Safety Board Unveils Stricter Takeoff Rules After Crash
President Truman’s air safety board introduced a tighter takeoff formula to limit load based on wind, slope, runway length, and temperature. The rule, designed to prevent the May 29 La Guardia crash that killed 43, could cut payload and affect revenue. Officials said the change could be in effect within four to five days and would not ban four engine planes from shorter runways.
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Washington
Truman
Air Safety Board
la Guardia Field
N. Y
James M. Landis
Special Board
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Landis
Dallas
New York
Nashville
Parochial and pronunciation Q and A roundup
A Saturday roundup of readers asking about word meanings spellings and pronunciations from multiple cities. Parochial means pertaining to a parish and is pronounced puh ROH kee ul. Other queries cover tabby origin root spelling drought vs drouth sepulcher modern spelling and pronunciation.
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Kansas City
Alfred A. Knopf
H. L. Mencken
Rutland
Reacer
Columbus
Pronunciation Qs and Falcons Bat Study
Readers debated falconry terms and banana pronunciation. An English friend cites bate from French into fluttering wing, while Mrs. G W T argues American usage favors buh NAN uh for banana.
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Canton
Kiwanis Fills Post After Emerson Death
Hamilton Holt of Macon Georgia industrialist is named to fill the unexpired Kiwanis International presidency term after the death of Jay N Emerson of Pullman Washington two weeks earlier.
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Chicago
Hamilton Holt
Macon
Kiwanis International
Jay N. Emerson
Pullman
Wash
City Annexes More Land North Of Pocatello
The city council incorporated a large northern area including Central Valley townsite Hill Chase park and Brennan Cahoon tracts expanding Pocatello by 1700. Water costs estimated at 117937 to supply the village with Alameda system. expected tax payback in under a decade.
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Pocatello
Central Valley Townsite
Hill Chase Park
Brennan and Cahoon
Naval Ordnance Plant
Purina
W. J. Speir
Alameda
North Pocatello
Spill Kills Cyclist Near Draper Crossroads
Lloyd M. Barton, 53, was killed Saturday evening when his speeding motorcycle overturned and slid 129 feet one mile north of the Draper crossroads in Salt Lake County. Troopers Ted Elders and Ray De Vine said Barton may have struck a slight depression in the road causing loss of control.
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Salt Lake City
Lloyd M. Barton
Draper Crossroads
Salt Lake County
Ted Elders
Ray de Vine
Barton
County and City Act on Licenses Approved
The county commission approved liquor by the drink licenses for Fred's cafe Ford's Roundup Whitman hotel Bob's Top Hat lounge and Bannock hotel. The city council has licensed Ford's Fred's and the Roundup while Bannock hotel and Bob's Top Hat await action, with decisions expected today. Col Herman Levinson of Bob's Top Hat says open by July 1 under the new law. The city requires state and county licenses before action.
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Board of County Commissioners
Whitman Hotel
Bannock Hotel
Bert D. Reese
Col
Herman Levinson
Jaycees Discuss Boise Welfare and Beautification Plans
The Idaho Junior chamber of commerce executive board met here yesterday to plan projects for the coming year. Carl Burt and Louis F. Pacheco of Boise led talks on youth welfare and city beautification. their Jaycees won first place in a prior category.
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Boise
Idaho Junior Chamber of Commerce
Carl Burt
Louis F. Pacheco
Jaycees
National Convention Attendees From Idaho Meet in Long Beach
Delegates from Idaho attended the national convention in Long Beach California. Participants included Telpher Wright Caldwell state secretary Spencer Barrett Boise national director Vincent Vassar Lewiston state vice president Harold Rife Boise state director Bill Ames Nampa and Jaycee club presidents Bob Warberg Twin Falls Neil Carlton Boise Elmer Heitman Lewiston Ben Collins Nampa Lew Harrison Pocatello and James Vermaas Caldwell.
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Long Beach
Calif
Telpher E. Wright
Caldwell
Spencer Barrett
Boise
Vincent Vassar
Lewiston
Harold Rife
Bill Ames
Nampa
Bob Warberg
Twin Falls
Neil Carlton
Elmer Heitman
Ben Collins
Lew Harrison
Pocatello
James Vermaas
Petitions seek bus extensions to army base and airport
A petition with forty signers including student residents civilian workers and army personnel asked the city council to extend municipal bus service to the army air base. The Wilson Flying Service and the Pocatello Flying Service petitioned for service to the municipal airport with 250 to 300 GI veteran students enrolled. Mayor Phillips said the territory is outside city limits limiting action. bus operator F M Bistline would run a bus if guaranteed sufficient riders.
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Army Air Base
Wilson Flying Service
Pocatello Flying Service
George Phillips
F. M. Bistline
Tragedy Strikes Lockyer Family in Clinton Silo Accident
Delmar and Melvin Lockyer were killed along with three other workers when scaffolding collapsed inside a Clinton Iowa silo at Clinton Industries Corporation. The two uncles of an infant died instantly after tumbling 120 feet into fresh cement during roof work.
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Lockyer
McCammon
Delmar
Melvin Lockyer
Clinton
Iowa
Frank Lockyer
Melvin
Clinton Industries Corporation
Christmas Reunion Lights Up Freds Home
Brothers Paul Leverenz and Fred Leverenz celebrated Christmas with a tree trimmed in Freds home. The reunion marked a festive family gathering fitting the holiday spirit.
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Chicago
Paul F. Leverenz
Fred
Brothers give California-based Paul a Christmas homecoming
Beneath the tree a stack of gifts marked for Paul fills the scene as Fred notes he has spent 30 years in California. The brothers and 24 relatives celebrate with a Christmas dinner hoping to repay missed holidays and share together at last.
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Paul
California
Fred
Rodeo Profits Benefit St Anthony Hospital Fund
The Pocate Frontier Rodeo directors announce 1947 profits will fund St Anthony hospital x ray equipment. A small reserve will be set aside for the 1948 show while the entire 1947 balance goes to the hospital for the x ray laboratory aims.
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St. Anthony Hospital
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Veldura
John Lewis
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Milwaukee
Joseph Tierney
Harry Meisner
Kiwanis
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Dee
North Main
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