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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1959
Page
13
The notice states that applications for payment under the 1958 program must be filed with the county ASC office no later than April 30. It emphasizes that the total purchase price and related details must be available to determine eligibility and payout.
The piece notes that on Feb 25 the 46th anniversary of federal income tax is celebrated. It contrasts 1913 figures with present ones showing per capita tax in 1913 of 82 cents and now about 397 dollars, with rate ranges from 1 6 percent to 20 91 percent and personal exemption dropping from 3000 to 600. A single earner with 5000 in 1913 paid 20. now 818.
The 1913 per capita income was 358 dollars with total taxes of 380 million supporting a 175 million federal budget. By 1960 a 77 billion proposed federal budget reverses the share, with tax burdens rising manyfold and timing noted by a March 15 deadline.
The piece argues to repeal the wartime 10 percent excise tax on passenger fares paid by travelers on trains planes buses and other carriers. It notes the tax harms public transportation costs inflationary impact and discrimination against those without private cars while undermining vital carrier services for commerce and defense.
Idaho would become a leading training ground for young men if the Humphrey Church bill creates a national youth conservation corps. The program would use 2 corps of 150000, operate via federal and state agencies, pay about 78 dollars monthly, and include 20 percent schooling. Enrollment open to all American youths 16 and older.
Grain loans for reseal are available to farmers holding 1958 grains under Commodity Credit Corp. farm storage loans or purchase agreements. Eligible crops include 1954 wheat and barley and 1957 barley. Reseal keeps grain on farm with storage payments, redeemable anytime, with prorated storage costs. Farmers should apply three to four weeks before maturity.
Oxford residents hosted square dancing at Clifton with many couples listed. A Tuesday Clifton meeting included a potluck. George Fisher traveled from Franklin County to Boise for road talks between Dayton and Preston and visited his daughter Barbara. Milton Hatch and Zealand Rei of Montpelier stayed with Henry Hatch's family. Sunday temple sealing of the Milton Hatch family was witnessed in Logan with Pres. A George Raymond. Claire Fisher and Ogden relatives visited Logan, and Keith Hatch with his children from Logan visited the Hatch family.
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