State Labor Head Eyes New Duties
William L. Robison, named Idaho labor commissioner to begin August 15, brings long union ties and a record on the state industrial accident board. He vows to enforce the law fairly for labor and industry, plans to choose a deputy, and notes the department’s aim to inspect workplaces and mediate disputes.
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BOISE
William L
Bill) Robison
Robinson
C. A. Robins
Apov
Robison
State Industrial Accident Board
United Press
State Labor Department
State Department of Labor
Organized Labor
AFL Plumbers’ Union
Gov
Robins
Idaho
Edwin Voss Cordon Rites Held at Hall Mortuary
Funeral services for Edwin Voss Cordon, 67, were conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Hall Mortuary chapel with Bishop Dan W. Martin of the First Ward LDS church officiating. Music featured duets by Margaret Mallerup and Mildred Newey, Leland Newey, and Lola Schiess. solo by Leland Newey. Burial followed at Mountainview cemetery.
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Edwin Voss Cordon
Dan W. Martin
First Ward
LDS Church
Keith G. Mallerup
Alfred C. Cordon
Herbert Cordon
Margaret Mallerup
Mildred Newey
Leland
Leland Newey
Lola Schiess
Harvey Dixon
Lewis H. Nebeker
Bishop Martin
Dale Strong
Frank Regan
Roy Fillmore
Perry Harrison
Ted Kelly
Winston Best
Archie Service
E. N. Roberts
William J. Chandler
Virgil Camp
E. B. Swallow
Riley Dixon
L. H. Nebeker
Douglas K. Nielsen
First Ward Relief Society
Mountainview
Arthur W. Hall
Girl Friends Cause Divorce in Idaho Suit
Frieda Jeane Perry files for divorce from Harold Don Perry in district court Twin Falls Idaho alleging he refused to wear a ring to hide marriage from his girl friends and denied paternity of their unborn daughter while striking his wife the day before birth. Last address given as Vale Oregon.
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Twin Falls
Frieda Jeane Perry
Harold Don Perry
Vale, Ore
Ten More Polio Cases Reported in Idaho
Idaho public health officials report ten new polio cases, bringing the statewide total since January 1 to 113 and July total to 65. The cases include children aged 3 to 14 in Rexburg Jefferson county Bonneville and Boise, plus a three month old in Hammett and a 31 year old in Boise.
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Boise
Idaho
State Public Health Department
Adam County
Rexburg
Jefferson County
Bonneville County
Hammett
Two Sought For Station Hold Up
Law enforcement in St. Anthony searched for a man linked to a gasoline station robbery. The pair used a heavy wrench and long knife to take $90 from attendant Lawrence Wilk, a stolen truck found abandoned near the Lorenzo bridge, and one suspect was held and questioned.
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ST. Anthony
Lawrence Wilk
Lorenzo Bridge
Third Try Set On Hospital Bid
Boise reports the state public works department seeks new bids for a coal bin and driveway at the tuberculosis hospital heating plant in Gooding. After two bid rounds, one canceled for unlicensed bidder George Reynolds. a third call now sets bidding due by 2 pm August 16.
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Boise
Gooding
State Department of Public Works
Public Works
J. R. McKinney
George R. Reynolds
McKinney
Farm Protection Gains House Committee Approval
The House agriculture committee approved a wheat protection proposal tied to a 1950 cotton quota bill. It sets a base acreage below which wheat cuts cannot fall, calculated at 50 percent of 1948 and 1949 seeded wheat plus unharvested 1949 acreage, shielding farmers who planted above usual levels. The plan bars reductions more than seven percent below the national average.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Robbers Roost Roundup Opens With Impromptu Parade
An improvised parade kicked off the Robbers Roost Roundup in Price Utah. Barbara Cook 19 of Long Beach California, winner of a Hollywood contest, toured with her husband as the event's Queen For a Day contestant. The procession moved through principal county towns as officials welcomed attendees.
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Price
Utah
Barbara Cook
Long Beach
Calif
Shumard Praises Pocatello Summer Recreation Effort
Willard H. B. Shumard of the National Recreation Association praised Pocatello's three year old summer program as well rounded and growing since its 1947 start. He met Mayor Halsey and the recreation commission and urged a year around program.
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Pocatello
Willard H.bill Shumard
National Recreation Association
Gate City
Shumard
Tacoma
Wash
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
W. W. Halsey
Recreation Commission
Deleta
Dorothy
Fines End Family Squabble After Water Dispute
In Rupert a probate court case ended with fines for Edith Sparks and her daughter Bethea Parton after a dispute over irrigation water. Each was fined 100 dollars plus 39.15 dollars costs following a guilty verdict by a six man jury. The assault occurred during a quarrel that witnesses linked to irrigation water.
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Rupert
Edith Sparks
Bethea Partson
Jake Wall
Rulon Sparks
Global mile lengths and doctor shortage noted
The standard U S nautical mile measures 6080.27 feet while British French and German variants are up to four feet shorter. The World Health Organization reports a worldwide doctor gap of nearly twelve times the needed amount.
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U. S
World Health Organization
No Polio Epidemic Seen In Central Idaho
In Twin Falls H S Post senior sanitarian and Anne Knight supervising nurse report no polio epidemic in south central Idaho with practically no cases. They note one county case so far and urge parents to ensure rest nutrition hygiene while milk pasteurization and garbage disposal remain satisfactory.
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Idaho
Twin Falls
H. S. Post
South Central
Boise
Post
Anne Knight
Gem Labor Market In Summer Slump
Idaho's labor market entered a mid summer slump with the state employment service reporting a net drop of 82 in job listings for the week ended July 23. Total openings on file stood at 664 with construction the only sector showing a gain in demand.
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Boise
Idaho
State Employment Service
ISES
Father of slain minister charged with murder
In Tampa Florida Ward Cornelius a 57 year old railroad man was charged with first degree murder after shooting Rev John Lane 31 a Florida Ave Baptist church minister who eloped with Cornelius daughter Ann 15 The father expressed relief saying he had worried himself crazy since the elopement and marriage of his daughter to Lane.
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Tampa
Fla
Ward Cornelius
John Lane
Lane
Ann
Florida Ave. Baptist
Ashburn
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