Modern highway plans reshape Gate City routes
Highway district engineer C A Kelly outlined wide, safer replacements for the dangerous Highway 30 North stretch from Pocatello to American Falls. The project includes several connecting roads, four lane expansion goals, and plans for a turntable style interchange near Alameda. Estimated cost 225000 with land purchases underway this summer.
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Pocatello
Harrison Ave
Main St
Pole Line
West Pocatello
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Alameda
American Falls
C. A. Kelly
State Highway Department
Portneuf
Polo Line
Kelly
Center Street
Riverside Drive Folk To End Sewage Ditch Nuisance
West Pocatello residents learn the open sewage ditch at Cottonwood and Riverside will be filled after a pump for the halted sewage line arrives. City officials say the ditch has lingered since last September and the street will be fully rebuilt with new pavement.
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Riverside Drive
West Pocatello
Cottonwood
Riverside
Wendell Wilson
Wilson
Pocatello
West Pocatellans
W. W. Halsey
Social Work Given Office in City Hall
Mayor W. W. Halsey offered an office in city hall for a Gate City social service center led by Mrs. Evelyn Richter. The arrangement allows emergency cases initially while research and planning proceed for a full center to coordinate city social agencies and direct aid seekers.
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Gate City Social Service Center
W. W. Halsey
Evelyn Richter
Richter
Appointment sets Payette county commissioner in Idaho
Boise AP reports Governor Robins named Ralph Shamberger to succeed John R. McKinney as Payette county commissioner representing the first district. McKinney became public works commissioner last week.
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BOISE
Geov. C. A
Keep Idaho Green Drive Promotes Fire Prevention
The 1949 anti fire campaign organized by Gov. Robins committee and Idaho Jaycees aims to curb forest and range fires with roadside signs and competitions. Jaycees will sponsor billboard prizes, Boy Scout displays, and statewide slogans on highways, with members from Parma Lewiston Boise Idaho Falls Blackfoot Malad Lava Hot Springs Rexburg and Rexburg among others. Oren Fisher will head the state wide effort, appointed by Wilson Chandler.
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Gov. C. A. Robins
Idaho
Whitman
Gate City Jaycee
Harold Read
Robins
Jaycee
Read
Jaycees
Robert Naylor
Parma
Earl Bullock
Lewiston
Jack Rotier
Rudy Anderson
Boise
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Malad
Lava Hot Springs
Rexburg
Oren Fisher
Pocatello
Wilson Chandler
Communist advance as Shanghai falls to Reds in swift occupation
About 15,000 communists moved into south Shanghai almost unopposed while government forces fled northward. A few nationalists held bridges over Soochow Creek but Red troops completed an end run behind their rear guard, ensuring quick collapse. Fire and explosions marked retreat north of the city.
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Shanghai
Soochow Creek
New Formula For Budget Plan Ties GOP to Five to Ten Percent Cut
Senate Republican leaders endorse any practical plan to balance the federal budget and draft a new formula to keep the government from running deficits. Kenneth S. Wherry Styles Bridges Homer Ferguson and other GOP members on the appropriations panel plan to sponsor the measure aiming for a five to ten percent overall budget reduction.
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Washington
Senate Reublican
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
Ralph Frye Goes To Washington
Ralph L. Frye of the Blair-Frye Motor Co in Pocatello left for Washington D C to attend the president's highway safety conference. He serves on the conference's accident records committee led by Dr George Gallup and holds safety chairmanships for the Idaho National Automobile Association and the state industrial relations committee.
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Washington, D. C
Ralph L. Frye
Blair-Frye Motor Company
Pocatello
Frye
George Gallup
Idaho National Automobile Association
Kitchen Training School Held Here
The Youngstown Kitchen training school for salesmen is conducted through Thursday night at Henricksen Appliance Co., 218 S. Main St. The sessions are led by Thomas Daly, a Youngstown Kitchen expert, with help from Robert Thompson, territorial manager for W. H. Bintz Co. of Salt Lake City. The program serves Henricksen Appliance Co., Pacatello Electric Supply Co., and Clayton Electric Co. of Blackfoot.
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Youngstown
Henricksen Appliance Co
S. Main St
Thomas Daly
Robert Thompson
W. H. Bintz Co
Salt Lake City
Pocatello Electric Supply Co
Clayton Electric Co
Blackfoot
Meeting Tonight on Bannock County Group Plans
Mrs Bonnie McCullough organizing chairman says Columbia Valley Administration proposals will be discussed at the Catello Central Labor Union meeting. The session starts at 8 p m in hall No 1 of the Labor temple.
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Bannock
Columbia Valley
Pocatello Central Labor Union
Bonnie, McCullough
McCull
Hall No. 1
Labor Temple
Store Courtesy Stunt Sparks Mixed Reactions in St Louis
A Famous Barr Co store began giving away cash to charge account customers, sending them $1 with a card urging them to hand the money to a salesperson. The card promised the store would double the amount to the employee if the card and bill were shown to a superior. The spokesman called it a courtesy campaign.
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ST. Louis
Barr Co
Craig Named To Position In U S Chamber Of Commerce
J L Craig Jr executive secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce was named to the Commercial Department committee the U S Chamber advisory body by the Pocatello chamber board after attending the Mountain States convention in Las Vegas where he was elected second vice president. He will join about 15 members to advise on local chamber functions and attend annual Washington meetings.
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J. L. Craig, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Department
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello Chamber
National
Craig
Mountain States Association
Chambers of Commerce
Eight Mountain States
Las Vegas
Nev
Commercial Organization Department
Washington, D. C
U. S
Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Across Interstate Shipment
Clair Smith Benson 31 of Pocatello pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzlement charges arising from an interstate shipment on Nov 12 1948 including two wheels tires and inner tubes from a harvesting machine. Sentence will be pronounced next Tuesday.
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Clair Smith Benson
Pocatello
Paul S. Boyd
U. S
Benson
Acheson Urges Russia to Lift Curtain on East Germany
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged Moscow to remove the iron curtain and let the world see postwar Germany. He attacked Soviet proposals for future control and noted the United States spent $1.15 billion in 1948 to aid Germany while asking why no information has been provided about the Soviet zone.
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Paris
Dean Acheson
Russia
Germany
Acheson
United States
Embargo on Grain Begins To Ease Rail Car Shortages
The Association of American Railroads ordered a partial embargo on rail shipments of grain to storage bins in the Midwest winter wheat belt effective June 1. Shipments for market remain exempt. Shippers must show storage arrangements before movement. States affected include Kansas Nebraska Colorado Missouri Oklahoma Texas except Gulf ports and Illinois East St. Louis and Council Bluffs Iowa.
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Washington
Midwest
Association of American Railroads
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Fort Arthur
Galveston
Houston
Council Bluffs
East St. Louis
Illinois
Marshal En Route To U.S. Prison
U S deputy marshal Dave Nichols left Pocatello for McNeil Island federal prison to transfer two men for execution. Stephen Ruppert 42 of Soda Springs sentenced to 244 years for transporting a woman from Pocatello to San Fernando California for immoral purposes and Preston Honena 28 Indian parole violator will be in custody during the trip.
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Dave Nichols
U. S
Pocatello
McNeil Island Federal Prison
Stephen S. Ruppert
Soda Springs
San Fernando
Calif
Preston Honena
Nichols
Idaho Women Voters Move Toward State League
Women from Pocatello Caldwell Coeur d Alene Idaho Falls Twin Falls and Boise gathered in Boise to form a statewide league of women voters. They took initial steps toward organizing the Idaho group.
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Boise
League of Women Voters
Idaho
Pocatello
Caldwell
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho Falls
Twin Falls
Scout Camp Opening Set at Sidney J. Nebeker Memorial Camp
Scouts of the Tenday council will inaugurate the Sidney J. Nebeker memorial camp at Beat Lake this summer. The 25 troop capacity will host five one week sessions from July 4 to Aug 6. Camp Nebeker lies on the lake’s east side with swimming boating canoeing rifle practice hiking and other activities. Each troop must provide food equipment transportation and leadership and may register for any period running Monday to Saturday. Visitors may attend Fridays.
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Tenday Council
Sidney J. Nebeker
Beat Lake
L. A. Dremolski
Dremolski
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