Pocatello Opens New Ross Park Pool in Summer Ceremony
About 700 people attended the opening of Pocatello’s $80,000 Ross Park pool under the recreation commission led by Wayne Booth. First entrant was Melvin Stewart with Newell Booth second. local officials and lifeguards were present as daily hours announced and Red Cross classes planned.
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Pocatello
Ross Park
Recreation Commission
Wayne Booth
Bryan Blackhurst
Pocatellans
Melvin Stewart
Blackhurst
Stewart
Newell Booth
Honolulu
Orville Booth
Hawaii
Baker
Dive
Red Cross
Bob Hilliard
Bonnie Weston
Eileen Snyder
Shirley Weston
Auburn Howell
Two Hospital Groups State Meeting Here
The Idaho and Utah Hospital Associations announce their third annual joint convention in Pocatello on June 16 and 17. Vernon L. Harris says hospital superintendents and boards of governors from all member hospitals are invited. The panel includes Kenneth Williamson, R. T. Jones, A. A. Rita, Sister Mary Francis, Lawrence Trousdale, and John H. Zenger with eighteen others scheduled to speak.
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Idaho and
Utah
Pocatello
Vernon L. Harris
Public Health Department
Boise
Harris
Kenneth Williamson
Chicago
American Hospital Association
R. T. Jones
Idaho Blue Cross Plan
A. A. Rita
Upland
Calif
Association of Western Hospitals
Sister Mary Francis
St. Anthony Mercy Hospital
Lawrence Trousdale
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City General Hospital
John H. Zenger
Provo
Utah Valley Hospital
Atom Probe Closes Door on Public Cases
The joint congressional atomic energy committee voted 9 to 8 to hold closed hearings on individual cases of alleged lax security at the atomic energy commission. Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooper urged public discussion of at least part of the evidence but was denied. Lilienthal argued naming needed to be avoided for direct references.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Truman seeks 41 million for agencies after unemployment rise
President Truman asked Congress for 41 million extra to fund six independent offices and six departments for the current fiscal year and the new year starting July 1. The request totals 92 million more than previously asked, with 41,000,100 aimed at the Bureau of Employment Security within the Federal Security Agency.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Bureau of Employment Security
Federal Security Agency
Police Seek Three Teens After Porterville Burglary
Pocatello police seek three teenage youths driving a 1947 maroon Dodge sedan with Utah plates Z 9634. They are suspected of burglarizing a Porterville sports store and stealing guns ammunition and the car as they head toward Pocatello.
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Pocatello
Utah
Porterville
Weather1 Heat Prevails with near 90 Degree Day Forecast
Forecast calls for fair skies and continued heat with temperatures near 90 degrees. Yesterday's high reached 89 and overnight low dropped to 55.
Porcupine Invades City Ends In Tragic Shootdown
Pancho the porcupine perched in a backyard tree on Willow Wood after Friday afternoon discovery. Poundmaster Ted Talbot shot the animal after failed attempts to dislodge it, marking the twentieth porcupine killed in city limits over Talbot’s three years.
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Pancho
Porcupine
Frank Kleffner
Willowwood
Ted Talbot
Joan Kleffner
Kleffner
Poundmaster Talbot
Poundmaster
Talbot
Mendy
Bare Expose Is Sure for Parley
Nudists from across Canada will gather in the Fraser Valley August 13 and 14 for the third annual convention. The exact meeting site in the British Columbia valley was not disclosed by the sunbathing association.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fraser Valley
Canada
Sunbathers
Consumption Of Potatoes Falls Sharply At Convention
C W Kitchen of United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association warned at the 21st annual shippers convention that despite price supports, potato consumption declined due to high prices and bad publicity. He argued government price controls cannot force eating, and acreage limits alone will not solve the issue. He noted 1948 saw record yields with a large crop, yet planting fell short of the acreage goal by over 200,000 acres.
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C. W. Kitchen
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Washington, D. C
Shippers
Kitchen
Pilot Parachutes Safely from World's Fastest Jet
Capt Richard Gene Barr 29 parachutes from an F 86 Sabre after a collision with another jet near Antelope Valley. The second pilot was killed. Barr survived with shock and contusions. Wreckage found in Tehachapi mountains. Sabre record flight speed was 670.981 mph set Sept 15 1948 at Muroc.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Richard Gene Barr
Barr
Tehachapi
Gorman
March Air Force Base
March Field
North American Aviation
Wright Field
Airforce
Richard L. Johnson
Air Material Command
Muroe
Cal
Post Today Publishes 1949-50 Business and Classified Directory
The Pocatello POST releases a bound Kodak directory for southeastern Idaho with city data history photos and statistics. Contributors include Leedice Kissane Idaho State College Lucene Clemens Bob Sarles and local officials. Street guide tourist info and listings available for Pocatello Aberdeen American Falls Arco Blackfoot Burley Downey Lava Hot Springs Malad Montpelier Rupert Soda Springs.
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Pocatello Post
Idaho
Leedice Kissane
Idaho State
Lucene Clemens
Post American Falls
Bob Sarles
Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello
Aberdeen
American Falls
Arco
Blackfoot
Burley
Downey
Lava / Hot Springs
Malad
Montpelier
Rupert
Soda Springs
Chamber of Commerce
POST
McKellar Pushes Hoffman to Quit As ECA Chief
Senator Kenneth McKellar publicly urged Paul Hoffman to resign as head of the European Recovery Program during a Senate appropriations hearing. Hoffman refused to resign, saying he would stay as long as needed and supported by adequate funds. A hotel-room lobbyist claim was denied by Hoffman as he defended his administration of the foreign aid program.
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Washington
Kenneth McKellar
Paul G.“Hoffman
Studebaker
Tennessee
Krelmin
Atlantic Ocean
Senate Committee
Hoffman
Sen
Homer Ferguson R Mich
McKeller
McKellar
Mayflower
Korea
Adam
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