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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1975
Page
3
A Citizen note argues the National School Lunch program fuels government dependency. It cites a local Eastside district supervisor’s eligibility rulings and a family's eligibility at near ten thousand dollars for eight, urging reliance on church and community rather than government handouts.
The writer argues wheat price gains from a Soviet sale do not raise bread costs, cites farm export volumes, and dismisses simplistic links between grain sales and consumer prices. A quoted 1975 speech by Secretary Earl L Butz is referenced, plus local editor Myron Fennesbeck’s remarks on mobile homes and community ties.
From Out Of The Past notes Preston 7-Up placed third in the state softball tournament in Boise last weekend. West Side All-Stars beat Preston 3-2 after a four run rally in the first two innings in a Tracy Macro benefit game. Henry Drury and sons awarded John L Smith trophy for Holstein show at Portland livestock expo. Glen Oliverson Preston High coach says night football games are planned in the city park this year. Livestock exhibits will be under lights as announced by fair board chairman G L Wright.
Forty years ago Preston reports large turnout at Foss Clothing closing out sale. The piece notes school trustee races, a first federal housing project home, Glendale Reservoir debates, and Glendale construction. It covers the Woodmen Outfest, fair plans for Sept 18 19, prize fish, and thanks from Craig Allred and the Preston Merchants Committee.
President Ford urges partners to prioritize economic growth by cutting government spending and boosting business investment while promising vetoes on large spending bills. He supports decontrolling domestic oil prices to curb consumption and reduce dependence on Arab oil, a stance questioned by a House study predicting inflation and job losses.
George Read, a Delaware delegate born to a Maryland family, fled with his family as a British man-of-war chased them along the Delaware River. The boat grounded near shore and Read discarded luggage identifiers, posing as a country gentleman to escape.
Read aided Read's mother and children ashore with British soldiers then led Delaware as president until 1778. He opposed the Declaration but Delaware's vote counted for it after a fellow delegate's persuasion. He signed it, becoming a U S Senator and later Delaware chief justice whose landmark decisions shaped postwar law.
The Preston area saw clustered construction from the 1890s onward with the Oneida Stake Academy and the Preston Block shaping the skyline. Builders like the Struves and Chris Gundesen led cement block and brick projects, while the county courthouse and other civic structures emerged before World War I and into the WPA era.
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