Freight Service Ties To All Sectors Highlighted
The note suggests a freight service touches each area directly or indirectly, signaling broad integration across sectors and goods movement.
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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1957
Page
6
The note suggests a freight service touches each area directly or indirectly, signaling broad integration across sectors and goods movement.
Feb 8 Seattle report says rank and file Teamsters seek audit of local union books. Judge orders production of records. The piece argues mandatory union dues undermine freedom and cites 17 states with right to work laws to curb union bosses.
Bruce Gustin argues federal and wartime transport taxes linger on passenger fares at ten percent and freight at three percent. He notes wartime goals failed and Canada repealed similar levies in 1949. Gustin calls the tax punitive, multiplicative, and a user burden rather than on carriers.
The Portland Oregonian reports President Eisenhower calls Congress to trim the budget while preserving defense and world peace. Hoover Commission findings show over a thousand groups push for higher spending versus only a few seeking reductions, urging tighter efficiency to avoid inflation and a potential national mood slump.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher visited Lewiston on Saturday and met Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bright. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Keller of Salt Lake City visited Lavern Kendall on Sunday. Howard Taylor and Rodney Choules earned tenderfoot scout badges at Sunday evening sacrament meeting. Steven Watch graduated from primary and received his second class scout pin.
In Cleveland the derelict home once owned by Charles Harris, now Ray Wilker's, was burned last week with no injuries or further damage. Several locals, including the Nielsen family in Thatcher and Burton family in Ogden, are visiting relatives. Grace High School won a district basketball game at Montpelier, with Bancroft and West Side also winning on successive nights.
The Franklin ward hosted a reunion with about 165 children and 450 dinner guests. The event featured a dance program, humorous readings, and performances by local groups. Out of town guests and relatives visited, and a Farm Bureau kitchen conference preceded the evening activities.
A lesson on Shakespeare with Merchant of Venice as subject plus a series of social items from Pocatello and Preston. The Hampton family visited Mrs. Ruby Hampton. the Gibsons traveled to attend a meat cutters conference in San Francisco. Nash visited Preston. Wednesday night club hosted by Mrs. Joycelyn Perry. table seating included Colleen Olsen and others with prizes for Mrs. Kingsford and Mrs. Butterworth.
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