Idaho 4-H honors go to Lincoln and Blackfoot youths
Lincoln County girl Sharon McNee of Shoshone and Blackfoot’s Walter Bithell win 1959 Idaho 4-H beef and swine honors. McNee earned a funded trip to Chicago for the Hereford program after multiple grand and reserve championships, while Bithell,-eight year 4-H member and son of a feeder, shares stock ownership of 150 registered pigs and leads at Blackfoot High School.
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Bingham County
Idaho
Chicago
Sharon McNee
FE. I. du Ponc de Nemours
McNeese
Lincoln County Fair
Woodriver
Miss McNee
Walter Bithell
Blackfoot
Moorman Manufacturing Co
Bithell
Blackfoot High School
Dollar values tumble as inflation climbs and deficits soar
The American dollar has fallen to 29 percent of its 1900 purchasing power, prompting the U S Chamber of Commerce to urge Congress to curb deficit spending. It calls for pay as you go highway funding, against inflationary wage hikes, and cuts in wasteful defense and public works spending. It also seeks to curb monopolistic labor power.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Chamber
Chamber
Congress
Should You File a Joint Tax Return
Guidance on when to file a joint return for married couples. It covers eligibility for spouses married by year end, income thresholds for tax savings, required signatures, and how to handle signatures when one spouse cannot sign. It also notes form 936 authorization and credit for withholding or estimated tax payments.
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John J
Mary .M. Dee
Treasury Department
Obituary for Tennie A Owen Community Pioneer
Tennie Anderson Owen born November 10 1891 in Hyrum Utah died January 11 1960 at home in Preston Utah after a lingering illness. She was married to Richard Owen Jr in 1912 and raised ten children with 28 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She served in Glendale ward Primary Young Women and Relief Society and valued family ties to Utah settlers. Her family includes sons Layana and others who served in World War I and multiple siblings and relatives in Utah communities.
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Tennie Anderson Owen
James Andrew and
Hansen Larsen Anderson
Hyrum
Cache County
Utah
College Ward
Tennie Anderson
Richard Owen Jr
Preston
Logan Latter-day Saints Temple
Glendale
Owen
Cyrus Anderson
Ruby Anderson
Theodore Ailles
Uah Hess
Logan
Will Anderson
Francis Haslam
Wellsville
George Bright
Lewiston
Glendale Ward
Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association
Relief Society
Tennie ‘A. Owen
Layana
Church
Zion
Andrew
Anne Anderson
Salt Lake City
Noah T. Guyman_company
Alice. Brooks Anderson
Martin Handcart Company
Idaho 4‑H Honors for 1959 Highlight Dairy and Tractor Winners
Idaho 4‑H honors for 1959 crown dairy foods demonstrators Judy Affleck 17 of Boise and Bonnie Curtis 17 of Palouse with state awards, plus Connie Largent 17 of Garfield as wristwatch winners. Janice Roth 15 of Idaho Falls wins tractor project honors. Affleck and teammates led by Busy Bumble Bees club with three frost dessert demo.
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Idaho
Co- Cae
Dairy Foods
Judy Aillcck
Manitou
Boise
Chicago
Carnation
Bonnie Curtis
Palouse
Washington
Connie Largent
Garfield
Latah County
Janice Roth
Idaho Falls
Chicago Congress
Utah Oil Refining Co
Miss Affleck
Busy Bumble Bees
Miss Curtis
Bonnie and
Connie
Potlatch High School
Denfield Deers
Miss Largent
Early Utah kin celebrate Christmas at Owen family home
Grandparents among Hyrum settlers, Richard and Tennie Owen, hosted a Christmas gathering at their family home. On December 25 1959 fifty two relatives attended with Mrs Owen helping with gifts. Seventeen days later she died peacefully at home.
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Zion
Israel
Hyrum
Utah
Richard
Tennie Owen
West Side schools seek bids for new school bus
Public notice states West Side public schools call for bids on a new school bus. Specifications available at the superintendent office. Bids due by February 5 and mailed to Superintendent Orlando Merrill. Published January 28 and February 4, 1960.
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West
Side Public Schools
Orlando Merrill
Origins of the Olympic Games and Time Keeping
The article explains how ancient Greeks used the Olympic Games to mark time, starting with foot races in honor of Zeus. It notes Olympiads every four years from 776 B C, Elis origin, additions like jumping and discus, and Nero’s later participation, with Nero weakening standards.
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Squaw Tanley
Calif
Elis
Olympia
Nero
Acreage allotment rules set for spring wheat growers
ASC farm programs outline March 1 deadline for new farm wheat acreage allotments. New farms must have no wheat seed in 1957 58 or 59 and no 1959 allotment. Supports for dairy price aid stay at 1960 levels with marketing year starts April 1. butterfat at 56.6 cents lb and manufacturing milk at 4.06 per cwt.
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County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
ASC
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Tt of Agriculture
The ancient games revived in modern era Olympic start
The text notes Theodosius abolishing games in AD 394 and ruins found in 1873 sparking renewed interest. It marks 1896 as the first modern Olympics with eight nations participating. It also cites 1960 milk market receipts at 4.7 billion and forecasts higher consumer incomes and per person dairy use.
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Theodosius
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