Readers vent over road conditions and truck traffic in Pocatello
A long letter shows residents criticizing highway wear from Okla to Idaho, complaining of a stinky central city area and a cyclone past, and urging action on truck parking, zoning, and street maintenance. They urge Sam to publish rebuttals and push for city ordinances to curb noise and damage.
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Sam
Ray Shoul
Woodward, Okla
California
Here
Montpelier
American Falls
Pocatello
D. K
Hawthorne
E.B.G
Reserve Officers to Honor Major General at Boise Convention
Maj. Gen. John Upston, Fourth Air Force commander at Hamilton Field, will be guest of honor at the Idaho Reserve Officers Association convention in Boise. More than 300 ROA members from across the state will attend Gowen Field events on May 1, per department president Leon Fields.
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Boise
John &. Upston
Fourth Air Force
Hamilton Field
Cal
Daho -Reserve Officers Association
ROA
Gowen Field
Department
Leon Fields
Three Idaho youths escape death after highway hole causes crash
Three Pocatello youths in a 1936 sedan struck a central highway hole near Shamrock hill at 7:30 pm and rolled three times. Driver Boyd Robbins 20 sustained possible leg fracture and three broken ribs others Clyde Burnett 21 and Merrill Atkinson 20 suffered lacerations shock and other injuries all were treated at General hospital and rest at night. State patrolman Carl Muir led the investigation noting the hole as a serious traffic hazard and the car traveled about 100 yards after leaving the highway.
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ISC
Idaho State College
Shamrock Club
Pocatello
Carl Muir
Muir
Boyd Robbins
Clyde Burnett
Merrill Atkinson
Lava Hot Springs
W. L. Robins
East
Clark St
W. R. Burnett
West Wyeth St
J. L. Atkinson
McKinley
General Hospital
W. L. Robbins
of Idaho
Vaughn Atkinson
Bob Lewis
Idaho Falls
Bannock County
Earl Adkins
Pocatello City
Idaho Labor Groups Form Legislative Unit
Boise reports six-man joint committee formed by the Railroad Brotherhoods and Idaho State Federation of Labor to push a state wide labor program. Members: McCabe, Burns, Carter, Allison, Warren, Nokes. Goals include repealing Taft Hartley, liberalizing compensation, unemployment reform, safety standards, and strengthening labor statistics and enforcement.
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Boise
Railroad Brotherhoods
Idaho State Federation of Labor
L. B. Allison
Glenns Ferry
George W. Warren
Montpelier
B. H. Nokes
Pocatello
Idaho Railway Legislative Associan
Fred . McCabe
Hubert D. Burns
Lewiston
Dale Carter
CIO
McCabe
Idaho
Constitutional
State Office of Labor, Immigration and Statistics
Big Vote Cast Amid General Calm In Italy
In Idaho a 1941 convertible sedan driven by Raymond Schenk 20 of Rupert left the highway near Massacre Rocks early Sunday. Schenk is in critical condition with a broken leg and internal injuries. His companion Alma Mix 22 also of Rupert sustained injuries and may be released later. The crash was attributed to speed. two observers reported the scene and aid was summoned.
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American Falls
Raymond Schenk
Rupert
Schlitz Memorial Hospital
Massacre Rocks
Schenk
Alma Mix
Power County
W. J. Hoehnen
Philip L. Schenk
Mix
Alfred Mix
Dale Benton
George Hood
Pocatello
Benton
Hood
POST
Delay in aid after auto wreck near American Falls
Two Pocatello witnesses George Hood and Dale Benton reported that medical help arrived almost two hours after an early Sunday wreck nine miles from American Falls. They found the wrecked Schenk car with lights on along the highway shortly after 1 a.m. They were driving west on a fishing trip.
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American Falls
Pocatello
George Hood
Dale Benton
West Bridger St
Schenk
Robins Gets Tire Memo to Governor Over Bad Idaho Roads
Joseph F. McQuade mailed a blown tire to Gov. C A Robins in Boise after hitting a chuck hole between Pocatello and American Falls. He urged others to mail their ruined tires to press action for improved highways, noting tourists avoid Idaho roads and praising past West Yellowstone efforts.
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Joe McQuade
American Falls
Pocatello
Idaho
Joe
C. A. Robins
Robins
Joseph FE. McQuade
McQuade
West
Costa Ricans Fear Red Group
The Caribbean Legion charged that a boatload of armed Mexican Communists sailed from Vera Cruz possibly to land on Costa Rica's eastern coast.
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Simon
Costa Rica
Caribbean Legion
Vera Cruz
Mexco
Partition Plan Gaining Favor
United Nations hall in Flushing reports that several small states favor reaffirming Palestine partition as the ultimate solution. They may push the General Assembly to stick to partition even if it adopts a temporary trusteeship option at the current meeting.
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United Nations Hall
Flushing
United Nations
Palestine
UN General Assembly
Assembly
AFL Meet in Boise to Advance Labor Interests
American Federation of Labor representatives from 11 western states will meet in Boise on Friday for the third in a series of meetings. Leonard Hall, Idaho State Federation secretary, said the first gathering occurred last fall during the AFL convention in San Francisco.
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Boise
American Federation of Labor
Leonard Hall
Idaho
Hall
AFL
San Francisco
Italians vote as depots attacked and nation steadies
Terrorists struck two large munitions depots near Piadenza and Pavia as Italians cast a record two day vote for a new parliament. Official reports say turnout in 72 of 96 provinces averaged about 80 percent with highs near Parma and Turin lows in Turin. Government declared holidays and liquor bans accompanied a holiday polling period.
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Rome
Piadenza
Pavia
National Assembly
Turin
Parma
Po River
Anti Communist Victory Claimed From Italian Election
A spokesman for the Committee for Italian Democracy hailed the Italian election as a decisive anti Communist victory based on late dispatches showing about 80 percent turnout with seven hours of polling left. Baltimore Mayor Thomas J. Andreano, head of the group, said a 90 percent turnout would indicate Communists were definitely slaughtered.
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Washington
Committee For Italian Democracy
Thomas J. Alesandro
Baltimore
Campagn
Italy
Pocatello Urgently Needs New Portneuf Bridges
The Post calls for immediate action on bridge safety across the Portneuf river in Pocatello. Rotting pilings under Custer street show the risk as city plans for two new bridges face delays from city county army engineer disagreements. Officials blame misinterpreted flood control policy. residents demand rapid construction to prevent collapse and casualties.
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Custer Street
The
POST
Pocatello
Portneuf River
George Phillips
du Esc
Dime Neck County
West Pocatello
the Post
Portneuf
Re~sila
Portneuf Valley
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