Moon Shot Mockery: Burt Dekker Elks Club Flight Fails
A satirical radio piece depicts Burt Dekker, Elks Club manager, attempting a moonshot like a test flight in Hicks Hamburgers run, with countdowns, police commentary, and weather derailing the stunt as raindrops halt the Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Dekker
Elks Club
Hicks Hamburgers
Pablum
Network TV
Waldo Crankens
Elks Lodge
Waldo
Hink Chetly
Number Eight
Burt
Mr. Dekker
Chunk Hinkly
Orleans-Allegan
Chunk
Felks
Allegan
Orleans
Dekker
Parka
Genghis Khan
Plymouth
Government economists and the rise of independent business jobs
C W Harder argues government economists miss that small independent firms are the nation’s largest employer. Data from the National Federation of Independent Business show independent firms expanded and created millions of jobs with low per job investments, challenging calls for higher taxes and longer work weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Independent Business
Federation of Independent Business
Idaho Referendum Push and Viet Nam Debate Reflected
The article notes a movement to circulate petitions for a statewide referendum on a new law and that legislators have limited progress on the reapportionment issue. It cites remarks involving Senator Frank Church, Walter Lippmann, and Rep. George Hansen about Viet Nam policy and Idaho projects, plus a light verse and a medical joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Church
Seining Trout at Clark Fork Hatchery Pictured Pair
Burt Bowlden and Bud Ainsworth Jr. oversee the capture of brood trout at the Clark Fork Hatchery to spawn eggs for incubation at Clark Fork and Hagerman hatcheries. The operation aids propagation of the large rainbow trout once introduced into Lake Pend Oreille from Canada. The seining takes place in the hatchery holding pond.
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Kamloops
Idaho
Clark Fork
Burt Bowlden
Bud Ainsworth, Jr
Hagerman
Pend Oreille
Canada
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Paris
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IPA
Thomas E. and
Mary A. Preston
Menboent Ak
Congress
R.E.D
Hink
Washington Ane
C. Wilson Harder
Washington
Mr. Henpeck
Gov
Matthews
Superior Funeral Service
Montpelier, Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
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