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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1948
Page
1
A plea from residents urges reorganized city government and a planning approach to fund needed improvements without heavy taxation. The columnist argues for structured schedules, proper execution, and possibly adopting a city manager form of government to address chronic underfunding and patchwork repairs.
The Soviet Union vetoed a U N Security Council vote on the American proposal for world atomic energy control, blocking formal approval. The deadlock has persisted for two years, signaling a broader UN debate as the General Assembly meets in Paris next fall.
High winds and heavy rain battered the Kansas Missouri border late Tuesday causing unroofed buildings smashed plate glass and uprooted trees. In Horton several buildings lost their roofs while St Joseph Missouri and Olathe Kansas reported littered streets and damage without injuries.
Mutual's Queen For A Day and entourage in a three trailer caravan arrived in Pocatello en route from Hollywood and New York. Mrs J G Campbell of Kress Texas won the trip and gifts for a winning letter in the I need a vacation because contest for the American Cancer Society. The Queen travels with husband maid cook and three chauffeurs. The program may be heard over MBS and KEYY at noon Monday through Friday.
The U S weather bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies with scattered showers today. Yesterday's precipitation reached 1.46 inches. Tuesday saw a low of 43 degrees and a high of 56.
A San Francisco fireman and his wife were arrested after their five year old daughter Sharon was found naked emaciated and locked in a dark filthy closet. Neighbors heard crying and police found the heavy bureau blocking the door. The mother Esther Stewart admitted leaving the child in the closet as punishment saying she was a problem child. She claimed similar treatment had occurred three or four times before.
In Nice France waitress Marinette Nougearede received a 500000 franc tip about 17000 dollars after a customer Maurice Boere 54 an employee of the Nice vinegar works paid the bill and offered a lottery ticket as the tip. The ticket won 1000000 francs and she tracked Boere to share half the prize.
A heavy rain in Pocatello flooded basements streets and sidewalks causing widespread annoyance and property trouble. Residents described stalled cars, mud clogged streets, and headache level damage from the sudden downpour. Names cited include Theon Bloxham 225 West Bridger St and Mrs Joseph Crump on North Fourteenth Ave.
Street Commissioner Ralph Bair warns city drains fail to handle heavy rain. He worked until 2 am Tuesday unblocking lines and keeping the Halliday subway visible as eighteen inch drains overflowed. He urges residents not to dump yard waste into gutters to protect drainage.
A group of young Pocatellans funded a landscaping project on the southern highway entrance by Ross Park. The piece praises the beauty achieved but urges extending greenery to the opposite side and other city entrances, calling for broader local civic effort.
In Frankfurt the army said it was permissible for bachelor civilian employees to share billets with German Frauen as long as the army is informed. A mimeographed directive circulated among supervisors near IG Farben building notes that indigenous guests means German and advises notifying the zone office when such guests are shared.
Berlin reports say Soviet Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky announced a new currency for the Soviet sector prompting Western rejection. Col. Frank Howley said only Gen. Lucius Clay’s orders are valid as four power governance remains in Berlin. Western banks to operate while four power talks fail.
Washington reports a 48 hour delay by President Truman in signing the draft bill is expected to swell the National Guard. The Guard targets a peacetime quota of 341000 with about 250000 already enlisted. Recruiting offices rush to recruit 19 through 25 year olds preferring three years in home service over 21 months in regular forces.
At the Philadelphia convention Taft and Stassen failed to unite with Gov. Duff against Gov. Dewey. Stassen declared a Taft Stassen ticket impossible while Dewey pressed his lead as debates and ballots loom for the GOP nomination. Dewey allies celebrated the Pennsylvania vote gains and Martin's support signals.
Negotiations on a 1948 wage contract between John L. Lewis and soft coal operators resumed after a June 11 stalemate over miners pensions. They planned to meet again at 10 a.m. to avoid a July mine shutdown and awaited Judge Goldsborough's ruling that favored the pension plan. Lewis criticized Taft labor law and Truman injunctions while praising the judge.
Arabs began a campaign to relocate the United Nations headquarters from New York to Geneva after Congress failed to approve a loan for the world capital project. Faris El Khouri of Syria led the push, criticizing American support for the Palestine issue and urging Europe as the new UN center.
The body of 31 year old George Haycock a student at Idaho State College in Pocatello was discovered beside his car Tuesday afternoon near Heyburn Idaho. A large quantity of opium was found in the auto and an autopsy will determine cause of death by Minidoka county sheriff's office.
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