Idahoans optimistic for 1949 in retail and construction
Idaho business leaders forecast a solid 1949 with steady excise tax collections, rising bank clearings, and similar dollar volumes to last year. They expect more unit sales due to lower prices, a construction upturn in public works, FHA insured mortgages rising, and strong theater and Amusement activity amidst planned reactor plant construction in Arco-Blackfoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Baker
Idaho First National Bank
Boise
Clearing House Association
Baker
W. T. Lockwood
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Lockwood
Roger Mendenhall
Menmar Theatre Co
Idaho
Idaho State Employment Service
Arco
Former Preston Resident Dies in Accident
CLEARFIELD UP A formerly Idaho resident, Fred Leroy Lewis, 59, of Preston until six years ago, was killed Monday when a gun he was cleaning discharged accidentally at the naval supply depot in Clearfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Idaho
Fred Leroy Lewis
Preston
Naval
Knolls Lab Project Starts With General Electric as Contractor
AEC expert notes the Knolls atomic power laboratory project begins with General Electric as operating contractor. He will head both the Schenectady station and the new testing facility until a successor is named. Growth of the testing station will be gradual, tied to reactor research progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knolls
Freight Rate Hike Opposed by Idaho and Wyoming Interests
Twelve men from Idaho and two from Wyoming testified against a permanent 13 percent railroad freight rate increase aimed at higher charges for most shipments. The three day Salt Lake City hearing led by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clyde B. Aitchison will continue and be argued in Washington on May 16 after all testimonies are heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Wyoming
Clyde B. Aitchison
Jane ‘Aitchison
Washington
Idaho cities gaze at slot machine question on ballots
The 40 percent issue dominates local politics with ads in bars and menus denoting the figure. In Twin Falls the race centers on keeping machines out with Mayor H B Lauterbach seeking re election and R J Schwindman leading the anti slot ticket. Pocatello moves to put the issue on the ballot via Allied Civic Forces while Nampa plans to bring back machines. Other towns expected to follow as elections approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Twin Falls
H. B. Lauterbach
Magic Valley City
R. J. Schwindman
Pocatello
Nampa
Police Court Roundup and Birth Announcements
James C. Nelson of Aberdeen fined 100 dollars and had his license revoked for one year for operating under the influence. Others faced fines or bonds for speeding and stop sign violations and a theft report from Ogden involves a 1936 Ford with Colorado plates. Birth notices list several newborns at St. Anthony's and General hospitals with multiple families named and birth dates in early April.
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James C. Nelson
Aberdeen
Earl E. Burdick
E. Wyeth
Lee R. Heath
Colbeer
RL Keisling
E. Carter St
Howard W. Tucker
Maplewood Ave
Claude E. Robinson
Blackfoot
Wallace Wilson
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Eldon G. Palmer
South Ninth Ave
John E. White
South Fourth Ave
Joseph M. Fix
East Benton
Ogden
Utah
Colorado
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Happy
Leslie Fore
Viléy
Leo J. Falk
Department
Oregon
Falk
Tom McCorkle
Associated General Contractors of
AEC
M-W
Twin Porcelain
America
Lovell
Serge Lovell Wringer
Earl J. Adkins
Union
the Quality Press
News OF Record
St. Anthony's Hospital
Kenneth Rie
North Eleventh
Steve Perdfoot
General Hospital
Paul Pane Bo
South Sixth
John Stuart
Ralph Moore
Hawthorne
B. R. Brown
North Hayes
Mitchell
John W. Mitchell
E. Hayden
Wownard
Monan
Luna
Marion L. Coleman
Fourth Ward L. D
Vera
Margie
Procera
C. W. Higgins
Laura Mii Ofocatello
Mountain View Cemetery
Rat Co
Tia
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