Armed Forces develop the Skysweeper gun with friend or foe brain
The U S Armed Forces have created an anti aircraft and anti tank firearm with an electronic brain that prevents firing on friendly forces. The Skysweeper uses an automatic identification system to distinguish enemies from allies and requires no human trigger for firing on adversaries.
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Washington
National Security Resources Board
Armed Services Communications Association
Leighton H. Peebles
The
Security Board
Peebles
79 New Planned Homes On Sale In Westello Area
Pocatello Industrial Housing Inc announces 75 homes to be let in three groups for bid. H. B. Markham says construction may start soon, with plans to reach 100 later. The Westello site, chosen after Atomic Energy Plant news, already has 16 completed houses. A Friday meeting at Hotel Bannock will discuss more sales as demand remains high.
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Westello
Pocatello Industrial Housing, Inc
H. B. Markham
The
Housing Corporation
Markham
Bannock
Babich Case Net Tightens in Milwaukee Slaying
Milwaukee police report a second confession from Milton Babich 19 strengthens State charge of premeditation in the killing of Patricia Birmingham 16 whose body was found in the Milwaukee River March 20. Babich had previously claimed the shooting was accidental and said he aimed to scare her about a pregnancy. He married Kathleen 17 two days before Patricia's body was found.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Adolph Kraemer
Milton Babich
Kraemer
Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Milwaukee River
Patricia
Ast
Kathleen
Representative Jensen Pushes Probe of Electric Plant Sale Racket
Rep. Jen Jensen reports a congressional inquiry into a claimed racket selling electric plaints to publicly owned Western utilities at inflated prices. He describes a Wall Street promoter alliance with political forces to socialize the Northwest power industry for profits and political gain.
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Washington
Jen F. Jensen
Wesern
Jensen
Wall
Railroad Tax Probe Initiated Over Bannock Assessor Claims
Bannock county Assessor George W. Allen urged a state tax commission probe into Union Pacific railroad taxes. Allen says only 2.66 miles of track are taxed within city limits though over three miles exist. he also alleges unpaid taxes on several company houses and warehouses beyond the 100 foot right of way.
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Bannock
George W. Allen
State Tax Commission
Atom Site Attracts Truck Operators in Arco Region
Motor carriers show growing interest in serving the projected atomic reactor plant area near Pocatello. An Idaho Public Utilities Commission spokesman in Boise said about a dozen requests for application forms were received from carriers seeking freight and passenger service into the plant region.
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Arco
Pocatello
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Boise
West Council Leaders Oppose Valley Authority in West
West Council of the West, representing about 60 chambers from 11 states, adopted resolutions against the proposed Columbia Valley Authority. Floyd Hagie warned that legal and professional groups oppose regional federal authority, while Jim Ford urged western development without Washington dictates. Next year’s convention will be in Reno with Gus Bachman as president.
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Columbia Valley Authority
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Western States Council
CVA
Floyd Hagie
National Reclamation Association
Gus Bachman
Salt Lake City
Arthur Farmer
Portland
Ore
D. J. Campbell
Long Beach
Cal
Ez Fieldsted
Ogden
Hagie
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Jim Ford
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
West
Washington
Pocatello
Columbia Basin
Missouri Basin
Peace Delegates Ordered Home From New York Conference
The U S government instructed foreign delegates at the world peace conference in New York to cancel a nationwide speaking tour and return home promptly. Attorney General Tom Clark directed immigration officials to remove the delegates, including Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, as their visas do not permit a touring schedule.
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Washington
New York
Tom Clark
Dmitri Shostakovitch
U. S.9
State Department
Solon Flays Higher Taxes Demand for Budget Fight
Sen Walter F George of Georgia warned that approving President Truman’s tax hike request would lead to a sizeable depression. As chair of the Senate Finance Committee he urged cutting federal spending or choosing a tax increase to avoid red ink. He cited an expected $4 to $6 billion rise as worsening the burden.
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Washington
ULP
Walter F. George
Congress
Truman
George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
United States
Local Option Rent Control Bill Passed
Washington Congress approved a 15 month rent control extension sent to the White House. President Truman expected to sign before ceilings lapse, though it short of his 24 month request. The bill bars landlords from excess profits, preserves evictions regulation, and grants states and cities home rule to end or maintain controls.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Truman
CIO
AFL
National Association of Real Estate Boards
House
Senate
House Conference Committee
John Bricker
Ohio
GOP
Conference Committee
Norway Approves Pact After Tumultuous Oslo Session
Parliament approved Norway's entry to the Atlantic pact by 130 to 13 amid a rough session. Leftists showered leaflets from the galleries and four were arrested for tossing anti pact leaflets as debate continued.
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Oslo
Norway
Senator Taylor Returns to Birmingham Trial Over Disorderly Conduct
Sen. Glen Taylor of Idaho arrives in Birmingham to face a circuit court trial on disorderly conduct over a $50 fine and 180 day suspended sentence from city court. The case recalls the 1948 clash over segregation as Taylor aligned with Henry Wallace's progressive ticket and confronted police in a storied Alabama scene.
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Glen Taylor
Idaho
Birmingham
Ala
Ida
Taylor
Henry Wallace
Oliver B. Hall
Alabama
Coast to coast in five hours by speed pilot Debona
New York reports Joe Debona, famed speed pilot, flew coast to coast in five hours and five seconds landing at La Guardia with a cracked canopy and 30 gallons of fuel. He piloted Jimmy Stewart’s souped up F 51 from Burbank to La Guardia, zigzagging through two hours of bad weather aided by a tail wind.
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New York
Joe Debona
la Guardia Field
Phillips Hinted As Atomic Area Head Near Arco
The Idaho project near Arco centers on naming an area manager with speculation among residents. Mayor George R. Phillips is among those eyed, while Senator Glen H Taylor denies interest. The plan calls for minimal construction this year, drilling wells for water and employing up to 50 workers, rising to 2000 next year and up to 6000 by 1954 as the plant expands.
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Arco
George R. Phillips
Glen H. Taylor
Pocatello Post
Phillips
Idaho
Commission
Empire Air Line Faces Service Halt Over Certificate
Empire Airlines may discontinue service to Pocatello and 19 nearby communities on September 28 unless a 15 month extension to its operating certificate is granted by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Hearings in Washington start in April with final examiner session May 9. United Air Lines has filed to intervene.
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Empire Airlines
Pocatello
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Gwin Hicks
Empire
United Air Lines
United
W. A. Patterson
Los Angeles
Utah Power Hearing Set for Idaho Rate Proposal
Idaho customers face a state public utilities commission hearing in Pocatello on April 25 regarding Utah Power and Light Co. rate increase. Testimony limited to company present, with a later hearing for opposing witnesses and cross examination. Proposed rise would yield about $116000.
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State Public Utilities Commission
Pocatello
Utah Power and Light Co
Idaho
Will Rogers Jr Receives Dad's Sage Advice on Speed
Will Rogers Jr a Beverly Hills publisher was fined 40 dollars for speeding and unsafe passing at an intersection by Municipal Judge Roger Pfaff who recalled the humorist's warning to “get up 15 minutes earlier” The judge also suspended his operator license for 30 days due to three prior citations last year.
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Roger Alton Pfaff
Rogers
Beverly Hills
Woman May Be Deported In Communist Ties Case
Betty Gannett a 42 year old Polish immigrant who arrived at seven faced deportation as a revolutionary alien for work in the U S Communist party where she serves as assistant organizational director. FBI arrested her on a street corner near party headquarters and she was held at Ellis Island before a $1000 bond posted by the American committee for protection of the foreign born. Justice department says she is a member of an organization advocating silent overthrow of the government.
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New York
Betty Gannett
Poland
U. S
Communist Party
FBI
Communist
Ellis Island
American Committee For Protection of the
Miss Gannett
Justice Department
Czechs Jail 2 Americans
Two American soldiers were secretly tried in Czechoslovakia for espionage and sentenced to long terms in prison with hard labor. Geo R. Jones, 22, Owensboro, Kentucky, received 10 years while Clarence R. Hill, 31, Jackson, Mississippi, 12 years. Both had been absent without leave from the sixth armored cavalry regiment and have been in prison since December 9. The U.S. embassy protested the charges as preposterous and said it was unaware of the trial until today.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Geo. R. Jones
Owensborn
Clarence R. Hill
Jackson
Miss
Germany
Sixth Armored Cavalry Regiment
Automobiles and appliances see broad price cuts
A wave of consumer goods price cuts hit autos, waffle irons, refrigerators, toasters, and more as Kaiser-Frazer slashed its lowest car price by 333 dollars. Other brands posted smaller reductions while Sears and Westinghouse cut catalog and model prices. The Fed lowered margin requirements, boosting stock activity briefly, amid mixed signals on inflation and deflation.
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Chicago
New York
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Detroit
K-F
Boston
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Agriculture Department
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Westinghouse
Gibson Refrigerator Co
Electric Storage Battery Co
Willard Battery Co
License plates expire tomorrow in Idaho
State law enforcement commissioner R. C. Lewis declared in Boise that there will be no extension of time for display of 1949 automobile license plates. He noted that 1949 plates have been ready for 60 days and that 1948 plates expire at midnight March 31 with no extension.
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R. C. Lewis
Boise
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Eugene
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Southern Negro Youth Congress
Connor
W. W. Casey
Arthur D. Shores
Empire Air Line
Utah
Will Rogers, Jr
Dad
Kaiser-Frazer
Edgar F. Kaiser
Edgar
Henry F. Kaiser
Joseph W. Frazer
Kaiser
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