Cassia Rodeo Opens With Free Tours and Big Purses
Cassia county to open big rodeo with 4500 seats in Burley. Children admitted free the first night at stores. Rodeo runs 8:30 p m with colors, queen Phyllis Novosel and attendants. Purses total 3000, best all around $175, saddle bronc $75. Minidoka Mounted Posse and Cassia Posse ride nights two and three.
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Burley—Am
Cassia
Saul Clark
Burley
Clark
Phyllis Novosel
DeVaun Gruwell
Evelyn Martin
Mounted Posses
Plaugher
Earl Hutchison
Jack Oakey
Wilber Paugher
Minidoka County Mounted Posse
Cassia County Posse
Oakley Vigilantes
Burley Automobile
Olin Baker
Clarence Hanzel
Charles Haight
Art Solomon
Gib Borem
Floyd Clevenger
Dick Noble
Thurman Kidd
Joe Carlson
Posse
Fred J. Hill and Son
Joe Peters
Gem Miners Hold Strike at Bunker Hill Smelter
About 600 workers walked out at the Bunker Hill smelter and refinery in Kellogg after more than two months of talks over a health and welfare plan. The union called the walkout and a negotiating session was set for Wednesday with Federal Conciliator Louis Ziman in Spokane.
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Louis Ziman
Spokane
Pioneer Reuben Moncur Dies at Heyburn
Burley Idaho resident Reuben L. Moncur age 64 died suddenly Sunday morning at his Heyburn home from a heart ailment. Born October 16 1884 in Mt. Carmel Utah he homesteaded at Acequia for the Minidoka project and later moved to Heyburn where he served as ditch rider and mail carrier. He leaves widow Sylvia Christopherson Moncur two sons Harold and LaVaun two daughters Blanche Taylor and Dorothy McCarthy two grandchildren Michael and Gregory Taylor four brothers Harve Heber Wallace D W Moncur and one sister Mrs A J Owen Funeral services are pending with the body at Payne mortuary.
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Reuben L. Moncur
Heyburn
Mt. Carmel
Utah
Robert
Francis Moncur
Acquia
Acequia
Minidoka
L. D.S
Syvia Christopherson Moncur
Harold Moncur
U.S. Army Air Corps
Washington, D.C
LaVaun
Air Corps
Aleutian Islands
Blanche Taylor
Idaho Falls
Dorothy McCarthy
Fort Lewis
Washington
Michael
Gregory Taylor
Malad man burned by boiler explosion at honey house
Lawrence R. Budge, a Malad honey producer, suffered severe burns to his face neck and shoulder when his steam boiler exploded during honey extraction. He received treatment at Oneida Hospital and was released.
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Lawrence R. Budge
Oneida
Nine New Polio Victims Reported in Idaho
Boise reports nine new polio cases, August total 119 and yearly total 243. Among victims are youths from Lewiston Sugar City Murtaugh Caribou county and Boise, plus a 28 year old woman from Pierce.
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Boise
State Department of Public Health
Lewiston
Pierce
Sugar City
Murtaugh
Caribou County
Sun Oil to Drill Big Elk Mountain Well in Idaho
Sun Oil plans to drill the Big Elk Mountain Unit No. 1 well in the Caribou national forest area of southeastern Idaho. The 8000 foot well near Idaho Falls will cost about 500000 and aims at Weber sands with a map closure of 4500 feet. Sinclair oil and Sun Oil share production from 108500 acres leased four years ago.
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Sun Oil Company
Big Elk Mountain
Caribou National Forest
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Weber Sands
Utah
Colorado
Frank Neighbor
Rocky Mountain
Sun- Sinclair
Sun Oil
Sinclair Oil
Sinclair
Kerosene Drinking Boyhospitalized After Accidental Ingestion
Gary Royce, 12, of Salt Lake City, is listed in fairly good condition after swallowing about a third of a cup of kerosene Saturday on his uncle's farm in Sanpete county Utah. He was rushed to Springville then transferred to a Salt Lake City hospital for pneumonia treatment.
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Gary Royce
Utah
Sanpete County
Royce
Springville
Franklin Herd Classified Under National Holstein Program
S B Hall of Troutdale Ore an official inspector for the Holstein Friesian Association of America classified the Douglas Wright herd in Franklin Ida. It is the first type classification under the national program to improve the breed and the herd now includes 11 classified animals.
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S. B. Hall
Troutdale
Ore
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Douglas Wright
Franklin
Ida
National Association
Tennessee Leads With Chemicals and Textiles Industry
Chemicals and textiles, with their allied products, form the two leading major industrial groups in Tennessee, highlighting the state’s prominent manufacturing sectors and economic base.
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Tennessee
Queen Crowned 1949 Cassia County Fair Queen
Phyllis Novosel Decla was crowned queen at the Queen's Dance in Burley with over 500 attendees. Attendants will be DeVaun Gruwell and Evelyn Martin as the fair begins August 25.
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Phyllis Novosel
Decla
Cassia County
Y-Del
DeVaun Gruwell
View
Evelyn Martin
Oakley
Tommy Sue Estes
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joy Richins
Dec
Lion Clubs Zone Chairman Named
Henri was named chairman of Lions clubs in Zone C district 39E covering Preston Franklin Lava Downey and Malad. He owns OK Rubber Welders in Malad and previously led Malad Lions in 1948 49 after teaching in Tremonton and attending Utah State Agricultural College.
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Lions Clubs
Preston
Franklin
Lava
Downey
Malad
OK Rubber Welders
Malad Lions Club
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
Tremonton
Life on Venus: Carbon Dioxide Detected
The Carnegie Institute of Washington reported carbon dioxide on Venus. The find is described as practical proof that life may exist on the planet.
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Venus
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Western Dance Night Wins Prizes at Kiwanis Event
G. W. Sizemore chaired a brief talk at a Kiwanis sponsored dance event. Barbara Church’s students performed numbers while Marilyn Clark sang solo. The hall featured saddles and rail fences. Orville Sears and wife from Elba won best western dress.
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G. W. Sizemore
Fair Board
Barbara Church
Marilyn Clark
Kiwanis Club
Orville Sears
Elba
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