UN admits failure to solve Berlin crisis
The United Nations disclosed that unofficial attempts to settle the Berlin crisis failed completely. The United States Britain and France blamed Russia for the breakdown, citing the Soviet block of Berlin and a split between East and West. The neutrals committee proposed a four power currency plan with a veto capable finance commission, which the United States opposed as long as Berlin remained split. Britain and France joined in supporting the U S counter proposal as an interim step toward reunification and lifting the blockade.
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Lake Success
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United Nations
Berlin
U. S
Britain
France
Russia
Security Council
Alberto Inocente Alvarez
Cuba
Juan Atilio Bramuglia
Argentina
Paris
Germany
Bramuglia
Committee of Neutrals
Finance Commission
Moscow
Soviet Union
Uncle Steve on Stamps and Odd Place Names
A quirky column notes post office hand stamps and cachets from Grimeshawnes in North Carolina to Diablo in California and Squirrel Idaho, urges polite enclosures with requests, and lists California place names like Alcatraz and Death Valley. A Florida story reports a new city law banning live mummy peep-shows and a note on reducing salty foods.
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Joey
Grimeshawnes
Jackson County
North Carolina
Diablo
Calif
Squirrel
Idaho
Arkansas
California
Alcatraz
Chinese Camp
Vacation
Fiddletown
Log Cabin
Burnt Ranch
Yankee Jims
Forks of Salmon
Squaw Valley
Roads End
Hayfork
Dutch Flat
Death Valley
Desert Center
Twain Harte
Jacksonville
Fla
New City
Idaho Farm Bureau District Meeting Set in Rigby
Idaho Farm Bureau members from eight southeastern counties will gather in Rigby on Thursday March 31 for the annual district meeting. Executive Secretary J H Webb said top state leaders will attend the one day event with a morning general session and afternoon commodity group discussions. A similar southcentral meeting was held Monday.
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Idaho Farm Bureau
Idaho
Rigby
Bureau
J. H. Webb
Webb
Statewide NY 1300 Four H members plant trees
More than 1,300 Four-H club members across 50 counties and about 735 vocational agriculture students from 140 schools are participating this year in New York State demonstration tree planting.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Armistice Lines for Jerusalem Reached in Israel Transjordan Talks
Israel and Transjordan agreed on demarcation lines for Jerusalem after Bunche mediates a compromise. The plan covers access to main road and rail corridors and removes Jewish forces from strategic positions overlooking the old city. Details were not immediately released.
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Holy City
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations Palestine
Jerusalem
Israel
Tel Aviv
Transjordan
Old City
Bunche
Potato Men Farm Group Forms in Twin Falls County
More than 100 Twin Falls county potato farmers formed a group to join the Idaho Potato Producers association. Quince Rice, Boise acting chairman of the production and marketing administration, outlined needs for the organization while R D Pelkey, extension potato specialist, spoke on potato diseases and potential cures.
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Twin Falls
Twin Falls County
Idaho Potato Producers Association
Quince Rice
Boise
Idaho
R. D. Pelkey
Red Cross Fund Campaign Nears Halfway in Pocatello
Pocatello chapter of the American Red Cross nears the halfway mark of its Bannock county drive with over $6,500 raised toward a $15,000 city goal. House to house solicitation reports show 70 divisions, five reporting $391.85 so far and 65 yet to report, with employee donations from numerous firms contributing $1,243.58 of the total.
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Pocatello
American Red Cross
A. R. Ebel
Bannock County
Ebel
Police Department
Farm Bureau
Zimmerli
C. S. Electric
Courthouse
Craven
Petersen Grocery
Pocatello Lumber
ISC
Carnes Music
Gem State Mutual
Atkin Florist
Bistline Hardware
Bistline Realty
J. C. Penney
Idaho Bank & Trust
Mountain Electric
Department of Public Assistance
Modern
Idaho Refinery
Boise Payette
Reliance Automotive
Burgon Optical
Fogg Drug
City of Pocatello
Jesse M. Chase
Veteran's Administration
Idaho Power
Police Probe 170 Mishaps in Pocatello Traffic Review
Pocatello traffic officers investigated 170 city accidents from January 1 to March 5, a rise of 60 from the previous year. Capt. Frank McKinnon cited 126 traffic arrests, mainly for stop sign and signal violations, with most crashes around 8 am and 5 pm.
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Pocatello
Frank McKinnon
McKinnon
Jury verdict reaches six dollars in big damage suit
In Salem Massachusetts a jury after 19 hours of deliberation awarded the plaintiff six dollars in a damage suit valued at fifty thousand dollars. The lengthy trial concluded with the minuscule damages drawing attention to the case.
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Salem
Mass
City Battles UP Rail Plan Over Idaho Falls Run
Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce opposes Union Pacific plan to discontinue one of two daily passenger trains between Idaho Falls and Butte Montana. President Joe Call says service is sorely needed and will be fiercely resisted. UP claims losses exceed $1 per train mile between the cities.
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Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Butte, Mont
Butte
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