Idaho Gov signs 23 bills ending 30th session
Idaho Governor C A Robins signed 23 bills including a judiciary retirement law for judges and justices at age 70. The action came as the 30th legislature wrapped a 61 day session with adjournment planned for later Friday and a possible special session next year.
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Boise
Idaho
Senate
House
C. A. Robins
Ida
Supreme Court
Orland
Fla
Henry B. Robins
Judiciary
Guard Chief Cites Big Enrollment in Idaho National Guard
Brig. Gen. John E. Walsh announced Idaho's national guard reached its highest peacetime strength with 2,033 officers and enlisted. Air guard has 300, army guard 1,733, with the 116th cavalry headquarters at Caldwell the largest unit. The 138th infantry service company at Jerome shows notable strength, while the Boise detachment of the 242nd air service group tops the total. The air guard has 43 vacancies to reach full strength.
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Boise
John E. Walsh
Idaho National Guard
Air National Guard
Walsh
Headquarters Service
116Th Cavalry
Caldwell
116Th Ordnance Company
National Guard
Jerome
138Th Infantry
242Nd Air Service Group
Utah Trial Date Set for Leavitt Perjury Case
The first degree perjury trial of Ray Leavitt, former state road commission official, is scheduled for March 14 in Salt Lake City. District Judge Albert H. Ellett will hear the Salt Lake County grand jury case accusing Leavitt of false testimony regarding a $500 money transaction with Val Hicks of a rock asphalt company.
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Salt Lake City
Ray Bs Saitt
Albert H. Ellett
Salt Lake County
Grand Jury
Leavitt
Val Hicks
Rock Asphalt Company
Gary Carlson Second in FFA Public Speaking District Contest
Pocatello youth Gary Carlson placed second in the district Future Farmers of America public speaking contest held at Shelley. Gene Kelly of Shelly won the event, with E. T. Lovell of Pocatello noting the results.
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Pocatello
Gary Carlson
Future Farmers of America
Shelley
Gene Kelly
Shelly
E. T. Lovell
East Area Floods Strike Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Towns
Floods from Iowa up to Wisconsin forced over 1,000 residents from homes and threatened Missouri River lowlands. A 10 year old boy drowned in Iowa floods as Boyer River broke its levee near Missouri Valley. Water inundated Darlington Wisconsin and halted rail travel, with Red Cross disaster HQ and engineers evacuation facilities set up.
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Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri River Valley
Missouri Valley
Galena
Ill
Pecatonica
Darlington
Wis
Kansas City
Missouri
St. Joseph
Rule
Milford Boy Survives Fall Into Steam Pit
A Milford boy aged five narrowly escaped death after falling into a waist deep boiling water pit at a Union Pacific railroad roundhouse in Milford. Freddie Miller was pulled to safety by two companions Val Robb and Van Bedington both five and six, who were with him at the time. The pit serves as a control valve point for steam lines to 25 company housing units and the boy’s hospital condition is listed as serious.
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Milford
Utah
Union A
Freddie Miller
Val Robb
van Bedington
Milan Cathedral Replicated in Hand Carved Miniature
A Milan cathedral model has been carved from wood over more than three years. The piece comprises 1797 individual parts, reproducing the famous structure in miniature.
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Milan
Italy
Driver Dies As Truck Turns Over On Highway 191
Special to the POST. ShellyC J Bloomingkemper 41 of Shelley was killed when his pickup overturned after colliding with the rear of a car on U S Highway 191 one quarter mile north of the village at 5 30 p m. Investigating officer C B Roberts said Bloomingkemper had just passed another auto and was preparing to pass a 1948 sedan driven by William S Johnson 31 Bancroft. An oncoming car forced Bloomingkemper back, he veered right hit Johnsons car, lost control and the truck rolled over. Bloomingkemper was thrown from the vehicle and died instantly. Police found faulty brakes on the truck. Johnson and his wife were not injured. his bumper was crushed.
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Shelley
C. J. Bloomingkemper
U. S. Highway 191
C. B. Roberts
Shelly
State Highway Police
Bloomingkemper
William S. Johnson
Bancroft
Johnson
Idaho Area Surveyed For Atomic Plant Site
The atomic energy commission weighs a multi hundred million dollar midwest site for a new experimental station rivaling Hanford. A dozen sites including southeastern Idaho near Pocatello are under review with 300 000 to 400 000 acres needed. Construction could start this summer if a site is chosen soon.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Midwest
Atomic Enery
Hanford
Wash
Commission
AEC
Idaho
Montana
Pocatello
Bpor
Mid-West
Girl Federal Employee, Russian Held As Spies
FBI arrests in New York linked a young federal employee Judith Coplon and Russian UN worker Valen tine Gubitchev to spying for the Soviet Union. Coplon faced arraignment on charges of conspiracy with a foreign agent. bail set at $20,000, Gubitchev at $100,000. Authorities said papers found in Coplon’s purse contained summaries from confidential DOJ materials.
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FBI
New York
Third Avenue
United Nations
Soviet Union
Judith Coplon
Simon Rifkind
Valentine Gubitchev
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Department of Justice
Moscow
G-Men
14Th
15Th Streets
Rifkind
Gubitchev
Miss Coplon
Tom C. Clark
Justice Department
Labor Bill Faces Changes in Senate Fight
Administration spokesmen privately acknowledge Truman’s labor bill cannot pass the Senate without amendments. The bill, drafted by Truman labor advisers, would repeal Taft Hartley and replace it with a modified Wagner Act. Taft and southern Democrats push for on floor rewrites while claiming votes exist to override the veto and favor a stronger law.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Senate Labor Committee
Robert A. Taft
R. O
Gun Wound Fatal To Pocatellan
Allen Evan Grimes 78 died at home from injuries after an accidental discharge while cleaning a gun. He lived with his wife Katie and daughter Gladys Lynn in Pocatello after moving from Vicksburg. Survived by widow, son Dr. Allen E. Grimes of Lexington and daughter Gladys Lynn, five grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Downard chapel. burial Mount Moriah cemetery.
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Allen Evan Grimes
North
Garfield St
Mr. Grimes
J. H. Lynn
Vicksburg
Miss
William
Susan Evan Grimes
Katie B. Bradley
Floyd
Pocatello
Lynn Hospital
Grimes
Episcopal Church
WOW Lodge
Ben Humphrey Camp No. 1
Katie
USO
Allen E. Grimes
Lexington
Gladys Lynn
Downard Chapel
Joseph Hogben
Episcopal Mission Church
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Idaho Cattlemen to Hold 35th Annual Convention
Boise Utah Idaho Cattlemen's Association announces its 35th annual convention to be held in Boise on May 11 and 12 J H Nettleton president from Murphy announced after the convention committee meeting Amos Eckert Colin McLeod Leon Weeks of Boise and Ira Morrell Glenns Ferry named to coordinate details
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Boise
Idaho Cattlemen’s Association
J. H. Nettleton
Nettleton
Murphy
Amos Eckert
Colin McLeod
Leon Weeks
Ira Morrell
Glenns Ferry
It May Sprinkle Today Weather Forecast
It may sprinkles today with partly cloudy skies and scattered light showers. Showers are probable for Monday. Temperature today around 40 with a low near 25 to 30. yesterday’s high 44 and low 23.
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Pocatello Weather Bureau Office
Lynn Rowe Signs 1949 Phillies Contract for 12000
Clearwater report says Lynn Schoolboy Rowe signed with the Philadelphia Phillies for 1949 for about $12,000, the same figure he earned last year.
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Clearwater
Fla
Lynn
Cancellation Of Show Proves Hard On Jaycees
Pocatello Jaycees face losses after blizzard cancellations stop the Broadway hit John Loves Mary from arriving. Guild from New York cannot reschedule. refunds are issued, while drama students prepare another Idaho State College production. Weather hopes rest on clear skies for an April 10 return by the Civic Drama Guild.
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Jaycees
Pocatello
Civic Drama Guild of New York
Idaho
Boise
Jerome
Jaycee
Harold Read
Guild
Read
Idaho State College
John Loves
Mary
Conclave Plans For Idaho Reclamation Convention
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce and Idaho State Reclamation convention committee outline plans for the March 24 and 25 gathering at Hotel Bannock. About 250 attendees are expected including reclamation representatives. The program features a Columbia Basin interagency meeting, lunch, district and reclamation association sessions, executive interagency talks, and a banquet with Governor Robins likely inviting neighboring governors.
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Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Idaho State Reclamation Convention Committee
J. L. “Ledge” Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Reclamation Association
Bannock
N. V. Sharp
Columbia Basin Interagency Commission
Irrigation District Association
Idaho State Reclamation Association
Interagency Department
Reclamation
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Pocatello
Gromyko Named Soviet Foreign Minister in Waiting
London reports the Soviet Union boosts Andrei Gromyko to a premier level post at the United Nations as he replaces Vishinsky while Molotov’s future role remains unsettled. Western observers weigh a potential shift in Soviet policy amid the ongoing cold war.
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London
United Nations
Gromyko
Russia
Andréi Vishinsky
V. M. Molotov
Gromykov
Radio
Moscow
Molotov
Europe
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Vishinsky
Foreign Office
Plane Crashes in Sleet Storm North of Great Salt Lake
A twin engine Air Force Reserve training aircraft with five aboard crashed in a driving sleet storm on soggy marshes north of Promontory Point, near Brigham City Utah. The 234th center at Hill Field operated the aircraft. A sheepherder found the wreck and described it as badly damaged.
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Brigham City
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Promontory Point
Box Elder County
Frilled Shark Caught Off California Coast
A rare frilled shark was captured off the California coast. Previously only Japanese and European west coast specimens were known.
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California
Japan
Europe
President Truman to take 13 day rest at Key West resort
President Truman departs Washington for a 13 day vacation at the Key West submarine base. He travels with a small staff aboard the flying White House DC-6 Independence to Boca Chica base and will return March 19 for the White House news photographers association dinner.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
Fla
White House
Independence
Boca Chica Naval Airs Base
News Photographers Association
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House On American Affairs Committee
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