Senate Tax Cut Plan Faces House Veto Threat
Washington reports action on a $4.7 million tax reduction with a House approved $6.5 billion bill scaled down. Senate Republicans and Democrats back a 12.6 percent cut for $400 or less, 7.4 percent for $400 to $100,000, and 5 percent over $100,000, plus higher exemptions and retroactive start. Millikin projects most relief to earners under $5,000.
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Frontier officers raid swan Bassite gambling club four held on charges
Four men named John Reed Fred Zimmerman Ross Shipton and Bill King were arrested after a midnight raid led by Idaho liquor enforcement chief Clarence Saunders at the Last Frontier club near Batise village five miles west of Pocatello. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment with bonds set at 300 each. Two roulette wheels a dice table a 21 table and 126 in cash were seized. equipment stored as evidence in Power county. Hearing set within 10 days. W C Loofbourrow Power county attorney and B A McDevitt represented defendants.
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Power County
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Idaho Challenge
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Civic
Pocatello Postings: odd streets and a waiting baby
Readers send in tips about local quirks in Pocatello and nearby Amercia Falls. A caller jokes about a 14 month old who only cries, and confusion over finding Idaho Avenue leads to a map office at 214 Idaho Ave.
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Western Nations Near Signing of Historic Five-Power Pact
Britain France Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg reached an agreement in principle on a 50 year treaty to halt Soviet expansion. The pact foresees automatic military aid among signatories and a joint consultative committee to enforce economic and defense clauses with potential universal access for joining nations.
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GOP Sniping Warns of Wartime Era Partisan Gridlock
Marquis Childs argues that Republican majorities in the Senate and House threaten ERP support and European recovery with internal strife led by Senate whip Kenneth Wherry. He highlights Vandenberg's push for ERP by March 15 and notes looming Italian election as pivotal.
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Ohio
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Republic lawmakers clash over Marshall Plan in Omaha
Senator Jenner led a Republican convention speech in Omaha attacking the Marshall Plan as a dangerous parody while Missouri Senator Kem echoed the claim. The piece argues public desire for peace through stable, peaceful means and warns of House delays and partisan plans to link military and economic aid. Eisenhower is cited as a potential consensus candidate amid calls for leadership.
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Nebraska
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James P. Kem
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McGrath Warns of Unified Attack on Truman Election Year
Democratic National Chairman J Howard McGrath briefed party leaders and the executive committee that a designed and vicious attack on President Truman is aimed at discouraging the party in the coming November elections. He cited Republicans, communists and the far left fringe as sources of the assault.
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Frame-Up Is Charged by West Memphis Editor
West Memphis Ark UP Jack Coughlin, crusading weekly editor, charged Thursday that he was framed on a drunk driving rap by two Crittenden county deputies he had criticized in his paper. Coughlin alleged deputies Ivan Dickson and Mert Davie stopped him and his accountant Julie Mynders returning from Jonesboro, then roughed him up and jailed him after hurling whiskey in his face. He said Dickson has a $10,000 libel suit against him and Davie was the deputy he earlier accused of gun intimidation by his son’s group.
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Ivan Dickson
Mert Davie
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Winter Clamps Down Midwest With Severe March Freeze
Heavy snows and record cold grip the Midwest and eastern states. Cleveland and northern Ohio endure the storm halting gas supplies for 600 industrial firms and forcing layoffs. Temperatures plunge to all time March lows from Iowa to Kansas as snow grounds planes and disrupts travel.
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Weather forecast for Pocatello Friday brings clear skies
The weatherman reports mostly clear and warmer conditions in Pocatello for Friday. He expects a low of about 17 degrees, roughly 8 degrees warmer than Thursday night, with Friday highs around 40 to 45 degrees under blue skies and sunshine.
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Senate House GOP push on ERP and aid package clash
Senate revisionists press to cut 1.3 billion from the European Recovery program while House Republicans back a single foreign aid bill including military aid to China Greece and Turkey. President Truman appeals for 55 million emergency aid to Italy France and Austria amid Italy's April 18 election as debate accelerates.
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Taft
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Ur H. Vandenberg
GOP
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Mass
Moscow
Truman Opposes Communist Governments Worldwide
President Truman voiced strong U S opposition to communist regimes anywhere and said the United States does not favor including communists in the Chinese government. He noted the question of alliances with non communist Western Europe remains under consideration.
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Pearson Attacks Truman as Liar over Jew Remark
President Truman branded columnist Drew Pearson a liar after Pearson published a report that Truman told a New York publisher Jews in New York were disloyal. Pearson defended the accuracy of his quotation but said the president had reconsidered his words.
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