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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1964
Page
2
In Our Opinion the five mill levy for the maintenance and operation fund goes to a Tuesday vote. District leaders cite insufficient income last year, noting dropped classes, two buses cut, and staff reductions. They warn sugar factors leaving the tax base could worsen finances, urging approval for one year to address a funding gap.
Rupert area farmers face low or shrinking prices for crops since 1947, with potatoes dropping from 150 to 1 per hundredweight while costs for seed, equipment, and living expenses climb. The piece argues agriculture underpins the local economy and calls for better prices and efficiency to secure a brighter future.
A veteran tale blends child mischief and authority as a second grader seeks to repair a grandpa clock while TC Merrill defers to a store for fixes. A infant boss’s toddler disrupts a room, scattering papers and smashing a new electric alarm clock, prompting a mother’s exasperated question.
A long roster of names appears under the heading Happy Birthday January 16 including Linda Rae Shrives Sylvia Ward Willis Moser Rojean Harrison Karen Roberts Debbie Sue Themann Janda Ganey Merrill Sessidlee Jen sen Reed H Brenchley Ben Layne Keller LaRae Archibald Royce J Fuhriman Marilyn Bedils Jay Dee Karren Roger Blair Woodrow Winward Edwin Hansen Harold Sharp Harold Hull Carol Jean Brenchley Renna Winn Grace Valentine Steven Klippert Nat Edwards La Vone Gunnell Sherell Ray mond Norma Durrant Bruce Spackman Elva Elwood Darla Pond Douglas Porter Judy Rae Bright Jack D Allred Theresa Rawlings Christine Crockett Quinten Crockett Quinten Crockett Jr William Dalit Ralph Brenchley Josie Jorgensen.
A lyric meditation blends a mountaintop dancer with a hunter, love and tragedy as a hunter shoots a dancer mistaking her for a panther. The piece then shifts to reflections on discipline and community concerns raised at a Franklin County PTA meeting urging parental involvement and road safety.
Preston news notes two officials traveling to Boise to discuss widening highway 9 with state highway officials. Senator Henry Dworshak informs of Karl Ballif being named first alternate to West Point. New theater upgrades, car display, health notes, chamber elections, and community events fill a busy Preston scene.
Franklin Briefs note several church award recipients including Brenda Lee Butterworth and twenty others among girls who received awards. mention Roger Woodward Ben Porter and speakers Frank Olsen Orlando Larsen. new athletic directors Robert Haworth and Ivan Woodward sustained. Vella Woodward led choir with Grae Robinson and Marian LeFevre on organ and piano. Cleveland leaders Dee L Andreasen and family visited Salt Lake City with L Reid en route to California for LDS duties.
Paul Harvey describes a complex exchange with the Soviet Union over wheat and credit. He frames Russia’s need for wheat and cash as a deal, noting debt history and US bankers’ resistance while export import lenders may fund the arrangement. The piece ends with a provocative line about extremism.
A letter from a Franklin County taxpayer urges state action to equalize school tax burdens, arguing rich and poor counties must receive funding to prevent local property owners from footing all costs. The writer calls for lawmakers in Boise to broaden the base and solve the school finance problem at the state level.
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