Rural Idaho highway funds urged amid state funding gaps
Caribou County residents press the State Highway Board for highway and road improvements amid limited funds. They note no forest highway funds and most state money going to a new system, warning about slow industrial growth if rural areas are left behind. State reapportionment could shift power to larger cities, risking rural representation. State land sales listing Asa Hatch Jr. buying parcels at Springs sale.
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Caribou
State Highway Board
North Idaho
Idaho
Legis Sture
Springs
Asa Hatchch
Hatch
Frosts Welcome Baby Daughter in Idaho Falls
Mr and Mrs Richard Frost welcome a baby daughter born during the holidays in Idaho Falls. The infant is reported to be in good health with proud parents and relatives including Mr and Mrs Tim Thy and Brian sharing in the celebration.
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Richard Frost
Idaho Falls
Tim Thy
Brian
Youth Center Plan Discussed at County Meeting
A public meeting at Soda Springs High School auditorium on January 4 planned a county youth center. Gene Burton and Gayland Archibald led the session. Jake Tenant became president. Pat Patterson vice president Kamian Walker secretary and John Lutz treasurer. A 12 member board was named. Mayor Chris Phelps spoke in support. Sites were being studied for a February opening.
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Soda Springs
Caribou County
Gene Burton
Gayland Archibald
Jake Tenant
Russ Lakey
Pat Patterson Vic
Kamian Walker
John Lutz
Chris Phelps
Cutter Racers Hold First Meet In Montpelier
The Racing Rocky Mountain Cutters Association held its season opener in Montpelier on New Year’s Day with results listing Rae Sorensen over Keith Ashley and other matchups including Glenn Grunig over Dean Nelson and Hy McLain over Daryl Sparks. A Grace meet is scheduled for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with several more races planned.
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Cutter Racers
Montpelier
Rocky Mountain Cutters Association
Rae Sorensen
Keith Ash
Keith Ashley
Paul and Dale
Clark, Long & Black
Daryl Sparks
Dean Nelson
Ferris Hymas
Orval Dimick
Peterson
Kunz
Foss
Giles
van Nelson
Vernal Kunz
Bob and Lyon Wells
Merlin
Wilde
Vernon Bateman
Hy McLain
John Wells
Clark
Bartschi
Vester
Deadline Set For Sugar Beet Allotments
Idaho sugar beet farmers must file requests for farm proportionate shares for 1966 by January 14, 1966. J Emerson Mabey chair of the ASC-LC Committee announced forms are available at the ASCS County Office. Idaho sugar beet acreage is 182,728 acres and 1966 shares will be about the same as 1965.
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Idaho
J. Emerson Mabey
Agricultural Stabilization Land Conservation Committee
ASCS
Mabey
Maine
Arizona
ASC
Host New Years Supper Held By Bjorkmans
Mr and Mrs Norm Bjorkman hosted a New Years Eve supper Friday with guests Dr and Mrs Russell Smigert Mr and Mrs Cecil Scheffel Mr and Mrs V C Balls Mr and Mrs Tom Kramer Mr and Mrs Vic Lansberry and Mr and Mrs Stan Matthews Sr for a midnight pot luck meal.
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Norm Bjorkman
Russell Smigert
Cecil Scheffell
V. C. Balls
Tom Kramer
Vic Lansberry
Stan Matthews Sr
State Committee Adjusts Shares to Reflect 1965 Plantings
The State Committee may adjust allotments by reallocating shares among farmers. The move accounts for higher plantings by some growers in 1965 while others did not fully use their proportional shares.
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State Committee
Highway 34 1966 Program Adopted by Idaho Board
Idaho Board of Highway Directors approved a 1966 Construction Program valued at 30 to 35 million dollars for highway work. About 20 to 25 million slated for Interstate upgrades and 10 million for primary and urban roads. Riverdale Treasureton summit on State Highway 34 included, completing Preston to Grace. Rest areas funded by Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.
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de Idaho Board of Highway Directors
Riverdale
Treasureton Summit
Preston
Grace
Treasureton
Cleveland
Franklin-Caribou-Bear Lake
Soda Springs
Montpelier
Could It Happen Here Traffic Cheering Train Blockade
An Associated Press report from Manhattan Beach describes police observing a train block traffic at an intersection. Officers note cars honked and cheered as the train lingered, likening the moment to a World Series home run after timing the delay.
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Associated Press
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Reuben Santillanes
Santillanes
Graduate Assistantship Awarded to Dennis Warner
Dennis Warner of Soda Springs has earned a graduate research assistantship at the University of Oregon worth 2600 dollars for the first year plus reduced tuition. He works under Professor John E. de Jung on a sociometric device project funded by a 50000 dollar HEW grant, with two years of research ahead.
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Dennis Warner
Perry Warner
Soda Springs
University of Oregon
Warner
John E. de Jung
United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dennis
Boda Springs High School
Brigham Young University
Cherie
Springfield
Oregon
Mohawk High
Warners
Visit Bannock Stake Conference Highlights
The Bannock Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints holds a quarterly conference January 15 and 16 in Grace with two visiting LDS officials Elder M Elmer Christensen and Elder Willis Peterson speaking and meeting local leaders. General sessions Sunday at 10 0 am and 1 30 pm conducted by Stake President Dee L Andreasen.
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Bannock
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Grace
LDS
M. Elmer Christensen
Willis §. Peterson
Dee L. Andreasen
Star Route
Preston
Elder Christensen
University of Utah
Utah State
Grante
Salt Lake
Bethel No 60 Bethel Meetings Rescheduled In Sods Springs
Bethel No 60 Job's Daughters of Sods Springs adjusts meeting nights from the first and third Thursdays to the second and fourth Mondays at 7 00 pm. Next meetings set for January 10 and January 24. The text also notes holiday visits by Mr and Mrs David Hayes to his parents. David Bartte of Pocatello travels to New Orleans for his final year as a medical student at Tulane University.
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Bethel No. 60
Job’s Daughters of
David Hayes
Thomas Fags
Liam J. Bartte
Pocatello
New Orleans
David
Tulané University
LDS Leader Dennis Guides Seminaries Education Role
Dennis serves as Brineipath of the Sprkes field Seminaries of the LDS Department of Education while pursuing graduate studies. The text mentions the L D S Church and related educational duties.
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L.D.S. Church
Dennis
Sprkesfield Seminaries
LDS
Department of Education
Annual Report Highlights Caribou County Extension Work
The Caribou County Idaho Extension Service report details Christmas tree and windbreak trials at Reno Mickelson and Gunnell farms, new crambe crop tests near Soda Springs, and notes the high tree survival. It covers 1965 projects, clinic sponsorships, homemaker council events, and beef schools, plus staff listings and service offices in Soda Springs.
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University of
Caribou
Ilentines
Reno Mickelson
Horace
Dean and Russell Gunnell
Soda Springs
Loyal Hopkins
Idaho
Caribou County
Homemakers Council
Extension Service
Montpelier
Bear Lake
Catibou
Frankelin
Bancroft
Cony
Soda Spri
Co ‘Gaffer
Extension Agricultur
Duren
Tri-Coun
Bloodmobile to Visit City on January Thirteenth
Notice urges residents to donate blood at the mobile unit scheduled for January 13. It emphasizes age requirements between 18 and 60 years and stresses the need for donors to participate for medical use.
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