City Council Minutes Reflect Utilities, Streets, and Dog Pound Plan
City Council held multiple meetings in early February, addressing unpaid utility bills under city code, proposed rail line extensions, and building permits. Plans for Second Street reconstruction included sewer and gutter work, with Main Street overlays and rail track alignment considerations. A February 15 special session discussed a dog pound, dog catcher duties, and fine allocations with police enforcement coordinated through the department.
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Caldwell
Amas Thomas
Second Street
Witg Street
Main Street
First Io Third
Vandals Ransack School Bus at American Falls
A Soda Springs school bus was broken into Saturday night in front of American Falls Elementary. The bus carried high school students to a declamation contest at Snake River High School and contained personal belongings, suitcases, glasses, and other items worth about 25000 dollars. Police and the Tournament committee investigated with only a few items recovered near the highway to Pocatello.
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Soda Springs
American Falls
Ellis Williams
Snake River High School
Snake River
Tournament
Pocatello
County Zoning Ordinance Now Available
Caribou County prints its zoning ordinance adopted December 30, 1966 after a public hearing and published February 2. The booklet regulates building outside Soda Springs Grace and Bancroft including mobile homes. Copies cost $1.50 at the County Auditor’s office in Soda Springs Courthouse.
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County of
Caribou
Caribou County
Red Cross Drive Underway in Caribou County
The Red Cross Fund Campaign began March 1 and runs through the month with a $1,937 goal. About 60 canvassers are collecting donations while Rex's Sales and Service donated a county car for the drive. The four service areas include contact with service members, the blood bank, swimming, and first aid programs affecting most families.
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Red Cross Fund
Charles Collins
Collins
Rex
Red Cross
Caribou County
County Board Denies Stance on School Plant Levy
The Caribou County Board of County Commissioners publicly states they have never expressed support or opposition to the mill levy for School District No. 150. Chairman Jack Gibbs and members Edwin Smith and Ira Ellis deny any past stance, calling prior statements false. Rex Goldsbrough and wife visited Soda Springs, former area residents. HIVFO
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Caribou County
Rex Goldsbrough
Shoshone
Idaho
Soda Springs
Goldsbroughs
North Gem Cowboys Ride 10-Game Streak to State A-3 Tourney
North Gem High School heads to Moscow to face IMH Academy of Coeur d'Alene in the A-3 state tournament first round after a 10 game win streak. Coach Paul Davids cites improved defense and confidence, with Gordon Yost leading in rebounding and Randy Ruger and R. E. Faulkner among top scorers.
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North Gem Cowboys
North Gem High School
Moscow
Cowboys
IMH Academy of
Coeur d'Alene
North Gem
Paul Davids
Davids
Gordon Yost
Yost
Bancroft Cagers
R. E. Faulkner
Randy Ruger
Dale Wistisen
Cinber
Id Craig Christensen
Benson to Speak at Ida ho Stake Conference
Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints will speak at the Ida ho Stake Quarterly Conference in Soda Springs on March 11 and 12. He served as U S Secretary of Agriculture under Eisenhower, has long involvement with the Boy Scouts of America, and is a director of Corn Products Company. Grant M. Burbidge of the General Welfare Committee also visits. he is a former stake president and ex head of the West Spanish American Mission. Meetings are Sunday at 10:00 am and 1:30 pm. Stake President Wilford J. Dredger will conduct. visitors are welcome.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Council of Twelve Apostles
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Idaho
Soda Springs
Benson
Eisenhower
U.S
Boy Scouts of America
Corn Products
Germany
Grant M. Burbidge
General Welfare Committee
Burbidge
University of Utah
Wilford J. Dredger
Soda Springs official attends Idaho water meeting
Max Snell superintendent of power and water for Soda Springs attended a water meeting of the federal and state health board Monday at the Idaho State University Student Union Building in Pocatello.
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Max Snell
Soda Springs
Federal and State Health Board
Idaho State University
Pocatello
Salser Family Visits Hansen For Funeral of Relative
Mr and Mrs Don W Salser spent three days last week with Mrs Salser’s niece Mr and Mrs C D Simson in Hansen and attended funeral services for Mrs Salser’s brother Frank W Doty.
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Hansen
Don W. Salser
Special Census Planned for Soda Springs Population Count
Soda Springs will conduct a special census starting about March 13, funded by the city and conducted by the U S Bureau of the Census. Mayor Chris Phelps says current state funds tied to the 1960 census could rise with an updated count from about 2424 to near 3500 residents, potentially adding over 8000 dollars in allocations. Residents are urged to cooperate with census takers to finish quickly.
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Soda Springs
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Chamber of Commerce of
Chris Phelps
Phelps
Former resident promoted to Arco Block's store manager
Ralph Dunn named manager of the Block's store in Arco after three years with Soda Springs and a November 1963 transfer from Arco to Rigby. He has since worked at the Ogden Utah store. Maurice Bales, another former Soda Springs Block's employee, left the Arco post to start a business in Salmon Idaho.
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Ralph Dunn
Block
Arco
Dunn
Soda Springs
Rigby
Ogden
Utah
Maurice Bales
Soda Springs Block
Salmon
Idaho
Dogs picked up in Soda Springs. multiple breeds held
This week in Soda Springs the city dog pound holds a dachshund found near Soda Mobile Homes, a brown female terrier with a five week old pup, and three beagle pups three ages six weeks old. A pound fee and purchasing a dog tag will release them to rightful owners.
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Soda Springs
Soda Mobile
Cardinals Take Runner-up Spot In District Tourney
American Falls High School upset Soda Springs to deny the Cards a district title, sending Beavers and Cardinals to the state A-2 tournament in Pocatello. Eight teams compete including Post Falls Emmett Shelley Rigby Grangeville and Buhl with first round games Thursday and a consolation bracket.
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Soda Springs
Cardinals
Pocatello
Post Falls
American Falls
Beaver
Falls
Preston
Indians
Beavers
Panhandle
Grangeville
Emmett
Shelley
Rigby
Buhl
Magic Valley
Gooding
Idaho State Alvenateee
Springs
Fame
Residents Rate Soda Springs Community In Jaycee Survey
Jaycees present results from a community attitude survey printed in Sun issues February nine and twenty three. Part one highlights likes and dislikes including friendly people hospitality outdoor sports and sidewalks streets and warning lights. Part two rates essential services from water pressure to street maintenance and transportation with multiple items marked as average or below average.
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Soda Springs
Three Year Old Indian Girl In Hospital After Beating
Three year old Matilda Petticrew, an Indian child, is confined to Caribou County Hospital with multiple injuries including broken arms ribs and severe head and scalp wounds. Authorities from Public Assistance and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are handling the case. No further details available at press time.
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Matilda Petticrew
Caribou County
Hosiital
Poke
Department
Public Assistance
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Technicians Test Students Hearing at Soda Springs School
Seven ISU technicians tested about 115 second graders at Soda Springs Elementary last Friday using electric earphones in groups of ten. Retests followed any doubt, and additional referrals from teachers or parents were also screened. Health Nurse Lelia Chester and Calvert Preece assisted, with the Soda Springs Kiwanis sponsoring the hearing clinic.
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ISU
Soda Springs
Lelia Chester
Caribou County
Calvert Preece
Soda Springs Kiwanis
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