Good News Counterpoints on America's Confidence Crisis
Ohio State professor Walt Seifert argues against common charges about the nation by citing positive trends. He counters inflation with rising wages, unemployment with 8.3 percent, expanding social programs, lower taxes versus Europe, rising union wages, growing homeownership, and stronger church membership alongside athletic world records.
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United States of America
Walt Seifert
Ohio State University
America
Seifert
Europe
Letters To The Editor On The Constitution And Election
Ronald E. Nyman thanks readers for help with the 1976 Miss Franklin County Pageant and urges voters to uphold the Constitution. The letter cites George Washingtons Farewell Address and Mormon scripture to argue against party polarization and for voting in line with God given rights. The writer asks citizens to seek good and wise men in the upcoming election.
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United States
George Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
George McGovern
George Wallace
D&c
God
Satan
Franklin County
Masked Woodmen Ball a Bright Financial Success
The Woodmen of the World Preston camp held a masked ball last Friday night that proved financially successful and highly entertaining. Notes mention George Pierson planning a June 1 reopening with a ladies wear line after selling Zeus theatre and Crystal Confectionery, Franklin News reports a new school building nearing completion and an opera house contract soon to be let, plus coach Erickson and his Academy debaters earning praise for strong performances against Fielding Academy of Paris.
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Woodmen of the World
Preston
George Pierson
Zeus Theatre
Crystal Confectionery
Franklin News
Erickson
Academy
Fielding Academy of Paris
OSA
Nixon Blames Laird as Deep Throat Mystery Deepens
The Nixon era book by Woodward and Bernstein is sent to Nixon in San Clemente. He accuses Mel Laird of spying, suspects William Baroody Jr. and others, and orders a point by point rebuttal. The piece notes Kissinger Simon Eisenhower calls and references the Deep Throat source.
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White House
San Clemente
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Nixon
Woodward
Bernstein
Mel Laird
Laird
William Baroody Jr
Baroody
Henry Kissinger
Secretary of the Treasury
William Simon
Diane Sawyer
Washington
Deep Throat
Larry O'Brien
Washington Post
Jack Anderson
Ington
FBI
Pat Gray
Woodward-Bern- Stein
Lions buy three playground pieces for city park
Lions Club reports purchase of teeter totter swings and slides for the city park. A pancake roundup is planned Saturday to fund the new Oneida Stake and Seventh Ward chapel. Road over Strawberry now open to traffic. Mrs Blanche Hollingsworth resigns as Preston Chamber of Commerce secretary. Safe Way’s Big Dollar Days offers 10 cans tomato soup for $1. Ronald Allen of Preston Supply Co. becomes city recreation commission chair with plans for a broad sports program.
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Lions Club
Lions
Oneida
Seventh Ward
Strawberry
County Commission
Blanche Hollingsworth
Preston Chamber of Commerce
Safeway
Ronald Allen
Preston Supply Co
City Recreation Commission
Easter Cartoon Show Menu at Isis Theatre
Ten cartoons and comedies will headline the Easter Cartoon show at Isis Theatre on Saturday. Farm crops are being planted as favorable weather continues with beet crops starting strong this spring. Preliminary steps toward a permanent tri state Bear River compact were taken in Montpelier to allow Bureau of Reclamation to proceed with the stream development. Eggs, large white ranch, 29 cents a dozen, American Food Stores Inc.
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Preston
Bear River
Bureau of Reclamation
Montpelier
American
Food, Stores' Inc
South Carolina Delegates at Philadelphia 1776
Four South Carolina delegates to the 1776 Continental Congress averaged 29. Thomas Heyward of a wealthy plantation family, educated in London, signed the Declaration and the Articles of Confederation. He later served as circuit judge and militia officer. During the Charleston siege he presided over trials of Loyalists convicted of treasonous correspondence.
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Philadelphia
South Carolina
Thomas Heyward
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Charleston
Heyward Remembered As Patriot Leader In South Carolina
The article recounts Heyward's actions against the British in 1779 near his coast home, his 1780 capture and imprisonment in St Augustine, and his later life as the first president of South Carolina's Agricultural Society at age 62. It notes his wartime song parody on July Fourth and his enduring legacy in the colony.
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St. Augustine, Fla
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Autobiography of Nathan J. Barlow Recalls Oneida Academy Era
A Preston native Nathan J. Barlow published his autobiography detailing a 1914 Oneida Stake Academy basketball era coached by Clyde Packer. The narrative covers his education career in Utah New Mexico and Central America including 21 years as Iron County Schools superintendent. The story notes family ties and artifacts now housed at Brigham Young University and a library copy in Preston.
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Nathan J. Barlow
Nate
Slatts
Oneida Stake Academy
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Frank Gilbert
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Charlie
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Oneida Academy
Barlow
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Brigham Young University
Harold B. Lee
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