Taylor Reports Black Eye and Broken Nose After Brief Bout With McKaig
Idaho Senator Glen H. Taylor says he sustained a black eye and a broken nose in an election night scuffle with Ray McKaig, the 66 year old Republican leader. McKaig, hospitalized with a broken jaw, says he was struck after taunting. The fight occurred on a hotel mezzanine near Democratic HQ in Boise.
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China Orders Troops to Cease Action
Chiang Kai shek ordered all government troops to cease fire ahead of Tuesday's national assembly opening in Nanking. Communists refused truce terms, seeking restoration of territory and recognition of earlier pacts, while U.S. mediators Marshall and Stuart held talks. Minor parties skip assembly citing sudden move and unclear terms.
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Rescue Crew Pulls Rye Family From Uintah Snow
Vernal Utah rescue crews freed Mr and Mrs Bjorn M Rye and their son after two weeks trapped in a lumber camp above 9500 feet. Ernest and Hugh Caldwell drove a bulldozer through four foot drifts for 32 miles to reach the camp and tow the family in a house trailer. A Vernal lumberman relayed updates via a forest service telephone as a supply flyer kept them fed during isolation. The Rye family recovered with no injuries.
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US Warships To Visit Eastern Ports
US warships will visit Turkish and Greek ports in late November and early December as part of training exercises in the eastern Mediterranean. State Department approval, with Byrnes and Acheson OK, follows a broader plan amid regional tensions including Izmir Marmara, and links to a postponed B 29 world flight amid Turkish relations.
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Soviet Union
Navy rethinks Pacific defenses for postwar economy
Adm. John H. Towers says the Pacific fleet will revise Guam and wider defense plans to realistic, economical lines. The plan emphasizes peace time needs with quick expansion capability and lists Guam needs: cold storage, transit sheds, permanent quarters, ship repair facilities, hospital facilities and a power plant.
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Truss Bridge Collapse Drops Vehicles Into Bear River
DEWEYVILLE Utah AP reports a 190 foot span of the nearby truss bridge collapsed sending a tractor trailer and a car into the Bear River. No injuries reported. MILFORD Utah AP notes a dynamite blast in James William Owen's home killed the 58 year old man when a shotgun was fired at a rat triggering the explosion.
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Honeymoon Crash Injures Rexburg Couple in Boise
A Rexburg Idaho newlywed couple’s honeymoon trip ended when their car wrecked last night. Groom Gordon Sellers, 21, was rushed to a Boise hospital in critical condition with a fractured neck. bride Mary—.
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Coal Dispute In Recess Until Monday
The Associated Press reports the soft coal labor dispute is in recess over the weekend. John L. Lewis will confer with 30 district union presidents to discuss a possible settlement. Government talks with AFL United Mine Workers await district approval and a high profile return to negotiations by Lewis and Interior Secretary Krug.
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Taft Forecasts Budget Slash After Republican Victory
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio predicted a federal budget of 25 to 30 billion dollars for the next fiscal year after a Republican Congress election. He urged balancing the budget, cautioned against rapid debt payoff, and advocated tax cuts while speaking to reporters before addressing the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Robert A. Tafter
Ohio
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Taft
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Idaho 4-H Leaders Convene in Pocatello Meeting
Annual Idaho 4-H leaders gathering opens in Pocatello with speaker T. T. Martin from Missouri and a banquet led by Marion Hepworth. Saturday sessions include D. E. Warren Leatha Christiansen and Martha Opedahl. Bannock County leaders honored for five years of service: Mrs. Bese Hodgson Mrs. Reba Turner Mrs. Carl Olson and Mrs. A. W. Miller.
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Pocatello
T. T. Martin
Missouri
Marion Hepworth
D. E. Warren
Leatha Christiansen
Martha Opedahl
Bannock
Bese Hodgson
Reba C. Turner
Lago
Carl Olson
Downey
A. W. Miller
Lava Hot Springs
Marines Celebrate 177th Birthday in Idaho
Gov Williams proclaims Sunday November 10 as the Marines birthday observance in Idaho marking the semes-ee eee in commemoration of the corps birth.
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Idaho
Gov. Williams
End Of Wartime Price And Wage Controls Seen
Washington sources say the GOP push to end Truman wartime controls faces skepticism from Democrats. Officials warn many laws would be repealed only with new legislation, affecting taxes, rations, and industry powers. OPA chief Paul Porter plans resignation as White House weighs final policy on remaining price caps.
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Chester Bowles
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Police arrest 127 at Red Meeting in New Orleans
Police responding to a riot call arrested 127 at a Communist party meeting in New Orleans. Most booked for disturbing the peace, six for inciting riot. Witness James E. Jackson claimed eggs and projectiles were used after a heckler challenged him and anti-communists allegedly infiltrated the gathering.
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Communist Party
Henry Clark
Russia
America
James E. Jackson
Louisiana
Virginia
Poland Loses Treasures in Ottawa and Quebec Heist
Dr Alfred Fiderkiewicz Polish minister to Canada alleged a former Polish government official duped a nun at Ottawa’s Convent of the Precious Blood taking eight trunks. He cited a carding letter from Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve about a May receipt at Ste. Anne de Beaupre. 28 trunks remain missing.
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Alfred Fiderkiewicz
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Partially Disabled Men to Reenlist
The army reactivated the first of an estimated 5,000 combat veterans who are partially disabled by wounds. Richard Montgomery, 29, from Pittsburgh, who lost his left forearm in 1944 over Rangoon, was sworn in as air forces master sergeant and will return to March Field, California, after telling Gen. Eisenhower he is fully capable of handling multiple army jobs.
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Richard Montgomery
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Court Delays Roosevelt Driving License Hearing
In White Plains New York a hearing on whether Eleanor Roosevelt's driving license should be suspended or revoked for the Yonkers auto crash last Aug 14 was postponed indefinitely due to a crowded bureau calendar. The accident injured five people none seriously and the case will be heard on a later fixed date.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Kind Lady Second Performance at Pocatello High
The senior class at Pocatello High School stages Kind Lady with a second performance this evening in the school auditorium. The production highlights student actors and a school arts program aiming to showcase local talent.
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Pocatello Highschool
Pocatello Armistice observance and Legion events announced
The Forty and Eight unit hosts an Armistice Day dinner at the Memorial building Saturday at 6 30 PM featuring a steak dinner and Los Angeles entertainers. On Monday at noon the American Legion post 4 holds its annual lunch for business and professional people at the Legion club. Local organizers include Ivan Gasser Ed Bogert with Harold Hinckley master of ceremonies and Rev Ed Cunningham to deliver the Armistice Day address.
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Pocatello Veiture of the Forty & Eight
Los Angeles
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GOP Holds 73 Seats in House and Senate Across Idaho
Idaho’s Republicans lead the 1947 Legislature with about 30 Senate seats and 43 House seats while Democrats hold roughly 14 and 16 respectively. Incumbents include 20 in the Senate and 17 in the House. four women join the body, two in each chamber, with Marguerite Campbell as a new GOP member. Observers foresee a narrowed race for the House speaker.
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Boise
Idaho
GOF
GOP
Senate
House
Nellie Cline Steenson
Bannock
Helen Miller
Elmore
Nora Davis
Gem
Marguerite Campbell
R.adams
W. Whitlow
D.bear Lake
Railroad bomb blasts near Ramle disrupts service
A 30 yard section of railway near Ramle was ripped up by a timed bomb just before dawn. Palestinian authorities noted trains were scheduled to pass soon and the blast followed a wave of recent attacks on trains. Irgun Zvai Leumi claimed to have halted road mining but warned it would target trains.
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Ramle
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Irgun Zvai Leumi
Tel Aviv
North Wants Tax MOSCOW Idaho Junior Chamber Votes For Sales Tax
Members of the Moscow junior chamber of commerce voted in favor of a state sales tax aimed at boosting Idaho's public services and infrastructure. The move signals support for new funding to improve state programs and facilities.
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Moscow
United States Presses Firm Pacific Policy Toward Russia
U S delegate John Foster Dulles signals a take it or leave it stance on preserving trusteeship of Pacific islands. The policy aims to pressure Russia through the United Nations as Byrnes returns from Paris with a firm line, while Russia’s Novikov readies for the 11 511 committee review.
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Russia
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War College Tightens Secrecy After Harriman Talk Leak
Washington reports reveal an off the record Harriman remark about Stalin sparked a drive to conceal all nine month courses at the national war college. About 100 officers from the armed forces and state department face strict silence with few visitors, as Commandant Hill enforces tighter confidentiality.
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Russia
W. Averell Harriman
National War College
Pioneer Dies in Crescent Area Incident
Obituary note from Crescent Utah lists Ole Clu survivor line with family ties. Among the dead is a daughter of Mrs Mable Sabille, tying the Crescent farmer context to the event and marking a personal tragedy in the community.
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