Simplot to Buy Kalunite Plant for Expansion Plans
J R Simplot Co expected to purchase the kalunite plant in Salt Lake City as part of a regional industrial expansion valued up to 5 million dollars. Garfield Chemical Co will enlarge sulphuric acid production by 150 percent to supply fertilizer maker needs with 3 to 4 million dollars planned for capital spending and about 60 additional workers. Two Nile storks arrived at Philadelphia Zoo, shoe billed or whale headed, valued at 2800 dollars.
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J. R. Simplot Co
William J. O'Connor
Garfield Chemical Co
Philadelphia
Nile River
Thei
Philadelphia Zoo
Idaho learns cooperation from 1947 polio epidemic
Preston Idaho Ben Johnson March of Dimes chairman says cooperation among state civic groups led by the Elks Lodge and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reduced the epidemic’s impact. The foundation has advanced $150 000 to Idaho with more funds expected.
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LLP
Idaho
Ben Johnson
State March. of Dimes
Johnson
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National Foundation For
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Nation- 1 Foundation
Family Names Listed in Local Child Ancestry Note
Dennis Allen age 314 son of Walter B. Allen and wife at 876 Randolph Ave. Tamara aged 11 months and Karen Lou Shaw age 3 daughters of Howard E. Shaw and wife of 445 South Grant Ave. The notice records family details in a local genealogical item.
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Dennis Allen
Walter B. Allen
Randolph Ave
Tamara
Karen Lou Shaw
Howard E. Shaw
South
Grant Ave
Draftsman's sharpener for wood in AC to DC market
A draftsman's tool markets a wood sharpening device that only sharpens the wood portion, bypassing the lead. It cuts a medium fine or super fine point on both AC and DC formats.
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Ener
Santa Visit Delights Pocatello Children At Home
More than 500 youngsters greeted an early Santa Claus as he visited 300 lodge member homes in five nights. Machinists Lodge 198 organized the effort with Morris Marler announcing the shift from a party to house calls to limit public gatherings amid the polio scare, distributing candy nuts and fruit.
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Pocatello
Santa Claus
Santa
Lodge
Morris Marler
George R. Phillips
Air Force B-29 Bomber Missing on Alaskan Recon Flight
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP An air force B-29 Superfortress on a long range weather reconnaissance flight over northern Alaska is missing. Col Lloyd H Watness said the four engine bomber was 11 hours overdue at 11 am PST as search efforts from Nome 26 mile and Ladd Field bases faced poor weather.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Lloyd H. Watness
Ladd Field
10Th
Nome
Rural Missouri Teachers Never Attended College
State education commissioner Hubert Wheeler reports 823 rural Missouri teachers have never attended college. The average Missouri teacher salary last year was 1562 dollars.
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Jefferson City
LLP
Hubert Wheeler
Missouri
Idaho bid call for three road projects and gravel stockpiling
The Idaho state highway department invites bids to open January 9 for three projects. Oiling seven miles of the Driggs Victor road in Teton county. Graveling 4.8 miles of the Barrymore road from U.S. 93 south in Jerome county. Graveling 4.4 miles of the Mohler Peck road in Lewis and Nez Perce counties. Bids also sought for stockpiling gravel in Bonneville, Teton, Clark and Fremont counties.
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Boise
State Highway Department
Driggs- Victor
Teton County
U. S. 93
Jerome County
Lewis and
Nez Perce
Bonneville
Teton
Clark
Fremont
Dunes in San Luis Valley Reach 1000 Feet
In the San Luis Valley of California, several white sand dunes tower up to about 1000 feet in height, forming a notable desert landscape feature for visitors and researchers.
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San Luis Valley
Calif
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