Idaho weighs road project along Snake River route study
Idaho public works officials consider building a six and a half mile road from Weiser to Gypsum deposits while studying state participation. Governor Robins and Highway Director Reid joined Commissioner McKinney on site. Separately, a practical nurse training program proposal aims to enroll at least 200 nurses yearly with a $6,000 start budget and a plan to train in four state regions.
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BOISE
J. R. McKinney
Snake River
Weiser
McKinney
C. A. Robins
James O. Reid
Weiser Chamber
State Board of Vocational Education
Idaho
East
Magic Valley Area
Boise Area
North
Inmate Hopes Hearing His Cantata Opens Doors
Frank M. Grandstaff, a 47 year old life prisoner in Tennessee, seeks temporary release to hear his 75 page cantata Big Spring performed in Texas. Governor Shivers urged Tennessee officials to permit the听man to attend the Big Spring centennial event, with Big Spring townspeople arranging transport and return. The composer wrote the 11 movements in his cell and holds a copyright by the Texas & Pacific Railroad.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank M. Grandstaff
Texas
Grandstaff
Romeo
Big Spring
Allah Shivers
Shivers
Gordon Browning
Browning
National American Legion
Philadelphia
James Green
Tennessee
Green
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Army Engineers Targeted by Sabath for Lobby Probe
Rep Adolph Sabath named the army corps of engineers as the No 1 target in a push for a congressional inquiry into lobbying. Sabath, head of the House Rules Committee, said engineers direct rivers and harbors projects and have overridden presidents, with a committee to be appointed after the House recess.
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Washington
Adolph J. Sabath
Ill
Army Corps of Engineers
House Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
House
Sabath
Army Engineers
Congress
Truman
Roosevelt
Hoover
Sabbath
Hoover Commission On Government Reorganization
Army
Interior Department
Engineers
Nurses Name Heads Gem: Idaho Nurses Elect Leaders
At Hayden Lake the Idaho State Registered Nurses association elected Elsie Riddle of Moscow as first vice president Emma Brown of Boise as secretary and Dorothy Aldrich of Boise Valera Gosse Idaho Falls as board members Frances Vassar Boise remains president and Della Moran Boise as executive secretary. The convention did not decide on Boise hosting next year’s annual conclave.
Fire Burns Park Tavern in West Yellowstone
Residents fought a blaze that destroyed The Wheel tavern in West Yellowstone about 5 a.m. after two and a half hours of effort with hand tools. The town lacks a formal fire department and the cause was not yet determined.
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West Yellowstone
Mont
Gateway of
Yellowstone National Park
Gallatin County
Bozeman
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