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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1949
Page
1
Sinbad the young gorilla at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago suffers a toothache after a night roaming. keeper Roy Huff calms him as he goes to the dentist. Under restraint, Sinbad endures the extraction and inspects the removed molar with relief.
American Falls and Power County request Senate Civil Aeronautics Committee investigate transfer of Pocatello Army Air Base to the city. Protest cites that base was turned to CAA for disposal after the war with sale possible to War Assets Administration and alleges neglect as the property awaits disposal. See ASK PROBE-Page 2.
At the Bear Lake County Fair and Rodeo crowds gathered for a queen crowning when Owen Johnson 34 a Utah Power and Light lineman was electrocuted at a sub station He lost balance on a dead transformer grabbed a hot cable and fell two hour efforts to revive him failed Witnesses Ellis Taylor and Howard Larson attempted revival He leaves a wife and seven year old daughter
In Seattle John Armeau sent Traffic Judge Roy Degrief a note that included a parking ticket, a dental appointment slip and a badly decayed tooth. The judge tore up the ticket and returned the tooth.
U S Commissioner Edward McDonald announced the largest drug smuggling ring in Federal Narcotics Bureau history has been smashed. Eduardo Balarezo, 48, was arrested and held on $100 000 bail on conspiracy charges linked to bringing about five million dollars worth of cocaine into the United States from Peru in the past year, with ties to deported Charles Lucky Luciano through a liner steward route to Italy.
Idaho's congressional delegation split in favor of cutting or eliminating wartime federal excise tax increases. Senators Glen H. Taylor and Bert H. Miller and Representative John Sanborn urged tax relief in letters to Ed L. Gaumer of the Idaho Retail Liquor Dealers Association. Rep. Compton I. White had not yet replied.
The 28th annual Disabled American Veterans convention chose David M. Brown of Akron Ohio as national commander, succeeding Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright. Roland Jensen of Provo Utah was elected third vice president.
State figures call for a February special session to overhaul truck bus and automobile fees to fund road work. They urge a complete revision of vehicle fees and discuss the Idaho Wyoming river compact while noting roads need more revenue to handle future highway repairs and population growth.
Local businessmen offered to support a new vocational education course at Pocatello High School by placing students in diverse workplaces from small shops to large factories. Principal E H Gledhill and course coordinator C C Brown said the aim is practical trade practice and broad exposure beyond traditional trades to strengthen the program. The initiative aligns with standard industrial education methods used in cities such as Hammond Milwaukee Manchester and Birmingham.
Montpelier belles adorn a standout parade float entering the Bear Lake County Fair and Rodeo opening day. From left Pat Jackson Peggy Perkins and Jackie Hanson pose beside the Thiel and Olsen Brothers Hardware entry.
The Navy plans to contest the Air Force B-36 superbomber’s invulnerability using a Navy Jet Banshee fighter that allegedly reached 52 000 feet over Washington in a secret flight. Navy photographers reportedly photographed at 48 846 feet, a potential new aerial- photography record, as Vice Admiral Radford prepares to testify to the House Armed Services Committee next week.
At least 44 people were injured when the Boston and Maine Ambassador express from Boston to Montreal struck a southbound sister train in Canaan New Hampshire. A railroad spokesman cited an incorrectly turned switch as the cause allowing the Montreal train to pass.
Aaron Zide, 72, pleaded innocent to a lottery charge in Boston. Police say they found bookie slips hidden behind his long beard during the arrest.
Richard Dix Pack of Pocatello confessed to slaying a blonde in a Ogden hotel after a quarrel over price. In Pocatello Verna Hoffine identified Pack as the man who attacked her, with officials confirming the similar identification from another victim. Police say Pack strangled the woman with a pillowcase in a room rented as Mr and Mrs Bill Goosinski of Butte.
The U S Air Force with Maryland police uncovered two odd flying disc like aircraft in a derelict tool shed at Marley Park Maryland. They were built before the war by Jonathan Caldwell who has since disappeared. One reportedly flew but neither could have flown recently. Authorities seek Caldwell to learn his purpose and possible improved models.
Mrs. Richard Mororw Taft the first woman to pilot solo around the world landed at Croydon airport after a journey that started a year and a day earlier. The London housewife 46 weeks beyond the planned six week schedule completed the hazardous flight.
Chicago police report Dorothy Skeech twenty two confessed to strangling her six day old daughter Susan Elizabeth with the infant’s diaper because the family was poor. She said her husband Tomas Skeach was out of work and she wanted the child to have better things.
Provo Utah county police sought the identity of a youth killed on U S 91 near Santaquin Friday night. The unidentified pedestrian was about 17 to 19 years old with no ID or distinguishing marks besides a burn scar on the left hand and a mole on the chest. Deputy Merrill Smith said little to aid identification.
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