Young Demo Parley Set for Salt Lake City July 1-2
The Young Democratic Clubs of America schedule a joint meeting of eight regional directors and convention committee members in Salt Lake City on July 1 and 2 to select the date and site for the 1949 national convention. Roy G. Baker, president, notes Utah hosts for the event and invites the national committee members.
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Washington
Young Democratic Clubs of America Today
Salt Lake City
Roy G. Baker
Baker
Utah State Democratic Committee
Utah Young Democrats
Katherine N. Cullinan
Providence
R. I
Michael T. Jaffrin
Cleveland
William Byers
Grafton
W. Va
Jack Stephens
Little Rock
Ark
J. Paul Heard
Hobbs
N. M
Dick Watson
Olympia
Wash
Joseph Z. Marks
Des Moines
Clyde L. Miller
ISC Press Club Elects Hal Foss President
Hal Foss, managing editor of The Bengal at Idaho State College, was elected president of the ISC Press Club. He succeeds acting president Fruitland, with Ed Amundsen as vice president and Naomi Chugg as secretary. Other officers include Rupert treasurer Bill Harwood and co editor of the Wickiup 1950, Archie Le Duc as honorary sponsor.
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Hal Foss
Pocatello
Idaho State College
the Bengal
ISC Press Club
Bob Birdsall
Fruitland
Ed Amundsen
Pocatelo
Wickiup
Naomi Chugg
Rupert
Bill Harwood
American Falls
Wallace E. Garets
Idaho Pupil Spending Trails Western States
Idaho ranks last among western states in spending per pupil with 153 dollars per pupil, up from 78 in 1937-38, while teacher salaries rose from 1087 to 2220 but left Idaho 29th in 1947-48. Dr Booth cites 160 percent state-source funding growth over ten years, highest in the nation, as county funding up 30 percent.
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BOISE
LLP
Idaho
Council of State Governments
Council
John Booth
Idaho Education Association
Pioneer Woman in Critical Condition at St. Anthony's
Attendants reported 86 year old Gate City pioneer Mrs A B Stevenson in critical condition at St. Anthony's hospital after several days illness. Unconscious since Sunday, she is wife of the Oregon Short Line railroad superintendent and is mother to T Harper Whland a local U S deputy collector of internal revenue. Two other sons Frank Uhland of Alhambra California and Edward Stevenson of Los Angeles are in Pocatello.
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
A. B. Stevenson
Gate City
Stevenson
Oregon Short. Line Railro
T. Harper Whland
U.S
Internal Revenue
Frank Uhland
Alhambra
Calif
Edward Stevenson
Los Angeles
Pocatello
Union Re-elects Indicted Bridges Leader
Union votes 30 406 to 7 070 to reelect Harry Bridges president of the CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union for a sixth two year term in San Francisco amid federal fraud and perjury charges. Tommy George of Portland Oregon was his opponent.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Bridges
Tommy George
Portland
Ore
Ox- Reidgesr
California Ensnared by Dust Bowl Threat in San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield report outlines dust storms worsening across Kern, Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties. 250000 acres of topsoil lost in Kern. rising respiratory illnesses and health concerns prompt calls for strip cropping to halt soil erosion. Farmers suffer crop losses as wind-driven dust disrupts cotton and potato crops and spurs migration for health reasons.
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Bakersfield
Calif
California
San Joaquin Valley
Kern County
Floyd Tumelson
Henry Raub
Kern
Fresno
Kings
Tulare
Weather Bureau
Letter Found From 55 Years Ago To James G Blaine
A letter mailed 55 years ago by the U S Steelworkers Association in Pittsburgh arrived at the State House post office in Augusta Maine yesterday addressed to James G Blaine. Blaine was a Maine congressman for 16 years and died in 1894.
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Augusta
James G. Blaine
Cleveland
State House
U. S. Steelworkers Association
Pittsburgh
Blaine
Maine
More Elementary Teachers Needed but Outlook Brighter
Idaho education officials say elementary teacher shortages remain acute, especially in rural schools, despite a brighter overall teaching outlook. High school vacancies are filling, but wage competition with neighboring states hampers Idaho's ability to attract candidates.
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Boise
Idaho
Ross E. Barney
Barney
Ihe
Vanishing Slots Hurt Idaho Treasury Revenue
Boise awaits the impact of slot machine bans as revenue shrinks. State Treasurer Lela Painter notes only 179,729 dollars in licenses collected from January to May, far below 1948's 440,198. Some income counted toward 1949 ledger reflects 1948 licenses. Elimination of slots at Boise and Twin Falls triggered the decline.
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Boise
Lela D. Painter
Monte Carlo Bets on Silent Craps Language This Summer
The Monte Carlo casino will open craps tables in July but bans slang like snake eyes and little Joes. Official Albert Jauffret, returning from Reno, says guests must avoid loose talk as part of a revenue conscious crackdown on players shouting or joking about dice.
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Monte. Carlo
Monaco
Mediterranean
Verpardlar
Monte Carlo
Albert Jauffret
Jauffret
Reno
Nev
Idaho Income Tax Take Rises for Eleven Months
Idaho income tax collections for the 11 month period ending May 31 totaled 9 158 728 14 dollars, up about 800 000 from the same period a year earlier. Individual taxes rose but the main gain came from corporations, with 11 month receipts at 3 309 094 03 versus 2 684 635 14 previously. Delinquent and additional collections reached 609 732 33, up from 508 834 99.
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Boise
Idaho
P. G. Neill
Neill
Idaho Traffic Deaths Fall to One-Third of Last Year
Idaho's traffic fatalities through May totaled 26, down from 73 at the same point last year, as reported by Safety Director George Vaughn. May alone saw ten deaths, reflecting the year to date decline and ongoing concerns about bill payments affecting patient care in New York.
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Boise
Idaho
Office of Safety
George Vaughn
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