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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1958
Page
2
The Paris Idaho Post notes its Second Class Mail status under Congress act dated March 8 1879 and announces subscription rate of 2.00 per year with display and classified ad rates available on request.
The Paris Post, Idaho’s oldest continuously published newspaper since 1880, begins its seventy-eighth year. Record losses from a former fire limit access to early files, leaving only 22 years of back copies, yet the paper remains a steady institution in Bear Lake Valley.
Ralph Davidson, a former Detroit designer now in the Army, envisions 1968 cars with turbine gas engines burning kerosene or banana oil, television cameras as mirrors, radar for night driving, and automatic pilots. He notes the era’s cars are large and safe but drivers need drastic improvement.
A fragmented note from Insas City Times hints at partial job takeovers and human error. It mentions part time roles and a sense of sitting down amid mistakes, suggesting ongoing administrative confusion.
Senator Knowland of California opposes an exchange of visits between US Congress members and Soviet lawmakers and warns such talks would be seen abroad as recognition of a freely elected Russian parliament. Vice-President Nixon reportedly favors the idea, though the author notes the potential for mutual trust.
National Children's Dental Health Week highlights improving future dental health through brushing, diet, exams, fluoride water, and early care. Emphasizes starting dental visits by age three and protecting facial development and nutrition. The USS Glacier has crashed through 2 foot ice at McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.
Mr and Mrs Russell Payne visited Boise. Frank Tidwell and others from Salt Lake and Garland joined gatherings in Ogden and Montpelier. Charmaine Thornock and Rita Gleed were confirmed in the L D S church. Su Baird Ward became primary chorister as visitors and families mingled at various homes.
Five southern Idaho counties Oneida Bannock Power Cassia and Franklin grew safflower in 1957 for its largest state trial. Agronomists Howard Royland and Robert Higgins report yields of 800 to 900 pounds per acre with fields up to 1 200 pounds and a 60 acre stand yielding 1 500 pounds per acre.
The USDA reports Idaho January sheep and lambs on feed for market at 72 000 head, down 40 percent from a year earlier and the smallest since 1920 aside from 1951 and 1952. Lambs were moved to slaughter and to Kansas wheat pastures as weather remained favorable for feeding.
Mrs Mary Hymas visits Mr and Mrs Lester Roberts. Mrs Jesse R Matthews in Salt Lake Monday and Tuesday. Albert Miller in Pocatello Saturday. Ronald Morgan Ted Miller and Ivan Sleight home for weekend. Ida Toomer Cokeville visiting Martha Hymas. Attending Grace basketball games were Kay Hymas Terry Hymas Joan Hymas Flora Roberts and Calvin Hymas. MIA presented a scout program Sunday evening. George Lyon Montpelier callers Sunday on Mr and Mrs Ed Lyon. Ham Hansen Montpelier and Garth Carlsen Paris visited at Chris Carlsen home. Rodney Long in Salt Lake City Monday, Mrs Stanley Morgan accompanying. Bishop Marvin Hymas Warren Passey Albert Miller in Salt Lake City Monday. Lowell Gibbons Garden City visiting LaMar Roberts. Idell Matthews honored Sunday at home on birthday by brothers and sisters. Present were Mr and Mrs ...
The notice lists residents including Mrs L W Jensen of Paris Mr and Mrs Tim Matthews Mr and Mrs C T Jensen of Ovid Mr and Mrs Vivian Michaelson of Montpelier Mrs Alfred Jensen of Ovid and Mr and Mrs W Jensen of Ovid. The text also contains garbled phrases about pace and endurance.
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