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The Pocatello Post

Location

Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1948

Page

2

Uranium Deposit Found At Old Caribou Silver Mine

Geologist G C Ridland spots a rich pitchblende vein near Boulder Colorado hailed as best uranium prospect in North America. Consoli dated Caribou Silver Mines estimates 150 workers may mine by spring under exploratory drilling to map vein and assess potential independence from imports. US atomic energy commission cautions against assuming national self sufficiency.

Boulder Colo Matthew Olssen Caribou G. C. Ridland Denver Ridland Consolidated Caribou Silver Mines, Inc United States Colorado Jamestown Here Lawson Idaho Springs Washington Atomic Energy Commission Olssen Pitchblende

Writer Pettitt Found Dead on Balboa Yacht

Balboa California stage and screenwriter Wilfred Pettitt aged 38 was found hanged aboard his yacht in Balboa Bay. Police say death appears accidental ahead of a Broadway premiere next month.

Balboa Calif Wilfred Pettitt Balboa Bay

New Paddles For Pocatello Initiation Tonight

New paddles built this week by Pocatello high school athletes will be used as 26 letterman are initiated into the P club. The day long ritual includes paddling rotten egg treatment and lectures for 22 initiates and 4 seniors. Names of the participants include Dick Bartlett Robert Booker DeVoe Brown and many other football track and baseball honorees. Only about 25 pairs of sandhill cranes remain in the United States.

Pocatello High School Letterman Dick Bartlett Robert Booker DeVoe Brown Jay Gasper Ronald Edgley

Oakland Twins Weigh 16 Pounds Breaks World Size Record

In Oakland California doctors reported a pair of twin boys weighing 16 pounds six ounces combined at birth. Mother Katherine Neilson said she expected twins but not boys of such size. One boy weighed eight pounds eight ounces and the other seven pounds fourteen ounces. Obstetricians said such weight for twins was unprecedented. Father Paul Neilson runs a garage.

Oakland Calif Katherine Neilson Paul Neilson

Care Urged In Usage Of Sulfa

The American Veterinary Medical Association warns poultry growers against excessive sulfa drug use in diseased chickens. An experiment treating fowl cholera in a 1000-bird flock showed egg production dropped up to 50 percent in one week and took nearly a month to recover.

Chicago

Marshall Better To Stay On Job After Uneventful Recovery

Secretary of State George C. Marshall shows an uneventful recovery from kidney surgery and is expected to continue directing American foreign policy. President Truman wants him to remain at the helm as the nation presses the cold war against communism if his recuperation remains rapid.

Washington George C. Marshall Truman

Prisoner Fount O Frost Admitted After Manslaughter Conviction

Fount O Frost, 72, was admitted to Idaho State Penitentiary after a 10 year sentence for involuntary manslaughter. District Judge H D Sutphen imposed the term for the July 24 pool hall killing of Junior Carl Broadpee Bliss in Hagerman.

Boise O. Frost Idaho State Penitentiary Warne Lewis Clapp Frost Gooding H. D. Sutphen Carl Broadpee Bliss Hagerman

Idaho Dairy Plants Ship Record Butter and Cheese Totals

Idaho dairy plants produced 2,020,000 pounds of butter and 1,565,000 pounds of cheese as reported by the Bureau of Agriculture Economics on Wednesday.

Boise Idaho Bureau of Agriculture Economics

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