Frontier Days Rodeo Set for Pocatello July 15 17
Pocatello gears up for a wild Frontier Days rodeo July 15 17 at the county fairgrounds. Stallion race debuts with Owyhee desert horses and three cowboy teams to ride 10 seconds. Parade through downtown Friday at 1 30 p m with national cowboys associations approving performances at 8 30 p m.
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W. W. Halsey
Key County Fairgrounds
Owyhee
Pocatello
National Cowboys Association
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Drunken Rage Slayer Charged With Murder
Donald Panattoni a 22 year old ex navy radio man was charged with murdering his wife Elaine 19 after confessing he beat her to death in a drunken rage. He said she mocked his drunkenness and he lost control.
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San Francisco
Donald Panattoni
Elaine
Windowless first seven stories of Cincinnati hotel
A historic Cincinnati hotel features seven initial floors without windows, a design noted in the article. The building’s unusual architecture is highlighted as a standout in the city’s skyline and prompts reader curiosity about its purpose and impact.
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Cincinnati
B 17 Grounded by Soft Runway in Virginia Minnesota
A United States Air Force B-17 carrying Lt Commander I R Oakley landed at the Virginia Minnesota airport but became stuck in soft earth while leaving the taxiway. The pilot Lt P B Lewis and five crew members were not injured. About 5000 spectators watched as workers towed the bomber to firmer ground and the takeoff was postponed until morning. Oakley was en route to Burnside Lake near Ely Minnesota to join Navy Secretary FTmycis P Matthews for a weeklong stay.
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Virginia
Minn
Air Force
Omaha
Neb
Navy
Ftmycis P. Matthews
I. R. Oakley
Oakley
Matthews
Burnside Lake
Ely
Eveleth
P. B. Lewis
Idaho road bids invited for sections in Franklin and Fremont
Idaho highway bureau invited bids Friday to surface 12 105 miles of state highway 84 between Preston and Treasureton in Franklin county and to surface 15 795 square yards of Idaho Industrial Training School roads in Fremont county.
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Boise
Idaho Highway Bureau
Preston
Treasureton
Franklin County
Idaho Industrial Training School
Fremont County
Reno Girds For Strike In Fourth Of July Rodeo Bonus
Reno faces a possible hotel workers strike during the July rodeo weekend with a call for residents to fill in as bartenders waiters dishwashers and cooks to save the tourism industry. The Citizens Emergency Committee led by Forest Lovelock urged public spirited citizens to volunteer for service jobs at hotels and restaurants amid a projected influx of visitors.
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Reno
Fence removed at base pool after enlisted men protest
A brigadier general ordered removal of a picket fence across the Benjamin Harrison Air Base pool in Indianapolis after enlisted men complained it separated them from officers while swimming. Officials said the fence, installed by the base commander, separated deep and shallow sections of the pool.
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Indianapolis
Friday
Benjamin Harrison Air Base
Daylong Radio Schedule Highlights Across Stations
A dense listing of programs across KEYY KC, KPST, KSEI and more. Notes include news summaries, music hours, sports, variety shows, and sign offs. Names of shows and hosts appear with time blocks throughout the day.
Lawmaker Warns of Injunction Over Pocatello Paving Plan
State Representative Henry O Leary warned Friday night that an injunction could halt a proposed graveling and light paving of six blocks in the Pocatello Heights area. He questioned city priorities and said residents of Halliday and Garfield avenues were promised earlier paving, seeking a public hearing on city contracts.
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Pocatello
Pocatello Heights
Henry O'Leary
Bannock County
O'Leary
W. Halliday
S. Garfield
Halliday
Garfield
Bannock
W. Custer
Westello
Pair Admit Kidnapping Pair Admit Kidnapping
The FBI said Shel ton H. Gainey and Lander R. Grantt admitted kidnapping and shooting Ray Daniel Oliver. Oliver’s body was found near a highway in Princeton West Virginia after a drive from Myrtle Beach South Carolina to Matthews North Carolina. The pair, arrested June 29 near Ranchtown Pennsylvania, will be returned to Florence South Carolina for trial.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
Shelton H. Gainey
Lander R. Grantt
Ray Daniel Oliver
Princeton
W. Va
Gainey
Grantt
Ranchtown
Oliver
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Matthews
N. C
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Florence
Naturopath Files Suit Over Medical Act in Boise
Dr. David Smith a Boise naturopath filed suit in the third district court seeking a ruling that the medical act passed by the last legislature does not apply to practitioners in his field.
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Naturopath
Boise
David Smith
Boise Naturopath
United Nations Backing Asia for Equality and Independence
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie says the era of empire and colonialism in Asia is ending and that the United Nations stands as a strong ally for Asian peoples seeking equality and self determination.
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Asia
United Nations
Tryge Lie
Father stabs daughter then leaps to death in New York
A 44 year old waiter Hans Boepel wounded his eight year old daughter with a carving knife and then leapt from a ninth floor window. He left a note to his estranged wife expressing desire to lie together forever. Barbara Elaine Boepel was hospitalized in serious condition.
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New York
Hans Boepel
Barbara Elaine Boepel
Roosevelt Hospital
Barbara
Markets rise on modest volume amid holiday trading
Stocks edged higher on Friday with better volume as light buying and some short covering supported gains. Major issues held steady while select issues advanced. Dow Jones indicators rose with industrials and rails up modestly. Trading paused for Independence Day with about 720000 shares changing hands.
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London
Ed Pee
Census Bureau
du Pont
Banquet
Steels
New York
Chicago & St. Louis
Union Pacific
New Haven
White Motor
Fairbanks Morse
Briggs
Montgomery Ward
Procter & Gamble
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
General Motors
Woolworth
Houston Light & Power
Texas Land Trust
Phillips
Skelly
Standard Oil
California
Dow Jones
Railroads
Livestock market report from Ogden bids mixed prices
Slow cleanup trade yields steady to weak prices. Hogs show higher barrows and gilts with good to choice hogs 180-240 lb at 20.75 to 21.25 per cwt and larger weights down to 16.25. Sheep harvest limited with lambs down about 50 cents, Idaho range lambs around 26.20 for 100 lb, and feeders near 24.10 to 24.15 per cwt.
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Ogden
Idaho Range
Grain futures mixed as soybeans rise on export plans
Chicago grain prices showed mixed moves with wheat steady to firm and oats and rye firm. Soybeans climbed after a report of 1.9 million bushels set for export to Japan via army facilities. Traders awaited impact of an international wheat accord and CCC loan terms for 1949 wheat.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Japan
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Chicago Live Market Run On Mixed Produce Figures
Chicago UP reports a volatile live market with mixed commodities. Prices show butter at 93 score 5942 cents per pound, eggs and potatoes steady, and orange value shifts across carrots onions and peppers with multiple regional quotations and varying quality grades.
Southern Idaho Utah Weather Outlook for Saturday
Fair and warm conditions dominate Southern Idaho with highs of 80 to 90 and lows 40 to 50. Utah sees clear to partly cloudy skies, increasing Saturday afternoon with a few thunderstorms over southern mountains, temperatures 86 to 96, up to 100 in the Dixie area. Saturday morning lows 56 to 62.
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Idaho
Utah
Dixie
State Closes Fishing In Sublett Reservoir
Idaho Department of Fish and Game issues an emergency order closing all fishing in tributaries of Sublett reservoir in Cassia and Oneida counties effective July 2 to protect newly stocked small trout. Sublett reservoir had been closed since chemical treatment last summer and streams were stocked with 15,500 small trout this spring.
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Boise
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Sublett
Cassia
Oneida
Thomas B. Murray
Game Department
Fishermen Told Tall Tales Short on Details
A brief column humorously notes sailors spin tall tales but should keep them concise violating no specific names or places. The piece uses light satire to suggest brevity in legends while preserving local flavor and voice.
Retirement for Capt Specht after 22 years of Navy service
Idaho native Captain W. C. Specht, rear admiral in retirement ceremonies at the naval ordnance plant, will move with his wife and two daughters to a 300 acre Challis ranch to raise purebred Hereford cattle. He graduated from Annapolis in 1927 and served as executive officer at the ordnance plant since 1947. Comdr E V Brucher will succeed him.
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United States Navy
Naval Ordnance Plant
W. C. Specht
Captain Specht
Challis
Caldwell
College of Idaho
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy
Specht
Tokyo Harbor
E. V. Brucher
W. P. McCarthy
Lincoln Faces Vacuum After John J Retires
Lincoln Massachusetts reels as John J retires leaving key posts vacant including police chief constable water commissioner water department superintendent tree warden slaughtering inspector dog officer and sealers of weights and measures leaving town administration in limbo.
Ingrid Bergman and Rossellini Stranded in Rowboat
Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini spent a night in a rowboat after their medium sized ship motor broke down in the Mediterranean. With no wind, two Italian seamen helped row them toward Stromboli, arriving at dawn exhausted and wet.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rosselini
RKO
Miss Bergman
Rossellini
Mediterranean
Stromboli
England Census Cost Estimate
An estimate puts the cost of each census in England at 1.5 million dollars. The figure reflects expenses tied to nationwide data collection and processing during a census cycle.
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