Margot Gates Wins Fourth in National Music Contest
Miss Margot Gates, 13, of Pocatello, placed fourth in the Edgar Stillman Kelley Junior scholarship contest in Cleveland. She won with Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capricioso and Kreisler Preludium and Allegro, after training with Gibson Walters and Mischa Poznanski and serving as Irving junior high concertmaster.
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Pocatello Music Club
Margot Gates
National Federation of Music Club
Edgar Stillman Kelly
Guy Gates
Gates
Cleveland
Saint- Saens
Kreisler
Roy
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Tribute concert honors rodeo originator in Pocatello
A 30 minute municipal band concert Sunday night will honor the originator of the Pocatello Frontier Rodeo. The program includes Sweethearts of Old Fort Hall by Gaylord Sanford, dedicated to Tom B. LeBailley, who helped make the show a success.
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Old Fort Hall
Gaylord Sanford
Tom B. LeBailley
Judges Act Swiftly On Injunction
Idaho Supreme Court voided a lower court injunction barring law enforcement from arresting operators under McCall’s new licensing ordinance. The court ordered Judge Sutton to vacate the writ or show cause by 10 a.m. July 30, citing lack of notice and jurisdiction.
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BOISE
Attorney General's Office
McCall
Idaho Supreme Court
High Court
Seventh District
A. O. Sutton
Sutton
Swank Tijuana Club
Vergil
Everett Williams
Smylie
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Idaho
Salt Lake Bees Rout Cards In Nine Inning Win
The Salt Lake Bees defeated the Cards 9 to 2 before 1,500 fans at Halliwell Park. Bee pitcher John Bilbrey stifled a late Cards rally, as Pocatello scored three runs in the ninth.
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Salt Lake City
Pocatello Cards
Halliwell Park
John Bilbrey
Bad Weather Delays Jet Flights Across North Atlantic
Stormy North Atlantic conditions halt a 14-ship U.S. jet fighter squadron en route to Germany and six British Vampire jets en route to Canada and the U.S. Grounded in Iceland, the British planes are not expected to depart until today. The American group aims for the first east west jet crossing, with Lt. Col. David Schilling leading from Traverse City Michigan.
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Labrador
North Atlantic
U. S
Germany
Canada
United States
Iceland
David Schilling
Traverse City
Mich
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Bangor
Selfridge Field
Pocatello Frontier Days Plans Move Rapidly
Rodeo directors finalize parade plans for Friday with 27 entries and a 1 30 p m start. Judges named Miss Bertha Atkin Monsignor E R Cody and Harold C Hinckley. The top cowboy may win a $100 watch and chain from the Pocatello Post.
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Pocatello Frontier Days
Pocatello
Bertha Atkin
E. R. Cody
Harold C. Hinckley
Lowe Hopes For School Advances in Bannock County
Scott D. Lowe, Bannock County schools superintendent, predicts a one hundred percent improvement in education effectiveness next year. He cites Lester N. Downing, appointed June 18 as child guidance expert, to train teachers in guidance techniques and create case records from elementary to high school. The program, inspired by Peabody survey recommendations, aims to reveal each student’s talents by eighth grade.
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Bannock County
Scott D. Lowe
Lester N. Downing
County Board of Education
Downing
Arimo High School
Peabody Survey
Missing Plane RIGGINS Wreck Believed Auto Parts
State Aeronautics Director Chet Moulton announced Tuesday that the wreckage found on John Day creek fourteen miles north of here, once thought to be from the plane carrying four Caldwell residents to their deaths last April, is actually parts from an old automobile.
Mississippi Says Howdy Here Today In Manson Park
The Know Mississippi Better train stops at Manson Park tonight at 9 30 with Pocatel residents invited to greet it. Mayor George R Phillips notes a written offer of a Mississippi melon while the summer tour travels the United States and Canada to promote Mississippi opportunities and resources. The goodwill mission previously visited in 1930.
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Mississippi
Pocatellans
Howdy
George R. Phillips
United States
Canada
Idaho Slot Machine Law Draws National Inquiries
Idaho state officials report growing national interest in the 1947 slot machine licensing law. Questions arrived from California Minnesota Illinois and Minnesota readers seeking copies and details. Officials note hundreds of inquiries as interest grows in revenue from licenses amid tax concerns.
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Idaho
Lela D. Painter
Painter
California
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Illinois
Christ A. Jensen
Chicago
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Ralph Golub
San Francisco
Interes
Oscar Thyren
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Thyren
Mrs. Painter
Twin Falls Rules Against Gambling
Twin Falls city attorney told the council that bingo and keno operations would violate state gambling statutes. A ruling was sought on whether the 1947 law authorizing taxes and licensing of punchboards chance spindles and chance prize games applies to these games.
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Twin Falls
Joe Blandford
Blackfoot Swim Team Offers Evening Life-Saving Classes
Donald D. Stalker of the Blackfoot pool announced starting Tuesday at 8:45 p.m. life-saving classes led by Dorothy Gillis of Blackfoot and George Jones of Shelley.
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Donald D. Stalker
Dorothy Gillis
George Jones
Shelley
Bitter Boys Bust Glass In Jail Cell
Five youths from ages nine to twenty-one in Pocatello joined a canal plunge after a jail stay. They swam in the canal north of the city and damaged windows in the juvenile county jail area. Probate Judge Willard Lund was expected to mete a reprimand.
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Gate City
Alma Marley
Willard Lund
Idaho Bans Potatoes From California Fields
Idaho's agricultural department declares an embargo on California potatoes for processing due to live tuber moth larvae found in carloads. Director Wilson Kellogg cites prior 1946 infestations that prompted DDT spraying and says 160 carloads are en route, with incubation status guiding disposition of affected shipments.
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Boise
Idaho
Agricultural Department
California
Wilson Kellogg
Bureau of Plant Industry
Kellogg
Idaho Falls
Burley
Caldwell
Sudden Collapse Sends Annie Wilson to City Hospital
Mrs. Annie Wilson of 635 West Halliday Street was rushed from Halliwell Park to General Hospital at 9 30 p m after suddenly collapsing. Hospital authorities report she is suffering from a chronic heart condition.
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Halliwell Park
General Hospital
Annie Wilson
West Halliday St
Pocatello Post Opens Weekly News Tip and Photo Prizes
The Pocatello Post announces weekly cash prizes for news tips and amateur photos. Top tip wins $5, second $2.50, third $1. each published photo earns $1. If unpublished but creditable, photographers receive a Chief Theatre ticket. Include a story, name, and address on the photo, and call News Tip Editor at 3530.
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