City Manager form of government debated in Idaho letters
Readers discuss the City Manager system, citing Colorado Springs as a model and Idaho statutes. They compare Mayors and managers, praise Berkeley and Denver, and urge study trips to improve Pocatello’s governance. The letter criticizes Idaho highway funding and road conditions, argues truck and car license fairness, and calls for highway policy review.
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Sam
George Phillips
Pocatello
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Denver
Wm. D. Strachan
Strachan
Berkeley
Calif
Party Cloudy Skies With Thunderstorms Forecast
The local weather bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies with a few afternoon thunderstorms likely over the mountains. Temperatures stay warm with highs near 80.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
WW II Aces Die In Italian Crash Near Rome
Two World War II air aces died when a small plane crashed in flames near Rome during a test flight. The fliers were likely George Beurling the Canadian ace with 29 kills and Leonard Cohen the Lion of Malta. Investigations involve Italian British and Canadian officials with two other planes having departed from Nice.
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Rome
George “Buzz” Beurling
Malta
Leonard Cohen
Nice
France
Mediator Bernadotte Named UN Envoy for Palestine
Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden was appointed United Nations mediator in Palestine by the big five after a day of Security Council debate. Approved by Jews and Arabs, he faces whether to travel to Stockholm first for instructions or go directly to the Holy Land to begin what may be the world’s hottest job.
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Lake Success
N.Y
Folke Bernadotte
Swedish
Red Cross
Germany
United Nations
Palestine
Bernadotte
Security Council
Stockholm
U S Tightens Germany Border for Russians
In Frankfurt Germany Major General George P Hays ordered the border between American and Russian zones in Germany sealed. Soviets formerly allowed cross at any point now limited to Helmstedt in the British zone, reducing travel distance by up to 100 miles for Russians entering the U S zone.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
George P. Hays
U. S
Helmstedt
Hays
Berlin
Bavaria
Hesse
Union election shows Randolph leading by four to three
In Indianapolis the AFL Typographical Union announced that President Woodruff Randolph and other incumbents lead by a four to three margin in the biannual election. Don Hurd of Oakland said unofficial tallies from about one sixth of the vote indicate Randolph’s re-election with the Progressive party.
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Indianapolis
AFL Typographical Union
Woodruff Randolph
Don Hurd
Oakland
Cal
Randolph
Progressive Party
Three-year-old Butch Bogart Drives Car Lesson
In Cambridge Ida three year old Butch Bogart left in a car on a sloping street. He began shifting gears and the car moved. He steered toward two big trees in Mrs Martha Harrells yard with only about three inches to spare.
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Cambridge, Ida
Butch Bogart
George Bogart
Cambridge
Butch
Martha Harrell
Ohio Lads Stage Raids In Zanesville
In Zanesville Ohio high school students took over municipal duties for a day and ran three gambling raids without city notice. They used a police cruiser and seized gambling slips a poll-tab board and disrupted a poker game before police chief Clifford H Courtney intervened. A further plan to condemn their school building as a fire trap was dropped after a quick meeting with Superintendent Donald Summers and Principal Ralph Stortz.
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Clifford H. Courtney
Donald Summers
Ralph Stortz
Operators reject Lewis bid for industry wide talks
Washington reports soft coal operators rejected John L. Lewis bid to split the ranks and urged a restart of wage talks on an industry-wide basis. They insisted all major regions join the conference table and warned no single group could veto an agreement. Meanwhile the United Mine Workers kept pressure, reiterating no talks with the Southern Association present.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Southern Association
Truman Blasts Teacher Position
President Truman condemned public school finances as disgraceful saying overcrowded classes and underpaid teachers persist even in the United States. He cited schools where teachers did not know pupils by name and warned specialists are needed in an era demanding expertise.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Guardsmen Drive Back Picket Riot at Waterloo Meat Plant
National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets cleared a two block area around the Bath Packing Co. plant after the slaying of a picket sparked a 2000 strong riot. Police and guardsmen battled pickets and strikers, with a death among nonstrikers, as Gov Blue ordered the National Guard to restore order.
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Waterloo
National
CIO
Bath Packing Co
Robert D. Blue
National Guard
Col
Frank P. Williams
34Th. Division
Williams
Oregon Voters Await Decision After Bitter Oregon Primary
Presidential hopefuls Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen closed their Oregon campaigns with sharp exchanges and await today’s primary results. A 12 man convention delegation awaits the winner, signaling a psychological win for the national contest. Stassen seeks to reignite momentum and Dewey aims to halt the Stassen surge before Philadelphia. Dewey accused Stassen of deceptive statements about an eastern funds plot tied to a Taft alliance.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Dewey
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Plane Forced Down at Great Falls Airport
A private plane forced to crash land at Great Falls municipal airport due to a stuck landing gear carried a sick man and his wife. Rev. Arthur Fleming of Frazer, Montana, was unharmed and treated at a local hospital. the pilot circled for an hour attempting to lower the wheels before landing.
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Great Falls
Arthur Fleming
Frazer
Mont
Poe
Unions Plan To End Chicago Meat Plant Walkout
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers will urge strikers at Swift Armour and Cudahy plants to return to work, excluding Wilson Co. after arbitration talks and wage offer progress. About 20 000 Chicago strikers began mass ballots as a congressional inquiry into strike violence opened in Chicago.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift
Armour and Cudahy
Wilson Co
Swift, Armour and Cudahy
Wilson
Subcommittee
Clare E. Hoffman
Mich
Hoffman
House
Record Flight Demonstrates 8000 Mile B-36 Reach
Washington AP reports a B-36 superbomber flew 8000 miles with a sizeable dummy bombload on a 36 hour mission May 13 14 between Carswell AFB Texas and Southern California. The test shows potential global reach from Fairbanks Alaska to most world regions barring certain southern and polar areas.
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Washington
Air Force
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
California
Fairbanks
Alaska
South America
Madagascar
South Africa
Antarctica
Black and Caspian Seas
Polar
European Russia
Greenland
Iceand
Free Action Progress Seen From Geneva Conference
William Benton former assistant secretary of state said the United Nations conference on freedom of information in Geneva helped turn the tide against attacks on freedom of thought and communication. He spoke at the committee for economic development trustees meeting, calling the event one of four steps reshaping U S foreign policy to value words and ideas.
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New York
William Benton
Geneva
Benton
Committee For Economic Development
Road woes spark new Post subscription in Pocatello
A tale from the American Falls to Pocatello corridor reports Edwin and Mrs. Talbot of Twin Falls subscribing to the POST after a tire blowout blamed on bad roads. Boise issues promise Idaho roads are fair for tourism while locals joke highways remain horrible. Examinations wrap up for Pocatello’s 6000 students as the school year ends.
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Gate City
John W. Beard
Beard
Pocatello
Boise
Oregon Trail
Independence
Beards
Portland
American Falls
Edwin Talbot
Twin Falls
the Post
Talbot
Idaho
R. G. Cole
Idaho Automobile Association
Mr. Cole
George N. Green
Bitter Fight Rages In Holy City Jerusalem battles widen as Arab Legion seals off Jewish quarter
The Arab Legion pushed from north to south through Jerusalem's old city severing the Jewish quarter from other Jewish-held areas. Mortars roared while Legion artillery shelled strongpoints. Jews in the old city begged Tel Aviv for rapid reinforcements as reports of infighting and attacks on Latrun and Mt Scopus emerge.
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Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Old City
Tel Aviv
Legion
Haganah
Latrun
Sheikh Jarrah
Hebrew University
Mt. Scopus
Amman
Trans-Jordan
The
Red Cross
Hadassah
Americans Seized in Beirut Harbor by Arab Authorities
Newsreel reports Leban anon seized 41 Americans, 3 Canadians, and 25 others from the Marine Carp at pistol point in Beirut harbor. The captives were sent to a concentration camp as protests from Israel and U S officials await confirmation amid a news blackout.
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Haifa
Israel
Lebandanon
Carp
Beirut
Lebanon
Pistol Point
Marine Corp
Marine Carp
Douglas urges democratic policy to defeat world communism
Justice William O. Douglas told a Freedom Train rally in Denver that only a strong domestic program can counter communism abroad. He argued the struggle with Russia is not a choice between appeasement and war and urged democrats to address social chaos at home to defeat communist aims globally.
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Denver
William O. Douglas
U. S. Supreme Court
Douglas
City Auditorium
America
Russia
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Parley
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