Three Governors Reaffirm Opposition to Columbia Valley Authority
Idaho Governor C A Robins Oregon Governor Douglas McKay and Washington Governor Arthur Langlie voiced firm objections to a Columbia Valley Authority at a Columbia Basin inter agency meeting. They argued control would rest with an autonomous commission and opposed a new authority that would limit democratic oversight. Portland banker David Simpson echoed concerns saying a CVA would deter regional progress and risk a dictatorship if modeled on past valley authorities.
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Pacific Northwest
Columbia Valley Authority
Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee
C. A. Robins
Idaho
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
CVA
Valley Authority
Idaho State Reclamation Association
David Simpson
Portland
Pacific Northwest Development Association
Simpson
Columbia Valley. Authority
TVA
Douglas Mc
Indian youth dies after suicide bid in lion den
A young man jumped into a lions' den in Madras to end his life but changed his mind and cried for help. Keepers pulled him out with long poles, but he died in a hospital. He told police family troubles drove him to attempt suicide.
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Madras
India
May Enlarge Housing Plan In Pocatello
Considerable enlargement of the Pocatello Industrial Housing project may be undertaken because population growth is expected from a nearby atomic energy plant. About 100 debenture holders will meet at 8 a m at the Elk’s temple to view expansion options, Judge O R Baum says. Directors authorized immediate construction of 100 more houses, with ground to be broken Monday and completion in six weeks. Houses will sell for 7000 to 10000 dollars depending on size.
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Pocatello
The
Elk’s Temple
O. R. Baum
H. B. Markham
Wait Phone Rate Order Expected From Idaho Utilities Board
The Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph company seeks a rate increase affecting southern Idaho with a potential $600,000 annual gross revenue rise for business and residential lines. The Public Utilities Commission in Boise is near completion on the order after hearings last September, opposed by chambers of commerce and the state farm bureau federation.
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Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph Company
Idaho
State Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Boise
Mountain States
Commision
Chambers of Commerce
State Farm Bureau Federation
Downey calls for four way probe of Reclamation Bureau
Senator Sheridan Downey demands a four way congressional investigation into the U S reclamation bureau alleging waste and corruption. He vows impeachment if warranted and says cases should go to the justice department for possible criminal charges. Downey claims Interior Department and officials sought to block his stance on reclamation policy.
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Washington
Sheridan Downey
Calif
Congressional
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
Senate
Bureau
Interior Department
Downey
House
Justice Department
Wich
J. A. Krug
Reclamation
Michael Straus
Senate Appropriations Committee
Straus
Reclamation Bureau
Court Rejects Communist Will In Shenandoah Valley
In Luray Virginia Circuit Judge A H Hopkins dismissed the will of Lester Ruffner Virginia Communist Party vice president who died in 1946 The document left a $5800 estate including a Shenandoah valley farm to the party and urged a Communist leader to reside there as a friend to man The court called the Communist Party a fifth column aimed at overthrowing the government
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Luray
Shenandoah Valley
A. H. Hopkins
Communist Party In
America
Lester Ruffner
Virginia Communist Party
State
Communist Party
Ruffner
Axis Sally Renewskight Trial Move Opens
Axis Sally Gillars, convicted traitor for wartime Nazi broadcasts, returns to federal court to renew her fight for freedom. Attorneys for Gillars and the government plan to argue a new trial motion before Judge Edward Curran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mildred E
Sally) Gillars
Edward M. Curran
U S Purchase of Beef Attacked at Texas Cattle Show
At the closing session of the 72nd annual Texas Southwest Cattle Raisers Association convention in Houston, a resolution condemned U S purchases of meat from South American countries. It urged that the economy be protected and that all food supplies, especially meat, be sourced from domestic stocks.
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Houston
Tex
U.S
Texas Southwest Cattle Raisers’ Association
Multiple Purpose Plan To Develop Columbia Offered
Report by Col. Theron D. Weaver advocates a comprehensive multi purpose plan for the Columbia Basin with an estimated first cost of 3.03 billion dollars. Seven dams and reservoirs would cover flood control navigation power and other water uses across Libby Albeni Falls Priest Rapids Hells Canyon John Day Dalles and Glazier View projects. Local flood protection works would cost about 28.4 million dollars with replacement in kind for Indian lands and compensation by congress if needed. The plan also proposes annual tax loss payments to states to offset local government revenue impacts.
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Columbia Basin
Col. Weaver
Libby
Montana
Albeni Falls
Idaho
Priest Rapids
Washington
Hells Canyon
Oregon
John Day
Dalles
Glazier View
Congress
Columbia
Mississippi River Levee Break Threatens Port Allen
At Port Allen Louisiana a new breach in the west levee may join a 700 foot crevasse flooding thousands of acres of sugar land and forcing 2000 people to flee. National guardsmen stand by and 30 disaster boats were dispatched from New Orleans amid mass evacuation resistance.
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Port Allen
Mississippi
Navy
New Orleans
Fire kills two at Dixie Land hotel in Waverly
A hotel fire in Waverly Tennessee swept through the Dixie Land hotel killing two guests. G B Reed of Goodlettsville and Ariel Lewis of Memphis died as guests escaped by bed sheet. Several others survived the blaze yesterday.
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Waverly
Tenn
Dixieland Hotel
G. B. Reed
Goodlettsville
Ariel Lewis
Memphis
Lewis Orders Miners Back to Work and War Plans
President Truman’s appointee James M. Boyd approved by Senate. Lewis orders 4000 miners back to work on March 28 with production to resume, signaling possible future strikes if union demands are unmet. He criticizes coal employers, banking interests, and the Taft Hartley law as talks begin in May.
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Pittsburgh
Ace Lewis
Lewis
James M. Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
UMW
United Mine Workers
Senate
Truman
Boyd
Boyd Takes Mines Post After Two-Year Wait
Dr. James Boyd was sworn in as director of the bureau of mines in Washington. He received back pay totaling 12,600 dollars after two years without government pay since December 1947. Secretary J A Krug noted his confirmation and presented the first pay checks.
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Washington
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Boyd
Colorado School of Mines
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Krug
Senate
Truman Signs Bill To Aid Refugees
President Truman signed a bill authorizing the United States to fund half of a 32 million dollar UN relief fund for Arab and Jewish refugees from the Palestine war. The 16 million dollar U S contribution will be available at once, with 15 other nations already contributing and several more expected.
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Washington
Truman
U.S
United Nations Fund For
U. S
CVA Project Proponents Hit at Idaho Reclamation Meet
A crowd of about 300 heard critics attack government agencies at the Idaho State Reclamation Association meeting in Pocatello. Glenn C. Lee and David Simpson warned against centralized control and urged development under free initiative. Panelists discussed conservation, groundwater, and Cascade water projects as safeguards for Southern Idaho.
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Idaho State Reclamation Association
Pocatello
Bannock
Glenn C. Lee
Pasco Wash
Tri-City Herald
David Simpson
Portland
Northwest Development Association
Idaho
Lee
N. W. Sharp
Washington
Hanford
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Richland
Wash
Simpson
Truman
Columbia Valley Authority
CVA
Northwest
al Mylrose
Bannock County
Mark R. Kulp
Boise
Cascade
Mountain Home
Caribou National Forest
L. A. Dremolski
Atomic plan avoids new town for Idaho reactor site
The Atomic Energy Commission said it will not create a permanent town around its Idaho reactor site near Pocatello. It will use a 400000 acre area shared with a navy proving ground, aiming for temporary camps during peak construction with about 6000 workers, and 2000 permanent staff to be absorbed into nearby towns.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Pocatello
Ida
Commission
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Los Alamos
N.M
Richland
Wash
Navy
Proving
Arco
Idaho
Atomic
Atomic Plant Outlay Cited
Gov. C. A. Robins told the Pocatello Rotary club that locating the atomic reactor plant in southeastern Idaho will entail expenses for new roads schools and services. He said it is unalloyed good and urged intelligent planning and citizen involvement in deciding the plant's area.
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C. A. Robins
Pocatello Rotary Club
Idaho
Idaho 1949 crop plans show declines in most staples
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports Idaho growers plan lower 1949 acreage for most crops than 1948. Potatoes up about three percent to 152000 acres, sugar beets down 30 percent to 64000, dried peas up 50 percent to 108000, spring wheat down 18 percent to 463000, oats up 10 percent to 183000, barley down 10 percent, corn and dry beans steady, hay up 3 percent.
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Boise
Idaho
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
BAE
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Gate City Reclamation
Kay
Theron D. Weaver
Army
N. V. Sharp
Filer
Reclamation Association
Solon
Sally
Renewskight
Bill
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