End of Ford Strike Seen As Imminent
Ford Motor Company employees were nearing resolution of a 24 day strike as union and company spokesmen reported an imminent settlement. An arbitrator would decide over staffing and safety related issues after talks in Detroit and River Rouge, with 106000 workers awaiting a restart.
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Detroit
Company
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
United Auto
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Arthur Cviat
River Rouge
Pocatello Tourist Bureau Opens This Summer
Pocatello's tourist bureau will open this year on June 4 and run until late August. The Chamber of Commerce secretary J L Craig Jr says regular hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 5 to 10 p.m. daily with Sunday hours. Hostesses for 1930 are Mrs Dolly Lotz and Miss Aluetta Prinsen.
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Pocatello
J. L. Craig, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Dolly Lotz
Aluetta Prinsen
Instructor Dies in Mullin Pass Plane Crash Near Wallace
A Fairchild 24 monoplane crashed into a peak in Mullin Pass near Wallace killing 31 year old Tra Wylie the instructor. Two student pilots Harold Powers 21 and John Landreth 26 escaped injured hikers brought aid. All three Coeur d Alene residents were flying from Coeur d Alene to Bozeman Montana when low clouds and sudden crash occurred.
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Wallace
Mullan Pass
Here
CAA
Tra Wylie
Harold L. Powers
John W. Landreth
Wylie
Powers
Landreth
Coeur d'Alene
Bozeman
Mont
Mullan
Sheriff's Office
Providence Hospital
Coeur
Last Week's POST Winner for Tip Award
Mrs Kay Howard of 391 Pershing wins five dollars for notifying The POST editorial offices about an accident north of Pocatello. The prize goes to the first call received each week that yields a strong news picture or story.
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POST
Pocatello
Kay Howard
Pershing
Warnings of Maneuvers Fail to Halt Berlin Airlift
Berlin and Western powers defied Soviet warnings as American and British planes resumed the Buckeburg corridor airlift into Berlin. Soviet forces staged a large maneuver near Leptenger Heide while a west Berlin railway strike disrupted operations, with arrests for violence and the threat of severe punishment.
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Berlin
Buckeburg
West Berlin
Sachsen-Anhalt
Weather Watch Warns of Showers Memorial Day Weekend
The Weather Man again warns of possible showers this afternoon and this evening and again tomorrow. Expect cloudy to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Highs near 80 to 85 and lows around 45 to 50.
Post Staff Photographer Begins Yellowstone Travelogue Series
Paul Mendy and Mrs. Mendy launch a daily travelogue from Pocatello toward Yellowstone Park. They describe packing nerves and plans to travel about 100 miles to Ashton and Fishing Bridge while hoping for Old Faithful and cautioning about bears and lodging demand.
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Post
Ashton
Fishing Bridge
Yellowstone Lake
Doctor Guilty Of Killing Wife Seducer In Cedar Rapids
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. was convicted by a circuit court jury of second degree murder for the Ced ar Rapids hotel room knife slaying of Byron C. Hallman, the husband of his wife Sydney. The verdict carries a sentence of 10 years to life, with sentencing not set and a 30 day window for a motion to appeal.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
St. Louis
Byron C. Hallman
J. E. Heiserman
Rutledge
Hattman
Sydney
Hartman
Parker Standant
Doctor Page
High Death Toll Seen on Holiday
The national safety council estimated 215 deaths from traffic accidents during the Memorial Day weekend but said extra highway caution could cut toll by half. About 30 million vehicles were expected on U.S. roads over the three days with railroads and airlines predicting heavy traffic. United Airlines anticipated a record number of holiday passengers.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United Airlines
Farm Bureau Forms New Supply Corporation in Idaho
Idaho Farm Bureau creates a $100,000 farm supply corporation in Pocatello to act as purchasing and selling agent for bureau members across the state. The agency will focus on fertilizer distribution from the Wendell phosphate plant while officials plan a June 21 PUC hearing in Pocatello on Utah Power and Light rate requests. The state convention is set for Boise December 1-3.
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Pocatello
Gem State
Idaho Farm Bureau
Gate City
Bannock
John H. Webb
Bureau
Wendell
Ben Johnson
Preston
State Public Utilities Commission
Utah Power and Light .Co
Columbia's Peril Ends as Flood Fears Subside
The weather bureau in Portland reported the lower Columbia River is through its major flooding for 1949 unless drastic weather returns. Snow above 5,000 feet remains, but the overall snowpack has diminished. Snake River runoff may push Vancouver Washington to near 27 feet by Wednesday, still below the current crest.
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Portland
Ore
U. S. Weather Bureau
Columbia River
Columbia
Bureau
Snake River
Vancouver
Weekend Holiday Activities Draw Pocatellans
Pocatellans plan a varied weekend with travels to lakes and distant points and others staying local for holiday events. A Craters of the Moon opening ceremony Sunday features Lt. Gov. Don Whitehead as speaker and Ex-Gov. C A Bottolfsen as master of ceremonies. A 25-car Chamber of Commerce caravan meets Sunday at noon on Main Street Arco with banners and a picnic lunch. On Memorial Day a 12:30 p m parade from Memorial Hall includes many groups and honors veterans, followed by a cemetery wreathing and remarks from J Golden Jensen and M J McGowan.
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Pocatellans
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Bottolfsen
Pocatello
Memorial Hall
The
Fire Department
PTA
Eagles
Royal Neighbors
National Guard
Army Recruiting
Allis-Chalmers
Pocatello Riding Club
Navy
West Center St
J. Golden Jensen
LDS Church
M. J. McGowan
Perry A. Nelson
J. F. Bedingsfield
State Police
Pocatello High School
Auto Victim Still In Coma
Little Bonnie Nash, seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Nash of Rt 2 North, remained unconscious in St Anthony s hospital after being struck by an auto Friday near her home. Doctors said a fractured skull severe lacerations and shock left her in critical condition. Harold F Bean 44 of Dillon Montana driver of the auto faces the incident. The Tyhee school girl was crossing the Yellowstone highway two miles north when she darted into the path of the Bean vehicle witnesses said.
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Little Bonnie Nash
George Nash
Rt. 2
North
St. Anthony's Hospital
Harold F. Bean
Dillon
Mont
Tyhee
Yellowstone Highway
Peso Drops to Record Low in Modern History
Mexico City reports the peso plunging to 8.70 per dollar in a day of panic trading. Businessmen and speculators rushed to unload pesos to buy dollars amid market stress.
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Mexico City
Farm Ranch Conservation Contest Winner Gets Trip
Ida ho s farmer or rancher wins the 1949 Master Conservation Farm or Ranch contest. Sponsored by the Idaho Junior Chamber of Commerce Simplot Fertilizer Co and the soil conservation service the contest promotes modern conservation methods in Gem State farming. Applications due July 1 with county winners advancing to six divisional contests to pick the state champion by Nov 1. The state winner will tour the eastern U S by private plane as J R Simplot s guest.
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United States
Idaho
Idaho Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Simplot Fertilizer Co
Soil Conservation Service
Gem State
Norman A. Berg
Pocatello
Jaycee Agricultural Committee
Jaycee
Berg
Noy. 1
J. R. Simplot
U. S
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Russ
Klamath Falls
William H. Rice
Jennny
Jack Franey
Bulletin
Rice
Edwin E. Drised
Franey
Bovine
FFA
Bob. Shields
Future Farmers of America
Bob
H.C. Pack
Farmers Feed and Seed Co
R. R. Willecke
Pack
Willecke
A. C. McMinn
McMinn Dairy
Ralph E. Matthews
North Idaho
d’Alene
Aviation Industries
Leptenger-Heide
Germany
Paul Markgraf
West Germany
Helmstedt
Paul Mendy
Yellowstone Park
Isute
Witte Rou
Waliey
Yellowstone
Mendy
Joe Sebesta
Garfield Ave
Aeronca
Howard Crouch
Wilson's Flying Service
Frank Sokalik
Pocatello Flying Service
Farm Bureau Corporation
Webb
Boise
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