High Scouting Award Presented at Laymen Parley Banquet
About 100 Southern Idaho Boy Scout leaders concluded a one day laymen conference with a banquet at the Hotel Bannock where KE. M. Jergensen of St. Anthony received the Silver Antelope for years of devotion to Boyhood. The event opened with a luncheon and featured national officers from Region 11 and a program led by Dr. Ray O. Wyland on what scouts can do in a war sick world.
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Idaho Boy Scout Council
Hotel
Bannock
M. E. Anderson
Idaho Falls
Teton Peaks
New York City
Boy Scout Division of Relationships
Ronald Burgess
Pocatello
Idaho
KE. M. Jergensen
St. Anthony
Jergensen
Pacific Northwest
Ray O. Wyland
Division of Relationships
Frank W. Braden
O. D. Sharpe
Portland
J. H. Browne
Roger Bales
A.F. Mueller
San Francisco
Far West
Boy Scout Supply Service
Pocatello Scouts
Tenday Council
Dr. Wyland
Swallows Return To Mission San Juan Capistrano
Swallows at Mission San Juan Capistrano kept their 170th annual rendezvous on schedule as they returned, defying skeptical ornithologists with a disdainful flick of the wings.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Lee Slashes 1949 51 Budget In Utah Veto Summary
Gov J Bracken Lee signs the general appropriations bill after vetoing 25 items totaling 3 843 000. The construction revolving fund of 750 000 was cut entirely. Biennial expenditures total 48 900 000, down from 52 743 000. Veto message cites over 5 000 000 in reductions, deemed necessary for legality and financial safety.
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Salt Lake City
J. Bracken Lee
Utah Water and Power Board
Lee
Quirino Urges U S Lead in Pacific Alliance Against Communism
President Elpidio Quirino urged the United States to take the initiative in forming a Pacific alliance akin to the Atlantic pact to counter communism in the Far East. He warned that abandoning the Philippines would weaken a vital, rich region and pressed for U N backed Southeast Asian cooperation and economic development.
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Manila
Philippines
Elpidio Quirino
U. S
Far East
America
Europe
Quirono
United States
Orient
Southeast Asia
New Delhi
United Nations
Quirino
Western Defense Pact Warns Soviets Against Misstep
The U S State Department issues a blunt White Paper on the North Atlantic Treaty urging the West to unite against aggression. It warns the Soviet leadership and calls for rapid ratification and allied defense buildup with hundreds of millions in munitions, while pledging no A-bomb deployment overseas.
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Washington
State Department
Kremlin
Department
Soviet Union
Europe
Congress
Great Britain
France
United States
Western Hemisphere
West Fears Russian Retaliation Over Atlantic Pact
Western diplomats await possible Soviet response to the Atlantic pact fearing measures from cancellation of treaties to strikes and troop moves. Spain seeks to join with terms for Spain in the pact while Lisbon reports Spanish pressure on Portugal. Finland and Yugoslavia border concerns intensify Sweden fears a Communist coup.
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London
Russia
Spitzbergen
Shanghai
Spain
Portugal
Lisbon
Nicholas Franco
Italy
France
Finland
Yugoslavia
Sweden
Radio Moscow
I. Klemin
Oak Ridge Opens To Public After Day-Long Celebration
Oak Ridge Tennessee welcomed about 75000 visitors as fences came down and a day of carnival like events began. Visitors toured homes and shops while atomic laboratories remained off limits under tight security. A 15 foot ribbon at the gate ignited signaling access and prompting a city wide celebration with an official atomic museum and Legion sponsored carnival booths.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Laboratories
East Tennessee
The
American Legion
Children and Matches Blamed in West Pocatello Fire
Officials blame children playing with matches for a fire in an empty house and garage in West Pocatello. The blaze on 172 Hawthorne damaged the garage and part of the house while Claude E. Caudle and family at 165 Rosewood saved their home with garden hoses as flames rose from both buildings.
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Parker
Hawthorne Ave
Mendy
Harvey
West Pocatello
Hawthorne
Don Hudson
Claude E. Caudle
Rosewood
Labor's Legislative Group Lauded In Political Work
About 100 members from Gate City labor forces met in the Labor Temple to plan an advertising campaign for Pocatello city elections. They endorsed James Bowns for mayor and Jack Rhondeau for council in March and heard Elmer F. McIntyre praise the local labor movement. The group pledged to vote in municipal elections and discussed campaign strategy and financing. Carpenters Local announced a Monday 4 15 registration demonstration in front of city hall to spur voter registration and turnout.
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Gate City
Pocatello Joint Labor Legislative Committee
Labor Temple
Labor
James Bowns
Pocatello
Jack Rhondeau
Elmer F. McIntyre
Boise
Idaho State Federation of Labor
McIntyre
Gilman
Arnold Trappett
Pocatello Carpenters Local
City Hall
AFL Teamsters Plan Nationwide Driver Card Check
The AFL Teamsters union will launch an on the road inspection of more than 1 000 000 members starting April 1 to verify drivers in good standing and ensure contracts are followed. Spotters will check union cards at roadside stops weigh stations and fueling points, without halting trucks on highways.
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New York
AFL Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
U. S
Beck
Montanans claim all aces to secure atomic plant site
Glasgow Montana AP report says local chamber committee and Rep Wesley A D Ewart arranged talks in Washington with Army Engineers head Maj Gen Lewis A Pick to present a true picture of power and water in the Glasgow Fort Peck area The group argues Montana has surplus power and water while Idaho faces shortages and says Fort Peck reservoir vastly exceeds nearby Idaho storage capacity
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Glasgow
Mont
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
Wesley A. D'Ewart
Washington, D. C
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Atomic Energy Commission
Glasgow-Fort Peck
G. J. Skibbins
Fort Peck Dam
Montana Power Co
Skibbins
AEC
Montana
Northwest States
Fort Peck
Pocatello
Idaho
Lewiston Bobcats Rally To Beat Pocatello Indians
A gritty second half gave Lewiston a 50 to 43 victory over Pocatello in the Idaho State Class A consolation final. Tom Flynn led Lewiston with 22 points while Reed Jensen added 14 baskets for the hosts.
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Lewiston Bobcats
Pocatello Indians
Idaho
Bannocks
Lewister
Warriors
Bobcats
Tom Flynn
Reed Jensen
Pocatello
Attorney John Corette Dies in Butte at 68
AP report notes funeral arrangements were pending for John E. Corette a 68 year old prominent Butte attorney and businessman who died yesterday from a heart attack at his home in Butte.
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Butte
John E. Corette
Senate Poll Shows Broad Support for North Atlantic Pact
A Senate poll found 52 for and two against ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty, a 26 to 1 ratio that exceeds the two thirds required. Taft and George warn administration plans could edge the U.S. toward war with Russia. debate and likely ratification delay into late May.
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Washington
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
America
Walter F. George
Russia
Utah Official Leavitt Guilty On Perjury Charge
Former chairman of the Utah road commission Ray H. Leavitt was found guilty of perjury by District Judge A. H. Ellett. He was fined 2500 and an indeterminate prison term ordered, likely suspended if the fine is paid. Leavitt said he would raise the money soon. Leavitt, a longtime Utah Democrat, testified before the Salt Lake County grand jury last summer while limping from arthritis.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Road Commission
Ray H. Leavitt
A. H. Ellett
Ellett
Leavitt
Utah
Road Commission
Democratic Party
Qyreles
Salt Lake County
Grand Jury
Spring Is Here Officially With Vernal Equinox
The weather bureau reports near springlike conditions today with light showers and warmer temperatures. The vernal equinox arrives with day and night nearly equal in length signaling the season change.
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Weather Bureau
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Chiefs
W. C. Carnes
Pocatello Boy Scouts
U.S
West America
West
Atomic City
the Atomic Museum
State Chamber
Lewiston
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