City to request bids for paving 49 blocks in Pocatello
City officials said bids will be advertised this week for contracts to pave 49 blocks of streets and alleys in Pocatello with hot and cold mix. Separate contracts cover 21 blocks of streets 9 blocks of alleys and 19 blocks of streets with different mixes.
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Pocatello
Lesmone City
Saturay
West Center Street
Ballif
Center Street
Lincoln Avenue
Hayes Avenue
Carter Street
Arthur and
Garfield Avenues
Arthur Avenue
Main Street
First
Second Avenues
Second
Third Avenues
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Clark Street
Lender Street
Ninth Avenue
King Size Slot Machine Pays High Jackpot
In Las Vegas a gambling club installed two slot machines offering a 1000 dollar jackpot. The machines draw crowds as players line up for the three bar combination. The jackpot weighs 65 pounds in silver dollars.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Planning Unit Named to City Planning Commission in Pocatello
Mayor George R. Phillips announced the appointment of an executive committee for the city planning commission. Members include O. R. Baym W. C. Carnes E. A. Dufford H B Markham Harold F. Ory F G Brick Thompson and C Ed Flandro. The full committee will meet with the Bannock county planning board on Monday April 19. The commission will guide Pocatello for the next 10 to 20 years and seek to attract new industries to the Gate City.
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City Planning Commission
George R. Phillips
O. R. Baym
W. C. Carnes
E. A. Dufford
H.B. Markham
Harold F. Ory
F. G
Brick) Thompson
C. Ed Flandro
Bannock County Planning Board
Pocatello
Gate City
Production plans for State of the Union stage settings
Idaho State college students construct furniture for Alpha Pi Omega spring show State of the Union. The production runs Friday and Saturday at 8 15 p m in Frazier hall with Dr Vic Mae Powell overseeing six students and Allen Blomquist as stage manager.
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State of the Union
Alpha Pai Omega
Idaho State College
Frazier Hall
Vic Mae Powell
Allen Blomquist
Pocatello
Velda Belville
Shelley
Maxine Patterberg
Preston
Ferel Lusk
Malad
Roselle
Margie Christensen
Jack Swanson
Pocaello
Stassen Seen As GOP Front-Runner In Nebraska Primary
Gov. Dewey was told by a Nebraska Republican leader that Harold E. Stassen is the man to beat in next Tuesday's presidential primary. Dewey arrived in Grand Island for a two day campaign swing reflecting Stassen's strength.
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Grand Island
Neb
Thomas E. Dewey
Nebraska
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Stassen
Local Court Records Include Traffic Pleas and Property Petition
Wayne Keele Jr pleaded guilty with a suspended fine of 10 dollars. Gilbert Preciado and Robert G Hamilton forfeited bonds for traffic violations. Marshall Davis and Victor Burton faced fines or forfeitures for license and trespass issues. Jessie Strope Jr and Joe Miller set fines for red light and defective brakes. George Philp pleaded guilty on expired plates. Petition filed to establish record title to community property in Wilda Mowrey estate. hearing scheduled May 12 in Bannock County Courthouse.
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Wayne Keele Jr
Gilbert Preciado
Robert G. Hamilton
Marshall Davis
Victor Burton
Jessie M. Strope Jr
Joe Miller
George Ansel Philp
Wilda Mowrey
Pocatello
Joe Mowrey
Black
Bannock County
College Adds War Surplus P-38 to Aviation Shop
Idaho State college vocational department adds a war surplus P-38 to the aviation mechanics program as it nears CAA approval. Roy Christensen says the application will be filed soon and hopes for fall acceptance. Leonard Maillet and eight students transported the plane from Twin Falls for instructional use.
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Idaho State College
Aviation Mechanics School
CAA
Roy Christensen
Christensen
Leonard Maillet
Twin Falls
Freshman Builds 36-Book Obituary Collection
Alfred K. Hanmer Jr., a Hamilton College freshman in Clinton New York, keeps 36 volumes of obituaries in his dorm room. He believes obituaries are concise cheap biographical material and prize a 1800 George Washington burial notice from the Ulster County Gazette published after Washington's death.
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Clinton
N. Y
Hamilton College
Alfred K. Hanmmer, Jr
Hanmer
George Washington
Ulster County
Washington
Marriage Licenses and newborns listed in county clerk notice
Marriage licenses issued to Peter C. Mourtsen and Eleanor Archer. Harvey D. Peck and Beth Jensen. Newborns: a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lambrou at St. Anthony's on April 9. a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Lynne Taggart at St. Anthony's on April 10. a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Oren Sluder at St. Anthony's. Locations include Montpelier Zanesville Pocatello Aberdeen American Falls.
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Peter C. Mourtsen
Montpelier
Eleanor Archer
Zanesville
Sam Lambrou
Fast Benton St
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Lynne Taggart
Aberdeen
Oren Sluder
American Falls
Cut Set For Club
Fullerton reports the Pocatello Cardinals add Bert Bonomi a third baseman who hit .343 and in 128 RBIs for Fresno last season He joined after a Houston Texas League tryout and Fresno farm brothers played in an informal intra squad game with no score Manager Rolland Le Blanc said cuts would come from the squad St Louis Cardinals minor league chief William Walsingham observed the workout for about a week
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Fullerton
Pocatello Cardinals
Bert Bonomi
Fresno
Calif
Bonomi
Houston
Pocatello
Rolland le Blanc
William Walsingham
St. Louis Cardinals
Cold snap drives Milwaukee fire alarms into double digits
Milwaukee fire department records show 62 alarms during a cold snap with temperatures at 16 below zero. The city’s all time low was 71 calls at 18 below on January 20, 1943.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Bannock County Delegates Chosen for Idaho State Convention
Bannock county central committee selects 17 votes and delegates to the Idaho state convention in Idaho Falls on April 24. F. M. Bistline named national committeeman and other officials confirmed, with delegates voting as a unit and uninstructed on presidential candidate. Robert Henderson elected to replace his late father Ben Henderson on Arimo vacancy.
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Bannock
Idaho
Bannock Ty
Idaho Falls
Central Committee
Bannock County
F. M. Bistline
Nellie Cline Steenson
Mathias W. Lowe
Jared A. Anderson
Henry C. O'Leary
P. C. O'Malley
Bistline
W. S. Muir
Dan Kavanagh
Twin Falls
R. T. Hale
Irving D. Muir
Arimo
Ben W. Henderson
Robert Henderson
Army Tentpoles Become Greenville Warehouse
Bob May a Greenville businessman used 20 000 surplus Army tentpoles to build a unique warehouse measuring about 180 by 600 feet. He bought 50 000 surplus poles last year but found no market until the idea of a pole framed structure with aluminum sheeting outside and concrete block foundations took shape.
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Greenville
Miss
Bob May
May
Like It or Not Waits on Game at Mt Vernon
Crowds pack Mt Vernon gym for sectional basketball tourney as police direct traffic. One man trapped in a parking jam complains he must wait after being ordered into a space while claiming a cross country trip from Pennsylvania to California.
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MT. Vernon, Ill
Mt. Vernon Gymnasium
Pennsylvania
California
Freight fleet grows as 16,400 cars arrive in Chicago
An output of 16,400 new freight cars delivered to railroads by Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co. here during 1947 was insufficient to assemble 328 freight trains to 50 cars each.
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Chicago
Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co
12 Word Will in Dispute in Roxbury Probate
The Boston case centers on a 12 word will scrawled on an undertaker card. Mrs Mahala Austin of Roxbury named Harriet Wells as sole heir in the text read aloud. Lucy Davis, a cousin, contests the will’s validity in court.
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Boston
Harriet Wells
Mahala Austin
Roxbury
Lucy Davis
Odd Wax Can Accident In Fort Wayne
Mrs. Fred Pepper’s finger was trapped in a wax can at home in Fort Wayne. Two policemen used cutting tools to cut a circle and pry the finger free.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Fred Pepper
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North Eleventh Ave
Wesley Day
McKinley
News of Record
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Harvey D. Peck
Beth Jensen
City Motor
General Motors
Brennan & Cahoon
Pole Line Road
Pocatello Automobile Dealers Assoc
Hills Brothers
GEM State Auto CO
BUICK
Truck and Bus Equipment CO
Motor Center, Inc
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Highway Motor CO
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Pioneer Motor CO
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