Polio Center Planned at St Anthony Hospital in Pocatello
Polio leaders announced a 7,000 patient capacity acute treatment center arriving in Pocatello with the St. Anthony unit opening within weeks. The Idaho effort includes centers in Idaho Falls and Lewiston, with eight counties funding the project and 41 cases reported to date versus 11 in June 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polio
St. Anthony Hospital
Pocatello
Polio Foundation
Bannock Hotel
Bannock
Cassia
Minidoka
Power
Caribou
Bear Lake
Oneida
Franklin
Idaho Falls
Lewiston
Boise
Mada Eline
Preston
Bannock County
Polio Med
Woman in Poor Condition After Double Shotgun Incident
Mrs. Ollie Anspaugh, 28, remained in very poor condition after a double shotgun shooting that killed her husband Deputy Sheriff Tom Hanson said Russell M. Anspaugh, 40, died from a shotgun blast after shooting toward himself as his wife fled. Mrs. Anspaugh had only a slim chance of survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Ollie Anspaugh
Tom Hanson
Russell M. Anspaugh
Chinese Push Reds Back at Chenghsien in Henan
Government sources report 4,000 Communist troops attacked Shihlipu airfield near Chenghsien while 200 Chiang Kai-Shek fighters protected the President and Madame Chiang as they toured the Henan battle area. Fierce fighting and artillery work echoed from nearby villages Rantzau and Paisha as Chiang conferred with generals Ku Chu-Tung Liu Shih and Liu Ju Ming.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chenghsien
Shihlipu Airfield
Madame Chiang
Henan
Lunghai
Conscientious objector chains himself to White House stairs
James D. Peck of New York City chained himself to a bannister in the White House during visiting hours to protest the draft. He wore a shirt bearing Veto the draft and was released without charges after questioning by Secret Service. Roy Kepler of Brooklyn accompanied him and read Peck’s自statement.
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Washington
White House
Secret Service
James D. Peck
New York City
Federal
Danbury
Conn
Roy Kepler
Brooklyn
Peck
State Flood Damage Exceeds Twelve Million Dollars
Idaho flood losses top eleven figures with total damage at least 12.9 million dollars. Boundary county bore over half the toll led by the Kootenai river break through. Bonner and Idaho counties also surpassed one million each with road and farm losses across multiple counties and irrigation works damaged.
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Boise
Idaho
Mark R. Kulp
North
Boundary County
Kootenai
Kulp
Henry C. Dworshak
Bonner
Idaho County
Bonner County
Shoshone
Benewah
Latah
Nez Perce
Clearwater
Lewis
Lemhi
Jefferson
Cottonwood
Kooskia
Stites
Salmon
Lemhi County
Jefferson County
Heise-Roberts
Menan
North Fork
Snake River
Lewis County
Visiting Hong Family Plans Two Week Stay in Pocatello
Kay Hong formerly of Pocatello and his wife Shirley and son Gary visit with Kay's brothers Jim and Bing Hong owners of Shanghai cafe. Kay, a 1933 Pocatello High School graduate, last returned in 1941. A former Pocatello Tribune writer, he has worked ten years for Ernest Ingold Chevrolet in San Francisco. The family will tour Yellowstone Park during a two week stay.
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Kay Hong
Pocatellan
Shirley
Gary
Pocatello
Kay
Jim
Bing Hong
Shanghai Cafe
Pocatello High School
Pocatello Tribune
Ernest Ingold Chevrolet Co
San Francisco
Yellowstone Park
Open house at City Recreation Hut postponed by rain
Rainy weather delays the City Recreation Hut open house planned for Wednesday evening. Wayne Booth, Pocatello recreation director, said the event would be rescheduled when weather permits. Activities included dancing, games, and prize drawings with local merchants donating prizes for jitterbugs and waltz winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Booth
Pocatello
Unpredictable robber targets cab driver in Chicago
Joseph Veltri, 32, a Chicago cab driver, said a gunman hired his cab then threatened to kill him. The robber took Veltri to a restaurant for breakfast, offered to pay, and held up the cashier before Veltri escaped saying the assailant was unpredictable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Veltri
Veltri
West's Platform Favors Western Demands and Oil Lands Return
The 1948 Republican platform endorses western demands including restoring submerged lands to states California and Texas and supports a broad program of water power development irrigation conservation and soil protection. It backs state rights in water use and seeks Western representation in the federal administration with early action on power and reclamation.
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Philadelphia
California
Texas
Supreme Court
Denver
Eagle Fathers Honored by Local Order Event
Saturday evening the junior order of eagles and eaglettes combined to honor their fathers on Father's Day. After a supper served by the boys to 70 members of the order, the group enjoyed dancing and entertaining talent from Kasai local unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eagles and
Eaglettes
Kasai
School of Dancing Presents Evening Program
Dancing began at 9 30 with the first dance enjoyed by fathers and their daughters. Leadership for the event included Hester Brady Lola O'Neil Dorothy Ohman Florence Critchley Mary Green Anona Belisle and Zelma Triplett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Dancing
Hester Brady
Lola O'Neil
Dorothy Ohman
Florence Critchley
Mary Green
Anona Belisle
Zelma Triplett
Before Tobacco Discovery Men of the Orient Smoke Spicy Substances
Fragmentary sentence recalls pre tobacco era use of spicy resins by men in the Orient including myrrh and frankincense.
Brigham Young special hosted by Lego Lily camp at Gunn home
Afton Gunn hosted the annual Brigham Young special at Capt. Afton Gunn’s residence with DUP and Lego Lily camp members. The event featured pioneer reading and a Brigham Young life story performed by LaRae Dal Torrione and Jannetta Clark, plus a musical selection by Odell Stevenson. A luncheon on the Gunn lawn followed, served by Dora Thompson Alice Sanders Ruth Adams and Lucy Morrison.
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Brigham Young
Lego Lily Camp
DUP
Afton Gunn
LaRae Dal Torrione
Jannetta Clark
Odell Stevenson
Gunn
Dora Thompson
Alice Sanders
Ruth Adams
Lucy Morrison
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Ical
W. R. Hearne
H. J. Hartvigsen
Dan McDougall
Ralph B. Hegsted
Prontosil
Gerald Domagk
Yellowstone Pharmacy
Yellowstone Hotel
Cosel Pulaw
SUN
Elizabeth Arden
Fargo- Wilson-Wells
Julie Cordon
Ben Brown
Women's National Aeronautical Association
Leland D. Read
St. Louis
Read
M. C. Evans
White House Stairs
Kepler
U.S
James J. Maloney
Maloney
Hongs
Guy
West
Eagle Fathers
Mk Wal Posh
Amis
Dow
Wey
West Center
Aden
Praneys
Towncraft
Goodyear
Pepsi-Cola
Old Faithful Beverage Co
Popu-Cale Company
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