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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
4
A compact reflection on human errors and the call to mature spiritually. It quotes Psalm 103:14 about God remembering our frailty, urging humility and growth in conscience and conduct.
The 1947 National Farm Safety Week theme centers on year round family participation. President Truman urged cooperation and set July 20 to 26 for the fourth observance, calling for family discussions on accident prevention. Leaders from Farm Bureau, Farmers Union, and Grange backed the campaign.
Dallas News argues Senate wise to withhold a tax boon from 39 states lacking community property laws. The piece notes nine states have long upheld shared marital property rights and urges expansion to honor spouses equally, highlighting social and economic gains beyond tax breaks.
A 1946 accident survey from an insurance company shows two of three US car crashes caused by driver error. Speeding caused 9 460 deaths and 230 760 injuries while pedestrians faced 10 070 deaths and 171 910 injuries. Crossing between intersections accounted for over 25 percent of casualties and 800 and 21 660 children were killed or injured.
In the Green Forest two thinking hearts miss each other on berries. Farmer Brown's boy heads for the Old Pasture with a berry lunch and a plan to stay all day. A frightened cry leads to a startling discovery as Buster Bear nears a garter snake.
A reader letter section critiques John Gunther’s Inside U.S.A. Idaho coverage while praising Glen Taylor’s biography. The piece questions Idaho identity as individualist versus government reliance and discusses local place name origins including Aberdeen Idaho. Community notes describe a near-accident on Railroad Avenue and a call for safer pedestrian passages and city spending priorities.
A tale recalls a creature attempting to swallow a hatchling of Stickytoes the Tree Toad. The report shifts to another item about Mr. Gartersnake losing a breakfast in a humorous wildlife column.
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Tomoya Kawakita, 25, American-born Japanese, on treason charges for torturing American prisoners while foreman at the Oryama POW camp from August 8, 1944, to August 24, 1945. FBI arrested him after a former prisoner, William L. Bruce of San Luis Obispo, identified him in a department store.
The U S Open Golf Tournament will be aired tomorrow afternoon from the St Louis Country Club. Harry Wismer and Harry Nash will provide stroke by stroke radio coverage on the ABC network and Station KETO at three o'clock.
Managers of 27 local offices of the Idaho state employment service will gather in Boise for a five day meeting starting Monday. Acting state director A J Tillman said sessions focus on panel discussions with managers as principal participants.
In 1850 the United States lacked even a single mile of steam railroad west of the Mississippi, marking a vast expansion gap before the western rail boom began. The note highlights regional development disparities and sets context for later railroad growth across the frontier.
Idaho ARCO-Waldo Beck suffered a deep shoulder and arm wound when he fell onto a saw blade at a Wet creek sawmill in Pass Creek canyon. He was rushed by Dr Exbert to Arco then Idaho Falls for hospitalization and is reported making satisfactory progress. Blame for the accident remains uncertain.
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