Flying Discs Mystery Turns One Year Old
A Boise man Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine flying disc objects between Mt Rainier and Mt Adams on June 24. The surge of sightings spread across 26 states and 12 nations with pilots, police, and the public claiming disc shaped craft in high speed flights.
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Boise
Kenneth Arnold
Mt. Rainier
Mt Adams
Washington
Arnold
Air Force
Baker
Police
FBI
Army
Navy
Air Forces
United Airlines
E. J. Smith
Smith
Seattle
Emmett
Portland
National Guard
Twin Falls
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army Intelligence
New Mexico
Carl Spaatz
Flood In Oklahoma Drowns Six Near Hydro Reported
Six people were reported drowned in an automobile near Hydro Oklahoma as flood waters spread across Kingfisher and Binger. The Oklahoma highway patrol said death reports remained unconfirmed but received two calls from Billie Bryan of rural electrification administration at Binger and Anadarko deputy. About 150 families were moved from northwest and northeast sections of Kingfisher. Geary logged over 11 inches of rain.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Hydro
Binger
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Billie Bryan
Rural Electrification Administration
Anadarko
Geary
Cunningham to Fly Here for Wedding
Rev. Ed Cunningham of the First Congregational church arrives by plane Saturday from San Francisco to officiate the wedding of Miss Beverly Bistline to Robert Spalding on the 27th. He attends the University of California Berkeley summer session after earning a family life study fellowship. He previously taught a week at Seabeck Washington for the Seabeck student conference of the Northwest.
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Ed Cunningham
First Congregational Church
San Francisco
Pocatello
Beverly Bistline
Robert Spalding
Cunningham
University of California In Berkeley
Seabeck
Wash
Student Christian Association
Northwest Area
Unclear Discs and International Experiments Debate
The passage questions whether foreign experiments could be eliminated and speculates that if American tests involved discs, no one has acknowledged it. It ends with a prompt asking for a third answer to the unresolved question.
Court halts maritime unions strike for 80 days
A federal judge on Wednesday issued an injunction preventing the CIO national maritime union and two affiliated unions from striking for 80 days. The ruling denied the government’s bid to block 55 Atlantic and Gulf Coast ship owners from a lockout due to lack of evidence of a threatened lockout.
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New York
CIO National Maritime Union
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Floral Culture and Garden Club Invites July 15 Meeting
Mrs Cathleen Christensen announced at a recent meeting that anyone interested in joining the Floral Culture and Garden Club should attend the July 15 meeting at City Hall at 2 p m. After a June session the group and guest Mrs Elaine Ezell adjourned to Mrs Estella Smedley’s home.
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Blackfoot
Cathleen Christensen
Floral Culture and Garden Club
City Hall
Elaine Ezell
Estella Smedley
Patients Overcrowd Idaho State Hospital
Overcrowding at the Idaho State hospital north of Boise in Orofino concerns officials. Genevieve Creswell executive secretary of the State Charitable Institutions commission says the situation is serious after Tuesday inspection visits. A related note mentions a vice president returning from an inspection and visiting a rose garden.
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Boise
Idaho State Hospital
North
Orofino
Genevieve Creswell
State Charitable Institutions Commission
Texas Queen Kathryn Campbell Wins Queen for a Day Prize
Mrs. Kathryn Campbell wife of a drag line operator won a two months cross country trip after her winning answer about needing a vacation. She and her entourage toured Pocatello Yellowstone Park and planned a New York Bermuda Vermont ski trip while staying in Los Angeles a Hollywood Plaza suite and other prizes followed. She said entering the contest was the thrill of a lifetime and she was excited by meetings with Lena Horne and Sonja Henie.
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Kathryn Campbell
Pocatello
KEYY
David
Kress
Texas
Campbell
Yellowstone Park
New York
Overcapacity at Institution Highlights Staffing Strain
Mrs Creswell reports 440 patients at a facility rated for 380, with 328 a year ago. She says insufficient facilities hinder care as staff face shortages.
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Trip
Creswell
Wreckage Sighted Of Missing Denver Plane
Wreckage of a small plane carrying Jack Thompson of Salida Colorado disappeared Monday was sighted on the southeast slope Wednesday. The report notes a search is underway and authorities are confirming the find.
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Denver
Jack Thompson
Salida
Colo
Roosevelt to Keynote Utah Democratic Convention
James Roosevelt eldest son of the late president and California State Democratic chairman will keynote the Utah State Democratic Nomination convention on July 31. Grant MacFarlane confirmed the engagement in a telephone conversation Monday. The keynote address will be delivered in the afternoon session and Roosevelt is expected to arrive on the morning of July 31.
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Salt Lake City
James Roosevelt
California
Utah
Grant MacFarlane
Roosevelt
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Somenley
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State
Gate City
Texas Queen
Hollnicks
First Security Bank
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