Franklin County Fair Opens August 17 1972
The 1972 Franklin County Fair opens Thursday August 17 with grounds prepped by county and city crews to improve dust control near livestock buildings. Events include 4-H Style Revue, junior day livestock judging, open class dairy and livestock judging, 4-H horse show, the 4-H Shodeo Friday night, Farm Bureau Fun Day Saturday, open class horse show, and a final Horse Pulling Contest at 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Robinson
FFA
Preston Rodeo Arena
Jay Hansen
4H Horse Club
Farm Bureau
West Side Schools Set to Open August 31
West Side District unveils a mid week start with August 29 registration and August 30 staff meetings to meet 180 school days. Classes begin August 31 with all day instruction, school lunches, and staff changes across Weston Clifton and the high school.
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West Side
Board of Trustees
Farmers May Get Loans From SBA Expansion
Oliver Davis announces Boise district SBA now may fund production of field fruit vegetables and truck crops hydroponic farms fur bearing animals mushrooms bees honey and chicken hatcheries when other funds unavailable. SBA remains a source for packaging processing and resale of agricultural products with prior eligibility for farm related services.
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Small Business Administration
Oliver Davis
SBA
Davis
U .S Department of Agriculture
Boise
the Small Business Administration
Idaho
Preston Streets To Rest In Progress
Preston Parson Construction Company rebuilding three blocks of Preston City streets in front of the post office county hospital and city park asks residents along the site not to run water into streets or gutters. The streets are being left to settle before permanent surfacing begins to ensure a superior surface. During surface compaction corner curbing is being installed.
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Jack Parson Construction Company
Preston City Streets
County Hospital
City Park
Local Pension Checks Rise in Franklin County
The 20 percent Social Security boost approved by Congress will raise yearly average benefits for singles to 1932 and couples to 3240, with maxima up to 4632 for singles. Franklin County residents will average about 1399 per year, with total local payments rising to about 1.771 million next year. Checks begin in October for September. Automatic increases tied to the consumer price index begin in 1974.
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Congress
Franklin County
Social Security Administration
Highway Study Ordered Fish Creek Cutoff Aims 11 Mile Shortening
The Idaho Highway Board ordered a Fish Creek Cutoff on U S 39 to shorten Lava Hot Springs to Soda Springs by 11 miles. The route would start at Lava Hot Springs, run over the mountains to Lund, then east to U S 30 and Idaho 34. Design requires at least three deer undercrossings and drift fences to limit deer migration. The panel also urged studying replacement of winter deer range lost by the project.
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Lava Hot Springs
Soda Springs
Idaho Highway Board
Fish Creek
U. S. 39
Lund
Bancroft
U.S 30
Idaho 34
Condie Dunn Moser Win In Local Primary
Incumbents Condie and Dunn secure Republican bids for Legislative District 32 after a tight Franklin county vote. Bear Lake Caribou totals boost Condie to 2285 and Dunn to 2006 with Adams 1926 and Muir 1079. Moser defeats Poole for County Commissioner District One. Write-in eligibility and party tickets noted.
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Condie
Dunn
Moser
Angus Condie
Lloyd Dunn
Legislative District 32
Mike Adams
Franklin County
Leland Muir
Bear Lake
Caribou
Adams
Muir
Joseph Moser
William Poole
Rash Of Accidents In County Report
Three minor accidents caused injuries and property damage in the past week. LaRue B. Curtis of Soda Springs avoided a deer impact on Highway 34, with $250 damage and no injuries to family. Merlin Swainston, 75, of Preston, injured by a sunstroke incident, sustained $800 damages to his 1958 sedan. A bread truck incident near Banida involved William Ravenscraft of Idaho Falls. he was treated for an ankle injury and a cracked nose after the truck totaled at about $6,500 in damage. No citations issued yet as investigation continues.
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Preston
Highway
LaRue B. Curtis
Soda Springs
Fourth South
Highway 91
Banida
Wendell Bosworth
William Ravenscraft
Idaho Falls
Banida Road
Bosworth
Mr. Bosworth
Mr. Ravenscraft
Franklin County Hospital
Darrel Gunderson
Immunization Clinic Set For Franklin County
The Southeastern District Health Department holds its monthly Immunization Clinic for Franklin County on Aug 17 from 8:00 to 10:00 am at the Health Department office 75 South State Professional Building Preston. All ages eligible. no charge. Infants may begin at six weeks. Vaccines include diphtheria pertussis tetanus polio measles rubella. Booster needed before school. For questions call 952-0479.
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Southeastern District Health Department
Franklin County
Health Department
South State
Preston
West Side School Board Meeting Scheduled
The West Side School District Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on August 16. Bids will be opened for school bus insurance gasoline supply and the school lunch program. Superintendent Lyie Povier announced bids may be submitted at the war office in Dayton prior to the meeting.
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Preston High School
Nielsen Gym
Feldon Wright
Rex Barrington
West Side School District Board of Trustees
Lyié Povier
War Office
Dayton
Hearings Continue in Preston Riot Case
Magistrate court hearings began yesterday in Preston for remaining members of a group arrested for inciting to riot at the Preston Rodeo. One man has been fined and placed on probation. Some defendants have written requesting later dates, so not all hearings will be held now.
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Preston
Eastside Schools Set to Open Full-Time Classes Aug 28
Eastside District will start full time regular classes August 28 with all facilities in operation as last year. Changes include bus schedules custodian services and other operations within three to five weeks. Superintendent Dr Orson Bowler notes no registration days are set yet.
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Washington
Weston
Clifton
Helen Robbins
Ione Dalley
Ella Kent
Ruth Ann Camp
Charlene Knapp
Sharon Ward
Elaine Bennett
Boyd Stewart
Reed Ré
Alvard Cox
Ivan Woodward
Karen Stephenson
USU
Frederi Jensen
Ramona Smith
Smith
Alan Taylor
Perry Phillips
Eastside
Orson Bowler
Bowler
Fragmentary note hints at treetree event in Aspenhet
A garbled line mentions TREES and Aspenhet with unclear meaning. The readable parts imply a scene involving trees and a place named Aspenhet, but concrete details are absent. No dates, figures, or clear participants are discernible.
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Lee Bergquist
Bergquist
Preston Streets
William E
Bud) Davis
U.S
James A. McClure
Kimber Christensen
Ray Talbot
Clair Johnson
Douglas Webb
Coroner
Dell Smith
Michael Kunz
Sheriff
Webb
Mr. Smith
Preston City Street
South First East
Barrow Pit
Thatcher-Cleveland
Clifton-Oxford
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