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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1970
Page
1
The bid summary notes Lone Pine Equipment Co of Kimberly as low bidder with a $52,500 price after opening bids for furnishing stockpiled materials adjacent to US 30 and SH. The event occurred today in Boise with multiple bids reviewed.
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A Citizen special reports that Franklin County shows a rising share of white collar workers. Since 1960 the local white collar ratio has grown about 17 percent, with 750 of 2,659 employed in white collar roles in 1960. Definitions include professionals, clerical staff, sales, executives, and teachers. blue collar covers machinists, craftsmen, foremen, and construction.
The First Bank and Trust building in Preston will be built by Dockstader Construction of Preston for more than 100000. Construction starts soon with completion expected by mid summer. Sub contractors include Wangsgaards Preston LeGrand Johnson Logan Elliot Earl Bert Stockes Logan Duane C Golightly Preston Accoustic Specialties Pocatello Preston Lumber Gleason Electrical Service Preston and Hansen Paint and Glass Preston. The one story 4000 square foot Sudan Grey brick building will have deeply corbeled openings and floor to ceiling solar bronze glass in dark bronze aluminum frames.
A public meeting is set for Monday to discuss the Resource Conservation and Development program in Franklin County. Committee meetings precede it for chairmen to report committee recommendations and outline projects to community leaders and rural development council advisors.
The Preston High School Boosters club will hold a snowmobile drawing on January 8 during halftime of the Marsh Valley Preston game. Proceeds go to the O. R. Cutler football field lighting fund. Boosters meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the high school.
Charles Wendell Peterson, 54, a Preston businessman and former Sprouse Reitz manager, died December 24 in Salt Lake City Veterans Hospital after a long illness. He lived in Preston 22 years, born September 18, 1918 in Provo. He married Beversly F. Croft in Salt Lake City on June 14, 1948. Funeral services were held Monday at the Oneida Stake Center. Survivors include his widow, two children Gordon of Provo and Wendy Lee of Preston, brother Wayne, and sister Beverly Kimb of Salt Lake City. Interment was in Preston Cemetery.
Babson Reports of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts predicts a brighter 1971 economy with fewer labor and inflation pressures than 1970. The forecast notes the absence of major strikes and tighter monetary policy may aid growth while recognizing persistent risks from wage hikes and unemployment.
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