage described their guns and a plan to reach Sioux City while vowing to die with their boots on. The group dodged roadblocks and varied speed to evade pursuit, with sightings near Pilger and Wayne Nebraska before returning toward Norfolk.
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Norfolk, Neb
Nebraska
Mandan
N. D
Court Upholds Ruling In UMW Head's Case
The U S Court of Appeals affirmed contempt of court convictions against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers for ignoring a 1948 coal strike order. Lewis sought to overturn an NLRB decision on a union shop contract. both actions precede a potential nationwide strike as June 30 contract expirations loom.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mines Workers
U. S. Court of Appeals
Lewis
NLRB
UMW
U. S. Su
Preme Court
Wesley K. Hopkins
High Court
E. Barrett Prettyman
Supreme Court
Appeals
Idaho State College Holds Second Liberal Arts Diplomas Graduation
Idaho State College marked its second year awarding liberal arts diplomas along with Bachelor of Science degrees. Commencement speaker Dr. John R. Nichols urged graduates to value all knowledge, noting how even so called useless insights can prove useful later. Dr. Carl W. McIntosh welcomed the class and a piano rendition closed the ceremonies.
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Idaho State College
John R. Nichols
ISC
New Mexico A. & M
Indian Affairs
Nichols
Carl W McIntosh
Mary Jane Royer
Witness testifies Byrnes blocked spy arrest in 1945
Loren Haas, an aircraft engineer from Buffalo, testified before the House committee that FBI agents said Secretary of State Byrnes blocked the arrest of Russian spy Andrei Scevchenko in 1945. Haas described a case built around doctored documents and paid informants at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo.
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Washington
Loren Haas
Buffalo, N. Y
FBI
James F. Byrnes
United States
Sherechenko
Byrnes
State Department
Freight Lines Strike Ends With Compromise
Three Utah Idaho truck freight carriers end five day walkout as seven hundred AFL teamsters vote to resume work. Wages rise in steps: 12 cents hourly to drivers, 7 cents to dock and loader staff retroactive to May 1, plus 10 cents more to drivers effective May 1 and 2.12 cents to paychecks on Nov 1, with original demand at 25 cents.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
AFL
Ogden
Boise
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Twin Falls
Forest official begins week long inspection tour in Pocatello
Assistant chief of operations for the U S forest service B A Anderson arrived in Pocatello Monday for a week long inspection of dwellings and improvements in national forest territory here.
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B. A. Anderson
U. S. Forest Service
Pocatello
National Forest
Demos Hopeful In Senate Fight To Repeal Taft Hartley Act
The Senate opened the fight to repeal Taft Hartley with Democratic leaders clinging to hope Truman would accept a repeal. The debate featured Elbert D. Thomas denouncing the act as dangerous, John L. Lewis blasting labor's critics, and splits among Democrats over full repeal versus compromise.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Act
GOP
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Wayne L. Morse
Ore
George D. Aiken
Thomas’ Committee
Coin Flip Decides Hangar Occupancy at Phillips Field
The city council will flip a coin Tuesday to allocate the west hangars between Wilson Flying Service and Pocatello Flying Service after a special session chaired by Mayor W. W. Halsey. Attorneys for both firms attended as Milton Zener and O. R. Baum spoke for the two sides. The council also approved a one year lease to S. L. Smith for the old parachute building as a restaurant with three percent of gross earnings and kept the sandwich concession in the new admin building.
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Phillips Field
Jack Halliwell
W. W. Halsey
Halliwell
James Hopper
C. A. Carmack
Wilson Flying Service
Pocatello Flying Service
Smith
Thirty Club Case Opens Preliminary Hearing
A preliminary hearing on state charges against the Thirty Club, accused of selling intoxicating liquor without a license, continued until Tuesday before Probate Judge Charles Hartley in Power county. Club operators Carl Hall and Ruth Mirabella are represented by B A McDevitt. Power county prosecutor William Loofbourrow prosecutes for the state.
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Thirty Club
Charles Hartley
Power County
Carl Hall
Ruth Mirabella
B. A. McDevitt
Pocatello
William Loofbourrow
Stocks Fall Sharply on New York Exchange
The New York stock market slid Monday in the second-widest decline of the year, with losses up to $4 a share and a wipeout of about one billion dollars in market value. Prices retreated for the 12th of 15 sessions, led by railroads and industrials, with the general index back to May 27, 1947 levels as commodities also dropped.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
United Press
Dun & Bradstreet
Wall Street
Britain
American Iron & Steel Institute
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Old Giles
Lehi
Carl W. McIntosh
Floyd Exeter
Ernest Exeter
McKinley Ave
Mendy
Pilger, Neb
A. R. Andrews
Norfolk
Here
H. O. Langmuir
Sioux City
Wayne, Neb
UMW Head
Russia
Shevchenko
Bell Aircraft
Airacobra
Bell
Rep
Francis E. Walter
The
Haas
Walter
Teamsters Joint Council
Arrowhead Freight Lines
Consoli
Demos
United Mine Workers
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Humphrey
Douglas
Taft
New York Exchange
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