Government by Bureaucracy Fails Idaho Citizens
An editorial warns that water, highways and public employees are being controlled by distant bureaucrats not elected by the people. It cites Gov. Evans facing water issues, notes Andrus supporting a federal plan, and criticizes CETA hires and highway transfers, urging officials to resist faceless governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evans
Idaho
Cecil Andrus
Andrus
Cee
State Highway Dept
Preston
Franklin County
CETA
Sheriff's Department
Evans
GMR
East Side School district plans unit discontinuance election
Five qualified electors signed petitions prompting a vote on discontinuing the Fairview and Winder school attendance units. LDS missionaries attended the Hull Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra New York. Polls open countywide at noon next Tuesday for a notable Republican primary election. A severe hail storm damaged farmland east of Franklin. Ads listed several candidates prior to the primary election.
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Fairview
Winder
Board of Education of
East Side
Preston
Neff Boothe
Paul B. Winn
Palmyra
N.Y
Franklin
Orlando Rasmussen
Duane McKenzie
LaRay O. Talbot
Thomas Heath
Elias Hansen
D. Ariel Nash
Gene L. Viehweg
David L. Johnson
Ivan H. Thompson
Emily Trent
Howard Swainston
William E. Crane
Charles P. McGregor
Harley Greaves
Homer H. Budge
Lucy C. Tanner
Gilbert Caf
Preston Fifth Ward Formed and Lincoln Highway Signs Discussed
The Aug 9 1917 item notes Preston now has five wards with the new Preston Fifth covering eastern Preston and families from First Fourth Glendale and Whitney wards. It calls attention to missing Lincoln Highway signs and the impact of the absence on county complaints. It also mentions local notes and a Hessian fly reference to historical wheat losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C P. Maughan
Health Department
Preston
Bear River
State Fish and Game Assoc
Preston Fifth
Preston Fourth
Glendale
Whitney
Weston News
Thomas Rose
N. S. Hansen
Henry Ford
Solar satellites may fuel United States energy needs
Space scientists propose twenty giant solar electric satellites to beam microwaved energy to Earth to power the nation. The plan costs millions and would take years, with Congress pressed for support after briefings for White House officials.
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U.S
United States
Outer Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Enor
Congress
House
James Wright
Texas
White House
James Schlesinger
Bert Lance
Wright
Outer
Statehouse Scene Evans Opposes Federal Water Plans
Governor of Idaho John V. Evans argues water is essential to irrigation, industry, hydroelectric power, and recreation, warning federal plans would threaten the state's lifeblood and its abundant resources. He stresses that Idaho’s farms, industries, and leisure activities rely on steady water flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Evans
Idaho
Idaho Water Resource Board
Seattle
Community notices praise aid and rodeo volunteers
Letters thank donors for the Summer Madness Sale proceeds to fund hospital and nursing home equipment. They credit Elaine Vallentine Connie Thomas Lorraine Lower Jan Butterworth and the Zeta Pi group, plus Roylance of Smithfield. A rodeo report lauds volunteers, grounds work, a parade led by Dennis Pope, and law-enforcement support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Hospital Nursing Home Auxiliary
Sale
Elaine Vallentine
Bazaar
Connie Thomas
Lorraine Lower
Jan Butterworth
Zeta Pi’s
Roylance
Smithfield
Franklin County Hospital Nursing Home
Faye Larsen
Sherwin Webb
Stephen Meek
Mattson
Boots and Saddle Club
Dennis Pope
Representatives Report Back Home From Washington
A stream of remarks from lawmakers includes Rep Steve Symms introducing HR 54 to repeal the 1962 FD and C Act provisions for medical freedom of choice and Sen Jim McClure proposing Coast Guard exemptions for white water rafting. Other items note OSHA amendment goals, critiques of Carter’s energy plans, drought disaster measures, sugar price supports, water policy debates, aging world assembly talk, drought loan extensions, and gun export rules.
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Washington
Steve Symms
U.S
Jim McClure
U.S. Coast Guard
Pres. Carter
OSHA
Carter
George Hansen
House
Senate
Congress
Federal Water Resources Council
U.s.-U.n
World Assembly On Aging
Bear Lake County
State Department
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I Heaton
Oui
J. Walter Ross
Wayne D. Bell Publishers
Gary M. Rawlings
The
Citizen Publishing Co., Inc
State St
Caribou
Bannock
Cache County
Utah
George E. Burgi
Downey
Dayton
U.S. Marine Corps
Sam
Glen Perkins
Nels Peterson
North America
Space Agency
Rep
Betty
Dead Man's Creek
Wimberly
Yonder
Yonger
Jim Wright
Dwinzling Kitty
Richard Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Howard Cannon
D.-Nev
Robert Dole
R.-Kan
Johnn Glenn
D.-Ohio
Barry Goldwater
R.-Ariz
Daniel Inouye
D.hawaii
Robert Stafford
D.vt
Strom Thurmond
R.-S.c
Ed. Zorinsky
D.neb
Capitol Hill
Zorinsky
Plains
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Statehouse
Rodeo Committee
Alvin Beckstead
Bob Mattson
Glen Call
Doug Webb
Chamber of Commerce
Land of Plenty
Frank Church
Cuba
Castro
Ae la
Toyo
Togo Integrity
Preston Op
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