Idaho Education Association backs nonpartisan state board ballot
The Idaho Education Association urged a nonpartisan ballot for the state board of education and approved amendments to its finance report. Delegates also nominated George Green and Ida B. Cobbett for association vice president and will conduct elections by mail within 30 days.
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Boise
The
Idaho Education Association
State Board of Education
Finance Committee
Howard Rate Kellogg
Idaho
Yof Education
Association
George Green
Pocatello
Ida B. Cobbett
Kellogg
IEA
Department of
Marguerite Hurdle
Blackfoot
Ester Huse
Isabelle Swope
Genevieve Dart
Marlin Bingham
Youth Gang Rivalry Sparks Fatal Brooklyn Shooting
Police say a Brooklyn gang rivalry led to a bystander death and three youths charged with homicide after two groups clashed during a chase. Victim William Gottlieb, 18, died. a 15-year-old companion John Murphy was struck. Suspects Anthony Lucera 17 Thomas Scardaci 17 and George Boundy 16 face homicide counts. Two others with guns linked to Lucera were charged with carrying concealed weapons.
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New York
Brooklyn
William Gottlieb
John Murphy
Anthony Lucera
Thomas Scardaci
George Boundy
Hunter's Navy man dies in Boise accidental shooting
The body of 24 year old William Van Zile machinist mate second class stationed on the USS Kennebec was found in Boise. Coroner says he accidentally discharged his rifle while rabbit hunting, the weapon firing about four inches from him as he climbed a small hill.
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Boise
Ada County
Clyde E. Summers
William van Zile
Kennebec
Summers
Labor Opens Fight on Hartley Law
The Western states conference of the AFL urged repeal of the Taft Hartley Act and defeat of pro act congressmen. Delegates from 11 states backed grass roots campaigns, set 1949 Cheyenne as site or Oregon if Wyoming falters, and pressed a six hour day with surplus labor. They called for a national minimum wage of not less than 75 cents and supported senior citizen grants. An AFL Washington office was to be established but delayed for funding.
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Boise
American Federation of Labor
E. M. Weston
Seattle
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Oregon
Weston
Washington, D. C
District Music Festival Closes With Parade in Pocatello
Southern Idaho bands closed the two day fifth district music festival at Pocatello with a downtown parade led by drum majorettes. About 2 024 contestants from 19 towns competed and earned top ratings across bands orchestras mixed choruses and glee clubs with Pocatello entries in multiple first division wins.
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Joyce Cousins
Ingard Neilson
Twin Falls
Southern Idaho
Pocatello
Gate City
Idaho 8 Loge
Pocatello Music
Goranson
Eldon Reynolds
Lena Egan
Sharlene Millwark
Monte Later
Virgil Camp
Bruce Coke
Craig Overturf
Glenn Fifield
Rhea Hansen
Bob Jensen
Aberdeen
American Falls
Paris
Firth
McCammon
Montpelier
Shelley
Westside
Blackfoot
Downey
Malad
Georgetown
Preston
Arimo
Soda Springs
Grace
Montpellier
Trim
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Three Injured In Collision At Halliday And Fourth
Two Pocatello men aged 21 and 18 aboard a motorcycle were struck by a car driven by Chris Pattis of Salt Lake City at Halliday and Fourth Saturday after 3 pm. Fuller and Aldous sustained serious injuries. Pattis charged with operating under the influence and released on bond. A Salt Lake City passenger and a second passenger were treated for arm and finger injuries. Witnesses say Pattis ran a stop sign and the car tipped, trapping the riders under the vehicle and a lamp post.
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General Hospital
Salt Lake City
St. Anthony Hospital
Halliday
Fourth
Gordon Riley Fuller
Randolph
Ben Aldous
North Thirteenth
Pioneer Motors
Pattis
Charles W. Hyle
John Adams
Gust Spirokos
East Halliday
Witneses
Utah Machine
South Fourth
Utah
Millionaire to Wed Lana Turner in Real Life Romance
Hollywood awaits a climactic scene in The Millionaire and the Actress as Henry J. Topping and Lana Turner move toward marriage after Judge annuls their third marriage in Bridgeport. Anine Judge cited cruelty and awarded alimony of 100000, with studio plans to stage a private ceremony.
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Hollywood
Henry J
Bob) Topping
Tinplate
Lana Turner
Idaho
Annine
Topping
Bridgeport
Pair Retraces Old Trail to Independence on Horseback
Elderly Portland preacher Dr. John W. Beard and his wife rode from the old trail into Baker Oregon after weeks in tents and river crossings. They arrive lively in levis chaps and red shirts and plan a sermon at the Presbyterian church today in Baker.
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Ore
Portland
Independence
John W. Beard
Presbyterian Church
Frees Reuther Foe on Bond After Interrogation
Nelson Davis, a 52 year old Detroit area political foe of Walter P. Reuther, was released on $2000 bond after two days of questioning in the attempted assassination of the UAW leader. Davis, a local union official, was detained Thursday following a tip about information on the shooting. Reuther was recovering at Grace Hospital with his right arm severely damaged by a shotgun blast. doctors said recovery of full use is possible. Two other UAW members were briefly questioned Saturday.
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Walter P. Reuther
Nelson Davis
Arthur Webster
Davis
Reuther
United Auto Workers
James N. McNally
Grace Hospital
UAW
Arabs Stream From Haifa As Jewish Forces Secure Buffer
In Jerusalem reports say Jewish forces fought Saturday to seal Haifa, the port city captured after a spectacular Thursday battle. Haganah guns shelled Balad Esh Sheikh and Tirah as Arabs fled toward Nazareth and Tib erias after a dawn truce request. The British noted a temporary truce was arranged as armaments were to be surrendered.
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Haifa
Haganah
Balad Esh Sheikh
Tirah
Nazareth
Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Hotel Bannock in Pocatello Opens New Coffee Shop
Pocatello’s Hotel Bannock announces its newest addition a 24 hour service coffee shop as renovations totaling 190000 continue. Manager William W Shields who took duties May 1 1947 oversees a building expanded with a lobby offices dining room baroque style and Chamber of Commerce space.
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Bannock
Poe
William W. Shields
Shields
Western Hotels, Inc
Western and Northwestern
J. R. Simplot
Harry Morrison
E. L. Eberle
Virgil McGee
Boise
Victor N. Jones
Hitching Post and Cire
Woman and Two Men Injured in Idaho Collision
Mrs Vaugn Bair of Rupert is in fairly good condition at St Anthony hospital after a 4 20 PM collision two miles north of McCammon. Her husband and Eugene Prisley were treated and released. Neil K Chase of Pocatello skidded while passing a truck causing the crash. Chase and passenger Youmans uninjured.
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J. F. Bedingfield
Idaho State Police
Neil K. Chase
Pocatello
Youth trapped in hotel elevator gears near Salt Lake City
Eight ten-year-old Grant Wiseman, a Newhouse hotel bus boy, was trapped with his foot in a food elevator for over 30 minutes in Salt Lake City. He was freed after the elevator chain was cut with a hacksaw and was treated for shock at Holy Cross hospital. Kitchen workers ignored his pleas, saying bus boys scream often.
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Salt Lake City
Grant Wiseman
Newhouse
Holy Cross Hospital
Fire Chiefs Battle in Maywood Over Plant Fire
Flames swept a battery separator plant in Maywood California as a spate with county fire officials erupted. Chief Coon of Maywood and County Fire Captain Harl James gave different accounts of the incident. James said Coon struck him and a battery complaint was signed, while no record could be found.
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Calif
County Fire
Coon
County Pire
Harl James
James
Idaho Democrats name uninstructed delegates at convention
Idaho Democrats closed their convention by electing 24 uninstructed national delegates while avoiding direct reference to U.S. Senator Glen H. Taylor who bolted to a third party. The 24 member delegation includes former governors Arnold Williams and Charles Gossett.
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Idaho
U.S
Glen H. Taylor
Arnold Williams
Charles Gossett
Gose Set
Joe R. Williams
Boise
Dan Cavanagh
Twin Falls
George Bennett
Dan Hoopes
Tragic Accident Claims Malad Workman
Harold Grant Moss aged 24 died Friday after being crushed beneath a dump truck bed while greasing the Oneida county road crew at Arbon valley 35 miles west of Malad. Survived by widow La Rue Camp Moss and daughter Marilyn, mother Amelia Thomas Moss and grandfather Daniel R. Thomas. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at the LDS Third ward with burial at Malad cemetery.
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Harold Grant Moss
Oneida
Arbon Valley
Darrell Chiveers
la Rue Camp Moss
Marielyn
Amelia Thomas Moss
Daniel R. Thomas
Pocatello
LDS
Snow Storm Hits Rockies and Plains
A spring storm swept parts of the country, dropping temperatures to as low as 21 in Yellowstone Park and bringing snow to Denver Cheyenne and other high areas. Rockies and plateau states saw 20s to 50s while the Plains reached 60s and 70s. The same storm sequence followed an Iowa tornado and a Red River valley death toll of eight.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
Denver
Cheyenne
Rockies
Plateau States
Plains States
Iowa
Red River Valley
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