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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1968
Page
2
A letter recounts a humorous tall tale of a cowboy struck by lightning on Reynolds Creek Pass and uses quirky details about a tobacco candle. The piece then notes a six year old’s tax confusion over candy and a depot notice announcing UP passenger train withdrawals with protests due 30 days before February 19. It ends with a reflective local take on the impact.
Readers urge continued operation of UPRR trains 17 and 18, arguing subsidized rights of way and cash losses over many years, and highlighting the service to remote Idaho and Wyoming areas. They caution that pulling the trains would burden travel to Pocatello and Boise, affect commuters, and rely on mail service that could shift to other carriers.
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