Notable Idaho city notes hint at stars and sewage reform
A Pocatello scene mixes a top film star visit with plans for Tony Lieshout to open an office, YWCA leadership changes, hush hush county politics, and a belated push for regional water and sewage cooperation. Byrd Trego urges unified action to curb pollution and fund disposal plants across southern Idaho.
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Pocatello
Gate City
Tony Lieshout
Lieshout
Panama
Pocatello Y. W. C. A
Sheriff Race Heats in Bannock County Contest
Bannock County readers see a renewed sheriff bid as Bert Empey files on the Republican ticket. Incumbent Alma Marley seeks reelection after beating Empey two years ago with about twenty years on the payroll including deputy service. The county attorney race offers a three way fight with C M Jeffrey joining Henry McQuade’s succession.
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Bannock
Bert Empey
Alma Marley
Empéy
Marley
Empey
Perry Swisher
Nellie Cline Steenson
George W. Hargraves
C. M. Jeffrey
Henry McQuade
Strikes Idle Car Plants Halt Several Major Automakers
More than 23,000 automobile workers face layoffs as shortages and strikes disrupt production across Packard Hudson Ford Canada and General Motors. Packard idles 4,000 cars through July 7, Bendix brake supplies halt. Hudson suspends assemblies for three days, 12,000 idle. Ford Canada suspends July 2 Windsor operations, 4,000 to 5,000 laid off. GM cuts about 3,500 California assembly workers amid steel shortage.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
Bendix Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Hudson Motor Car Co
Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd
Windsor
Death Toll Rises in Japan Earthquake Fukui
Nearly 11,000 killed or injured in the Fukui region as quakes and fires devastate Fukui city and 39 nearby villages. 3,155 dead and 7,752 injured. 1,000 of Fukui’s 85,000 population dead. Evacuations and aid efforts underway.
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Fukui
Sea of Japan
Allied
Benjamin A. Click
Newport
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Bandit Gang Still on Loose in Chicago
Chicago police pursued three teenage gunmen who robbed a bookie joint late Saturday. Two people were shot during the escape and the suspects eluded a large manhunt aided by radio appeals from their teen girlfriends.
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Chicago
Man Trapped In Freezer After Parking Spat
In New York a heated argument ends with truck driver Sam Himelfarb trapped in the freezer of his own refrigerated truck after a motorist slammed the back door. Bystanders borrowed tools to free him as he shivered in the five above zero compartment, teeth chattering in the heat.
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New York
Sam Himelfarb
Himelfarb
Tito Dares Red Wrath and the Yugoslav Split
A Washington dispatch reports Yugoslavia under Tito challenging the Cominform and stirring surprise among diplomats. The State Department stayed silent while the Voice of America described the rift without interpretation, as Belgrade issued a Tito to Stalin appeal seen by some as a personal message.
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Marshal
Children bitten by dogs in city incident
Two children were bitten by dogs yesterday. Nancy Howard of 36 Wyetown and Ronnie Baker of 412 North Fifth Ave trailer park were the victims. Local authorities investigation continues.
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Wyetown
Ronnie Baker
North Fifth Ave
Trailer Park
Rail unions resume wage talks after White House meeting
Washington UPI The White House sponsored conference reopened stalled wage talks between rail labor and management. After more than four hours of discussions on wages and working conditions, leaders from the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers Firemen and Engineers and the Switchmen's Union and rail industry officials planned to meet again tomorrow amid guarded optimism for a settlement. John R. Steelman chaired the session and withheld prediction of early progress.
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White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Switchmen’s Union
Salt Lake Restores Use Of Girls Legs
In Salt Lake City Miss Donna Young of Idaho Falls, a paralytic who attends annual Salt Lake blind outings at Black Rock beach resort, moved her legs and stood with support after being immersed in the Great Salt Lake. The event, sponsored by Ira Dern, with Murray B. Allen noting her ongoing participation and singing in the chorus.
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Great Salt Lake
Donna Young
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Black Rock Beach Resort
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Ira Dern
Murray B. Allen
Miss Wheeling winner eyes Miss West Virginia crown
Mariruth Ford, 18, won Miss Wheeling despite Catholic Bishop John J. Swint's objection that the pageant was immoral. Swint has not yet excommunicated the contestant and gave no hint of further action.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mariruth Ford
John J. Swint
Swint
Rege
James Baird Ranch Sold for Seventy Thousand Dollars
Alva Rhodes and Keithi Rhodes announced the purchase of the James Baird ranch at Carey and the Giorgetti holdings near Gannet for a combined 70 000 dollars. The Baird ranch spans 185 acres of alfalfa grain and peas with the home at Carey and land around the Little Wood river. The Giorgetti ranch covers 400 cultivated acres and 700 grazing acres, much of it subirrigated around Silver Creek.
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Hailey
James Baird
Carey
Emilio Gorgetti
Gannet
Alva Rhodes
Keithi Rhodes
Baird
Little Wood River
Giorgetti
Silver Creek
Fruit Seals Broken on Two Boxcars Spoiling Fruit
Pacific Fruit and Produce Co. manager E. W. Parsch reported to police seals were broken on two refrigerated boxcars Monday night. One door left open caused considerable spoilage of fruit.
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Pacific Fruit and Produce Co
E. W. Parsch
McCall Passes City Law Allowing Chance Prize Games
McCall Idaho voters hear city ordinance licenses chance prize games starting at midnight tonight. Eight applicants sought licenses. no figures given on issued licenses. Rules bar liquor licensed premises and limit operation to 3 AM to 7 AM. In Boise, Attorney General Smylie says punchboard and chance prize games are licensed under the law. Licenses cost 1200 dollars annually with 30 day Idaho residency. six month permits cost 25 dollars.
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Mccall
Idaho
Glen Howell
Howell
Boise
Robert Smylie
Law Enforcement Department
Super Chief Wreck Strikes Winslow Yard
Santa Fe's Super Chief derailed in Winslow Arizona, engine and three mail cars overturning. One passenger and two railroad employees seriously injured, five others checked for cuts and bruises. Engine cascaded into a water distilling plant, disrupting nearby telephone and telegraph lines. engineer E L Hosler hospitalized after suffering shock. About 80 passengers were aboard four derailed Pullman cars but stayed upright.
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Ariz
Santa Fe’s
Super
Winslow Water Distilling
E. L. Hosler
Santa Fe
No Summer Ha Ha Idaho Weather Hits Triple Digits
Idahoans endure a late heat spell as Lewiston tops 100 degrees and other highs reach Boise 98 Gooding 99 Burley 96 Bonners Ferry 93 Malad 92 Greensville 91 Pocatello 91 Idaho Falls 86. Weather bureau forecasts fair and warmer conditions with further warming across the state today.
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Boise
Close Dakota primary as Randahl Lemke Robertson lead
In North Dakota Republican primary returns from 41 of 2 261 precincts show Governor Randahl leading Ervin Schumacher 1801 to 1571 Representative Lemke ahead of Asher Burdick 1182 to 1110 and Charles Robertson ahead of Agnes Geelan 987 to 853 amid heavy turnout and league competition.
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N.D
North Dakota
Non-Partisan League
Fred G. Randahl
William Lemke
Charles Robertson
Republican Organizing Committee
North Dakota Farmer’s Union
Organized Labor
League
Randahl
Ervin Schumacher
Lemke
Asher Burdick
Robertson
Agnes Geelan
Pie incident slips by beauty queen at White House
Vonny Ann Verne, 18, queen of Michigan's 1948 cherry festival, offered President Truman a cherry pie but could not meet him due to a rule preventing the president from seeing beauty queens. The pie was passed to Truman's secretary and shared with staff. the president did not see her.
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Washington
Vonny Ann Verne
Michigan
Truman
Vonny Ann
Traverse City
Mich
Mr. Truman
White House
Whitaker Enters Race for Bannock County Commissioner
W P Whitaker president of the Pocatello L D S stake and former Gate City mayor announced he would file today as a Democratic candidate for Bannock County commissioner. He will oppose W H Pete Jensen who filed June 15 on the Democratic ticket. Whitaker served as mayor 1919 21 and was county commissioners chairman 1937 38. He was U S congress nominee in 1921 and a 1939 Democratic gubernatorial candidate. From 1940 to 1943 he led the L D S Southern States Mission.
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W. P. Whitaker
Pocatello L.D
L.D.S. Southern States
Marlene Dietrich Becomes Grandmother in New Birth
Marlene Dietrich became a grandmother when her daughter Maria, 22, and her husband William Riva welcomed a baby boy yesterday. Dietrich said she plans to do some baby-sitting.
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New York
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene
Maria
William Riva
George McKelvey Dies in Boise at 68
George E. McKelvey, 68, of Boise died Monday night in a local hospital. A long time employee of the state highway department he was well known statewide. Survived by wife Hattie and son Gerald McKelvey of Boise. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. today.
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Boise
George E. McKelvey
McKelvey
State Highway Department
Hattie
Gerlad McKelvey
Westinghouse Union Contract Ratified by Local CIO
The Union Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America CIO said on Tuesday that its members have ratified a new contract with Westinghouse Electrical Corp. The announcement confirms labor agreement terms and workforce backing.
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NEW York
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
Westinghouse Electrical Corp
Idaho Cattlemen Plan Four Day Beef Tour Across Eastern Idaho
Idaho Cattlemen arrange a four day beef tour starting in Pocatello and ending near the Copper Basin. About 100 cattlemen and business leaders are expected to take part with a July 12 pre tour planning trip. The tour promotes improved cattle breeds range improvements and closer ties with eastern Idaho industries.
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Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Bannock Hotel
Association
Clean Weeks
Boise
Pocatello
Ashton
Island Park
Spencer
Salmon
Shoup
Challis
Mackay
Stanley Basin
Sun Valley
Copper
Mac
Ray Swanson
Boyd Bexter
Union
Fire permits mandated in Caribou District
Caribou Forest supervisor Louie Dremolski announced that state law requires official burning permits through September 30 to prevent overuse of land fires. Violations carry a $100 fine or six months in jail. permits overseen by the state forester or district fire warden.
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Louie Dremolski
Caribou Forest
West Bench
Truman Wins Keystone State
The Pennsylvania delegation to the Democratic national convention endorsed President Truman for another term despite calls to remain uninstructed. The 74 vote delegation backed Truman as predictions mounted that he will carry the state in the fall.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Truman
New VA regional office project starts in Boise
Work crews began razing Boise's old First Baptist church today to clear the site for a two story fireproof U S Veterans Administration regional office. The concrete and brick face building will cost about 500000 to construct.
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BOISE
U. S. Veterans Administration
First Baptist
Weather Outlook for Pocatello and Vicinity
Warm and fair conditions continue into Wednesday and Thursday with a few scattered thundershowers possible Thursday. Highs Wednesday range 85 to 95 degrees, with overnight lows 50 to 60 degrees.
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Pocatello and Vicinity
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