Spare parts for humans discussed at country store
Uncle Cal reports locals debating a new science of replacing human parts. Ed Doolittle and Clem Webster reference Health and Welfare and a government funded spare parts program to ease Social Security costs. They propose a Parts Department with trading stamps to fund second hand parts and extend working life. Ed promises more details next week.
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Clem Webster
Great Society
Clem
Ed Doolittle
Congress
Everbody
Zeke Grubb
Grace Idaho Votes In Straw Tie On School Consolidation
Grace School District held a straw poll on consolidation after state law allowed a mixed voting condition. Of 492 opposing and 154 supporting ballots, the majority opposed the measure, prompting withdrawal from the consolidation proposal.
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Grace
Soda Springs
North Gem
Donald Peterson
Joint
Many Oldsters Fail To Sign For Medical Insurance
About 1.4 million Americans aged 65 and over did not sign up for Medicare supplemental medical insurance. A second enrollment chance runs until April 1, 1968, with coverage starting July 1, 1968 if joined on time.
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Stanton $. Thompson
Pocatello Social Security Office
Soda Springs
Court House
Greatest Minds and Character Sayings
The quote reflects on intellectual power and moral scope, noting that those with keen minds can exhibit both the highest virtues and gravest vices. It contrasts mental training with character formation as a long, deliberate process.
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Descartes
Hunting Mishaps Fall to Carelessness in Idaho
Idaho Fish and Game reports 49 gun accidents in the 1967 hunting season from September to December, with six deaths. The 1966 season had 26 accidents and seven fatalities. Most 1967 incidents involved same-party shooters and victims, and four of the fatal weapons were big game rifles.
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Idaho Fish and Game Department
E. Eliess Brown
Idaho
National Rifle Association
Fragmented gun discharge figures prompt safety heed
A reader summary notes last year saw gun discharge incidents and injuries, urging hunters to watch for careless handling. The writer cautions that misjudgment and haste betray prudent aims and warns that reckless error costs safety and sense.
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Caribou County
County of
Caribou
City of
Village of
Bancroft
Cal
Dear Mister
Voltaire
Lallatin
Sian Suton
Foodtown
Nalley
Duncan Hines
Brownie
del Monte
Kellogg’s
Morton
White Swan Family
Pillsbury Flaky Biscuits
Morrell
Fai
Mortimer J. Adler
Brown
Valentin
Valentine
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