ISC Campus Vote Drive Heats Up On Campus
A dozen groups back candidates for ISC student body president as campaigns rally across the campus. Mary Day withdraws citing a misplaced petition while Jack Bishop joins the race as an independent. Rumors swirl of a coordinated write-in bid to replace Howard Higgins as campus head. Other contenders include Bill Folsom Jay Slaughter Jay Olson and Les Lambson.
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ISC
Mary Day
Twin Falls
Howard Higgens
Bill Folsom
Jay Slaughter
Pocatello
Jay Olson
Les Lambson
Arco
Stocks Take Major Drop on New York Exchange
Stocks fell sharply on the New York Stock Exchange with losses from fractions to over two points. Market valuations declined about $1 billion, dragging the industrial average to last May levels as foreign developments spurred selling. Soft coal miners, meat packers, heavy industrials and railroad shares led declines with Youngstown Sheet & Tube down 1 56 points, Bethlehem and U S Steel down, Republic Steel off.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Republic Steel
Galena Summit Highway To Open This Wednesday
SHOSHONE UP The highway over Galena Summit will be open for traffic Wednesday announced by W B Sternberg director of state highways The summit will be cleared to Stanley marking an early season opening for several years and the first such opening this early.
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Galena Summit
W. B. Sternberg
State
Sternberg
Stanley
New Sprinkler Truck Aids City In Dust Battle
City streets superintendent Ralph Bair announces a white sprinkler truck purchased for about $8400 will join the existing unit after nozzle and spray equipment are installed. The new vehicle will enter service as soon as weather requires and is ready when needed.
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Ralph Bair
Jones Visits School Meet
Blackfoot Idaho state education leader Alton B. Jones from Boise met with Andrew H. Johnson Bingham county superintendent and the newly elected reorganized district board to survey facilities and space. Board members praised Jones for fairness and analytical housing planning. High school grades 9 to 12 will temporarily move to Moreland. about 170 seventh and eighth graders will attend Thomas school with other buildings used for grades 1 to 6.
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Blackfoot
Alton B. Jones
Boise
Andrew H. Johnson
Bingham
Board of Reorganization
Jones
Theron Dance
Thomas
L. W. Williams
Wilson
Ben Caldwell
Pingree
Lester Belnap
Moreland
Melvin Bowman
Riverside
Merchant-Farmer Banquet Tickets On Sale At Chamber
Marguerite Neuswanger chamber secretary announces tickets for the Merchant-Farmer banquet at Thomas on March 26 are available at the chamber office. Merchants attending should call to select the farmer they wish to invite so he can be notified.
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Blackfoot
Marguerite Neuswanger
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
Chamber
Church Meets Set American Falls
The Rev. Charles Miller of Houston Texas will conduct special meetings at the Assembly of God church starting Wednesday night March 17.
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American Falls
Charles Miller
Houston
Texas
Assembly of God Church
First Nickel Coins in U S History
The United States first used nickel in coinage in 1857 with an alloy of 88 percent copper and 12 percent nickel for its copper pennies.
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United States
Soda Springs Geyser Sold for Dry Ice Use
Soda Springs officials Eddie Devine and Emma Bruce sold the 15 foot mineral water geyser to fund a new dry ice plant. The well gas tests at 90 percent carbon dioxide and other minerals. The geyser, drilled in 1937 by S. E. Mathews and partners, can be turned on and off at will and sits near the city business district.
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Eddie Devine
Emma Bruce
Devine
Price
Utah
Soda Springs
S. E. Mathews
Mathews
Idahoan Pilot Named In Alaska Crash
James G. Van Cleef 27 of Nampa piloted the Northwest Airlines plane that crashed into a mountain in Alaska Friday night. He was a Wilder High School graduate (1938) and College of Idaho attendee Caldwell. He trained in Spokane and served in the Air Transport Command during World War II.
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Nampa
James G. van Cleef
Northwest Airlines
Alaska
Charles van Cleef
Parma
Air Transport Command
Spokane
Shanghai
Britisher Blames Russia for Czech Coup
A British government source in London accuses Russia of engineering the 1948 Czech coup and installing a communist regime. He says Britain has shifted from balancing Europe to opposing the westward spread of communism and asserts Europe’s communist parties take orders from Moscow.
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London
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Europe
Moscow
Hogs Bring $24.65 Grace Carload Sold to Swift & Co
A double deck 36 foot carload of hogs from Grace was sold to Swift and Co of North Portland Oregon for an average price of 24 dollars and 65 cents per carload. The terse dispatch notes the loading and destination at Grace hog market.
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GRACE
Swift & Co
North Portland
Ore
Dairy Men Urged to Join Cow Testing Program Across Guernsey Herds
Guernsey breeders in Bingham county received a push to join the cow testing program led by Ruel H. Moss of Firth as part of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Ray West of the Guernsey association noted the high value of officially tested cows and cited strong butterfat figures from local herds. Eighty cows across several top Holstein and Jersey entries were highlighted for their milk fat, with notable performers from Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, Shelley, and Jerome.
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Ray West
Boise
Guernsey Cattle Association
Bingham County
Guernsey
Ruel H. Moss
Firth
West
Jerome
FFA
M. B. Weston
Moss
Idaho
Don Pack
Wendell Christensen
Shelley
Alan M. Cannon
Blackfoot
H. A. Gardner
Kenneth Merrill
M. A. Gardner
Park Brothers
Scout Vernon Strong to speak at Blackfoot fathers and sons banquet
Vernon Strong scout executive of the Teton Peaks council will address the Blackfoot district fathers and sons banquet at Thomas High School gymnasium in Blackfoot on March 19 at 7 p.m. He will describe his experiences at the 1947 international Boy Scout jamboree in Moissac France.
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Blackfoot
Vernon Strong
Idaho Falls
Teton Peaks Council
Blackfoot District
Fathers and Sons
Thomas High School
Strong
Moissac
France
Ugly Man candidates set for Delta Epsilon Kappa Barn Dance
Five ISC men Don Nielson Cecil Flint Earl Pond Johnny Fisher and John Kelly Jr vie for Ugly Man of DEK at the March 20 barn dance. Winners judged on personality not looks will receive affection and a beer mug keepsake amid a jug band and straw decor. Each candidate is sponsored by a campus group: Nielson by Varsity Villagers Flint by Sigma Sigma Beta Pond by Graveley hall Fisher by the T-Club and Kelly by Gamma Delta Gamma.
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Nancy Sparks
American Falls
Idaho State College
John Fisher
Pocatello
Delta Epsilon Kappa
ISC
Fever Pitch
Don Nielson
Cecil Flint
Earl Pond
Johnny Fisher
John Kelly, Jr
DEK
Nielson
Flint
Sigma Sigma Beta
Pond
Graveley Hall
Fisher
T-Club
Kelly
Gamma Delta Gamma
Wapello Baby Dies in Pocatello
Paulette Jean Call infant daughter of Mr and Mrs S Ford Call of Rte No 1 Firth Wapello died at birth in a Pocatello hospital at 9 30 Monday morning. Survived by parents a brother Michael grandparents Mr and Mrs Sidney Call Blackfoot Rte No 3 and Mr and Mrs William Sorenson Blackfoot. Graveside rites planned Wednesday at 10 30 am Grove City Cemetery Blackfoot with Bishop G Newell Rollison in charge. Friends may call Sandberg Funeral Home Blackfoot.
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Blackfoot
Paulette Jean Call
S. Ford Call
Rte
Firth
Wapello
Pocatello Hospital
Michael
Sidney Call
Rte. No. 3
William Sorenson
Grove City Cemetery
G. Newell Rollison
Wapello Ward
Sandberg
Twin Falls Boy Killed By Dad's Car
A two year old boy named Charles Arthur Brooke died after a car door opened and he fell beneath the wheels of a car driven by his father Glenn Brooke on a highway west of Hazelton. He died en route to a hospital.
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Twin Falls
Charles Arthur Brooke
Glenn Brooke
Hazelton
Blackfoot Man Hurt in Coast Airplane Mishap
T C Anderson of Blackfoot Idaho is recovering from head injuries after a two motor plane crash near the Sierra summit. Wayne B Watson of Boise rode to shore and hiked two miles to summon help. Anderson was transported to Auburn by ambulance.
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Auburn
Cal
T. C. Anderson
Blackfoot
Idaho
Sierra
Anderson
Wayne B. Watson
Boise
Sacramento
Reno
Rubicon River
Watson
Hit and Run Driver Sought After Cadillac Dodge Incident
Police seek unknown driver after a 1947 Dodge driven by Max M. Fornsbeck of Ida ho Falls was struck at Bridge and Main as the car stopped at a red light. The other vehicle made a wide right turn from Main onto West Bridge and fled. damage was limited to the left rear fender. Investigation ongoing.
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Max M. Fornsbeck
Idaho Falls
Fornsbeck
Bridge
N. E. Main
Main
West Bridge
Fernsbeck
Destructive corrosion drains U S national wealth
The article notes five billion dollars of U S wealth is tied up in underground piping and warns of an annual loss exceeding 142 million dollars due to corrosion.
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U. S
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