Poston’s towns revive democracy in Winlock and Port Angeles
Poston’s plan for Winlock began with a town study group that grew into a large self analysis effort. Citizens launched cleanup at the cemetery, a town clean up day, irrigation work, farm product processing, new jobs and school funding. Port Angeles now hosts a large self help experiment seen as a revival of small town democracy.
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Winlock
Poston
Port Angeles
Olympic Peninsula
America
Gasoline Price Update Near Utah Line at Preston Station
The Preston city pump at the old Henderson garage on West Oneida Street sells gasoline today at 21.1 cents above Utah prices. Sid Biggs returns from St. Anthony after two years to start a business with Howard Johnson in the former Charlton and Greaves shop.
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Preston
Utah
Henderson Garage
West Oneida Street
Sid Biggs
St. Anthony
Howard Johnson
Chatterton and Greaves
Preston City
Preston urged to apply Pageant ideas for Preston growth
Community leaders hear Richard W. Poston urge townwide education and talking sessions to cure local ills. He cites Winlock Washington as a model where talk sparked a two year turnaround from a sleepy farm town to an active industrial community.
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Preston
Richard W. Poston
Pageant Magazine
Winlock
Wash
Northwest
Poston
Idaho Cancer Society Drives Memorials and Donations
Cancer killed nearly 600 Idaho residents last year and remains a leading cause of death. Idaho’s Cancer Society highlights April as Cancer Control Month with fund raising and education. Donations fund research and patient care, with memorial gifts logged in a state volume and tax exempt bequests to the Idaho division.
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Idaho
United States
American Cancer Society
State Office
Leo J. Falk
Bohlen nomination sparks Idaho split over Yalta policy
The column notes 13 senators opposed Bohlen as ambassador to Russia, including Idaho’s Dworshak and Welker, while Eisenhower and many editors backed him. It argues the issue was not Bohlen’s morals but his defense of Yalta and the administration’s stance on wartime treaties and constitutional process. The writer commends Welker and Dworshak for voting against Bohlen.
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Charles E. Bohlen
Russia
Idaho
Idaho Statesman
Bohlen
The
Statesman
Hearst
Eisenhower
Taft
Dworshak
Welker
Yalta
Roosevelt
Congress
McCarthy
Far East
Stalin
Kremlin
TIME
Boston
Association of American Universities
Dupes
Eisenhower loyalty pledge questioned over Bohlen appointment
The column attacks Eisenhower for demanding unquestioning loyalty and argues Bohlen’s appointment to a key role insults and endangers troops in Korea. It blames Roosevelt Truman and Acheson policies for current dangers and urges Americans to oppose trusted traitors in Washington.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Bohlen
Korea
Stokes Announce Birth of Baby Boy April 14
Mr and Mrs Wilford Stokes announce the arrival of a baby boy at their home Friday April 14.
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Mrs. Wilford Stokes
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