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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1949
Page
3
Registrard Gardier said on Saturday that enrollment at Pocatello high school will be about 150 higher than last year with first day figures around 1660 compared to 1510. The freshman class will total about 450, sophomores 400, juniors 350, and the senior class will be the largest in school history.
George F. E. Vaughn state safety director from Boise spoke at Rupert Rotary stressing parental example for traffic rules. He cited highway deaths exceeding wartime fatalities and said most accidents could be avoided with proper precautions. Guests included Earl Brassfield Jerome James W Snodgrass and Fenton Ainschi Jerome.
Charlotte Police Chief Frank N. Littlejohn ordered a crackdown on panhandling after reports that beggars asked for a quarter for a bottle of beer instead of the usual dime for coffee. The move targets aggressive solicitation in public spaces.
Ray V. Swanson of Pocatello, longtime stockman, says marketing methods will continually change and calls for a central market reports office to aid nine western states. He notes buyers reports exist but growers often cannot access them, and forecasts leaner pork via supply and demand dynamics.
Lavaun Wilder of Montana pleaded not guilty to grand larceny at arraignment before Fifth District Judge Isaac McDougall. He is jailed in Power County on a $500 bond after allegedly stealing a three phase electric motor from David Kosanke, with Power County Prosecutor W C Loofbourrow and defense attorney C T Cotant present.
West Virginia's penitentiary library houses about 10,000 books used by inmates in an educational and recreational program at Moundsville.
Raymond Musgrave found a land turtle on his Pleasant County farm bearing the initials of three men now dead and the year 1883 carved on its shell.
Area Rent Director I N Davis stated no official word from Washington on keeping or abolishing the Pocatello rent office. He said he only reads newspaper reports and has no confirmed plans, despite United Press claims that many Housing Expeditor staff nationwide could be dismissed.
R A Page vice president of production for Kraft Foods and Dr J B Stine of Kraft research laboratories Glenview Ill joined H B Yearsley manager of the Pocatello Kraft plant for a weekend tour of Kraft Co plants through eastern Idaho and Wyoming. They are conducting a routine inspection prior to a Monday conference with plant managers to discuss production issues. Dick Arps western division production manager for Kraft at San Francisco was due today in preparation for the meeting. The group plans to return late today.
Rock phosphate applied to University of Illinois land already limed and treated with potash increased hay yield by 60 percent.
Pocatello Idaho faces crowded classrooms as 1014 new first graders arrive this fall. L C Johnson, chairman of the district board, says temporary spaces will be used at multiple sites including the high school auditorium, Whittier basement, Emerson portable, Roosevelt library room, and Tyhee stage. Superintendent G N Green notes about 766 pupils are entering first grade, up from last year, with no immediate plan to add permanent rooms.
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