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Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 10

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PAGE 10-SECTION A IDAHO STATE JOURNAL POCATELLO, IDAHO, SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1976 IDAHO From the files of the IDAHO STATE JOURNAL The Republicans again swept the City yesterday and excepting only one candidate for councilman, elected every man on their ticket, by majorities ranging on the general ticket from 15 to 441 and on the councilmanic ticket from 7 to 32. The vote was a heavy one, a total of votes being a The city council met Wednesday evening, all members of being present Mr. Goodwin called attention to a hog-pen out about Shattuck Row. The chief of police said that the man maintaining the pen promised to abate the nuisance. Mr.

Baum said the board of health had ordered the abatement of the nuisance and been promised that it would be done at once. Mr. Church offered a resolution declaring all hog pens within the city nuisances and instructing the chief of HEARS AGO police to have all such pens removed a sufficient distance from the city limits to prevent the stench therefrom from making the citizens of the city sick. It was adopted. Mr.

Church offered a resolution providing that when dogs are officially killed, the noses of these be cut off and returned to the chief of police and that said noses be the only evidence of the killing of dogs uppon which bills for the same be allowed. In his address at the Republican rally at the Pavilion Monday night. Mayor-elect Theo. Turner said: At the suggestion of the state public utilities commission the city council of Pocatello met this afternoon at 3 o'clock and tendered James A. Murray.

owner of the Pocatello Water the sum of for his plant and holdings Several squabbles occurred in the council chamber over the matter, part of the council rigidly opposing the purchase of the plant at any price inasmuch as the city had taken steps for the construction of its own plant. Tomorrow, the weather being favorable, Deputy Game Warden L.A. Lebrbas will proceed with the work of liberating the 15 elk that have been quartered at the Trist gar age for several weeks past. The little fellows have been getting along in a fine manner. have been well fed and taken 'If elected mayor of Pocatello, I will do all in my power to enforce the laws and ordinances and to make this a city such as we will all be proud to live in.

"1 will recommend and do all in my power to secure the passage of an anti-gambling ordinance strictly in line with the slate law on that subject." Postmaster Ball is in receipt of a letter from Naples, N.Y., from two widows, one young, the other old enough to know better. The sweet young thing evidently wrote the letter and expalins that she and her friend, who is 45, 'think a wild life would just suit them," and consequently want to come to Pocatello when the reservation opens. The special request is that they be furnished with some reliable gentlemen correspondents. Gentlemen who enter in to the spirit of the thing can get the names from Mr. Ball.

that the consumer can go right to the shelves, pick off what suits him, and pay for it without waiting for his turn. Pocatello's school board will receive a proposal to divorce the business and academic administrative duties. Grant L. Stoweil, clerk of the board, said Thursday he will recommend reorganization and reclassificalion of the school administration.The plan would place educational administration in the hands of one executive and business administration in the hands of another. said he is convinced if more authority in handling finances is handed the business manager it will result in greater efficiency of school operations.

"At the same time, it will relieve administrators of many of their present burdens so that they may devote more time to academic U.S. Sen. Henry Dworshak YEMS UO told The Journal by telephone from Washington, D.C., Saturday that employes at the Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant probably will total SOU by June. The plant now employs 428 civilian workers. the other hand, he said, it will be impossible at this time for the Navy to expand its plant here into a general ordnance setup because such a move would require expensive duplication of equipment and functions in the huge plant in Washington.

The Pocatello plant is designed primarily for naval gun relining. The movement to bring television to Pocatello is going ahead, but it will be some time yet before video will be aired commercially. A recent purvey of prospects for television in this area indicates it may be five years before families here will 'be able to shows, world events or baseball games from their home television screens. City officials are predicting that a major revision of Pocatello's downtown traffic system, with the innovation of one-way streets, will be necessary before the end of 1951. The hard facts surrounding the traffic problems now facing the city were brought to light at a week-end meeting of state, county, and city officials, who reviewed the increasingly critical traffic situation here.

ISU Engineering Graduates Gain Professional License Three alumni of Idaho State University have been granted licenses as by the Idaho State of Engineering program Engineers 5GO clearing they will be much better off if given an opportunity to rustle. Pocatello is to have an innovation in the grocery line, as it will be called Lew's Groceria, and be operated on the basis of the patron being permitted to inspect and select his goods much the same as he picks his own meal in a cafeteria. The Groceria is a new idea that is said to have acquired great popularity throughout the country and this will be the first -to be introduced here. The proprietor states that he will handle nothing but the popular goods that are advertised, so Engineer Plimpton of the American LaFrance Motor Co. was in the city today from Portland.

Mr. Plimpton is the division engineer 'for his company and was here testing out the new fire engine purchased by the city. Several record runs were made this morning in town and the machine proved itself very powerful. The mayor, several of the city council and the city clerk and fire chief took the first ride in the car and reported it was a record-breaker. It had no difficulty in ascending the viaduct and easily managed the turn at the east end.

The machine is a 105 horse power affair and is guaranteed to do 50 miles per hour. car of, and now that the snow is Light workouts featured the activity of the baseball and track aspirants at the Idaho Tech yesterday afternoon, with but few men reporting. The coldness of the weather kept several ball tossers inside, and only light limbering up exercises were indulged in. As yet no drilling has been given the players and battery-men are taking things easy until warmer weather. Judge 0.

R. Baum was named Bannock County chairman of the joint campaign committee for the raising of funds to pay off the indebtedness of the Bannock County Memorial building and to raise Bannock County's quota for the state war memorial building which is to be erected on the University of Idaho campus. With one of the heaviest bond election ballots cast in Pocatello's history, the proposed plan to increase the water supply, to pave certain streets, construct sewers and grade and gravel certain streets were defeated by an overwhelming vote, with a long way to go before the affirmative vote neared the required number to carry. Mayor Ross stated last night to a representative of the Tribune: "The -people have shown clearly where they stand on the proposed improvements I shall do everything in my 90z. Johnson's BABY POWDER $1.44 Value 12 Oz.

Phillips Milk of Magnesia 1.27 Value SCHICK Hot Lather Refill $1.39 Value EASTER SAVINGS 202 Arthur 233-0271 In the face of a furor over city county consolidation of law enforcement facilities, city commissioners Tuesday night scrapped their plan to include money for a new police station in an upcoming city bond election. The commissioners, with the exception of Fred Snyder, agreed that a committee should be appointed to explore the feasibility of consolidation. The $210,000 earmarked for a new police station was added to funds to go on street construction and fire department improvements. The surprise strike by railroad firemen paralyzed the Pocatello railroad yards today, catching many employes unawares until they reported for work. Passengers on three trains were stranded here.

Pickets took up stations at 12:01 a.m. at a number of locations where men report to work. Only supervisory personnel were working this morning. After nearly four years, Mayor Earl Pond will pass his businessmen whose property would front the mall. Burgess suggested the street closure should come in early May to see how shoppers would react and how traffic would be affected.

He said the mall area could be temporarily beautified for the experiment. gavel on to another at the meeting of the City Commission tonight. Pond, 42, will give up the chairman's title, but will remain an active member of the commission. His reason for leaving the top spot in city government is simple. He's tired.

"It's like having two full-time jobs at once," he said. "The job of chairman time." should be full- Police and fire officials said today a fire which gutted the Alameda Pharmacy early Sunday was definitely the work of burglar-arsonists. Noail Streeper, owner of the pharmacy, estimated damage at about $60,000. The stock and all fixtures were destroyed, leaving a shell of charred cinderblock and brick. They are Jerry L.

O'Neal, Pocatello; John Lament Alder, Idaho Falls," and Ronald R. Shaw, "To obtain a license, the applicant must have gi adua ed from an approved engineering program, me Engineer in Training examination, had a minimum of four years of qualified engineering "penence and passed me Professional Engineer exam," stated Dr. Albert E. dean of the ISU School of Engineering. "Since the engineering program is relatively new at IbU former graduates are just beginning to accumulate the necessary experience," he continued.

"The three recent licensees bring the number of former ISU graduates who are licensed Professional Engineers to five. "The fact that Alder and O'Neal passed the examination for mechanical engineers while Shaw passed the exam for civil engineers, shows the breadth of the ISU engineering program. The two previous Professional Engineer licenses were in the civil engineering field," Dr. Wilson concluded. The Professional Engineer exam is given in Boise in November and April of each year.

The Engineer in Training exam is also given at ISU. Removal Due April 15 to use snowtires without metal April 15 is the last day that s(uds Idaho motorists will be allowed udded snowtires may only to use studded snowtires this be used in Idaho between Oct. 1 spring. Motorists may continue and April ID. A recommendation to close Center Street between Main and Arthur for 30 days to permit construction of a trial mall came before the City Commission Thursday night.

The idea was represented by William Burgess, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee. He said he spoke also for the Urban Renewal Agency, the Planning- Zoning Board, and the GRANTS ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON (AP) Grants totaling $3.7 million have been announced for the Artists-in-Schools Program by Nancy Hanks, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. The grants will enable some 2,000 artists to work with nearly 1 million young persons in 7,500 schools during the 1976-77 school year. RUPTURED? FREE DEMONSTRATION OF PAD-0-SEAL Pntumoli. So.p«niion T.thnologi.t from factor, -ill b.

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power to assure a good water suppply for the city through the summer months, and while we may have water shortages, I shall endeavor to keep the city supplied." The issue failed to carry in a single ward, with no question carrying any one precinct. The community has been aroused over the activities of some individual, who for the past ten days has been entering homes, evidently with the sole purpose of frightening women. The police blame an individual who is mentally incompetent for a condition which has almost resulted in a state of panic among the women of focatello. The police department and other officers are on the lookout and any future activities on the part of the individual is bound to result in his arrest. Sears SA VE 40 On Both Kenmore Work-Saving Washer and Dryer Pair Our 309.99 4-Cycle Washer BOTH FOR Our 239.99 Electric Dryer SAVE Sears 129.99 "Go Anywhere" Black And White TV SA VE 30 Sears 439.99 IT Cu.

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