Ex Solon Warns CVA Threatens Northwest Power
Former Senator Henry Dwor shak and Mrs Dworshak spoke in Pocatello amid commencement events. He warned the Columbia Valley Authority would grant directors sweeping powers to control water, land, and resources, enabling a large political machine.
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Northwest
Columbia Valley Authority
CVA
Columbia River Basin
Congress
Pacific Northwest
Boise
Walla Walla
Portland
Caribou Forest Readies Grounds for Vacationers
J H Peterson Caribou forest supervisor says national forest recreation facilities will see a large rise in use as rangers repair camp and picnic areas. He notes annual damage from vandalism and natural wear and stories of cleanup by ranger crews at Mink Creek Scout Mountain grounds near Pocatello and others in the Caribou forest.
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J. H. Peterson
Caribou Forest
Peterson
Pocatello
Mink Creek
Scout Mountain
James B. Bruce
Victor Goodwin
Snake River Station
Elmer Boyes
Soda Springs Station
Oliver Cliff
Montpelier Station
Proclamations designate Flag Day and Iron Curtain Refugee Month
Gov. C. A. Robins issued proclamations declaring June 14 as Flag Day and June as Iron Curtain Refugee Month. The Iron Curtain Refugee Month aims to mobilize support for delivering 100,000 CARE packages to Iron Curtain refugees.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
Jaycees Set To Win in National Contest
A Idaho Jaycees group heads to the national convention in Colorado Springs June 9 to 11 with six scrapbooks and hopes for awards. At the May state conclave in Coeur d'Alene they won multiple prizes including the Giesenbier plaque, $250 for Keep Idaho Green, and honors for Harold Read as outstanding president.
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Harold Read
The
Jaycees
Jaycee
Colorado Springs
Coeur d'Alene
Giesenbier
Idaho
Harold
Harold A. Marks
Idaho Falls firm fined for uninspected potatoes in U S court
Federal District Judge Chase A. Clark fined the Idaho Falls Bonded Produce and Supply Company 100 for selling potatoes for interstate shipment without inspection and for not obtaining the required inspection certificate. The firm pled guilty to both counts after waiving counsel. Assistant U S Attorney Paul S. Boyd prosecuted. Also yesterday Thomas Hays faced charges for damaging a Federal vehicle, which the judge dismissed.
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Chase A. Clark
Idaho Falls
Thomas Hays
Clark
Three Pocatello Men Plead Guilty to Grand Larceny
In district court Judge L E Glennon three Pocatello men pleaded guilty to grand larceny. Jose Garcia Marconi admitted stealing a 1931 Ford sedan from Harry Benvitti. John Kowalski and William Warner admitted taking a 1948 Ford sedan from Devere Harwood. Sentences deferred until Wednesday at 10 a m.
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Pocatello
L. E. Glennon
Jose Garcia Marconi
Harry Benvitti
John Kowalski
William Warner
Devere Harwood
Henry McQuade
Pocatello Chorus Stages Temple Steps Concert in Idaho Falls
The MIA chorus from Pocatello performed a Sunday concert on the steps of the Idaho Falls temple. Conductor H L Fawson led a 400 voice group with soloists Jean Howard Burton Nielsen and others. They plan to provide music for the June 18 MIA session in Salt Lake and a July 23 stake dance festival in Pocatello.
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Pocatello
MIA
Idaho Falls Temple
H. L. Fawson
Lillis Hill
Merle Sanders
Jean Howard
Burton Nielsen
Salt Lake Tabernacle
West Pocatello
Idaho
Bannock
Portneuf
Lost River
Clayton Hale
YMMIA
Vera Howard
West Pocatello Stake
Joe Croxall
Pocatello Stake
First Ward
Sorority Members Host Husbands Wiener Roast in Wapello
Sixteen Beta Sigma Phi sisters of Blackfoot entertained their husbands with a wiener roast and curd party at Walter C Bithell home in Wapello. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. John D. Thomas and others. prizes went to Mr. Bithell James Riley and Mrs. Peterson.
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Blackfoot
Beta Sigma Phi
Walter C. Bithell
Wapello
Wallace Reed
John D. Thomas
Robert Peterson Jr
Frank FE. Fullmer
A. J. Evans
A. J. Palmer
L. W. Hopkins
Bithell and Reeds
Silberg
Bithell
Jeppesen
James Riley
Peterson
Pocatello Girls Home From BYU
Miss Helen Finlayson daughter of Mrs Bird Finlayson and Miss Jean Howard daughter of Mr and Mrs M B Howard returned home Friday evening from BYU at Provo Utah. Miss Bonnie Redford of Glenns Ferry accompanied them to Pocatello and stayed with Jean Howard. Miss Howard was elected president of Costa Tic and received her Y block award for service to the school and was a soloist for Provo Memorial Day program.
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Helen Finlayson
Bird Finlayson
Jean Howard
M. B. Howard
BYU
Provo
Utah
Bonnie Redford
Glenns Ferry
Pocatello
Howard
Costa Tic
Eagles Lodge Auxiliary Install New Officers in Joint Ceremony
New officers for Eagles lodge 119 and auxiliary were installed in a joint ceremony at the new Eagles home. Clive Cooper and Allan Green led the lodge installation. Thelma Strope and Ella Alhstrom guided the auxiliary. A drill team dressed in formal attire conducted the electees into the meeting room with musical accompaniment. Officers named include C. M. Jeffery, James K. Shoppe, Joe F. Wood, Joe Zahm, Bernard Henry, Morris Rosauer, F. J. Belisle, Joe Triplett, Herb Lehman, A. K. Scott, and auxiliary officers Ruth Decker, Mary Green, Mary O’Conner, Florence Critchely, Hester Braddy, Louise Myler, Emma Zahm, Jane Cox, Thelma Geisbrecht, Julie Olsen. A buffet supper followed. a semi-formal installation ball and luncheon were planned thereafter.
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Eagles Lodge
Aerie 119
Eagles
Clive Cooper
Allan Green
Thelma Strope
Ella Alhstrom
Dorothy Ohman
Eagle Lodge
C. M. Jeffery
James K. Shoppe
Joe F. Wood
Joe Zahm
Bernard Henry
Morris Rosauer
F. J. Belisle
Joe Triplett
Herb Lehman
A. K. Scott
Ruth Decker
Mary Green
Mary O'Conner
Florence Critchely
Hester Braddy
Louise Myler
Emma Zahm
Jane Cox
Thelma Geisbrecht
Julie Olsen
Rosauer
Wood
Tripplett
Prominent McCammon Couples Wed in Idaho Falls Temple
Miss Louise Rommell daughter of Chester Rommell and Stanley Bullock son of Willard Bullock of McCammon married in the Idaho Falls Temple on Wednesday June 1. Guests included the Rommells Bullocks and Hall with a supper hosted by Ted Brown. A three tier cake by Mrs. Calvin Rommell centered the reception.
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Louise Rommell
Chester Rommell
McCammon
Stanley Bullock
Willard Bullock
Idaho Falls
Clara Hall
Ted Brown
Calvin Rommell
Fay Facer
Appointment of Terrell O. Carver as disease control officer
L. J. Peterson announces Dr. Terrell O. Carver will serve as communicable disease control officer in the state department of public health. The position had been vacant for several years.
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Boise
Terrell O. Carver
State Department of Public Health
L. J. Peterson
Peterson
Redlands Graduate Marjorie Foss to Speak at Commencement
Marjorie Foss daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Foss of 745 South Tenth Avenue Pocatello Idaho will graduate with about 200 seniors from the University of Redlands next Sunday June 12 at 5 p m in the Alumni Greek Theater John Steelman assistant to President Harry S Truman will be the speaker Foss a Pocatello high school graduate attended Idaho State College before Redlands and is majoring in Education She took part in a weekend of events prior to graduation including the Junior Senior Prom Zania Fiesta senior dinner and a class get together
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Redlands
Marjorie Foss
Oscar Foss
South Tenth Avenue
Pocatello
University of Redlands
John Steelman
Harry S. Truman
Miss Foss
Pocatello High School
Idaho State College
Inter
Christian Fellowship
Five hundred ISC grads feted by Associated Women
Five hundred Idaho State College graduates, fresh from Baccalaureate services in Fra zi er Hall, were hosted by the Associated Women Students in a reception in the Student Union. Parents, friends, and faculty attended as tea tables, yellow roses forming 49, offered a graduation theme.
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Idaho State College
Frazier Hall
Lorena Bixby
Emmons Roscoe
Rudolph Goranson
Russell Mann
Sebesta
Joseph Sebesta
Jo Ann Sebesta
Dick Sebesta
Portland Visitors Stay With Campbell Guests
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Crouch of Portland and Mrs. John Rupp of Aumsville spent a week in Pocatello as guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Campbell at 505 S. Harrison. They completed a six week motor trip through the middle west and Yellowstone Park. Crouch is a director at Interstate Training Service Company and attended his daughter Mary Lea Crouch’s Pocatello high school graduation. Miss Arleene Crouch accompanied the group back to Portland.
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L. A. Crouch
Portland
John Rupp
Aumsville
Oregon
Mocatello
O. B. Campbell
S. Harrison
Middle West
Yellowstone Park
Crouch
Interstate Training Service Company
Mary Lea
Pocatello High School
Arleene Crouch
Margaret Crouch
W. Clark
Chamber of Commerce backs CVA rejection in Idaho vote
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce directors ratified a 6 to 1 vote against the Columbia Valley Authority plan after a membership referendum. Final tallies: 143 opposed, 24 favored. Secretary J L Craig cited water use as the core objection and compared to Northern Idaho Chamber stance in Wallace.
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Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Bannock
Columbia Valley Authority
J. Ledge Craig
CVA
Chamber
Bob Gallafent
Offensive Cop Handcuffed To Tree In Boise Training
Idaho news recounts a week long state police training in Boise where Alfred Nogo a Pocatello officer played the abusive drunk in a DUI scenario. When his conduct escalated other officers handcuffed him to a tree as part of the exercise.
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Boise
Alfred Nogo
Pocatello
Nogo
Novel Proposal Sparks Gable Romance on Set
During filming of Command Decision in Waco Texas a young woman sent actor Clark Gable a 10 inch recording asking him to marry her. She gave her name age and why she would be a good partner. Gable remains a bachelor as Command Decision opens June 12 at The Chief.
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Clark Gable
Gable
Waco
Texas
P. S
Gwen Hone Weds Merrill Stewart In Home Ceremony
Gwen Hone and Merrill Ray Stewart wed May 28 at the Hone home in Blackfoot in a quiet ceremony conducted by Bishop Rulon Cammack. The couple plans to reside in Blackfoot after a Salt Lake City honeymoon. many relatives attended the event.
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Gwen Hone
Merrill Stewart
Blackfoot
Lee Hone
Grandview
Gwen
Merrill Ray Stewart
Hone
Rulon Cammack
Pingree
Les Grand Stewart
Stewart
James Blessinger
Patsy Anderson
Idaho
Sharon Howe
Ring Bearser
Vada Caldwell
Stella Lundquist
Lou Brock
Doris Dayley
Shirley Sandberg
Sandra Blake
Lorraine
Moscow
Salt Lake City
Grace Seaman Joins Valley Forge For Moving Van Operation
Frank Smith seaman apprentice USN son of LaVerl Smith Grace Idaho served on the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge during Operation Moving Van. The crew loaded Staff Headquarters and files from Pearl Harbor to San Diego, while Vice Admiral Sallada and staff maintained command from temporary ship offices. The move aims to reduce fleet operating costs.
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Frank Smith
USN
LaVerl Smith
Grace
Idaho
Navy
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