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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1949
Page
1
An Idaho editorial urges Bannock County to increase bonds for a 150 bed hospital in Pocatello. It notes rising costs since 1946 and argues for an early vote, citing legal, financial, and potential federal grant reasons to complete the project.
Hayward of Idaho Falls elected commander of the Idaho Department of the Disabled American Veterans at the Moose Hall. Mrs Esther Cutler named state auxiliary commander, reside Fort Hall, member of Pocatello chapter. Idaho Falls chosen for 1950 DAV convention. list of new state officers includes Theodore Hietala, Harvey A. Wilson, Floyd Higgins, Carlton Van Negan, Vernon Martin, G. A. Carlson, and T. W. Stivers among others. New auxiliary officers named Vivian Lawson and Clarice Wells with others así.
Emil Sitko Notre Dame halfback and Miss Eldora Ann Liddy were tried Saturday in the rectory of Paul’s Catholic church in Ort Wayne Indiana.
Box scores from Pioneer League games list team scores by inning. Salt Lake, Boise, Pocatello, Great Falls and Ogden, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls, Billings feature in multiple line scores with final tallies and innings noted.
A Weiser man and a Boise woman were hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting at the Emerald Club in the Oxford Hotel on Main Street. Paul Bidwell was detained by Boise police. he allegedly opened fire after his wife Cleo Louise Bidwell refused to leave.
Four Pocatello churches plan Father Day observances Presbyterian Methodist Baptist and Central Christian will feature sermons honoring dads. Sermon topics include Pull Yourself Together Fathers Youth and the Church There are Fathers and Fathers and A Fathers Obligation with soloists and special music.
Raymond J. Henscheid is named assistant manager of the Pocatello branch of First Security Bank of Idaho N A Ralph J Comstock Jr announces the appointment Henscheid a Blackfoot native served in the Navy 1942 1946 and joined the G I training program at Boise before transferring to Pocatello in 1948 He will supervise internal operations and personnel in his new post.
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce urges an immediate bond election to raise funds to complete and equip the Pocatello and Downey hospitals. Directors note costs rose 30 to 40 percent since the original bond, leaving $400 000 to $500 000 short. They credit no fault to county officials and seek petitions to authorize additional bonds at once.
Fire crews responded to Bannock Furniture and Upholstery at 210 FE Clark Saturday night after a pot on a hot plate started smoke. No damage beyond smoke. Officer noted the appliance was left on.
Arthur E. Stoddard president of Union Pacific will visit Pocatello Thursday to inspect terminal and shop facilities and spend the day in town. He will be accompanied by several company officials, per L. C. Johnson, freight agent.
Pocatello commissioners announce plans to apply for federal public housing funds for at least 300 low rental units if the current housing bill passes Congress. The meeting at Portneuf Park included FHA Western District officer Aubrey Davis and West Coast economist Huber Earl among attendees.
Nelson Colby a 17 year old from Walla Walla was found dead in a parked 1930 Chevrolet in Soda Springs after four men traveling to Missouri stopped to rest. Sheriff McCracken ordered an autopsy and blood tests to determine gas or food poisoning as the cause while the other three companions faced no charges.
Alameda in its sister city program launches an $85,000 waterworks extension and citywide improvements after a 1948 bond vote. The project adds five miles of mains, a new 16 inch well and pumphouse on Cedar Street and Willard Avenue, raising total well capacity to four million gallons daily.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and lightning in Pocatello and vicinity. High today 80 to 85, tonight 45 to 50, temperature little changed. Total precipitation this month 31, normal 73. Mean temperature 64, normal 62. Sunset 8:12, sunrise 4:50.
A gun battle at a country crossroads near Lyons Nebraska left two bandits dead and $75,000 in jewels recovered. Lincoln salesman Elton Goldberg had reported an earlier holdup on a detour and warned others to proceed. State patrolmen and Sheriff Edward J. Patach opened fire after the pursuit.
About 300 striking workers from the American Zinc Co. plant confronted each other in Pairemont City as a long standing CIO union rivalry erupted into violence. Two men were shot and six beaten, with wives present in the crowd. State police and sheriff's deputies patrolled after midnight to restore quiet.
Idahoans elected a chairman and executive committee to push passage by Congress of the Hoover commission report. James Newport of Parma was named chairman with Tom Gooding of Ketchum as vice chair and Max Yost of Boise as executive secretary. The group said Hoover Commission recommendations could save three to five billion dollars yearly.
In a three game set opener, the Pocatello Cardinals erased a two run deficit in the final inning and defeated the Great Falls Selectrics 5-4 in ten innings. Ted Lewandowski and Henry Zich drove in two runs apiece for the Cards.
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