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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1960
Page
9
The Farm Bureau urges turning wheat into meat through expanded animal agriculture to curb surplus. The piece critiques inflationary federal outlays and calls for drastic spending cuts and restrained governance to maintain dollar value and free enterprise.
The Chamber of Commerce notes the dollar has fallen from 100 to 29 cents in the current century, harming savers and those on fixed incomes. The speech urges learning from history and taking honest action to stop further depreciation, calling on the chamber to act.
Franklin County Idaho commissioners meet for January 1960 in regular session. They tentatively set the 1960 budget with allocations including Current Expenses 12000, Motor Fuels 18000, County Aid 2500, Weed Control 500, Special Highway 80000, Teachers' Retirement 3500. They also authorize flat monthly vehicle allowances of 60 for Assessor A J Hart and monthly use for Extension Agent Dan Roberts with warrants to the officers.
County Commissioners set 1960 salaries for Franklin County workers including Marion Bennett 275 union deputy assessor, Bonnie Webb 195 as deputy assessor, Julia Ward 180 as chief deputy clerk, Lucy Tanner 210 as ex-officio auditor and recorder, LaRue Long 170 as deputy clerk, Ann Davis 170 as deputy clerk, Ernest Moore 245 as deputy sheriff and driver license officer, Alice Seamons 0 as deputy sheriff and driver license examiner.
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