FourYearOld Girl Rescued From Urbandale Well
Betty Johnson, four, fell into an 18 foot Urbandale well when the cover gave way. She wedged between the wall and pipes in several feet of water and was rescued after neighbors lowered a man into the well and a clothesline rescue. Betty was returned home within an hour with only bruises and scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kathy Fiscus
Betty Johnson
Everett Johnson
Urbandale
Norene. Jamison
Betty
Martin Visser
Visser
School Tax Levy Is Cut In Independent District
Potatellans learned that Independent School District No. 1 reduced its 1949-50 tax levy by one mill from 25.5 mills. Board Chairman L C Johnson cited rising maintenance costs, with district buildings to be painted and major repairs after winter damage. Budget totals show $781,442.50 in general expenses, funded by a district valuation of $15,897,815.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Johnson
Johnson
Youths Face Damage Suit in Pocatello Collision
A $10 380 damage suit was filed with district clerk Anna Keefe against two Pocatello youths involved in an October accident. Plaintiffs Mr. and Mrs. W C Neuhart allege Mrs. Neuhart was permanently injured as Edward C Brennan and K E Crandall face claims Brennan was operating an aged automobile in reckless and negligent manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Keefe
Pocatello
Edward C. Brennan
K. E. Crandall
Brennan
W. C. Neuhart
Big Game Season Dates Given in Idaho Hearing
Director Tom Murray of the state fish and game department and biologist Jim Simpson heard area sportsmen views on the big game season. John Dahlstrom of Pocatello, a fish and game commissioner, attended as the panel prepared for Boise meeting on April 5 to set the coming year’s season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfoot
Tom Murray
State ‘Ish and Game Department
Jim Simpson
John Dahlstrom
Pocatello
Fish and Game Commission
Boise
Sixth District WETU Institute Plans State Meet in Idaho Falls
The sixth district annual WCTU agenda institute met in Pocatello to map the state meeting in Idaho Falls in September. Mrs Bethel Blake Day announced guest speaker Miss Elizabeth A Smart from Evanston Illinois. District delegates from Idaho Falls Firth American Falls Aberdeen Blackfoot and Pocatello attended with officers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCTU
Pocatello
Bethel B. Day
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Idaho Falls
Bethel Blake Day
Gooding
Elizabeth A. Smart
Evanston
Illinois
National
Minnie Howard
Ida Nowells
Aberdeen
Firth
American Falls
Blackfoot
Hilma Swanson
R. F. Wilkie
F. G. Perrin
Pearl M. Simmons
Mary Dawson
Nina Best
George Brater
Jessie L. Fullerton
H. C. Weslie
J.E. Toews
Irene Anderson
A. D. Wenger
Ida Storer
H. L. Lowe
Percy Prestidge
Léna K. Slayton
Mesanie
N.*o. Johnson
Nina B. ‘Hayden
Paul E. Rider
L. A. Steller
Sue Cowins
Chris Delzer
John Todd
Della Duncan
Brater
Rider
Father of Daylight Savings Time Dies in Pittsburgh
Robert Garland aged 86, credited as the father of daylight saving time in the United States, died in Pittsburgh. The retired industrialist had led the campaign that established nationwide daylight time during World War I and was residing at the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, at his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Robert Garland
U. S
Elizabethtown
Teacher Pay Increase Is Approved Here
Gate City teachers will receive a $90 annual pay raise for the 1949-50 contracts. The board set minimum salaries for new teachers at $2140 with two years of college, $2340 with a BA, and $2540 with an MA. Several new staff were named across high, elementary, and junior high levels, and resignations plus retirements were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rozalus B. Norman
ISC
Theodoria Humas
Ricks College
Rayola Plant
Grace Fullmer
Julia Benson
Aston Sudweeks
Lee Ann Hawkes
eeenee LaDene_ Nebeker
Lois Maxine Booth
Madge McEntire
Franklin Junior High
Jeanne Martin
Irving Junior High
Rayman Evans
Lincoln
Doris S. Kelly
Maurine Bills
Ruth Juchau
Pauline Smith
Roosevelt
Barbara Rich
Ella Becker
Murial Pew
Washington
Margaret Hamilton
Whittier
Dome Threat Forces Capitol Closure In Washington
Engineers warn the new state capitol in Olympia is in a precarious position after last week's earthquake loosened a 100 ton dome and could topple onto the main building. The damaged structure housing the legislature and many offices remains unusable with unclear repair timelines. the old capitol also deemed unsafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
State Going Dry Leader Predicts Five Year Shift
Mrs Bethel B Day of Gooding president of Idaho Women Temperance Union predicts Idaho will be dry within five years. She told a Post reporter that the WCTU program is expanding with 14 new unions and new district groups. She cited youth programs, poster and essay contests, and a conference with Allied Civic Forces to align local and state efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Bethel B. Day of Gooding
State Women’s Temperance Union
Post
Day
Spring Institute
WCTU
Minnie Howard
S. Garfield Ave
Emmett
Weiser
Payette
Midvale
Salmon, Challis
Arco
Filer
Moscow
Lewiston
Noted Jewish Leader Dr Stephen Wise Dies
New York reports Rabbi Stephen S Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress and a prominent U S Jewish leader, died at Lennox Hill hospital at 4 p m aged 75 after a recent operation for a stomach ailment and a period of coma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stephen S. Wise
American Jewish Congress
U. S
Lennox Hill Hospital
Rabbi Wise
Palestine
Atomic Area grazing rights will continue in Idaho
AEC chairman David Lilienthal and Arco site officials arrived in Boise for a conference with Gov. Robins and state leaders on the impact of the AEC plant on Idaho's economy. Johnston and Warner planned Boise talks with federal and state agencies and nearby communities before inspecting the Arco area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard E. Johnston
Arca
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Boise
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Washington State College
Northwest
Seattle
Fred Schlemer
Hanford
Wash
Richland
Johnston
Warner
Arco
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Federal Grazing Service
Federal Land Bureau
State Reclamation Engineer
Attorney General
Union Pacific Railroad
Associated General Contractors
Johnston and
Johnston and Warner
Pocatello
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls
Robins
David Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Carnival To Run Three Days In Pocatello This Week
The American Legion Gay Nineties Carnival returns for a three night run in Pocatello starting Thursday. The event, delayed a week due to Easter, features the Pocatello Cardinal baseball team as Saturday guests to mingle with Gate City fans. Gates open at 7 30 p m and run to midnight with booths dancing and western attire encouraged. Tickets printed for old dates remain valid for this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion General
Ben Bailey
Pocatellans
Pocatello Cardinal
Gate City
Bailey
Tenth Ward Plans Annual Reunion
The Tenth ward LDS church schedules its annual reunion for April 29 at 8 p.m. in the Third ward chapel at Arthur and Carson streets. Members over 12 invited. children under 12 at 4 p.m. in the same chapel. Publicity chair Mrs. Alta Young and Ed Edgley, 2277-R, available for more details.
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Tenth Ward
LDS Church
Third Ward
LDS
Arthur and
Carson Streets
Alta Young
Ed. Edgley
Columbia Valley Administration Bill Offered in Senate
Sen. Warren G. Magnuson and 18 co sponsors introduced a bill to create the Columbia Valley Administration a federal corporation to oversee water power reclamation flood control and related work in the Columbia basin. The plan aims for greater efficiency a regional office in the basin and home rule safeguards including residency and regional principal office requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
D., Wash
Columbia Valley Administration
Columbia River Valley
Magnuson
Tennessee Valley Authority
Columbia-Bonneville Power Administration
Reclamation Bureau
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Army Corps of Engineers
Columbia Basin
Fish and Wildlife, Recreation
Sens
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
James E. Murray
Mont
William Langer
N. D
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
J. Howard McGrath
R. I
Claude Pepper
Fla
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Dennis Chavey
D. N. M. Magnuson
CVA
Idaho State College names new pharmacy leaders
Prof Eugene O Leonard is named dean emeritus and director of research for Idaho State College College of Pharmacy. Prof Emmons E Roscoe becomes dean of the college and professor of pharmacognosy. Board approval followed Leonard requesting reduced duties to focus on research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene O. Leonard
Idaho State College
Carl W. McIntosh
Emmons E. Roscoe
Leonard
College of Pharmacy
McIntosh
Pref. McIntosh
Roscoe
Prof. Leonard
Mass Meeting On CVA Set In Boise
The mass meeting sponsored by CVA supporters will be addressed by C Girard Davidson assistant interior secretary. A motor caravan will bring hundreds from Payette Weiser Caldwell Nampa Emmett Mountain Home Glenns Ferry Gooding Jerome Twin Falls Burley Rupert Pocatello Idaho Falls Ontario Yale Nyssa Oregon. Politically prominent attendees include Don Cavanaugh Ed Brenna Lavera Swope George Horsley Jesse Vetter and labor spokesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Truman
Little Cabinet
C. Girard Davidson
Friends of
CVA
Cree Davidson
League For A
Payette
Weiser
Caldwell
Nampa
Emmett
Mountain Home
Glenns
Ferry
Gooding
Jerome
Twin Falls
Burley
Rupert
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Ida
Ontario
Yale
Nyssa
Ore
Don Cavanaugh
Ed Brenna
Arrest in Beating Case Hits San Francisco
Nancy Hammock, 26, described as a pretty deaf and dumb girl, was jailed on suspicion of assault to murder after her 62-year-old aunt, Mrs Effie Payne, was found badly beaten with a hammer. Hammock told police she had poison in her and could not recall the events from the time of the incident to her neighbor’s call for help.
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San Francisco
City
Nancy Hammock
Effie Payne
Miss Hammock
Arco area grazing rights discussed with AEC official
Stockmen of southeastern Idaho told AEC head Roy Johnston grazing rights around the Arco site will be protected. Meetings in Boise covered grazing near the 173 000 acre navy proving grounds now to be included in the Arco area with two years to reach agreement. Test wells discussed to determine water supply, with officials noting ample underground water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard E. Johnston
Atomic Energy Commission
Arco
Idaho
Boise
Johnston
Statehouse
Navy Proving Grounds
Earl J. Spelberg
M. C. Claar
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Earl Murphy
Chet Moulton
Shelby Thompson
C. A. Robins
AEC
Masons Plan District Meet in Pocatello Temple
W W Halsey announces a district meeting of Keystone lodge No 81 AF and AM sixth district to be held Friday at 6 30 p m in the Pocatello temple dining room with dinner by Radiant chapter OFS Masters and representatives from Pocatello Portneuf lodge American Falls Montpelier and Soda Springs lodges are slated to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Halsey
Keystone Lodge No
AF &Am
Masonic
Pocatello Temple
Halsey
Pocatello
Temple
Radiant Chapter
OFS
Pocatello Portneuf Lodge
American Falls
Montpelier
Soda Springs
Wee Toft Boasts Too Many Teeth
Sally Audrene Monia of Lincoln Nebraska will have all her teeth removed Thursday the dentist says two front teeth are too many for a nine day old child.
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Wee Toft
Lincoln
Neb
Sally Audrene Monia
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State Board of Reese
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