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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1949
Page
2
Authorities launched a major manhunt for the slayer of 17 year old Norleen MacNicholas whose nude body was found after 72 days in a park near her Tacoma home. Coroner says she was knocked out raped and strangled. Detectives seek a lead as the investigation continues.
CHICAGO UP plans to drag the Des Plaines river for two teen aged boys were abandoned after police found them camping on the river bank ready to shove off for Arabia in a row boat. Robert Hovdal 13 and Robert Hoch 14 of Des Plaines said they planned to visit Hovdal’s father a U S government engineer. They had been missing four days. The boys said they faced heavy ice first day and their boat had no oars. They spent days in the loop shopping for cars. County patrolmen found and returned them to their homes noting a rifle alarm clock harmonica canned heat and spaghetti in their possession.
Dr. Gary Merrill son of Mr and Mrs A L Merrill of Pocatello has located in American Falls opening offices last week. He and Mrs Merrill reside in Kosanke apartments. A 1935 Pocatello High School graduate he studied at Stanford and earned his medical degree from George Washington University in 1944. He served 18 months in the Philippines with the armed forces, then did a year internship at LDS Hospital Salt Lake City and was recently with Dr Paul Snark in Bingham Canyon Utah.
Rep. William Lemke introduces a measure to open 240000 square miles in southeast and western Alaska for settlement. Settlers could file on 320 to 2560 acres based on use, with a 5 29 year priority for veterans. He argues large tracts secure livelihood and national defense.
Martin J. Monti, 27, of Florissant Missouri, pleaded guilty in federal court to treason for deserting in 1944, stealing a P-38, flying behind German lines, and broadcasting for the Nazis from Berlin. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined $10,000 after recounting his capitulation to German radio and the SS.
The Malad chapter of Future Farmers of America was judged Idaho’s outstanding FFA chapter and received a $100 national award to fund a livestock chain or aid a boy starting farming. Also noted are LDS missionary plans for Cal vin and Muriel Dredge, postal receipts up four percent in 1948, motor vehicle license sale increases, an upholstery school by Marjorie Stone, and a leadership meeting of the Malad Stake Primary.
Three year old Eddie Sollinger was found unharmed on a roadside stump in Venango County Pennsylvania after volunteers and a 300 man posse searched dense deer hunting country. He disappeared Saturday afternoon around 12 30 p m while his father Joe prepared lunch. A bloodhound team traced his scent to within 150 yards of his location.
The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce plans a 1949 economic survey focused on wholesale and retail markets. An industrial area development will be a joint effort with the Union Pacific railroad, aiming to include corporate incorporation of the district and several growth initiatives.
William Leeman, 29, a seaman, was jailed 14 days and fined 6.20 for climbing the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus London. He was the second man arrested for straddling the 50 foot sculpture. William Painter, a plumber, received a suspended three month sentence but paid a large fine plus 192 in damages.
The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce released the 1949 committee list with chairmen and vice chairmen for groups such as Organization affairs Membership Industrial Natural resources Economic survey Commercial affairs Advertising and tourist promotion Retail Merchants Bureau Agricultural Aviation Reclamation Conventions and events City and county affairs Taxation Roads and highways State and national affairs and Athletic chaired by executives including J L Craig Jr W C Carnes Harold Ory J Gilbert Miller H B Markham F G Thompson W J Wilson John R Terrell L J Wursten Boyd Baxter Charles Ward E A Dufford W W Shields Stanley Day M P Goodfellow and others.
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