Four Year Old French Girl Adopted by Local Sorority Members
The Alpha Pi Omega sorority in Pocatello supports four year old Colette Jaquemart in Sedan Ardennes France. Monthly packages with food clothing and gifts are sent from Alpha chapter. The Jaquemart family thanks the group and notes Colette and her sister Mary Claud enjoyed the items.
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Pocatello
Alpha Pi Omega Sorority
Lillian Rosqvist
Alpha Chapter
Colette Jaquemart
Colette
Mary Claud
C. Jaquemart
Sedan
Harry McDougall
American Aid To France Inc
Jaquemart
Ardennes
Prance
Alpha Pi Omega
France
Emperor Nero Uses Emerald Lens at Gladiatorial Games
The near sighted emperor Nero reportedly used a concave emerald as a viewing lens to observe gladiatorial combats. The account notes the improvised optical aid enhanced his sight during the arena events.
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Nero
Polio Check Under Way at Bannock Health Unit
More than 55 patients including men women and children were tested for polio at the Bannock county health unit under Idaho state medical authorities and the Infantile Paralysis Foundation. Dr Harry W Stuermer and nurse Ruth Moger with physiotherapist Elizabeth Sullivan conducted the assessments.
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Bannock County
Idaho
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Harry W. Stuermer
Boise
Ruth Moger
Elizabeth Sullivan
Lasley Files for Democratic County Assessor Nomination
Lasley, of 211 North Hayes, files with County Clerk Anna Keefe for nomination as county assessor on the Democratic ticket for the August primaries. He previously served as state branch inspector in Gov. Gossett's 1945 46 administration and once ran a Grace cattle ranch and Chevrolet garage now managed by his son in Patello.
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H. W. Lasley
North Hayes
Anna Keefe
Mr. Lasley
Charles C. Gossett
Grace
Pocatello
Harrison and Berg Named to State JC Committees
Pocatello Jaycees Lew Harrison and Norman Berg were selected at a Boise meeting of the state executive committee on June 27 to serve as state profit making chairman and agricultural chairman respectively. Harrison will advise clubs on financial programs while Berg will assist local agricultural committees and promote Idaho agriculture including a conservation education week July 19 to 23 offering one college credit. C Wayne Tucker, vice president from Pocatello, attended the Boise session.
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Boise
Lew Harrison
Norman Berg
Harrison
Pocatello Club
Berg
Idaho
Soil Conservation Service
Jaycee
Idaho State Colege
C. Wayne Tucker
Pocatello
Cash Surplus at Peak Sets Historic High
The government’s budget surplus reached 8.8 billion dollars on June 25, a record peak unlikely to be matched. Officials warn a sharp drop is coming as a $3 billion reduction becomes mandatory under the foreign aid bill signed by President Truman to avert a possible next year deficit.
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Washington
Treasury
Truman
Miners Vote On Strike In Coeur d Alene District
Four thousand miners in the Coeur d Alene mining district will vote Friday on a potential strike. Howard Goddard, international representative of the CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union, says workers would leave jobs if wage talks fail. He notes the latest offer is worse than the first and cites current regional pay differentials.
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Spokane
Coeur d'Alene
Howard Ogddard
Kellogg
CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Goddard
Montana
Utah
Butte
Melba Rae Barnett Joins Tribune Staff
Miss Melba Rae Barnett daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Barnett south of Pocatello has joined the classified advertising department of the Pocatello Tribune and began work this week. A University of Idaho journalism graduate class of 1948 she previously worked in advertising at Power County Press American Falls before joining.
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Melba Rae Barnett
Frank Barnett
Pocatello
Pocatello Tribune
School of Journalism
University of Idaho
Power County Press v
American Falls
Berlin Crisis and American Policy in Europe
Commentary urges decisive presidential leadership over Berlin crisis and Berlin airlift options. It argues Moscow aims to pressure Western zones, warns of betrayal of Berliners, and calls for UN action, resourcing, and hard choices to deter Soviet expansion.
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Berlin
Europe
Himalayas
Administration as Servant of Policy Warns of Loss
The speaker argues that administration by itself is not policy. Efficient systems cannot compensate for pursuing wrong actions that endanger a nation and the world.
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Germany
Europe
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DeLite Bakery
North Main
Perry Swisher
St. Anthony's Hospital
Bannock
Bingham
Bonneville
Jefferson
Madison
Custer Counties
Lasley Files
Ltans
Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
JayCee Chairman
Pocatello JayCee
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tribune
United States
Congress
Gallup
United Nations
Thordbred
Dewy Genin
Fiateer
Dayton
Pocatello Tire Sales, Inc
Fremont
East Center
Emerson
Emerson Personal
Emerson Radio
Emerson Phonoradio
Nate Morgan
Oe Provo
Peet
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