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Newspaper
Billings Herald
Location
Billings, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
2
A Market Place report surveys new business developments affecting the Bolllingsrade area. It notes openings, expansions, and planned ventures shaping local commerce. The piece highlights emerging firms and investment activity with a focus on economic impact and employment prospects.
A Montana analyst notes a trucking surge, with 99,600 units forecast early 1948 as cargo reliance grows. New trucks feature cushioned cabs, anti friction bearings, hydraulic shocks, and even two man beds with radios as drivers seek comfort and efficiency.
President Truman urged curbs on private builders and stressed aid to one million low rent public housing units over seven years. He warned the building industry is pricing itself out of the market and demanded government response to housing strains affecting five million American families.
Governor outlines agenda including reconsidering private vehicle taxes, education fixes, and near-term reform. He urges scrutiny of the Montana Citizens' Committee on Education, supports teachers' retirement, and seeks improvements for Warm Springs mental hospices and a state home for the aged. Proposals cover real property reclassification, higher salaries, unemployment and workmen compensation, tuition aid for children of veterans, revised income tax, and a new department of labor and resources development.
Data from a late page notes bids opening dates for major dam projects in the region. October 5 covers the southern North Dakota dam site Shadshin with mixed bids and bidding process details. October 28 lists Canyon Ferry dam and power plant works in central Montana with bid openings and project scope notes.
The passage reviews construction progress and contracts on Heart Mountain powerplant in Wyoming and Dickinson dam in North Dakota plus Angostura and Boysen dams in the Dakotas in 1948. It notes contracting totals, percent completions, and anticipated openings for irrigation and homestead settlement, with Billings Legion Post gaining national notice for its 1948 membership drive and large post size.
Yellowstone Post No 1 schedules a meeting tonight with members urged to attend. National Commander Harold A. Keats will address a nationwide AMVET audience on legislative aims in the new congress Sunday January 16 from 11 45 a m to 12 00 p m on 211 Mutual stations guest of Fred Fiske on The Veteran Wants to Know.
Proceedings in Billings Montana seize nine cases and nine cases, each with twelve packages of Three Monks Sea Shells Net Weight 14 Oz and nine cases with Twelve packages of Three Monks Brand Spaghetti Net Weight 14 Oz. Commodities shipped from Seattle to Billings via Consolidated Freightways, alleged adulteration under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. Notice invites claims or defenses due February 20, 1949, before Great Falls Montana court. signed by U.S. Marshal George Wright and J P Johns(r)ud.
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