Reactor Plant Site Combed Results Wait
Six Atomic Energy Commission assistants completed a three week survey of the Arco area from Pocatello to Arco in southeast Idaho. Led by physicist Bion Phillipson the team charted desert transport housing and education facilities for the nation’s atomic energy project.
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Pocatello
Arco
Uncle Sam
Atom
Idaho
Joe
Arco Plains
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
AEC
Bion Phillipson
Leonard Johnson
Phillipson
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls
Crime Wave Seen Seasonal in Pocatello Police View
Chief A L Oliver explains in Pocatello that burglary holdups and stolen autos rise with season and weather. Migrants vagrants and professional crooks surge as winter ends. police coordinate with railroads to remove offenders and urge residents to safeguard property.
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Pocatello
A. L. Oliver
Baten
Oliver
Pocaello
Forkert
Jaycees to Attend State Jaycee Convention in Coeur d'Alene
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce officers and members travel Tuesday and Wednesday to the state Jaycee convention in Coeur d'Alene. Attending are Harold Read Wayne Tucker Norman Berg Neal Moon Jim Phelps Dr. Arthur Bistline Otto Tschanz and Lew Harrison. Read says Tucker’s name will be entered for national director.
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Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Coeur d'Alene
Harold Read
Fifth District
Wayne Tucker
Norman Berg
Neal Moon
Jim Phelps
Arthur Bistline
Otto Tschanz
Lew Harrison
Read
Tucker
Predict Drop In Business
A majority of 17 leading business executives forecast earnings to fall this year, with most not fearing an immediate unemployment threat. The poll followed the U S Chamber of Commerce meeting, and none viewed April unemployment of 3 016 000 as warranting government job programs. Five opposed government action in principle.
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Washington
United Press
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Mother Performs Heroic River Rescue to Save Children
Ida Kellogg recounts the night Mrs. C. H. Reynolds swerved into the South Fork river and overturned her car with two young children inside. Reynolds freed her son Gary and then her daughter Barbara after resuscitating the infant. motorists’ rope救 aided. All were later reported in good condition at Kellogg hospital.
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Kellogg
Ida
Cullis Platte
C. H. Reynolds
South Fork
Platte
Gary
Barbara
Pocatello’s Mrs Briscoe Receives Oldest Mother Award
Martha Ann Basney Briscoe age 93 enters Nate Morgan jewelry store as oldest mother to register in southern Idaho. She has 15 children with seven living and recalls pioneer days near Spanish Fork Utah with family stories and a 1910 move to Pocatello.
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Martha Ann Basney Briscoe
Nate Morgan Jewelry Store
Nate Morgan
Nate Morgan Jewelry
Idaho
Martha Ann
Denver man linked to Colorado bunco scheme swindle
Edwin So alias Tom Lee of Denver identified as a bunco operator. He was arrested in Colorado and returned to Pocatello with a $2,500 bond on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and swindling Paul Okamura out of 5,000. Okamura and Feliciano Belleza named So as the swindler. police anticipate further arrests as the gang sought quick profits. So awaits trial in district court.
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Edwin So
Tom Lee
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Pocatello
Bannock
Alma Marley
Paul Okamura
Okamura
Clearfield
Utah
Feliciano G. Belleza
100 Mothers Loves Em All in San Francisco Party
San Francisco businessman Johnny Williams hosts a Mother's Day event for 100 residents of the Laguna Honda home. 24 Cadillac limousines will transport the women to the Marine Memorial Club for dinner, a floor show, cocktails and gifts. The queen will receive 100 dollars and a full outfit.
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San Francisco
Johnny Williams
Johnny
Laguna Honda
Marine Memorial Club
Blossom Festival Draws Record Crowds in Payette
Payette hosted its 28th annual blossom festival hailed as the largest ever with about 10 000 people lining the two and a half mile parade route. An overflow crowd of 9 000 watched the blossom pageant at Kiwanis Park prior to the parade. The pageant, written by Clair Goldsmith, honored the pioneers of Payette valley.
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Payette
Kiwanis Park
Clair Goldsmith
Payette Valley
Pocatello Launches Area Business Census Under Ross
A census of business in the Pocatello area will begin with 14 southeastern Idaho counties under district supervisor Dewey H. Ross. The office will operate from 403 N Main St Mackenzie building. Ross says four enumerators and a clerk-stenographer will be hired. reports will cover about three million establishments and aim for release in 1950.
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Pocatello
Dewey H. Ross
U. S
Idaho
Bannock
Bear Lake
Bingham
Bonneville
Butte
Caribou
Clark
Franklin
Fremont
Jefferson
Madison
Oneida
Power and
Teton
Ross
Amg
Census Bureau
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
United States and
Territories
Waterfowl Head Named in Idaho Research Role
Robert L. Salter of Wenatchee Washington is appointed waterfowl research biologist by Idaho’s state fish and game department director T B Murray. Salter starts June 1 and will work with the federal aid unit under Vernon Rich to survey nesting and migration of waterfowl on Idaho watersheds and aid in determining hunting seasons. The new position expands the department’s data gathering for wildlife management.
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BOISE
Robert L. Salter
Wenatchee
Wash
T. B. Murray
State Fish and Game Department
Salter
Vernon Rich
Idaho
Couple survives six days after avalanche and crash in Canada
Pilot Bill Grant, 28, of Vancouver, and student nurse Shelia Cure, 28, of Cardston, Alberta, lived on five chocolate bars for nearly a week after a plane crash in a snowbound mountain area. They rode out a later landslide that sent them 500 feet downhill before being found safe.
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Princeton
B. C
Bill Grant
Vancouver
B.C
Shelia Cure
Cardston
Alta
President Truman Faces Birthday With Heavy Workload
Truman's physician said on the eve of his 65th birthday that he is working too hard but in good condition. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham notes the president is busy constantly, planning abroad with Russia and at home with Congress, and that slowing him is difficult given the workload.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Russia
Congress
Graham
Truman
New Pocatello Police Chief Promises Traffic Reforms
New Police Chief A L Oliver says downtown traffic will improve with loudspeaker patrol cars to direct pedestrians and motorists. He advocates two officers on night prowls, curbside pedestrian rules, and safety measures, with further changes to be approved by city leaders.
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Pocatello
Gate City
A. L. Oliver
Oliver
W. W. Halsey
Civil Service Commission
Arms Limit Is Proposed by Senator George
Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia urged the Senate to cap American arms to Western Europe under the North Atlantic defense pact and to state that the United States will not defend Europe’s colonial possessions. He said limits would not require renegotiation of the treaty.
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Washington
ULP
Walter F. George
Senate
Europe
George
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Talbot Wins Post Tip Award for Auto Fatality Tip
Mrs. H. C. Talbot won The Post weekly five dollar tip award for a tip on an auto accident fatality south of town. Editors judged her notification the best and will mail five dollars to Route 1 South. Call The Post at 3530 with tips and your name and address.
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POST
The
H. C. Talbot
Board Rules On S. P. Case
An emergency board recommended to President Truman a settlement on grievances that prompted a strike threat by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers against Southern Pacific. Issues centered on seniority overtime pay and other questions under the current agreement, with 14 issues remaining after review.
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Washington
Truman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Southern Pacific Railroad
H. A. Schwartz
Casper
Wye
Robert O. Boyd
Portland
Ore
Daniel T. Valdes
Santa Fe
Old-line Democrats form group to oppose Senator Taylor
A group led by Dan J. Cavanagh and Emma Simons in Boise announces the 100 per cent Democrats to oust Senator Glen Taylor in the 1950 Democratic primary. They will form county anti-Taylor clubs across Idaho and spotlight his U.S. Senate voting record and past speeches.
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United Press
National
Dan J. Cavanagh
Twin Falls
Glen H. Taylor
Emma Alexander Simons
Boise
Earl Gustaves
Taylor
U. S. Senate
Democratic Party
Tan
Simons Orcers
Meatcutters War Looms in Pocatello Over Sunday Closures
A long dispute between Local 153, Meat Cutters and Butchers, and city store operators in Pocatello nears open conflict as talks collapse over Sunday and after 6 p m weekday closures. Union secretary John Isaac says some operators agreed to the request, but others refused, risking a citywide strike and prompting claims that big stores want to force small shops to stay open. Ernie Nugent, manager of the East O K Store, argues that large stores should not be forced to close unless all stores do so, calling it a property rights issue.
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Pocatello
John Isaac
Gate City
Isaac
Ernie Nugent
East O. K
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Jaycees
Nab ‘Bunco
U.S
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Ley
Frank Kee
Darrell Weston
Liam MelIntyre
Jama
Renstrom
Burkett Bray, Jr
James Hawan
Joe Dollar
Pat Quirk
Wil Pete Elliott
Newport
Supreme Caldwell
E. W. Tt Bray
Burl
Nampa
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