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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1948
Page
6
Idaho Attorney General Smylie ruled on bonded debt limits for school districts reorganized under the 1947 law. Class A and B districts face a ten percent cap on aggregate debt relative to assessed value, with calculation including bonded debt. Class C districts face a six percent limit, computed the same way.
The Blackfoot sheriffs posse plans shows July 2 and 3 at the State Fairgrounds by the Idaho State Riding association. Chief Arlin Clark urges weekly practices. posse to also ride in Frontier Rodeo at Pocatello July 16 and 18. New riders include Merle Cornelison Elvin Cornelison Paul Smith LaMar Elison and Chick Scott. posse numbers 50. Blackfoot chamber of commerce and state association, led by Tom Hemming and Albert Carlson, organize a carnival for the event.
Clarence I. Jones son of Mr and Mrs C I Jones Jr of 933 West Wyeth to receive a Berkeley California electrical engineering degree in today’s exercises He was a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers the military association and the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity He attended Pocatello High School.
Helena Huntington Smith reports that Disney’s Dirty Charlie, a film character with moustache likeness to Stalin, is teaching hygiene and disease prevention in Italian towns. USIS films, shown by Dr. Roberto Maccolini, reach nearly a million in six months, aided by volunteers and Florence branch programs.
Gray Ladies organization forms in Blackfoot under Dr. J. O. Cromwell at the State hospital alongside occupational therapist Mrs. Flora Donahue. C. L. Cooper of the American Red Cross Pacific Area lectures on local aims and talents. Dr. Prins to present further lectures.
Three Pocatellans Episho Larsen George W Hargraves and Paul F Massier will receive degrees at the University of Colorado commencement on June 14 Bernard DeVoto Pulitzer Prize winner will be principal speaker for the 95th program Other Idahoans to receive degrees include Alla Patricia Beeck Robert D Harvey Clyde P Meredith Jr Barbara Jean and Rose Ann Richert Maynard M Dye Robert S Johnson Karl William Edmark Jr George Robert Hanson Marion A Condie Leroy F P Foss Barbara Jane Price Reese 8 Kern Preston and James B Donart
Lewiston Idaho reports former seven term congressman LEWIS I White will seek the Democratic nomination for his old Idaho first district seat. He announced Friday he runs at friends request to gain active, experienced representation at the national capital and would push laws to protect and advance American welfare and Idaho resources such as land water timber and minerals.
Vital statistics note two marriage certificates filed Friday in the county clerk’s office. Earl W. Cellan 28 Soda Springs and Acma Hilda Jeppesen 18 Grace wed in Pocatello by Judge L E Glennon. Also in Pocatello Friday Irvin A Butler 22 Teton and Frances Blanche Reeder 20 Preston were married by Judge Isaac McDougall. Births logged at St. Anthony hospital Arline Schaffner Arco a boy Donald Hansen 329 North Sixth a boy Newel Anderson Blackfoot a boy.
Blackfoot residents will see a three mill reduction in the current tax levy from 31 mills to 28 mills despite a $52,000 budget increase. The shift uses $216,000 from sources such as a $50,000 balance, $45,000 in water rentals, and $30,000 in clerk’s receipts. County collection fees exceed $900, with $63,000 revenue expected from an assessed value of $2,302,403.
Salt Lake City reports union official says brothers of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors will push wage rules reflecting diesel power. Proposals include time and a half for Sundays and holidays, a new pay computation tied to locomotive power, and nationwide standardization, with no overall pay increase.
M. Price Hutchings of Beneficial Life Insurance and Ray L. Kuhn of United Benefit Life qualified for Idaho State Association of Life Underwriters Leaders Round Table at the convention. The Idaho group comprises 25 top life insurance producers and leaders. The gathering took place at Bun Valley.
The Idaho public health department reports enough vaccine to immunize 2 000 people is being flown by air express from Atlanta to Sandpoint to inoculate residents in the flooded north Idaho region.
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told parliament that France wants a military alliance with the United States. He spoke as he backed the six power London agreement to create a western German government and an international control board over industrial matters.
Washington and Northwest representatives voted 289 to 91 in favor of admitting 202000 displaced persons to the United States. Rep Stockman of Oregon opposed. Supporters included Goff Sanborn Dawson Granger Angell Ellsworth Horan Holmes Jones Norblad Tollefson and Jackson across Idaho Utah Oregon and Washington.
Blackfoot district camping chief Clarence W. Pack says Boy Scout units in the Blackfoot area must reserve water and boat camp spaces at Bear Lake by June 20. Only five of 25 units have booked. Havener in Pocatello notes 10 units weekly can be accommodated, with no periods filled up to June 2.
Bert Minwegen of Montpelier, Democratic contender for the Second District seat, said he would file his declaration of candidacy in about two weeks. He had planned to file Friday but petitions did not arrive in time.
A German V-2 rocket launched from the White Sands proving ground lit the southern New Mexico sky early Friday. The craft rose 39 miles high, emitted a radiant discharge via a radio transmitter, and descended 17 miles north of the launch site.
Senate and House conferees failed to agree on the size of the soil conservation pledge for the next crop year. Arguments centered on a nonbinding item to be funded next year, with the House at 225 million dollars and the Senate at 300 million dollars. The current-year 150 million dollar conservation fund remains in dispute.
John P. Gray of the Veterans Administration in Pocatello announced an overhaul of the GI loan appraisal process. The new system, effective June 1, assigns appraisers to VA, issues certificates of reasonable value to lenders, and requires appraisers to notify veterans by letter of property conditions and potential maintenance costs.
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