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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
8
Boise bids will be received June 25 by the state commissioner of public works for a one story addition to the present capitol heating plant. The addition will house the dairy husbandry laboratory of the state department of agriculture.
About 250 youths attend the fifth annual Gem boys state as Lt. Gov. Whitehead and Sec. of State Price with two Boise lawyers train delegates. They cover House and Senate duties, committee roles, bill passage, and rules of order in preparatory sessions. Chief Justice Givens previously spoke on differences among Democratic, Socialistic, and Communistic governments.
Mrs Mabel E Anderson, future wife of Frank Spoon of Coos Bay Ore, was honored with a bridge dinner hosted by Mrs BE A Kelly at her South Eighth Street home. Guests included numerous local women and the event featured a towel shower and spring floral centerpiece.
Mrs. Evelyn Trujillo, Idaho State college art student, opens a daily arts and crafts program at Franklin junior high this week. The handwork activity runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday with puppet making a highlight and a puppet show at the program's closing festival.
The Modest Maidens laboratory was bought through Inter Mountain Surgical Supply of Boise for 4432.92 with one other bid. The Public Health vaccine contract went to three Boise concerns: Don Whitehead Drug for 1956.26, Thrifty Drug 821.27, and McMahon Drug 1429.82.
Salt Lake City report says a two state police radio system linking Idaho and Utah is planned for the near future. Utah highway patrol Superintendent P L Dow says the project awaits federal communications commission approval. The Idaho link would connect Lofan Utah with an Idaho patrol station at Preston and would tie in other Idaho stations to form the network.
Knothole officers chosen by Irving field Alameda and Halliwell park clubs announced by Director Wayne Booth. Officers include presidents, secretaries, and three commissioners with lists of names and roles for each club.
The Idaho conference of the Methodist church announced at its closing session in Lexmon that LeROY H. Walker, pastor of the First Methodist church in Pocatello, will serve the ensuing year as pastor of the Pocatello church. Walker and Mrs. Walker were delegates. Mrs. Walker was summoned to Dallas Oregon during a family illness in Nampa, affecting Walter H. March.
In Elko Nevada District Judge Taylor Wines set a special session to hear the murder trial of Laszlo Varga a 4 year old Hungarian war refugee accused of raping and murdering a minister's wife Mrs Billee Rahe Morning 22. Varga appeared with disheveled hair and spat on the floor during the hearing and repeatedly expressed a wish to plead guilty though he again declined to change from his plea of innocence.
Thomas A. Clark, member of the 167th Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron, enjoys 21 of 30 days of annual leave granted by the Air Forces. Recently transferred from Pocatello AFB Idaho to Hill AFB Utah, he plans to spend part of his leave in Pocatello with his parents Mr and Mrs Rush Clark. He married Marjorie Faye Gemmell on December 25 1947 in Pocatello Idaho.
State purchasing office announced purchase of laboratory equipment and vaccine for state departments. The item list includes equipment for livestock disease work and related lab needs.
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