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Preston Citizen

Location

Preston, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1977

Page

5

Financing Idaho Schooling For 10 To 25 Years Under Study

The Idaho State Department of Education conducts public sessions around the state to gather input for policy proposals for the 1979 legislature. Citizens note high property taxes, funding disparities, and the need to consider sales tax and funding formula changes. Local boards should retain funding control while involving parents, with careful screening of findings before any legislation.

State Department of Education State Dept. of Education Pocatello Franklin County Idaho Bear Lake GMR

Word Worth in West Side Basketball Mess

West Side and Declo high schools dispute a scheduled basketball series after Declo denies any written contract and declines the games in Burley and Dayton. The incident faults a school official for failing to keep a verbal commitment, casting a pall on future matchups.

West Side Pirates Burley Declo High School Declo Kohn Smith Dayton GMR

Preston Chamber Works to Attract Eastern Lingerie Firm

A large eastern lingerie factory is considering locating a plant in Cache Valley and the Preston Chamber of Commerce is actively promoting the move. The issue is part of an ongoing local history page noting events from 1947 to 1952 including school and community happenings in Preston and surrounding areas.

Cache Valley Preston Chamber of Commerce Assoc Marion Bell FFA Eugene Hall Friction Motor Toys Sprouse Reitz Co., Inc

Decline of Unions and Military Unionization Rebuffs

A Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows union membership fell by 767000 from 1974 to 1976, now 20.1 percent of the workforce. AFGE members vote 3-1 against organizing armed forces, while the Senate approves a 72-3 bill making military unionization illegal with penalties for attempts.

Bureau of Labor Statistics American Federation of Government Employees AFGE Senate

Wallace considered Senate bid amid campaign funds

Alabama Governor George Wallace may seek the U S Senate in 1978 while his governor term ends. His staff filed him as a Senate candidate with the FEC and the Wallace for Senate Committee has more than $15,000 in unsolicited contributions. The Wallace for President committee has raised over $38,000 this year.

Alabama George Wallace Wallace U.S. Senate Senate Federal Election Commission Washington American Medical Association Congress AMA Great Britain Britain Richard Nixon China Kennedy Sen Ted Kennedy D-Mass Pat Eunice Jean Pentagon

Idaho to receive final land compensation for school lands

Idaho gains final portion of school section lands after decades of transfers and negotiations with the federal Interior Department. The State Land Board approved a compromise yielding about 9 000 acres in the north and 18 000 in the south, ensuring continued school revenue from endowment funds.

Idaho National Forests State Land Board Department of Interior Executive Department Department of Lands

Letter to the Editor on sportsmen and Fish and Game policy

A reader argues sportsmen should have more input into operations and criticizes how violations are handled. The letter suggests meat banks raise issues of practicality and FDA rules, questions tagging and reporting, and warns against careless hunters. Ed Moser Del Rumsey Jim Maughan, unsigned byline.

Fish and Game

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