Nations complete draft of Atlantic pact signed soon
The eight nation North Atlantic security treaty draft is finished after a 2 hour 20 minute State Department meeting. Countries named are the United States Canada Norway Britain France Belgium The Netherlands Luxembourg Italy has approved participation and Denmark Portugal and Iceland may join before signing in Washington the first week in April. Ratification by each member government is required before the pact becomes effective.
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United States
Canada
Europe
Ashington
Acheson
State Department
Norway
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Alcide de Gasperi
Rome
Italy
Denmark
Gustav Rasmussen
Aches
Portugal
Iceland
Greeks Foil Communist Plot to Kill U S General
In Athens the Greek government announced a communist plan to assassinate Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, head of the American mission. Authorities said conspirators were arrested after they could not devise an escape, and a weapon cache was seized.
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Athens
Greece
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Constantine Rentis
Rentis
Seiz
Gener
Pocatello High Debating Invitational Draws Southeast Idaho Schools
The Pocatello high school debate department hosts an invitational tournament today featuring Sugar Salem Sugar City Madison Rexburg St Anthony Blackfoot Lava Hot Springs and Burley. The event runs throughout the day with multiple schools competing.
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Pocatello High School
Idaho
Sugar Salem
Sugar City
Madison
Rexburg
St. Anthony
Blackfoot
Lava Hot Springs
Burley
FBI Agent Addresses ISC Institute in Butte
FBI agent spoke at the ISC Institute in Butte Montana noting one in 23 people commit a crime and about 7.5 million criminals in the country. He added that one in five crimes are by someone under 21 and Mayor George R. Phillips of Pocatello presided.
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Shine
FBI
George R. Phillips
Pocatello
Weather Report for Pocatello Saturday Outlook
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with scattered showers. Cooler with a high near 45 and a low around 25 to 30. Forecast covers Pocatello and surrounding area for Saturday and Saturday night.
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Pocatello
CC Considers Two Industrial Area Developments
Chamber of Commerce industrial committee open the year by evaluating two sites for growth. Possible use of the Union Pacific tie plant area west of Pocatello could form an industrial district. the nearby land around the Pocatello army air base, now city owned, may also host development.
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Tello Army Air Base
Bers
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
J. L. Craig
Chamber
Union Pacific
Pocatello
Craig
Pocatello Army Air Base
Sinclair Resigns as Boise Public Works Commissioner
Boise Governor C A Robins accepted E W Sinclair’s resignation as commissioner of public works with regret and at Sinclair’s insistence. Sinclair had held the post since Robins took office January 6 1947 and the resignation is effective immediately.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
E. W. Sinclair
Sinclair
Robins
Pair Facing Charge in Train Holdup
Police say two Youngstown Ohio men Ly man Ramsdell 23 and George Lewel Ashton 21 held up a crack passenger train near Martinsburg West Virginia in a Wild West style robbery. Ramsdell was wounded and near death in a hospital after police arrested them in a pawnshop six blocks from the White House.
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Washington
White House
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lyman Ramsdell
George Lewellyn Ashton
Youngstown
O. Ramsdell
Pedestrian Struck By Car at Main And Lewis Streets
Julian Holt a 38 year old man was struck by a southbound 1937 Plymouth sedan while crossing Main at Lewis in light rain at 8 58 p m He suffered a hematone above the right ear and facial lacerations but is not seriously injured Taken to General Hospital in an ambulance James J Kelley 22 and two passengers were in the car Holt was walking south on Main when hit by the vehicle Police cited poor visibility as a contributing factor under the care of Dr K M Pearson
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Julian Holt
Portneuf Park
Main
Lewis
James J. Kelley
South
Kelley
Robert Ericson
Trail Creek
Glen Kirkpatrick
East Carter
Holt
General Hospital
McHan-Henderson
K. M. Pearson
Pocatello High Names Honor Society Members and Top Honors
Phylis Pack named valedictorian and Harold Paige salutatorian in the Pocatello high school class of 1849 Friday morning. Fifty seniors elected to the National Honor Society include Nea Allen Becky Lou Beasley Marilyn Bird Robert Booker Dorothy Burton Jerry Briggs Janis Burton Marian Clarke Marilyn Croshaw Edna J. Currier Joyce Davis and many others. Faculty note NHS charter since 1924 has 866 members nationwide 549 girls 317 boys.
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Phylis Pack
L. M. Pack
Harold Paige
H. R. Paige
Pocatello High School
Nea Allen
Becky Lou Beasley
Marilyn Bird
Robert Booker
Dorothy Burton
Jerry Briggs
Janis Burton
Marian Clarke
Marilyn Croshaw
Edna J. Currier
Joyce Davis
Leslie Dawson
Bob Dudley
Bernie Eyler
Louis Ferri
Frances Fiala
Tom Flint
Shannon Frost
Joan Getty
Leo Gill
Paul Gledhill
Dorothy Grigora
Rhea Hansen
Nancy Harrison
Laurel Hart
Alice Hodgins
Jessie Hollenbeck
Harold Horrocks
Carol Jacobsen
Reed Jensen
Sue Dele Jensen
Gloria Johnson
Ralpheyn Kearsley
Virginia Kelly
Joanne Kihara
Marianne Kihara
Francis King
Roger Knowlton
Charles McDevitt
Norma McLeod
Claire McQuillan
Shirley Meredith
Colleen Mooney
Esther Schatz
Derinda Schurtz
Kimiko Shimada
Wesley Skidmore
Delores Swanson
Vivian Hanson
Pocatello
Miss Pack
Paige
Staif
Basketball tournament scores from multiple college games
Akron 57 Ohio Wesleyan 54 in the Wittenberg tournament opening. NAIB Kansas City action Hamline 52 Beloit 43. Regis of Denver 48 Indiana State 45 in a semifinal. Tulsa 58 Creighton 42 in another semifinal. State Class B Kimberly region Kimberly 52 Ammon 29 Orofino 56 Kimberly 34. Region Nine Jr College Campbellsville 70 Beck ley 57. Oregon State 53 UCLA 41.
Merchants Host Style Show For Idaho Reclamation Delegates
The style show and tea for women delegates to the Idaho Reclamation convention will be hosted by the chamber of commerce retail merchants bureau and Idaho State College. Mrs. Hazel Olson and Ralph Strub lead the fashion event set for March 25 at the Hotel Bannock, featuring children and women's fashions. The ISC Graveley hall tea is March 24 at 3 p.m. under Mrs. Evelyn Young as director.
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Pocatello
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau
Idaho State College
Hazel Olson
Ralph Strub
Bannock
Children’s
ISC
Graveley Hall
Evelyn Young
Civil Rights Battle Sways Senators in Filibuster Test
Southern Senators won a major test Friday night as Democratic Leader Lucas Tu moved to curb the 11 day filibuster. The 46 to 41 vote split party lines and dealt a heavy blow to the Truman administration's drive to change Senate rules. The tangle began with previous rulings on debate limits and centered on a proposal to modify rules to two thirds of those present.
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Washington
Lucas Tu
Truman
Senate
Vandenberg
Mick
Lucas
Intersections See Two Vehicle Collisions Reported
Police investigated two separate crashes. At Halliday and Eighth a Ford convertible driven by Lee R Heath rear ended a coupe driven by Jay C Smith causing damage to the right front of the Ford and rear bumper area on the coupe. Earlier, on East Center a sedan driven by Mary Ravoir collided with a taxicab driven by Nyal Z Peterson causing damage to the sedan’s left front fender and the cab’s rear fender.
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Halliday
Lee R. Heath
Colbeer
Jay C. Smith
Heath
McCormick Used Car Company
Mary Ravoir
Lava Hot Springs
East Center
Nyal Z. Peterson
Strikes and De Gaulle critics mark global news brief
Eight week strike by gravediggers at Calvary cemetery in Queens ends on terms offered by Cardinal Spellman. Russia seeks Turkey’s stance on a Mediterranean defense pact amid shifting regional ties. Karen rebels push government troops toward Mandalay outside Maymyo. De Gaulle ally files censure motion against Queuille government over Indochina policy. YWCA national convention backs civil rights legislation Hawaii statehood and housing. University of Washington professor acquitted of contempt. Chinese frontier reports flag potential Indochina counteroffensive. Labor talks resume between I A C and Pacific Telephone. Protestant delegates falter on Vatican meeting over religious freedom. Argentina adopts a new constitution allowing Peron potential re election. Universal military training shelved in Congress.
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New York
Calvary Cemetery
Queens
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Dental Meet Ends Today in Pocatello
The Upper Snake River dental society wraps up its 12th annual mid winter meet with a business meeting this afternoon led by president Dr. J. L. Mauk. A 10 to 12 speech by Dr. Sanford Ballinzer of Salt Lake City and a 1 to 3 fashion show for ladies are listed features.
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Upper
Snake River Dental Society
Pocatello
J. L. Mauk
Sanford Ballinzer
Salt Lake City
Indians Take Boxing Meet District Five Championship
Pocatello high school pugilists scored seven victories last night to win the district five boxing championship. Pocatello led with 43 points, Malad 33, Blackfoot 26, and West Side 20.
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Pocatello High School Pugilists
Pocatello
Malad
Blackfoot
West Side
Coal Miners Strike for 14 Day Period East of Mississippi
John L. Lewis orders a two week shutdown of coal mines east of the Mississippi beginning Monday. About 400,000 miners are called to leave the pits to protest Truman’s nomination of Dr. Tanner Boyd as director of the U S bureau of mines. The action commemorates workers killed and injured in mines and aims to pressure for new contract talks.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
Truman
Tanner Boyd
U .S. Bureau of Mines
Lewis
Taylor Bill To Relieve NOP Workers In Idaho
Idaho Senator Glen Taylor introduces a bill to relieve 40 present and former workers at the Pocatello naval ordnance plant from liability for repaying roughly 3000 in illegal pay increases given in 1947. NOP Commander McCarthy supports Congressional action to prevent hardship and cites mixed errors by Navy and plant officials.
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Dae Puan
Naval Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
Ida
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Senate
Idaho
Glen Taylor
W. C. McCarthy
NOP
Taylor
Navy Department
NDP
Boy Enters Prison for Framing Mother Murder
Mike Foley, 15, began life sentence at Idaho State Penitentiary after Lewiston district court found him guilty of shooting his mother Isabelle Foley 42 with a .22 rifle at the family home in Leland. His younger brother also was shot and killed. the brother faced murder charges but pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
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Boise
Mike Foley
Idaho State Penitentiary
Foley
Lewiston
Isabelle Foley
Leland Scee
French World War Hero Giraud Dies After Food Poisoning
General Henri Honore Giraud aged 70 dies in Dijon after food poisoning. He had recent last rites and had a noted wartime record including six prison escapes and leadership in North Africa during 1942-43. Giraud resigned in 1944 after dispute with De Gaulle.
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Paris
Henri Honore Giroud
Dijon
National Assembly
Giraud
Metz
France
North
Africa
Charles de Gaulle
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Cassia County
ISC Institute
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Dale Strong
Ott Power
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Clarence Elle
H. B. Yearsley
Sherman Beebe
Leon Burgon
E. V. Cordon
Eldon Johnsemeyer
Robert G Hemingway
E. N. Lundgren
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F. L. Copening, Jr
B. P. Calph
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Indochina
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D-Ga
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