Atkinson Named Head BYU Football Coach
Charles Chick Atkinson longtime Pocatello High athletic director and head coach is named head football coach for Brigham Young University. The decision was announced Friday afternoon by BYU and Eddie Kimball. Atkinson plans to move to Provo soon after finalizing details with school officials.
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Charles “Chick” Atkinson
Pocatello High School
Brigham Young University Cougars
Eddie Kimball
BYU
Pocatello
Provo
Rndhane Young University Board of Trustees
United
Ann
Kimball
Chutk
George N. Green
E. “Rip” Gledhill
Atkinson
Utah
Brigham Young University
Cougar
Green
Publica
Dentists Gather for Upper Snake River Dental Meet in Pocatello
About 40 dentists from the Upper Snake River Dental Society convene in Pocatello for a district convention. Registration runs 8 to 10 a.m. A proshetics lecture by Dr. Victor Sears of Salt Lake City will be followed by a noon luncheon from 12 to 2 p.m. The program continues with Sears concluding the 2 to 4 p.m. session.
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Upper
Snake River Dental Society
Pocatello
Victor Sears
Salt Lake City
Jack L. Mauk
Association
Sears
Boy Scouts Set Circus In Gate City Parade
More than 2500 khaki Scouts from southeastern Idaho plus Wyoming and Utah troops gather in Caldwell for the Tenday Council Scout Circus. A downtown parade starts at 2 30 p m from Caldwell Park, then a high school gym show at 8 p m featuring chariot races, wall scaling, stunts, fire building, and camping. Tickets are 60 cents for adults and 30 cents for children.
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Idaho
Tenday Council
C. R. Balmforth
Wyoming
Utah
Caldwell Park
Center
Toll in Rand crash climbs to 73 in South Africa
Capetown dispatch reports the Rand train wreck near Johannesburg now has 73 dead. The disaster is described as the worst railway accident in South African history with rescue efforts continuing overnight.
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Capetown
South Africa
Rand
Johannesburg
Citywide store hours eyed for 6 p.m. closing plan
Pocatello merchants may adopt a citywide 6 p.m. closing time after a store-hour survey showed shopper preference. The Chamber of Commerce polling will occur after a recent bureau meeting held at the Hotel Whitman.
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Pocatello
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau
Bureau
Whitman
Jack Terrell
Terrell
Idaho State College
E ‘Ocatello
Rell
Bee.caebe
Gate City
Westvaco Chemical
Simplot Fertilizer
Kraft Creameries
Ralstonia Mills
Chamber Industrial Committee
Ford Idled By Wildcat Strike At River Rouge Plant
Negotiations between Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers stalled after a wildcat walkout at the River Rouge assembly line. About 275 workers walked off, the line shut down, and 1,500 workers were laid off amid internal UAW disputes over strike authorization.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford River Rouge
International Executive Board
Plucky Little Man Wins Bid For Rusty Bicycle
Detroit police auctioneer sells unclaimed items as Salvidore Provenzano tenaciously bids. After 135 tries the 10 year old wins a red bicycle with chromium trim as bystanders cheer and a sergeant declares the bike sold to the boy who wouldn’t quit.
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Detroit
Little Salvidore Provenzano
Salvidore
Alex Anderson
Police Seek Missing Man Ashmer Miller in Idaho River Area
Pocatello police search for Ashmer Miller a 56 year old resident of 627 N Grant Avenue last seen after leaving home in a rush. Chief Guy Nelson fears foul play or an accident possibly near the Carson Street bridge. Miller wore blue overalls and a blue shirt and had little money on him. Neighbors recall him returning home briefly before departing on foot. Contacts urged to reach Detective Chief Nelson with any information.
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Pocatello
Guy Nelson
Ashmer Miller
Grantave
Nelson
Florence Miller
Miller
Carson St. Bridge
Rail Workers Wait Report on Kennecott Dispute
Salt Lake City UPI reports Kennecott Copper officials and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers withheld comment as reports from the federal fact finding board were mailed from Chicago. The board recommended a 2.71 dollar daily raise for rail workers at the copper pit, down from the union demand of 4.08 dollars. The union had accepted a similar compromise that the company rejected. The board's suggestion could settle a major labor dispute in the state. The Brotherhoods halted work last November, returning in February after the stoppage.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Company
Brotherhood Locomotive
Federal
Chicago
Copper Company
Federal ‘Board
Brotherhoods
Price Index Drops for Week Ended Tuesday
The government's wholesale price index fell one half of one percent in the week ended last Tuesday. The Labor Department said the decline continues a six week downward trend with average prices for farm products foods and metals decreasing. No commodity group rose during the week per the Bureau of Labor Statistics report.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keep Up Your Good Work Pocatello Policemen Told
Pocatello police 28 strong stood at attention after a Friday afternoon inspection in fresh uniforms. Acting in Chief Roubidoux's absence Inspector Pugmire commended past performance and urged the department to maintain its high standard. Afterward, officers moved to the target range for their monthly pistol shoot.
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Pocatello Police Department
R. J. Roubidoux
R. M. Pugmire
Mat Akers
John Rumick
Jack Bates
Orville Bennett
Earl Boyce
Harry Carahoff
Harold Carlyle
Sidney Cook
C. C. Dawson
Wayne Hillbrand
Bill Knowles
G. R. Lonchar
Glen Long
Lou Mahon
Frank McKinnon
G. H. Montgomery
A. L. Oliver
Bob Phelps
Tom Rush
Fred Smullen
Charles Wrenn
Guy Nelson
C. C
Sailor” Evans
Glen Hadley
John Perkins
Herb Williams
Inspector Pugmire
Mendy
Pocatello
Lloyd Webster
California
Roubidoux
Glenn Long
Evans
Ted Talbot
Idaho Toll Drops In Cities As Nation Sees Increase
The national safety council reports 1949 first quarter highway deaths at 6,610, up two percent from last year, amid rising travel. Idaho leads states with a 67 percent drop while other states show increases, especially in the East. several Massachusetts cities record declines.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Idaho
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Springfield
Fall River
Lynn
One Million Gallons Of Whisky Burn In Edinburgh Warehouse Fire
A warehouse in Edinburgh destroyed by fire led to the loss of one million gallons of Scotch whisky mainly destined for export. The blaze sent flames high and caused mass evacuations of nearby families.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Nauvoo Temple Restoration Studied by Illinois House
An Illinois House executive committee studies a resolution praising the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for planning to rebuild the historic Nauvoo temple. The measure asks the governor and officials to cooperate in this memorial project overlooking the Mississippi River. The temple’s destruction a century ago is noted and four representatives sponsor the measure.
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Sringfield
Ill
Church of Latter Day Saints
Nauvoo
Illinois House of Representatives
Mississippi River
Jap to Hang for Slaying: Inoue Convicted in Guam Trial
Guam reports Lt. Gen. Hadao Inoue scheduled for hanging for the execution of four clan texts in September 1944 on Belchuap Island. Col. Tokuchi Tada received a four year sentence in Sugamo prison. Inoue led the 14th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pau Islands.
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Agana
Guam
Hadao Inoue
Belchuap
Isa
Tokuchi Tada
Inoue
Sugamo
Imperial Japanese Army
Pau Islands
Ex-Convict Nabbed Here By Sheriff
Power County sheriff William Hoehnen arrested Delbert Clark 25 an hour after a 1939 sedan and personal belongings were stolen from a Pocatello parking lot. Clark had been released two months earlier after prison terms for automobile theft and confessed prior time at McNeil Island and Jefferson City.
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Power County
William Hoehnen
Pocatello
Guy Nelson
Delbert Clark
Nelson
Clark
M. W. Jensen
Tyhee
Montgomery Ward
McNeil Island
Wash
State Agri Drive Halts Potatoes For Grading Violations
Wilson Kellogg of Idaho's Department of Agriculture says road blocks and roving patrols are seizing illegal shipments of potatoes misbranded or ungraded. A trucker was detained near Twin Falls with about 40 bags seized. some potatoes are level culled. Authorities monitor warehouses for sorting and grading while checking California imports for grade rules and tuber moth quarantine compliance.
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Wilson Kellogg
Department
Division of Plant Industry
The
United Press
Agriculture Department
Kellogg
Twin Falls
California
Truman Eligible for $82.50 Pension Upon Leaving White House
The unofficial Armed Force magazine reports President Truman can receive a lifetime retirement pension of 82 dollars and 50 cents monthly after his White House term ends. The pension covers his 30 years as a colonel in the U S Army artillery reserve corps, not his presidency.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Armed Force
U. S. Army Artillery Reserve Corps
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Neil Parisot
Gary Lee Tauscher
Jefferson
Navy Club
United States
Clark and Main
Vince Anselmo
Boy Scouts
Ford
State Department of Agriculture
Nas
National Officers For
Woodmen
Moose Temple
Supreme Forest Woodmen’s Circle
Edna R. Ross
National Committee
Parma
Florence H. Jensen
Omaha
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