Miners Are Rescued After 62 Hours in Mine
In Shamokin Pennsylvania two miners Arthur P. Gordon and Edward Heck were rescued after 62 hours trapped in a side chamber 150 feet underground. Their companion Charles Bashore remained missing likely drowned when water from an abandoned mine flooded their area. Rescuers used a life raft floated along a gangway to reach them, providing first aid before hoisting them to the surface. Bashore’s wife waited outside the mine as search efforts continued.
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Shamokin
Arthur P. Gordon
Edward Heck
Shamokin Hospital
Charles Bashore
Bashore
Heck
Gordon
Seven Year Old Knievel Dies After Brief Illness
Anton William Tony Knievel seven son of William E and Bula Forrester Knievel of 941 South Fifth Ave died in a local hospital Friday evening after a brief illness. Born August 31 1940 in Pocatello he is survived by his parents a sister Maxine Knievel Loveland Colorado two brothers Kenneth Venezuela South America and Jack Denver Colorado his grandparents Mr and Mrs J C Forrester Modesha Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at the McHan Henderson funeral chapel with Rev E G Veing affiliating Burial will follow in Mountain View cemetery under McHan Henderson direction.
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Anton William
Tony” Knievel
William E
Bula Forrester Knievel
South Fifth Ave
Pocatello
Maxine Knievel
Loveland
Colorado
Kenneth
Venezuela
Jack
Denver
J. C. Forrester
Modesha
McHan-Henderson’ Funeral
E. G. Veing
Mountain View Cemetery
McHan-Henderson Funeral Home
LDS Primary Change Made in Pocatello Stake
Mrs Ray Davis was released as Pocatello Stake LDS Primary president at a stake primary meeting in the Second Ward chapel. Mrs Blanche Shurtleff Johnson was chosen as new president with Mrs Donna Judd and Mrs Mabel Hronek released. Hronek sustained as first counselor. no second counselor named. About 300 women attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Davis
Pocatello Stake
Blanche Shurtleff Johnson
Second Ward
Donna Judd
Mabel Hronek
Davis
Hronek
Johnson
Vinegar Bible 1717 Oxford printing title error
A Bible printed by the Clearen don Press in Oxford in 1717 is famed as the Vinegar Bible for mislabeling Luke 22 as Parable of the Vinegar.
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Clearendon Press
Oxford
Vineyard
Riding Club Formed in Caldwell Idaho
Caldwell Riding Club Inc filed non profit articles of incorporation with the secretary of state on Saturday. Directors listed include M. H. Becker Amos Miller Francis Darling Alma Perine and W M Dawson, all natives of the Near East developed mechanized artillery by placing a small swivel cannon called a zumbooruk on a camel.
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BOISE
Caldwell Riding Club, Inc
Caldwell
Secretary of State
M. H. Becker
Amos Miller
Francis Darling
Alma Perine
W. M. Dawson
Near.East
Rev Cunningham Addresses Graduates At American Falls
Rev Ed Cunningham of Pocatello cautions graduates that this is their day not the end. Invocation by Rev Homer Walkup, benediction by Bishop Lavelle Thornton, diplomas by H C Misenhimer. Co valedictorians Otto Reitz and Marguerite Sikes. Sikes speaks on Friendship. Reitz on Education. Awards include Bausch and Lomb science prize to Don Ringe and a Soda Springs trophy to Leon Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Falls
Leon Morris
Donald Wayne Otis
James A. Reed
Roy L. Davis
Louis Don Ringe
Otto J. B. Reitz
Wallace William Campbell
William R. Schroeder
Neil A. L. Sterr
Irene Ethel Gohl
Jenrietta Justina Mayer
Patricia Lee Kuttler
Della Marie Moore
Verla Rae Hartley
Margaret E. Butler
Roberta Grace Swim
Marguerite Letitia Sikes
Dallas Albert Gill
Elfrieda Lenore Gehring
Helen Margaret Kucera
Lois Osborn
Lois Mamie Miller
Erin Serena Morgan
Ernest Howard Isaak
William Vaughn Morgan
Charles Linfield Crowder
Roma Jean Neeley
Ella M. Rast
Elsie Bertha Stanger
Ed. Cunningham
American Falls High School
Cunningham
Congregational Church
Pocatello
Homer B. Walkup
Church of the Assembly of God
Lavelle Thornton
American Falls Ward
LDS Church
H. C. Misenhimer
Frank P. Doerfler
Werner Erickson
Willaim Sykes
Otto Reitz
O. W. Reitz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Marguerite Sikes
Fenton Nelson
Sikes
Mr. Reitz
Don Ringe
Divine Cleaners of
Soda Springs
Stassen Plans Illinois Tour After Oregon Primary
Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota announced he will campaign in Illinois for the Republican presidential bid, saying he will face all comers. He noted he has other plans after the May 21 Oregon primary and won’t reach Illinois until later.
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Dalles
Ore
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Illinois
Stassen
Oregon
Ruby Keeler Suffers Fourth Child Birth Report
Hollywood. Former actress Ruby Keeler gave birth to her fourth child a daughter Kathleen born at a California hospital. Keeler once married to Al Jolson is now married to John Lowe a Realtor. The couple wed in 1941 and already have a son two daughters and an adopted son.
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Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
Kathleen
California Hospital
Miss Keeler
al Jolson
John Lowe
Downey Irrigation Plan Ended
Private interests defeated the U S Bureau of Reclamation in a year long dispute over Malad Valley irrigation plans. The U S department withdrew its proposals filed January 31 1947 to build two dams and canals. Samaria Water and Irrigation Co will supply Downey landholders at about 50 dollars per acre.
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U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Downey
Alfred C. Cordon
Department of Interior
Bureau of Reclamation
Malad Valley
Malad
Corden
Michaud
Twin Falls
Samaria Water and Irrigation Co
Cordon
Samaria Co
Big Malad
Little Malad
Parisians Welcome Royal Couple Visits Paris
Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh visited Paris to open an exhibit on eight centuries of British life. The pair received high French honors at the Elysee Palace and greeted by officials including Georges Bidault and Pierre De Gaulle. 12,000 spectators lined the Champs Elysee as the couple toured, laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and mingled with crowds despite muggy skies.
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Paris
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Philip
France
Channel
Dunkerque
Gare du Nord
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Christian Pineau
Pierre de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
White ‘House
Champs Elysee
Blackfoot Push To Keep Idaho Green Campaign
Blackfoot Jaycees chair Wally Moses named head of the Keep Idaho Green committee. Four tree shaped signs with a luminous burning match to be placed on highways out of Blackfoot to remind residents and travelers of ongoing range and forest fire dangers.
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Jack Shoemaker
Blackfoot Jaycees
Wally Moses
Keep
Idaho
Jaycee
Blackfoot
Meeser Quits Malad Post
Malad City schools superintendent Karl G Maeser will end his 18 year service next month amid the Oneida County district reorganization. He helped form the Class A district and has led the new system since last fall. Principal Ralph W Harding resigns as well with undefined future plans.
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Malad
Karl G. Maeser
Oneida County
Maeser
Ralph W. Harding
Harding
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Earl Wheeler
de Luxe
Perry Black
Culo Dh Electric Corical Merchandisers & Contractors
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Meeser
FOX Studio
Rowland Bros
Sharon Rae Hobson
FOX
Paris CO
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