Atomic Pollution Faces U.S. Says AEC Expert
Washington report quotes Arthur F. Gorman of the Atomic Energy Commission outlining waste dangers from atomic energy. He notes wastes range from minute to millennia, stored on site, with hazards from processing to post-fission, and calls for better trained sanitary engineers and health physicists.
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U.S
AEC
Pocatello Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington
Arthur FE. Gorman
Atomic Energy Commission
Federation of Sewage Works Associations
Obituary of Robert Wilson Union Pacific machinist
Robert Wilson 65 a Union Pacific machinist of 324 West Bridger died in a local hospital after a short illness. Born February 22 1884 in Coalville Utah he moved to Pocatello in 1923 and later married Clara F Blazek in Ogden. He was a member of the LDS church Machinists union and FOE No 119. Survivors include the widow two sons Leroy Salt Lake City and a tavern operator in Wise River Montana four brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Downard funeral home.
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Robert Wilson
Union Pacific
West Bridger
Mr. Wilson
Coalville
Utah
Francis Wilson
Pocatello
Clara F. Blazek
Ogden
LDS Church
Machinists Union
FOE No
Leroy
Salt Lake City
Wise River
Mont
Wilbur
Price
David
Floyd
Leland
Lethbridge
Canada
Max Schultz
Berthe Jubb
Green River
Wye
Downard Funeral Home
House Breaks Deadlock On Home Aid
Washington reports an unusual Capitol Hill day as the House Rules Committee sends the housing bill to the floor amid a GOP and southern Democrat coalition opposing slum clearance low rent housing and farm housing aids. Senate Banking Committee also studied housing bills in closed sessions.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House
Rules Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Idaho Wheat Crop May Break Record
The U S department of agriculture predicts a record Idaho wheat crop totaling 40 111 000 bushels. Winter wheat about 25 758 000 bushels, spring around 14 353 000, late May rains boosting southern Idaho prospects to 27 396 000, and Northern Idaho near 12 715 000. Fruit crops rise with cherries and peaches up while apples show winter injury.
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Boise
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Idaho Crops Progress in Hot Weather
Idaho crops advanced last week as warm weather spread. Hay, cherries, and lettuce harvests progressed. strawberries near end. early potatoes set. late potato planting near completion in Idaho Falls. Dry peas bloomed, fall grains headed, hay cutting rising. livestock gains good, early lambs shipped. shearing near completion. south central fruit crop suffered winter kill with additional losses in Lemhi county.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Officials Tie in Boise Street Milking Contest
Secretary of State J. D. Price and Boise Mayor Potter P. Howard tied Saturday in a street milking contest. Price substituted for Lieutenant Governor Whitehead who filled in for Governor Robins, while Governor was at a Colorado convention. Judges counted milk in the pail with no street measurement of splatter.
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Boise
J. D. Price
Potter P. Howard
Price
Howard
Cut in Funds Stirring Arid States
Washington reports a 15 percent across the board cut in reclamation construction funds faces senate resistance. Senator Hayden and Senator Wherry argue projects will be judged on merit and continuing contracts may complicate a uniform cut.
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Washington
House
Reclamation
Senate
Hayden
Ariz
Appropriations
Interior Department
Wherry
Neb
State Law Bans Firecrackers In Idaho Cities
Idaho law restricting fireworks bans most firecrackers to public displays. Attorney General Smylie interprets the 1949 statute as prohibiting sale and possession outside authorized displays by county commissions or city councils. The opinion limits local permits for sale around July 4.
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Boise
Idaho Attorney General's
Robert E. Smylie
Smylie
Spe
Winds 74 MPH Cause Damage Across Utah
A severe wind storm with gusts to 74 miles per hour stranded about 400 people at Sunset Beach on Great Salt Lake and flooded the access road. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were among those delayed at a distributors outing. The wind toppled trees disrupted power in Salt Lake City and overturned 10 airplanes in Ogden, injuring Ronald Trapp.
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Salt Lake City
Sunset Beach
Great Salt Lake
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
U.S. Highway 40
Rogers
Ogden
CAA
Ronald Trapp
Farm Income Takes Dip In First Half Of 1949
The federal estimate shows net income for farmers in the first half of 1949 likely at least 10 percent below the same period in 1948. Cash receipts and gross income may be down about seven percent, while production costs lag income, narrowing profits as prices fall around 19 percent. Total marketings bring in about 11.9 billion dollars versus 12.8 billion a year earlier.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Law Defines Fireworks And Caps Under Ban
A lawmaker argued the statute defines fireworks and firecrackers as commonly interpreted and includes caps for cap pistols and the general use of all fireworks within the prohibition. The remarks clarified the scope of the ban on sale and use.
Boy swallows objects to win half penny bet
In Chesterfield England 14 year old Brian Mitchell swallowed twenty four 22 caliber cartridge casings ten buttons two farthings and a length of chain to win a half penny from a classmate. He later swallowed the half penny as well and is now on a heavy bread and potato diet in hospital. The coin is worth about five sixths of a cent.
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Chesterfield
Eng
Brian Mitchell
Hiss Case Sees Rested Evidence And Surprising Witnesses
The government finished its case against Alger Hiss after 14 trial days. Benjamin Firsheim testified about misinterpreting Whittaker Chambers testimony from August 25, 1948. Henry Wadleigh admitted stealing U S secrets for Russia, linking himself with Hiss as a named source in Chambers prewar espionage claims.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Benjamin H. Firsheim
Whittaker Chambers
House UN American Activities Committee
Chambers
Firsheim
Asistant
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Henry Julian Wadleigh
Russia
Wadleigh
Hiss
Idaho Falls to vote on bonds for new high school
Idaho Falls property owners will vote on two special bond issues to finance a modern senior high school on the city’s eastern edge. City officials and School District No. 91 trustees discussed a cooperative plan to issue bonds for a civic auditorium alongside the district’s new high school project.
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Idaho Falls
Board of Trustees
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Wis
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House Judiciary
Lemhi County
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Lon
Bannock Motor CO
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Pocatello, Idaho
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