New Rotary President Defies Babbitt Stereotype
Percy Hodgson of Pawtucket R.L. is elected Rotary International president and aims to improve the organization. He rejects depictions of Rotarians as Babbitts, saying members are serious about solving urgent problems and strive to better communities, nations, and the world.
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New York
Rotary International
Babbitt
Percy Hodgsonaid
Sinclair Lewis
Hodgson
Pawtucket
R.L
Rotary
Union Pacific Seeks Freight Route Permit in Idaho
Boise for Inter state line. The Union Pacific motor freight company of Omaha has petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to operate its freight line between Pocatello and Mackay on interstate traffic. W B Joy Idaho Public Utilities Commission president said a notice had been sent to the state board. Joy said the line would haul interstate shipments.
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Boise
Union Pacific Motor Freight Company of
Omaha
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pocatello
Mackay
W. B. Joy
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Joy
Area Seeks Direct Toll Line Between Aberdeen and Springfield
Residents of eastern Idaho towns Aberdeen and Springfield petitioned the public utilities commission to compel Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph to build a 17 mile toll line. Ninety five signers urged direct service between the two communities avoiding routing through Blackfoot and Pocatello.
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Boise
Aberdeen
Springfield
Idaho
Public Utilities Commission
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Blackfoot and
Pocatello
Route Plan Seeks Rail Link to Arco Reactor Site
The proposal outlines a rail corridor from Pocatello to Mackay and intermediate towns, with the atomic reactor station near Arco included along the requested route. The plan emphasizes connecting key communities and facilitating transport for the project.
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Arco
Pocatello Celebrates 58th Birthday and Growth Milestones
Pocatello marks 58 years since its 1891 city launch amid plans for irrigation led growth. The Gate City, Idaho, once a rail center, is expanding as Bannock county irrigates Indian lands and ceded areas. A new era dawns with Portneuf Marsh Valley project and federal water investments.
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Sam
Fort Hall
Portneuf- Marsh Valley Irrigation Company
Gate City rises as major Idaho rail hub and Pocatello grows
Perry Anson auctioned the town site of Pocatello amid brisk bidding as Gate City, once dismissed as a railroad town, becomes Idaho's rapidly developing rail center. Officials note Gate City's rise to prominence and forecast Pocatello's growth to rival the state’s largest cities in the coming years.
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Pocatello
Gem State
Wickiup
Tepee
Perry Anson
Anson
Washington
Gate City
Idaho
Gem
Salt Lake City driver acquitted in Utah bus crash deaths
Lloyd D Harris, a Salt Lake City bus driver, was exonerated by an eight member jury in a two bus collision near Delle Utah last December that killed 14 people. He was found innocent of involuntary manslaughter charges.
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Tooele
Utah
Lloyd D Harris
Salt Lake City
Delle
Harris
DAV Adjutant to Speak at Three Day Convention
National Adjutant Vivian D. Corbly of Cincinnati Ohio arrives to address the Disabled American Veterans convention. Corbly served in the 74th and 6th Marine companies in the last war, was twice wounded and gassed in France, and belongs to the American Legion Rotary and several civic and fraternal orders.
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Vivian D. Corbly
Cincinnati
Ohio
U. S
France
American Legion
Rotary
Phelps Dodge to Cut Douglas Smelter Output by Two-Thirds
Phelps Dodge plans to reduce Douglas copper smelter operations by about two thirds on June 27, cutting the workforce from 700 to 350. H. M. Lavender, vice president and general manager, announced the move.
Federal Tax Load Booms in Idaho 1948
Boise report shows Idahoans paid 145 million dollars in direct federal taxes in 1948, up from 6 million in 1940. Federal taxes rose to 85,863,968 in 1948, while state and local direct taxes grew 113 percent. total direct taxes gained over 325 percent. The only decline was in state property tax, eight percent lower than 1940.
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Boise
Max Yost
Associated Taxpayers of Idaho
Yost
Copper production costs exceeded market price at Bisbee-Douglas
The cost of copper production from the Bisbee-Douglas operations was greater than the market price.
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Bisbee-Douglas
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Pater
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Bannock County
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Towncraft
Speciel
Gro
Tribune
U.S.A
Canada
Great Northern Life Insurance CO
Monadnock Bldg
Market St
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