Plant Expansion Blamed for Higher Utah Phone Rates
Mountain States Telephone vice president R. M. Morris told the Utah Public Service Commission that continued plant expansion has cost the company 40 million dollars and will require more before the program ends. He cited high postwar demand, debt near 53 percent of operating expenses, and a need to fund expansion by higher rates. Hearings were continued into the week.
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Salt Lake City
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Utah
R. M. Morris
Denver
Utah Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Donald Hacking
Morris
Bell System
Butte Rubber Fire Destroys Tire Plant Began by Torch
A Butte fire at Owl Tire Co. destroyed the one story building as William B. Semsack experimented with rubber and a pipe. The blaze caused no injuries, drew all fire shifts, and damaged over 1,000 tires with portions of the facility partly insured. Adjacent buildings were saved and smoke was visible for miles.
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Butte
Owl Tire Company
William B. Semsack
Semach
City Fire Department
Meaderville
Police Probe Death in New Jersey Hotel Room
Police investigated the death of 57 year old Harold S Adamson in a New Jersey hotel room after his badly bruised body was found. An autopsy showed a fractured skull from a severe beating while detectives pursued motives tied to anti Communist activity and possible robbery. The victim was a longtime member of the Americanism committee and had a police record including drunken driving and man slaughter with an automobile.
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Song. Branch
N. J
Harold S. Adamson
Damson
John M. Pillsbury
Thomas J. Marks
Adamson
Afghanistan Allows Truck and Oil Imports Amid Gasoline Shortage
Weather conditions prompt Afghanistan to restrict passenger car imports while encouraging trucks and oil imports for essential transportation. Officials emphasize maintaining supply lines despite gasoline shortages impacting mobility and daily life.
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Afghanistan
Green Named To SE.A. Post
George W. Green of Pocatello was elected by mail ballot as vice president of the Idaho Education Association and will become SEA president in June 1949. Donald M. Dafoe of Rupert becomes president next month, succeeding Gerald M. Wallace of Boise. Marguerite Hurdle of Blackfoot was named president of the department of classroom teachers with Isabella Swope of Boise as vice president and Merlin Bingham of Blackfoot as secretary. 1,182 votes were cast for IEA vice president with other candidates Ida B. Cobbett and Alice Latha.
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Boise
George W. Green
Pocatello
Idaho Education Association
Green
Donald M. Dafoe
Rupert
IRA
Gerald M. Wallace
Marguerite Hurdle
Department of
Isabella Swope
Merlin Bingham
Blackfoot
Reen
John M. Booth
IEA
Fifth District Education Association
Hurdle
Ida B. Cobbett
Kellogg
Alice Latha
Coeur d’Alene
GOP Open Fund Drive Under Way in Idaho Counties
Idaho Republicans push a 1948 campaign fund total of 96000 supported by state finance chairman Ezra Hinshaw. R J Eustace will organize drives in the remaining counties, meeting finance committees in Hailey Challis Mackay American Falls Power Rupert Minidoka Burley Cassia Shoshone Lincoln Fairfield Camas Gooding Mountain Home and Elmore after addressing Caldwell Twin Falls Jerome gatherings.
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Boise
Ezra T. Hinshaw
R. J
Bob) Eustace
Chicago
Eustace
Hailey
Blaine County
Challis
Mackay
Custer
Salmon
Lemhi County
American
Electrical Code Is Studied By Safety Unit
Ida ho Chapter of the National Safety Council finished a spring meeting in Pocatello with discussion of the electrical code to be presented at the fall meeting. The inside code, drafted to align with Washington state, is ready for action, while the outside code led by E G Beck was delayed. Beck noted the code will be submitted to the State Industrial Accident Board next fall. The group toured Union Pacific railroad shops, with principal speakers B J Wilson of Garrett Freightlines and Ed son H Deal reporting on traffic committee activities.
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Idaho
The
National Safety Council
Pocatello
Washington State
E. G. Beck
State Industrial Accident Board
Beck
Union Pacific Railroad
B. J. Wilson
Garrett Freightlines Inc
Edson H. Deal
90 year old bride to marry younger man in Bruston
Mrs. Murray 90 plans to wed McGee in Brushton New York after years of a cautious romance since her husband died in February. She has six children and recalls Civil War era tales. Her exact age remains uncertain due to old records but she insists she is about 90.
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McGee
Murray
Hospital Job Contract Awarded for Sacred Heart
A $1,000,000 contract was awarded to Butler Construction Co. of St. Paul Minnesota for building the new Sacred Heart hospital in Idaho Falls. The company will open an local office and completion is targeted within two years, said Sister M Victoria hospital superintendent.
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Idaho Falls
Butler Construction Co
St. Paul, Minn
Sacred Heart Hospital
M. Victoria
Erect Heart Hospital
Cochran Sets New World Speed Record in P-51 Mustang
Jacqueline Cochran established a new world speed record for propeller planes by flying the P-51 Mustang at 402 miles per hour for 1000 kilometers in Palm Springs California. This marked her second record in three days it was reported by United Press.
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Palm. Springs
Cal
Jacqueline Cochran
Salle Foer
Two Fires Do Crushing Damage Near Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City two blazes destroyed a barn in the south, causing extensive damage estimated in the value of thousands. Economists in Greece study methods of utilizing ge ichmates ay ee mee, of odaies YBa, on yar iu coal.
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Greece
Odaies Yba
No Change in 1948 Food Costs Forecast
The agriculture department says retail food prices will not drop this year despite expectations for cheaper grains. Beef and pork supplies will tighten, lamb is at its smallest on record, and milk and eggs will remain costly. Fresh fruits and vegetables should be plentiful early summer with better fish availability.
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Agriculture Department
Department
William Albers
Cincinnati
Supermarket Institute
Chicago
Albers
Campaign Nears End in Idaho Coyotes Killing Drive
Ground and aerial crews worked to wind up the 1948 predatory animal control drive in Rogerson Twin Falls county Idaho. L 8 Twitchell says few livestock losses and mission appears successful. Planes mark dens then ground crews vacate dens and kill pups in Black Pine Malad and Roberts Mud Lake areas.
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Boise
Rogerson
Twin Falls County
Fish and Wildlife Service
Twitchell
Idaho
Coyote Country
Roberts-Mud Lake
Snake Country
Idaho bid sought to improve Grangeville-Green Creek road
The public works department called for bids to upgrade 1.8 miles of the Grangeville Green Creek road in Idaho county. The project includes a graveled roadbed a 38 foot concrete bridge and stockpiling of gravel. Bids will be opened June 11.
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Boise
Public Works Department
Grangeville
Green Creek
Idaho County
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