Fred Stedtfeld dies at 73 owner of Fred's Cafe in Pocatello
Fred Henry Stedtfeld 73 longtime Pocatello businessman and cafe owner died at a local hospital after a career as a chef and restaurateur begun in 1895. He opened Fred's Cafe in 1913 at its present Main Street site after fires and relocations. He was born in Indianapolis on October 13 1874 and survived by his widow three sons a daughter nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are with Hall mortuary.
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Fred Henry Stedtfeld
Fred
North Main St
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White House
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West Center St
T. B. Smith
Indiana
Indianapolis
Henry
Sophia Fredeman Stedtfeld
Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
Pauline Evans
Salt Lake City
Elks and Eagles Lodges
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Gordon K
Norman Stedtfeld
Alma Stedtfeld Miller
Alameda
Calif
Fritz Wiebke
Hall Mortuary
Painter grateful to city firemen
Bob James of 505 South Grant Ave praised local firemen for preventing a major explosion after a fire started in his truck loaded with flammable painting materials. A neighbor alerted him, and he credited their quick response for saving his home near Emerson School.
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The
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Yanks Still Held By Red Abductors
Two American men Lt. Sherman Turner of Council Bluffs Iowa and R Meyers of Brooklyn New York were seized two weeks earlier on the Soviet border. Despite U S Army reports no contact or definite release date, authorities said efforts to arrange their release continue as they remain in Russian captivity.
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Council Bluffs
R .M. Meyers
Brooklyn
N. Y
Berlin
Date Set to Begin Westello Housing Construction
Construction starts Sept 7 on the first 25 homes in Westello developed by DC Construction Co of Pocatello. W ells of Mountain States work streets and utilities. debenture holders get first choice Aug 25-26. Six models by Cedric Allen offer 30 floor plan variations with prices from 7655 to 10600 dollars.
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Ledge Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Westello
West Pocatello
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Fred W. Dalton
Rex T. Coffin
Pocatello Housing, Inc
Bannock Hotel
H. B. Markham
Mountain States Construction Co
Cedric Allen
U S Sharing Atom Information Across Allies
David E. Lilienthal said the United States Great Britain and Canada are continuing to share information on atomic energy. He spoke at New York Citys golden anniversary event marking the merger of five boroughs into the city, tied to a program begun when a miniature atomic pile was set off by light from a star 300 trillion miles away.
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
David E. Lilienthal
U. S. Atom Energy Commission
Girl Who Posed As Husband Facing Extradition
In Phoenix a cool unremorseful woman who married a 15 year old girl two years ago is jailed awaiting removal to Oakland California to face grand theft charges. She admitted taking 328 of 800 from an Oakland firm and was dressed in a jet black wig when arrested.
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Oakland
Cal
Shirley Mary Nelson
Charles Murphy
Fred Nichols
C. D. Smith
Roberta Lawson
Phoenix
Robert Stewart Nelson
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Los Angeles
Tip on airplane wreck earns $5 POST News Award
The weekly prize goes to Ray Isham of Hall Funeral Home for a tip about an airplane wreck at McCammon that injured two Blackfoot boys. Readers are urged to call the POST with any potential news leads for the next award cycle.
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Silver Dollar Days Debuts In Pocatello
Pocatello kicks off its first Annual Silver Dollar Days on August 27 and 28 aimed at boosting the city as eastern Idaho’s shopping hub. The Chamber of Commerce promotes a Bannock Shoshone head sticker and asks stores to accept silver dollars for change, while giving shoppers facsimile dollars and encouraging widespread participation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Idaho Educator Recognized by Geologists Society
Dr. Vernon E. Scheid head of geology geography at the University of Idaho has been elected as a member of the Society of Economic Geologists. The honor cites his work on Pacific Northwest mineral deposits and notes his WWII service with the U S Geological Survey researching strategic non metallic minerals in the northwest.
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Vernon E. Scheid
University of Idaho
Society of Economic Geologists
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The
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U. S. Geological Survey
Northwestern States
Diamond Cab Faces State Charges Over Taxi Rates
Idaho officials filed formal charges against Diamond Cab Company Inc for operating taxis in violation of Pocatello ordinances requiring a 35 cent minimum fare for the first passenger and 25 cents for each additional rider. The state cites Idaho Code section 49-128 granting power to license and regulate hackneys and fix rates. Diamond Cab must answer the complaint by Tuesday.
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Diamond Cab Company, Inc
Idaho
Pocatello
B 29 Crew Names Given In Accident
In Rapid City South Dakota Air Force officers investigated two training crashes. A B 29 on a final training flight crashed after takeoff, killing 17 crew members from Rapid City and Smoky Hill base. A P 51 from Nebraska National Guard crash landed near New Underwood injuring Lt Robert Kretschner. Victims included 1st Lt Paul Heggem Camp Crook and 1st Lt William Richards Rocky River with others from Texas Oklahoma Washington and New Jersey.
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Omaha
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William Richards
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Edward Lemons
Gainesville
Texas
Tech
Roy Fewell
Wichita
Lauriston Fager
Los Angeles
Joseph Sico
Etowah
Ark
Saapie Ixus
Brendan, Wynne
St Paul
Oface
C. N. Mariolis
Irvington
N. J
L. S. Moore
Happy
C. K. Lesenbee
Seattle
Wash
Fliers Near Death After Sky Crash
Blackfoot pilot Melvin Miles and passenger Vere Ellis were critically injured in a McCammon plane crash Friday night. Both underwent extended surgery. Miles was reported as "a little bit better" by hospital authorities, while Ellis remained in critical condition.
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McCammon
Vere Ellis
City business chief picked as executive
C Ed Flandro a Gate City business leader and Pocatello Chamber of Commerce president was named chairman of the Community Chest drive for late October. He succeeds 1947 48 chest chairman Captain Walter E Brown. An executive committee of prominent volunteers will assist.
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Gate City
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Paul Scott
Flandro
Walter E. Brown
ISC Matehmatics
Harold Reed
Vern Johnson
J. Lindberg
W. C. Carnes
Major A. Dietz
M. P. Goodfellow
Bill Parker
Community Chest
Community Chest Organization
Hotel
Bannock
Corpse Sits Up in Chile Morgue After Two Days
Juan Medina Gutierrez, 48, reportedly sat up on the operating table at a Santiago morgue as doctors prepared for autopsy, having lain among other corpses for two days. He had collapsed on O'Higgins avenue and later died after pneumonia was found linked to morgue exposure.
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Flames Fanned by Winds Spread in Boise Forest
Fire fanned by high winds spread through the Boise National Forest near Clear and Grimes creeks. At least 150 acres of yellow pine burned. The blaze started near Holcomb this afternoon as five tractors and about 150 men were rushed to the scene.
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Taylor says Columbia Valley Authority could have averted floods
Senator Glen Taylor told Bonners Ferry Idaho residents that the Columbia Valley Authority he proposed to Congress two years ago might have prevented last spring's floods, urging support for the project.
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45 000 Longshoremen Set to Strike Restraining Order Issued
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking a planned 45,000 East Coast longshoremen strike set to begin at midnight. The order fields an Aug 24 hearing on an 80 day injunction under Taft-Hartley, with the unions and shippers ordered to bargain to resolve wage and overtime disputes.
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Truman
Harold R. Medina
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New York Shipping Association
Joseph P. Ryan
Tom Clark
Medina
Portland
Hampton Roads
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U. S. Supreme Court
Six Hundred Men Seek Marriage Licenses After Draft Exemption
In Brooklyn on Saturday about 600 men with an average age of 22 lined up for marriage licenses within 24 hours of the announcement that married men would be exempt from the peacetime draft. About 400 couples received licenses before the bureau closed at 11 am, well ahead of its usual Saturday hours. Officials noted the bureau issued 114 licenses on the same date last year while Bronx and Manhattan bureaus ran normal business.
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Grand Slam by LeBlanc Wins Game
Nat LeBlanc pulled the Cardinals from behind with a grand slam in the ninth inning to beat John Yelovic’s team 12 to 11. Kenny Dudley earned his eighth win as Ken Replaced Bob Curley in the eighth, keeping the Cards in the Pioneer League race.
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Bob Curley
Accident Verdict In Reno Explosion
A coroner's jury ruled accidental death in the Van Buren building blast that killed five people in Reno last Sunday. The official cause cited an accumulation of gases produced by burning material.
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van Buren
Car Fire Damages Vehicle on South Fourth Ave
Firefighters were called at 9 am to extinguish a small blaze in a car owned by Jim Pennock at 635 South Fourth Ave in Pocatello. The fire damaged only the engine, was contained by a small hose line, and caused minor damage.
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Jim Pennock
South Fourth Ave
John L Winds Up At Twin Falls
John L Lewis, chief of the United Mine Workers, arrived in Boise to visit Mrs. Lewis who is sister of Mrs. G. P. Charrier in Twin Falls Idaho. He registered at a local hotel and declined to speak to reporters.
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Blaze Rips Through Guam Navy Gasoline Tank Farm
An early morning explosion at a large navy gasoline depot on Guam ignited fires across the installation. All firefighting equipment responded and hundreds of sailors were enrolled as firefighting reserves as flames swept through the site.
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Guam
Wallace Launches Third Party Campaign for President
Henry Wallace opened his campaign stating the new party is here to stay and will be on the November ballot in more than 40 states. The announcement was made in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on a Saturday night rally.
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