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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1948
Page
1
A mid century Idaho reader questions the 1947 Financial Responsibility Act claiming it lacks funding and teeth. Attorneys report no bureau yet to enforce license suspensions for uninsured motorists due to budget constraints.
Senator Robert A Taft said he told House Speaker Joseph W Martin that the Senate would stay in session indefinitely if a filibuster blocks the draft bill. This remarks frame potential extended congressional action over conscription.
Christine Putnam Johnston asked to dismiss her paternity suit against Gov. James E. Folsom saying she is being used as a political weapon against him. She stated the suit reflected an undefined common law marriage with no public acknowledgment of marriage.
The city council, in its third meeting this week, studied bids from A. A. Maycock Co. Water Works Equipment Co. and Williams, Gritton and Wilde for the west side interceptor sewer machinery. City engineer Les Ballif to report bid figures. Empire Airlines airport lease granted retroactive to January 1 through September 30, 1949 at $50 monthly. Licenses and fire insurance approvals also noted. Monday approved Lewis Street bridge work. Wednesday heard ordinance details for Union Pacific railway parts on Shoshone Ave.
The Malad scouting drive started this week under Griff Jenkins with a kickoff breakfast attended by Ray Baumforth Tenday scout executive and Cluff Johnson scout field executive. The goal is 2500 dollars.
Connie Cameron of St. Anthony was chosen governor with Nelda Stewart of Bancroft as lieutenant governor. The legions of state officers include county and state posts with multiple assesseors sheriffs and clerks and a slate led by senator Molli Turner and representative Claire McQuillan. The session opened at 8 00 a m with devotions by W P Whitaker and a talk on duties of officers. The Chamber of Commerce hosted members of the Justice Joe on a tour of Pocatello.
Lisbon airport officials report three American flying fortress bombers unreported since leaving the Azores yesterday morning bound for Ajaccio Corsica off the French coast.
President Truman, en route to Washington, accused the Republican-led congress of emasculating housing legislation passed by the Senate. He said the house leadership blocked a full vote, replacing the bill with a weakened version. Truman warned it would be tragic if final passage was blocked by parliamentary devices.
Washington reports the senate last night passed a bill to revise the price support system and establish it on a permanent basis for farmers.
In a light local column Mrs Beryl Taylor asks if shotgun is hyphenated sparking humor at the SOCIETY desk. Sport the puppy earns a dog license by bringing a five dollar bill to Mrs W G Newsom, 490 Park Street. Officer Carl Muir praised as highest paid bricklayer for building the police transmitter on Chink's Peak.
United Airlines releases a passenger and crew manifest for the DC-6 crash near Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania. Names include Captain George Warner Jr from Westmont Illinois and First Officer Richard Schember of Elgin Illinois. Passengers listed boarded at Los Angeles and Chicago with multiple actors, editors, executives, and performers among the victims.
Gilbert L. Stanton of Boise Idaho was elected president of the Advertising Association of the West succeeding Russell Z. Eller of Los Angeles. The four day convention of advertising men from 11 western states and Canada adjourns after a luncheon and officer installation. Delegates select Vancouver British Columbia for the 1949 convention. Other officers include Herbert H. Kirschner Grace Phipps Grove C Kinney Amos Jenkins Arthur House John Cristie and Harold Meriless in various vice presidency and secretarial posts.
J C Baker and Leone V Baker of Pocatello sue Grant Construction Company of Utah in federal court for blasting operations in Bannock county during 1947 that damaged their restaurant apartments and cottages totaling 10000 dollars. They seek 12500 dollars general and punitive damages plus 1500 dollars in attorneys fees and a jury trial. Attorneys L F Racine Jr and B W Davis of Pocatello represent the plaintiffs.
The House finished debate on a peace time draft bill but blocked a final vote to today. A key tactic demanded an engrossed copy, delaying action as leaders warned the bill could be emasculated. A 106 to 35 amendment barred poll tax collection from armed forces members. The House also backed seven month standby by 135 to 90, risking killing the bill.
A United Airlines DC-6 crashed on a northeastern Pennsylvania mountainside killing all 43 aboard. Earl Carroll, famed Broadway producer, and Beryl Wallace were among the dead along with 37 adults, two babies and four crew. Eyewitness accounts described a rapid emergency descent followed by a fierce fire in brush.
Ashland Pa. reports 14 dead after United Air Lines plane crashed near Wilberton. Fire crews cool cabin and recover remains as wreckage scorched and torn, with witnesses describing a low approach and a fiery explosion.
The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce rejected a telegram claiming Senator Taft called the city a whistle stop. Chamber President C Ed Flandro responded that Taft had not visited progressive Pocatello since his father’s 1908 presidential campaign.
L. E. Haight told Junior Chamber members in Po catello that 770 cities in 43 states use the city manager system. Idaho has not adopted it. Utah cities Midvale South Salt Lake Vernal and Tooele have. Maine Michigan Texas Virginia California and Pennsylvania follow in adoption counts. The plan aims to balance democracy with professional efficiency in city administration.
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