Oregon House backs study before Columbia Valley Authority
Washington reports Rep Ellsworth of Oregon urges Congress to wait for a Northwest five state study showing a Columbia Valley Authority is needed. He questions urgent need and argues any bill should match identified problems before federal powers over river rights. Truman ordered a study but no bill yet.
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Ellsworth R
Ore
Congress
Columbia Valley Authority
Northwest States
Oregonian
Ellsworth
Truman
Tennessee Valley Authority
City Receives 250 Bids for 38 Airbase Buildings
City officials collected bids for 38 former Army barracks out of about 500 buildings acquired with the airbase. Bids ranged from 75 to 311 dollars per structure as City Clerk Reese summed the offers at 11 am. The council plans a special meeting to consider sale to reduce fire risk and clear the site for a proposed major airport, with removal at buyers’ expense and Civil Aeronautics Authority regulation guiding final disposition.
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
Drunk Driver Admits Guilt Fined $150 in Idaho
Lt. J. F. Bedingfield reports Cyril Mickelsen of 611 Richland confessed to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a collision on Maple street at Yellowstone highway. Mickelsen pleaded guilty before Justice Charles W. Hyde, received a $150 fine, and a one year driver’s permit revocation.
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Cyril Mickelsen
Richland
Maple Street
Yellowstone Highway
Mickelsen
Charles W. Hyde
Cale Walker
South End
H. Newcomb
Pocatello
Walker
Bedingfield
Newcomb
Lt. Bedingfield
Yellowstone
Deleta
Mike English
Fort Hall
Bob Hoffard
Pinecrest Motor Lodge
Hoffard
Club Banquet With Humorist Ed Harding Tonight
Ed Harding world famous humorist appears at 7 PM for Knife and Fork club banquet at the Hotel. Thelma Crowell secretary notes his talk Is America Losing Its Risibility. Harding draws repeats from Assoc clubs and promises pure entertainment with no world headaches or serious solves.
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Thelma Crowell
Harding
America
Associated Clubs
Indictments Hit Six Utah Men Over Stolen Autos
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City indicted six Utah men for receiving and disposing of stolen automobiles. Named are Ogden residents Otto Waldron Donald Halil Carroll and Frank Berglund plus Louis Wood Sellener from Bountiful Gayle Lewis Starks of Clearfield and Victor W Jones of Salt Lake City.
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Ogden
U. S. District Court
Otto Waldron
Donald Halil Carroll
Frank Berglund
Louis Wood Sellener
Bountiful
Gayle Lewis Starks
Clearfield
Victor W. Jones
Pocatello Leads in Race for Northwest Atomic Plant
Northwest states scramble for a proposed 500 million dollar atomic plant with Pocatello favored on the inside track. debate centers on power needs and the Columbia Valley Authority while power companies oppose both CVA and the plant.
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Northwest States
Columbia Valley Authority
Northwest
Atomic Energy Commission
David Lilienthal
CVA
Interior
Julius Krug
Reclamation
Michael Straus
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pocatello
Idaho
Rent Control Faces Senate Hurdles as March 31 Expires
In Washington the 10 day countdown to the March 31 expiration of federal rent controls intensifies as Sen Maybank pushes for a 12 to 15 month extension and major battles loom over a six month plus supervision plan versus a 12 month extension and a local option for decontrol. The debate includes Capehart's step by step decontrol and a state limited local option.
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Maybank
D.-S.c
Senate
Cain
Wash
Bricker
Ohio
Senate Committee
Sen. Capehart
R.ind
Official Warns Utah Motorists On Auto Tax Law
State Tax Commissioner Elisha Warner warns Utah drivers it is illegal to register cars in another state to dodge Utah property taxes. He cites Idaho reports of 800 Utah registered passenger cars found in Idaho last year. Registrations are legal only if the owner moved to Idaho or uses the car there exclusively.
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Tribune
Washington
Pocatello
Northwest
Idaho
Utah
Salt Lake City
Elisha Warner
Warner
Utah Commission
Army Day Declared for Boise Observance Week
Governor Robins proclaims April 6 as the 22nd Army Day and designates April 3 to 9 for a Sixth Army Area celebration. He cites cooperation with General Mark W. Clark in the observance.
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C. A. Robins
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Mark W. Clark
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Arrival of Spring Reported In Pocatello Weather
Spring arrived officially at 3 49 p m Sunday as the weatherman reported in Pocatello. Residents had enjoyed springlike weather for weeks after one of the worst winters in history. At the moment of spring’s arrival the thermometer showed a high of 49 degrees. The 1949 high temperature is 62 above zero.
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Farm Work Opens in Eastern Idaho Demand Rises
Early spring farm work drives up demand in eastern Idaho. J. F. Gisler, manager of the Idaho Falls office of the Idaho State Employment Service, reports that about half of 61 available jobs are farm positions.
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Idaho
J. F. Gisler
Idaho Palls
Idaho State Employment Service
Idaho to Acquire Right of Way for Inter-State Highway
The Idaho highway department aims to secure land for a 350000 project from Arimo to Downey and landowners will be approached on March 20 and 31. BE H Bruner says deeds are drawn and bids will follow after right of way is secured with county officials and landowners.
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Arimo
Virginia
H Bruner
Boise
Highway Department
Pocatelo
Bruner
Bannock County Court House
C. A. Kelly
State Bureau of Highways
W. P. Havener
Bannock
Jack Aljers
Roy T. Hale
Pocatello
Hale
Idaho
Reform Workers Out Today For Repeal of Slot Law
Idaho Allied Civic Forces begin city-wide voter petition drive to repeal the slot machine licensing ordinance. A. Y. Satterfield reports early signatures from churches and businesses, with about 400 by noon and a goal of 1 077 signatures or 25 percent of last mayoral vote. clergy urged turnout from pulpits.
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Riley L. Dixon
Voters’ League
A. Y. Satterfield
Satterfield
Blast Wrecks Student Area at University of Virginia
An explosion at a Virginia veterans trailer housing area wrecked several buildings on the University of Virginia campus. The laundry and a trailer were destroyed, 15 trailers and six cars damaged, two people were injured, and a 300 gallon tank arched through the air. University president Colgate W. Darden Jr. said a failed automatic safety valve likely caused the blast.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia Veterans
Robert K. Parrott
Colgate W. Darden Jr
Five more winners to cash in airport naming contest
The Tribune will announce five additional cash prize winners next Wednesday. The former army airbase now city property will be named Phillips' Field in honor of Mayor George R. Phillips after strong support from voters and officials. Over 200 entries besides Phillips' Field were submitted as judges pick the next top names.
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Phillips
George R. Phillips
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Phillips’ Field
Pocatello Promised Jobs as Navy Plant Turbulence Heats
A navy ordnance plant layoff in Pocatello drew a congressional request for relief. An unidentified admiral assured an Idaho aide that a wave of activity soon will create plenty of work, and anyone seeking a job in Pocatello should be able to find one.
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Idaho
Navy Department
Navy Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
Armistice Near in Lebanon Israel Talks
EN NAQARA Lebanon and Israel have agreed to an armistice to be signed in the city. Delegates moved to finalize terms last night with Rhodes hosting broader talks. Syria has accepted an invitation to begin armistice negotiations with Israel as Trans-Jordan and Egypt earlier joined.
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Preston Youth Escapes From St. Anthony School
Bannock County Sheriff seeks 17 year old LaMar Larsen of Preston who escaped from the St. Anthony industrial school at 6 15 p m Saturday. Larsen is 5 feet 6 inches tall with dark hair and was last seen wearing a jacket a T shirt and suit pants.
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Alma Marley
LaMar Larsen
Preston
St. Anthony Industrial School
Larsen
Army Calls Bids On Snake River Projects
The Army Corps of Engineers says bids will be invited later this week for two Idaho flood control works. One involves restoring a levee and building a revetment on the Boise river right bank west of Parma in Canyon County, with bids about March 24. The second calls for 2100 linear feet of irrigation canal on the Snake river left bank in Jefferson County, starting about four miles east of Ririe with bids around March 25.
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Wash
Corps of Army Engineers
Idaho
Boise River
Parma
Canyon County
William Whipple
Snake River
Jefferson County
Ririe
Prices Rising Again Senator Urges Mild Powers
Senator O Mahoney of Wyoming argued prices are climbing and urged Congress to grant President Truman mild powers to fight inflation. He criticized Taft Jr saying the economy is not in balance. He linked rising prices to government spending and proposed early tax increases.
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O'Mahoney
Wyo
Congress
Truman
Wyoming
Taft JR
Ohio
Senate
House Economic Committee
Taft
Leon Keyserling
President
Economic Council
Forger Gets 14 Year Term in Idaho Penitentiary
Edgar D. Samson was sentenced by Judge L E Glen to an indeterminate term not to exceed 14 years in the Idaho State penitentiary for forgery. Samson, absent from Fort Ord California, turned himself in at Pocatello police on February 25 and admitted forging about 500 in checks across California Nevada and Idaho. Lanson forged a check on Pocatello Hardware and Canvas company in Capt Isaac Smiths name. Twin Falls recruiter Today Judge Isaac McDougal held motion day, dispensing with calendar calls and settling several legal matters.
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L. E. Glennon
Idaho State Penitentiary
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Fort Ord
Calif
Pocatello
California
Nevada
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Lanson
Pocatello Hardware and, Canvas Company
Isaac Smith
Twin Falls
Isaac McDougal
Death takes father of Tribune employee
Word was received Sunday by John England of 1626 N Arthur Logan Utah that his father Samuel Marion England 73 retired printer died in Logan Utah Funeral services to be held there Wednesday His nephews William and Milton England of Gateway Printers are named as relatives.
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Logan
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Gateway
Pay Schedule Retroactive To Oct 1948
Chicago reports a landmark $640 million wage settlement between railroads and 16 non operating unions to extend the 40 hour week for 1,000,000 employees. The agreement includes a seven cent retroactive raise to Oct 1 and overtime at time and a half, with yardmasters on a six day week and extra pay.
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Chicago
Pocatello Area Forecast: Partly Cloudy Tonight and Tuesday
Weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity indicates partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. Tonight’s low near 32 with Tuesday high around 50 to 55 degrees.
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Pocatello
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