Dear Mister Editor Letters On Change And Progress
Uncle Cal from Caribou presents readers’ letters from Saturday night chat at the store. Zeke Grubb laments modern speed and jet travel. Clem Webster contrasts the Great Society with horse days. Ed Doolittle cites a new Environmental Science Services Administration plea for funds to improve weather forecasting.
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Zeke Grubb
Clem Webster
Zeke
Ed Doolittle
Environmental Science Services Administration
Weather Bureau
Congress
Clem
Great Society
Everthing Scientific
Bug
City Jail renovation praised but not advertised for visitors
Historical notes recount jail improvements including a cement floor new plumbing and renovated cages. Officials say fees depend on a registration chart while more interior decorating is planned. Also announced is the Trail Motel open house inviting public inspection and local social updates from Soda Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Weaver
New Trail
Elsie
Pete Peterson
Nila Sneddon
Douglas Hogan
Shirley Gunnell
Jack Stoor
A Misread Age and Moral Threats
A narrator jokes about hog feed and fast speedometers while noting an ad for homes with large wood burning fireplaces. He references a Bible scholar urging a more believable moral threat than hell, warning that a generation lacking belief could make the world dangerous.
Puritans Aimed to Worship Freely in New Land
A Massachusetts history class debated Puritans motives with a teacher asking why they came to America. A student answered they sought to worship in their own way and compel others to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem Globetrofters
Pocatello
Dick Finlayson
Idaho Falls
Dave Biorn
Paul
Athelene Biorn
Massachusetts
Readers discuss school consolidation and local economy
A letter argues Thatcher Grace high school consolidation hurt local business. It cites shopping center trends and nearby stores closed by fire while urging stability. The writer blames farmers and residents for supporting the economy and calls for cooperation before it is too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thatcher
Grace
Cleveland
Marie Jerky
Howard R. Thomas
Grace High Master
Agrconoms
Oregon State Uni
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Cal
Hattie
Bill Meads
Tucson
Leonard
Wilma Marriott
Mexico
Gerald Balls
Ven Flotow
Martha
Utah State Agricultural College
Gerald
Kenneth Balls
William Neff
Downey
Neff
Fern Bybee
W. V. Bybee
Edna Lynch
LDS Stake Sunday School
Cmdr
Peary
North Pole
M. J. Meeker
Whittier
Sam Gillett
Sterrett
Sam
Winnepeg
Manitoba
Perry
Hollard
David C. McKay
Salt Lake City
Bannock Stake
Central
Alexander
H. M. Lau
D. J. Lau
D. K. McLean
Harry Horsley
Kensington
Davisville
VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lallatin
Soda Springs, Idaty
Washington’s
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Boy-Ar-Dee
Kellogg’s Croutetts
Staley’s Syrup
Gorten
Foodtown
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