City manager form of government debate connects past to present
A columnist recalls debating for a city manager government in Pocatello as Alameda and Pocatello discuss possible merger. The piece notes past civic outreach, current interest, and invites Alameda residents to share beefs and ideas while a postcard joke hints at annexation tensions.
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Whittier School
Margaret Cass
Margaret Johnson
Pocatello
Two Margarets
Argufiers
Rotary Club
University of California At Berkeley
Two Escapees Flee Idaho State School Colony
Two inmates escaped from the state school colony at Nampa Idaho. The men are Adam Craig, 18, described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, 175 pounds, gray hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, wearing a red and black jacket. Fred Hawkins, 15, 5 feet 9 inches, 125 pounds, short hair, wearing motorcycle-type trousers.
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Hawkins
Baseball Results From Regional Games
Twin Falls and Idaho Falls posted losses while Pocatello defeated Twin Falls 13 to 0. Ogden beat Idaho Falls 4 to 5, and Salt Lake City edged Billings 20 to 14 with home runs noted. Boise and Salt Lake City also played, with multiple errors and scoring details listed for each contest.
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Billings
Salt Lake City
Wallerstein
Stillwell
Guy
Golditen
King
Savereseland Brocker
Jelenich
Pocatello Army Air Base Declared Excess to Air Force Needs
United Press reports the Pocatello air base and gunnery ranges are declared surplus by the Air Force, excluding Craters of the Moon range. Mayor and acting officials discuss local options, noting the base would dwarf the municipal airport if taken over. The base currently houses a skeleton staff and ISC renters in housing units for 8000 men, with hangars, a control tower, and recreation facilities.
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Pocatello Army Air Base
United Press
Henry C. Dworshak
Ida
Craters of the Moon
Chandler Rudicel
Pocatello City
James Bowns
Wilson Flying Service
Pocatello Flying Service
ISC
Air Reserve
Airways Communication
Cut In Trade Plan Is Approved
The Ways and Means Committee approved a modified reciprocal trade program by a 15 to 9 party line vote. The bill weakens the president's tariff cut powers, expands tariff commission authority, and requires congressional approval for future pacts. The act expires June 12, timeline tight for passage.
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Washington
Truman
House Ways and Means Committee
Republican Committee
U. S. Tariff Commission
Congress
Democratic Committee
Citizens’ Committee For Reciprocal
United States
Senator John H Overton Dies at 72 in Bethesda
Washington report says Senator John H Overton of Louisiana died Friday in Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 72 after a ten day stay and emergency surgery for an intestinal obstruction. His wife and daughter Ruth were by his side as he succumbed to heart failure.
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Washington
Llp
John H. Overton
Senate
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Ruth
Record-Setting New York Stock Exchange Session
The New York Stock Exchange posted its most active day in eight years with broad gains. Volume reached 3.84 million shares and values rose by over 1.75 billion dollars as 925 issues closed higher. Railroads and steel led advance, with Union Pacific up seven points and U S Steel up 2.44 points.
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NEW York
The
Stock Exchange
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Illinois Central
Atlantic Coast Lines
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
N. Y. Central
Louisville & Nashville
U. S. Steel
Army engineer chief inspectors Lewiston dam sites
General Raymond A. Wheeler chief of the army engineers arrived in Lewiston by plane for an inspection of proposed dam sites between Lewiston and Hell's Canyon.
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Eye
Lewiston
Ida
Raymond A. Wheeler
The
Army Engineers
Washington, D. C
Here
Hell’s Canyon
Decline In Business Hits Gate City Courts
Idaho records show district court activity rising with population growth from 1930 to 1947. Art Olsen reports 7133 cases since 1930, with 135,527 items checked. civil and criminal filings increased, war years spurred disputes, and judges worked longer hours as sessions rose from 221 to 240 days.
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Gate City
Pocatello
Art Olsen
Idaho Bar Association
Olsen
L. E. Glennon
Isaac McDougall
Idaho
Wheels of Justice
Elk Invasion Sparks Farm Losses And Funeral Parking Fiasco
W T Armstrong reports 50 elk entered his grain fields and fences were knocked over allowing cattle to join. In Pocatello a funeral at the Methodist church faced parking signs blocking spaces, police moved cars, and a driver complained he did not see a hearse.
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W. T. Armstrong
Robin
Louie Dremolski
Pocatello
Weather notes on春 forecast and records
The report records a Friday neon temperature of minus 52 degrees per weather bureau. Saturday outlook calls for generally fair conditions with highs between 60 and 70 degrees and a low near 40. Friday reached a high of 60 and a low of 44.
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Weather Bureau
Guard Called In To Quell Minnesota Strike Violence
Gov. Luther Youngdahl mobilized 200 National Guard troops to quell three days of CIO packinghouse strike violence in South St. Paul and Newport. The mechanized force aimed to quell raids on Cudahy and other plants after 65 workers were surprised inside the Newport plant.
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South ST. Paul, Minn
Luther W. Youngdahl
National Guard
Youngdahl
CIO Packinghouse
Cudahy
Newport
Minn
Sever
Swift
Armour
Boise Guesser Hits Ice Breakup
In McCall Idaho on a Payette Lake ice breakup occurred at 3 26 p m Ernest Hohrein Route 2 Boise won 900 in the Payette Lakes chamber of commerce guessing contest Larry Mason 11612 Bannock St Boise was second with 200 and C D Brown Box 298 Boise third with 100 Hohrein timed 3 20 Mason 3 33 Brown 3 10 The event marked the second May 14 breakup in 35 years with a 1917 prior occurrence.
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C. D. Brown
Boise
Hohrein
Mason
Brown
Egypt Orders Men To Battle
Egypt ordered its armed forces to enter Palestine as the British mandate ended and the Jewish state Israel emerged. Cairo cited restoring security and ending Arab massacres, while a religious leader proclaimed the hour of jihad. United Nations unrest followed as war loomed.
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Israel
Palestine
Arab Legion
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
American Broadcasting Company
ABC
Great Britain
Alan Gordon Cunningham
Haifa
Euryalus
David Ben Gurion
Ben Gurion
White House
Washington
Truman
United States
Cairo
Egypt
Foreign Ministry
United Nations
Flushing
N. Y
Jerusalem
World Organization
Moslem Theological Institute
Foreign Office
Mohamed Mamoun El-Shennawy
Great al Azhar University
Maslew Theological Institute
Truman Hits Farm Act Delays With 12 Point Plan
President Truman condemned Congress for stalling on a postwar farm program and unveiled a 12 point plan for a sound system of flexible price supports to replace wartime rates. He urged full funding for soil conservation and backed standby legislation for a food stamp program to aid low income families if surpluses emerge.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate Republicans
Agricultural Committee
Capitol
Mr. Truman
House
Agriculture Department
Boys Town Founder Dies
Father Edward J. Flanagan, 61, founder of Boys Town Nebraska, died of a heart attack at an army station hospital in Berlin after collapsing at a Berlin dinner club. Col. F. T. Chamberlain announced the death.Flanagan had built Boys Town from a $90 loan and a belief in redeeming wayward youths.
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Berlin
Edward J. Flanagan
Boy’s Town
Neb
Army Station
Flanagan
United States
Col
F. T. Chamberlain
279Th Station
Harnach House
Sale Of Poppies Today Will Aid Wounded Vets
Poppy Day in Poca proclaimed by Acting Mayor James H. Brown. Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion, led by Mrs. W. E. Dohse, will sell poppies on main streets to fund welfare for veterans. Posters prize winners announced with displays at Peterson Furniture and Fargo Wells Wilson.
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Pocatello
James H. Brown
Ladies Auxiliary
The
American Legion
W. E. Dohse
Boise Veterans Hospital
W. M. Atwood
West Side
Hotel Bannock
East Side
Mountain Electric Company
Judy Wilson
Emerson
Fred Hunziker
Lincoln
Randall Fredericks
Washington
Yvonne Birkland
Peterson Furniture Company
Niorth Main St
Fargo - Wells - Wilson
South Main St
Housing Fund Nears Goal for 400-Unit Project
The Industrial Housing Committee of the Pocatello chamber reports at Friday luncheon in Hotel Bannock that only $10,000 of the $50,000 initial capital for a proposed 400 unit housing development remains to be subscribed amid the absence of committee chairman H. B. Markham. Secretary Ps Craig presents a financial report as members say the full $50,000 will be in hand by next week.
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Industrial Housing Committee
The
Pucatello Chamber of Commerce
Bannock
Cernae Nd
Cele
E Jarnese
H. B. Markham
Ledge) Craig
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Lloyd Haight
Alameda
Sam Hanson
Two Escape State School
Twin Falls
de Martini
Maruco
Triandos
Danielson
Mahoney
Oming Pocatello
Lowns
Geetreat Falls
Ogde
Smith
Meister and
Wilburn
Naccarato
Buck
Idaho Falls
Gilmore
Field
Army Air Base
Sen. Overton
Joe Monaghan
State Fish and Wildlife Service
Monaghan
Frontier Club
County Extension Service
Truman Raps
Snag
Farm
Boys Town
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