Last-Minute Rush For 1949 License Tags At County Bureau
Crowds form outside Bannock County assessor office as residents queue for 1949 license plates. The top photo shows cars circling the courthouse and a long line reaching the main hallway near the license plate distribution center. Clerks issue tags to Elaine Hencheid Agnes Neeser and Nancy Parker.
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Bannock County Assessor's
Elaine Hencheid
Agnes Neeser
Nancy Parker
Mendy
Talent Quest draws Idaho State students in campus show
Ten Idaho State College students compete in a Talent Quest in Frazier hall at 8 pm judged by one faculty member and two students with John Squires as MC. The winner will represent ISC at the Intermountain Intercollegiate meet in Reno on Saturday April 23.
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Idaho State College
Frazier Hall
ISC
University of Nevada
Reno
John Squires
Pocatello
Increase in job seekers at Idaho employment offices
Statewide job openings rose to 724 this week with gains in agriculture, construction, and wholesale trade. Pocatello Blackfoot and Idaho Falls offices report more inquiries about work linked to the Idaho atomic energy plant and warn few jobs before July 1. Farm work increases noted at Idaho Falls and a shortage of pricklayers linotype operators and arm hands in Pocatello.
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Pocatello
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Slot Machine Repeal Petition Drive Advances
Allied Civic Forces leader A Satterfield reports 1405 petition signers, 525 not registered for city elections and thus ineligible. 139 more signatures needed to reach quota. 110 petitions circulating. If April 26 ballot, filings due by 9 p.m. Saturday with the city clerk.
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Satterfield
Allied Civic Forces
License Tag Rush Tests Bannock County Office
Bannock county assessor George Allen and staff faced mounting last minute tag buyers as the five o clock deadline neared. Officials warned motorists of a 60 day window to purchase tags and that offenders would be prosecuted.
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Bannock County
George Allen
Allen
J. F. Bedingfield
Idaho State Police
R. M. Pugmire
Homes For Sale In Pocatello Industrial Housing Program
Rolland Smith says final opportunity to obtain one of the program homes is tonight with a 7:30 p m meeting at the Bannocks hotel where buyers may indicate interest. Buyers with prior arrangements should select their lot before the chamber of commerce meeting. Remaining lots will be piped for selection and contracts for construction are to be awarded Saturday. Under the current program 41 homes had been sold yesterday.
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Pocatello
Rolland Smith
Bannocks Hotel
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Five Workers Die As Bluestone Bridge Span Collapses
A 300 ton span of the Bluestone river bridge collapsed near Hinton West Virginia plunging five construction workers into 150 feet of water. Four others were injured one critically as the derrick and debris crashed down. Survivors described a rapid plunge and a tense rescue effort.
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Paul Sanders
John Albert
Radford
Ed Brown
Romney
Way
C.S. Rigney
Dubling
Young
Luther S. Flannigan
Flannigan
No April Fool It’s Spring Like Weather Update
Forecast calls for generally clear skies today with warmer tonight and increasing cloudiness. Highs 50 to 55, lows near 30. Yesterday’s high 51, low 22 with no precipitation.
Pocatello High School Lettermen Praised At Banquet
Pocatello High School honored its lettermen at a banquet with over a hundred attendees at the Bannock Hotel. Gary Paxman Reed Jensen and Jimmie Miller were named outstanding performers for football basketball and boxing respectively. Paxman received the Outstanding football trophy. Jensen got the Outstanding basketball trophy. Miller earned the Outstanding boxing award. Paxman spoke warmly thanking coaches and guests for their support as the group celebrated a year of championships.
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Pocatello High School
Bannock Hotel
Gary Paxman
Reed Jensen
Jimmie Miller
Paxman
Mel Morgan
Nate Morgan Jewelers
Jensen
Bud Morgan
Freddy Marchetti
Freddy’s Sportshop
Battling Jimmie Miller
Rip” Gledhill
Tinsia
Rampton Barlow
Johnnie Vesser
Idaho State College
Dave Rowe
KSEI
Lettermen
Gledhill
Mike Mills
Charles “Chick” Atkinson
Chace Anderson
Jay Jensen
Atomic Site Near Arco Idaho Seen Seismically Stable
The Atomic Energy Commission says the Arco Idaho area for a new atomic engine plant is seismically well behaved after studies. The nearby Craters of the Moon lava field is a stark, volcanic region designated as a national monument with a history of violent eruptions.
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Washington
Arca
Idaho
Atomic Energy Commission
Earth
Arco
National Geographic Society
United States
Senator Taylor Guilty in Jim Crow Entry Case
Glen Taylor was found guilty and sentenced to jail with hard labor and a $50 fine, suspended jail term in city court. The incident occurred as he entered a Birmingham church youth meeting through the “for Negro city” door, prompting appeals up to the U S Supreme Court if needed.
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Taylor
Alabama Court of Appeals
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Birmingham
George Lewis Bailes
State Appeals Court
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Bailes
Southern Idaho High School Journalism Convention Opens
More than 150 high school students and advisers are expected at Idaho State College for the Southern Idaho Journalism convention. Delegates from 15 Idaho cities will join lectures, panels, and a 6 p.m. dinner where awards will be announced. Speakers include Mrs. Mabel Bark and Rolf Brady.
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Southern Idaho
Idaho State College
Idaho
Pocatello
Twin Falls
American Falls
St. Anthony
Dubois
Hansen
Mountain Home
Castleford
Rexburg
New Plymouth
Arimo
Rupert
Oxford
Rockland
Boise
Shoshone
King Hill
Grand View
Utah
Mabel Bark
Idaho State Editorial Association
Rolf Brady
Idaho Falls Post- Register
Barracks at former air base eyed to house 4000 workers
Gran Stowell estimates the former army air base in Pocatello could shelter about 4000 workers for the atomic plant. 500 barracks could be converted to living quarters with baths and steam heat. Kitchen facilities and mess halls could be repurposed to feed 3000, heating systems are in good condition, and a survey will go to Mayor Phillips and the atomic energy commission.
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Army Air Base
Pocatello
Gran Stowell
Stowell
George R. Phillips
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Gift Of Cash For Pocatello Flood Control Funds
Federal engineers announced a $15,000 gift to Pocatello as its share of flood control money. Legal adviser Fred E. Mecaiare and Boise resident engineer Leonard G. Estey said the funds are to be spent on emergency flood control along the Portneuf River in Bannock County.
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Pocatello
Army
Fred E. Mecaiare
Leonard G. Estey
Boise
Portneuf River
Bannock County
Webb Cox Elected President of Pocatello Golf Association
Webb Cox was elected president to succeed Ben Peter and was named to the board of directors. Other officers include Zeke Hubbard as secretary treasurer and Bill Terrill as vice president. Elected directors are H. B. Markham Bob Dickman and Carl Jensen.
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Webb Cox
Pocatello Golf Association
Ben Peter- Eats
Zeke Hubbard
Bill Terrill
Cox
H. B.markham
Bob Dickman
Carl Jensen
Arco Leaders Discuss Preventing Boom Bust Fate
Three Arco officials Mayor W S Marvel and Councilmen Oscar Hiller and F D Monson met with Governor C A Robins after visits to Richland and Hanford to seek state aid. They warned Hanford has become a ghost town after the war and urged steps to stop a similar boom bust for Arco near the planned Atomic Energy Commission reactor plant.
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Arco
C. A. Robins
Hanford
Wash
W.S. Marvel
Oscar Hiller
F. D. Monson
Richland
Columbia River
Screen Stars Visitors Here
Screen stars June Allyson and Dick Powell will visit Pocatello this morning en route to Los Angeles from Sun Valley. They booked passage on the 11:30 am southbound plane from Pocatello via Western Airlines Senior Counsel Thora Erickson said the couple are expected to arrive by private plane before departure. It was not known if they plan a Gate City tour.
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June Allyson
Dick Powell
Pocatello
Thora Erickson
Los Angeles
Sun Valley
Gate City
Churchill says US atomic bomb deters Soviet power
In a Massachusetts Institute of Technology convocation address broadcast to millions Churchill argues the atomic bomb under US control prevented a Soviet push toward world domination. He warns the west must defend freedom, cautions against provoking German sentiment, and notes China’s collapse under Communist pressure while urging aid to Europe and wary handling of Asia.
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Boston
Winston Churchill
America
Europe
London
United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Churchill
Free Nations
West
Hitler
Boston Garden
England
Russia
Putton
Kremlin
Berlin
China
India
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