Great Loss Of Timber Jue To Forest Fires
Forest service officials estimate timber losses from August forest fires in California, Montana, and Idaho could reach 100 million board feet though this is a rough guess. At least 40,000 acres burned with 3,000 firefighters still in action. 16 have died this month. Watershed, wildlife, and recreation losses cited. erosion and irrigation impacts feared due to vegetation loss.
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Washington
Forest Service
California
Montana
Idaho
National Forest
Lyle F. Watts
Watts
Missouri
Minidoka Farmers Union Approves Progress At Meeting
In Rupert the Minidoka County Farmers Union held its monthly meeting at the Washington school house with President J R Culley presiding. Reports cited near completion of the Mini Cassia Marketing Co op Acequia warehouse and high quality construction by Boone Pyle Construction Co of Heyburn.
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Rupert
Minidoka County Farmers Union
Washington School House
J. R. Culley
Bob Nelson
Mini- Cassia Marketing Co-op Acequia
Joe Woodruff
Boone Pyle Construction Co
Heyburn
Mini-Cassia Marketing Co-op
James Patton
Albert Meyer
Paul
National Farmers Union
Culley
State Public Utilities Commission
Minidoka County
Bonneville Power Administration
Idaho
Robins
Physician Recalls Detainment Case At Bradley Mining Trial
Oscar Worthwine for Bradley Mining Co and John Bradley outlined a slander and false detention lawsuit by Dr. Edward Boice. The firm and officers face $150,000 in damages claiming Boice was forcibly confined for two days in his Stibnite apartment and subjected to alleged nonprofessional acts and an illegal operation.
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BOISE
Oscar Worthwin
Bradley Mining Co
John Bradley
Federal District Court
Edward Boice
Boice
Comany
Stibnite
Jody Worthwine
Jess Hawley
Hawley
Worthwine
Weather Good For Idaho Crops Report
A joint federal state crop summary says Idaho weather was generally favorable for harvests last week though drought and heat hit non irrigated areas. Water demand stays heavy but supplies cover cash crops. dry soils raise fire risk in ranges and forests. Grain and pea harvests continue rapidly with potatoes and sugar beets developing well.
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Boise
Idaho
Portable electronic brain Binac hailed as new mechanical age
Philadelphia UPI reports the pint size Binac, a compact automatic computer built for an aircraft plant, runs 12 000 times faster than a human and handles 25 percent more complex problems than the larger Eiac. Inventors Dr. John W Maudley and J Presper Eckert Jr say it signals an industrial revolution where machines replace many human tasks and even explore military strategy and games.
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Philadelphia
Biiac
John W. Maudley
J. Presper Eckert, Jr
Eckert
Asways
Gate City Route Will Be Widened
Idaho bids opened for widening U S Highway 30 between Pocatello and Blackfoot in Bannock County. Projects include 6.881 miles of plant mixBituminous surface and 9.885 miles of new alignment grading and draining. Bids due by 2 p.m. September 9 at the state highway office.
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Boise
Department of Public Works
U. S. Highway
Pocatello
Blackfoot
Bannock County
Park City Mine Plans To Reopen
Park City Utah one of four Park City district mines that shut July 1 due to falling metal prices announced Wednesday it would reopen. The new Park Mining company said it would resume operations after talks with the Park City local of the CIO Progressive Metal Workers Council and plans to recognize the former seniority of its 270 employees. The other three mines remain closed.
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Park City
Utah
New Park Mining Company
CIO Progressive Metal Workers Council
Suit Seeks 1080 for Auto Crash Involving UP Truck
Birdie H Middendorf and the Farmers Automobile Inter Insurance Exchange sue Harry T Sidell and the Union Pacific railroad in fifth district court for 1080.40 as part of an auto accident last April. The complaint says Mrs Middendorfs son drove the car at the intersection of W Sherman St and No Harrison Ave when struck by a UP truck driven by Sidell. It claims the truck was operated carelessly and negligently, causing the crash.
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Birdie H. Middendorf
Farmers Automobile Inter Insurance Exchange
Fifth
Harry T. Sidell
Union Pacific Railroad
Machines lack independent thought says expert at panel
The speaker warns that AI systems cannot think on their own. they merely execute human-given commands, highlighting the need for responsible oversight and clear accountability in deployment.
Seven Utah Areas Set For Events
Utah communities prepare for fairs parades rodeos this week from Murray to Roosevelt. Highlights include Salt Lake county fair in Murray, Cache county fair in Logan, Southern Utah Junior Livestock Show in Richfield, Emery county Homecoming in Castle Dale, Davis county vaudeville and amateur rodeo, and Peach Days in Washington County.
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Utah
Salt Lake County
Murray
Future Farmers of America
Logan
Cache County
Emery County
Roosevelt
Washington County
Boy Unhurt In Car Crash Near Kemmerer Wyoming
Dick Louis Angelo, 19, of 421 Emerald Ave., Kemmerer, escaped injury when his car left Highway 30 about a mile west of the old checking station and rolled over, coming to rest on its top in a barrow pit. Mrs. C. R. Lewis notes road shoulder wear and driver troubles in the area while highway crews have rebuilt it several times.
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Dick Louis Angelo
Emerald Ave
Kemmerer
Wyo
Highway 30
Barrow Pit
C. R. Lewis
Milford milk truck crash leaves girl dead
Mrs Hun Meyers watched from the driver's seat as a milk truck veered off course eight miles southeast of Milford Utah. The vehicle toppled and her six year old daughter Alice fell to the highway and died. Her five year old son Robert sustained minor injuries.
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Milford
Utah
Hun Meyers
Alice
Robert
Mayflies Flood Salt Lake City Downtown
Mayflies swarmed downtown Salt Lake City attracted by lights. University of Utah zoology professor Dr. Don M. Rees says the insects are harmless and short lived, sometimes lasting only a day, having come from area lakes streams and ponds where they normally feed fish.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Don M. Rees
University of Utah
Idaho State News Briefs From Boise and Beyond
The state purchasing department bought 2867.40 dollars in tires and tubes mainly for the highway bureau. Two more polio cases raised August total to 130 and the yearly total to 240. victims are a 12 year old girl and a 20 month old girl, both from Shoshone. Max D. Stewart named chief clerk of the Minidoka project replacing retiring George Snow on Sept. 17. Architectural contract approved for a steam tunnel at the University of Idaho. fee set at 1.25 percent of 70050. The university to buy lease right and crop on 480 acres near Tetonia for a high elevation experimental farm. Hearing on Pacific Tel and Telegraph rate increase postponed to Sept. 26 in Lewiston. Ex-bank cashier Melvin S. Gebo to be sentenced for embezzlement, case forwarded to probation officers. pending Sept. 9 appearance. George A. Weitz of Caldwell plea deal on shipping potatoes without federal inspection. later disposition set. Fields Truck Line Inc of Gooding files for 250000 capital. incorporators named. Highway department authorized to sell 17 old equipment items and prison to buy a 1302 dollar degreaser for plate plant. Contract changes at agricultural science building and Kirtley lab approved. minor changes and upgrade costs listed.
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Boise —Up
State Board of Examiners
Hugh Richardson
Moscow
University of Idaho
Tetonia
Police Car and City Truck Collide at Main and Carson
Police Chief A L Oliver reports a collision involving Patrolman Wayne Hiltbrand and a city water department truck at the Main and Carson intersection. The Ford patrol car suffered major damage. a second patrol car had minor damage in a separate incident with Claude Johnson of Gardena.
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A. L. Oliver
Wayne Hiltbrand
City Water Department
Main
Carson Sts
Hiltbrand
Carson St
Main St
Hillbrand
Leno Seppi
Charles Crump
Claude Johnson
Gardena
Calif
Crump
East Center St
Johnson
Boise projects for two University of Idaho buildings
Boise dispatch reports changes ordered for construction of two University of Idaho buildings. Details describe alterations to plans or specifications approved during the project bidding and permit process.
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