Couple Bound Over For Trial At Blackfoot
Frank and Margaret Leppert were bound over to district court in Blackfoot on first degree murder charges in the slaying of Max Streifling, a 72 year old Aberdeen rancher. A preliminary hearing before Probate Judge Earl Corey found sufficient evidence to hold them for trial. Witnesses included Otto Schritter, Howard Packham, Dr. J. O. Hampton, and Paul E. Harter who said Leppert bought a gun in October.
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Frank
Margaret Leppert
Blackfoot
Earl W. Cory
Lepperts
Earl Corey
Max Streifling
Aberdeen
Streifling
Carl Muir
Power County
William Hoehnen
John
Roy L. Black
Pocatello
Robert Kerr, Jr
Bingham
Leppert
Cory
Black
Jack Gaasch
Driver Arrested In Police Crackup
Traffic patrolman C. C. Ala Dawson, 40, rode his motorcycle on South Fourth Avenue when it collided with a light pickup driven by Morris Sexton, 36, of Inkom. Dawson was bruised and shaken. Sexton was arrested for reckless driving.
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Pocatello
C. C
Ala” Dawson
South Fourth Ave
Morris Sexton
Inkom
Dawson
Sexton
Patton Tank to Be Unveiled in Honor of Gen George Patton
The army will unveil on November 11 a new medium tank named in honor of the late General George Patton.
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Patton
Washington
George Patton
Market Selloff Delivers Massive Stock Losses on Friday
New York reports heavy selling drives more than 2.5 billion dollars in declines. Blue chips like Santa Fe Skelly Oil and Superior Oil fall sharply while Du Pont slides and weekly loss exceeds four billion dollars. Trading pace quickened as 1,177 issues traded with 2.53 million shares changing hands.
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New York
Superior Oil
California
Santa Fe
Skelly Oil
du Pont
Truman
Burley Soldiers Enter Army and Air Force Service
Two Burley youths from Idaho join military ranks this week. Raymond Bigelow reenlists in the air force for six years and will report to McChord Field Washington retaining his staff sergeant rank. Carl Edward Grames enlists in the regular army for three years and heads to Fort Ord for training before serving with the United States Constabulary in Germany.
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Air Force
Raymond Bigelow
Burley
McCordfield
Washington
Bigelow
Third Air Force
5Th Bombardment Group
Carl Edward Grames
E. Jennings
Fort Ord
United States Constabulary
Germany
Dworshak Plans Move to Washington After Boise Visit
Idaho Senator Henry Dworshak said in Boise Friday night he will depart for Washington D. C. sometime next week to handle unfinished business and close his office.
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Dworshak
Boise
Henry C. Dworshak
Washigton
D. C
Force Seeks 38 Missing In Three Planes
SEATTLE UP One of the largest north Pacific searches for 38 missing aboard a commercial airliner and two navy planes moved along a 1500 mile strip from Washington to Alaska. Royal Canadian Air Force Coast Guard and Navy units combed the region as daylight allowed, but no trace was found and officials fear a crash. Weather permitting, search resumes at dawn.
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Seattle
North Pacific
Royal Canadian Air Force
Coast Guard
Navy
Washington
Yakutat
Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
Fourteen Nazi War Criminals Hanged at Landsberg Prison
In Landsberg Germany fourteen war criminals including minor Nazi leaders were executed for murder of U S fliers and concentration camp prisoners. Among them George Schallermeier a Dachau guard was reprieved to allow petition review. Six hanged officials from Mecklenburg district were found guilty of killing at least three American airmen.
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Landsberg
Germany
U.S
George Schallermeier
Dachau
Schallermeier
Meckleburg
Weather forecast notes small temperature change
Generally fair conditions expected with little temperature change through Saturday and Sunday. Highs near 45 with overnight lows around 20 to 25. Friday's high reached 43 with a 27 low and a trace of precipitation recorded.
Father shoots man who gave penny for kiss in jail corridor
In Pittsburgh a distraught father, Nicholas A. Antico, shot and killed William Moore, a 75 year old junk dealer accused of molesting Antico's daughter. Moore was found dead in his cell after Antico fired through cell bars. Antico admitted the killing saying he loved his kids and acted to protect his daughter Betty.
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Pittsburgh
Sharpsburg
Nicholas A. Antico
William Moore
Antico
Betty
Moore
Robert Santelli
Santelli
11-year-old Arkansas freshman ends life with note claims phantom killer
A University of Arkansas freshman, 11 years old, died by suicide Friday. Police said he left a note claiming to be the phantom killer of Texarkana. His body was found in bed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGee in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Texarkana
Harry McGee
Police Solve Waldorf Murder Fast. Montreal Tycoon Victim
The District Attorney says 19 year old Ralph Barrows confessed to killing Colin Cameron MacKellar 56 of Montreal. Barrows claimed sole involvement and police questioned two men and a blonde woman. Police Commissioner Wallander announced they had the killer.
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Colin Cameron MacKellar
Montreal
Ralph Edmund Barrows
Manhattan
Barrows
Arthur Wallander
MacKellar
Wallander
Girl to Accept Stamp Donation on Youth Radio Program
Postmaster Jack Trimming will present Shirley Snider with the Juliet Lowe commemorative Girl Scout stamp during the Poca tello Youth radio program at 4 30 p m today over KEYY station. LeRoy Hoskins announced the event. The girl, a Whittier school pupil and Girl Scout troop No 7 member, acts for Girl Scout week.
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Jack Trimming
Shirley Snider
Juliet Lowe
Pocatello
KEYY
LeRoy Hoskins
Whittier School
Girl Scout Troop No. 7
Girl Scout Week
Truman Wins Thrilling Homecoming Welcome in Washington
Nearly a million Washingtonians roared a welcome as Harry S. Truman returned home winner in the presidential race. He rode the Victory Special to the White House, thanked the crowd, and embraced Alben Barkley aboard the train.
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Washington
Harry
White House
Harry Truman
Peace Is Nearing In Coastal Strike
In San Francisco waterfront employers and Pacific shipowners, with the CIO, proposed a plan to settle the 65 day west coast maritime strike. The coastwise negotiating committee of the CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union would meet Saturday for the first time since the strike began September 2. One shipowner said negotiations might reopen Monday or sooner.
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San Francisco
Pacific Shipowners
Industry
CIO
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Red Faces In Washington Dime A Dozen Today
Washington political reaction after the election shows the polls wrong as Truman and Barkley win. Debates on the impact of Civil Rights, party purges of Dixiecrats and Wallaceites, and labor influence shape the post election analysis.
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Washington
NEA
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
J. Howard McGrath
Dewey
Barkley Seng
Missing Pocatello Men Prompt Sheriff’s Extensive Search
Two Pocatello men Joe Ayres 61 and William Wells 57 are missing with last sightings Oct 24 and Oct 30 near US highway 30 north of Pocatello. Sheriff Alma Marley leads a river search as foul play remains possible and residents are urged to aid in locating the men. Ayres was last seen with his wife while Wells was with a party at El Rio club before disappearing.
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Bannock
Alma Marley
Pocatello
Marley
Idaho
Portneuf
Ayres
Pocatellan
William
Bill” Wells
Bertha
el Rio Club
Bill
Chest Drive Nears Finish At Union Pacific
Poca tello community chest donors include Union Pacific Railroad workers led by C. Ed Flandro. With about 900 contributors, $2,630.15 raised of $45,000 goal, $4,831 short. Some 2500 remaining workers could push the drive over in two days as YMCA activity winds down and downtown donors tally.
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Pocatello Community Chest
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Drive
C. Ed Flandro
Flandro
YMCA
High CourtVoids Pocatello Bus Rule
Idaho Supreme Court reversed a Public Utilities Commission order granting A C Nichols dba Valley Bus Lines a passenger and express permit between Pocatello and Ashton. The court remanded for reconsideration after Union Pacific Stages protested that UP service was adequate and another line was unnecessary.
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BOISE
Idaho Supreme Court
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
A. C. Nichols
Valley Bus Lines
Pocatello
Ashton
High Court
the Utilities Commission
PUC
Nichols
Union Pacific Stages
Commission
Union Pacific
Fiend Sought In Killing
Chicago police probe a 13 year old boy William Gervais found strangled in an underground vault after his mother Clara Foote reported him missing and then died from shock. Victor, 24, brother of the victim, is under questioning. he had a prior manslaughter conviction.
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Chicago
William Gervais
Frank Reynolds
Victor
Frank Foote
Clara Foote
William
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the Waldorf
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Peter Edson
Democratic Party
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Railway Brotherhoods
Wallace
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Jack Harvey
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Wells
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