Regressive Sales Tax Fight Across Idaho Border Communities
An anti sales tax campaign led by the Regressive Sales Tax Truth Committee mobilizes in Idaho border towns Weiser Payette Caldwell and Nampa oppose a new tax arguing it harms local business The group accuses proponents of manipulating industry claims and calls for alternative taxation reforms while outlining positions on income taxes hotel taxes and state store policies
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Idaho
Weiser
Weiser 18
Oregon
Payette
Caldwell
Nampa
Argu
Gunn
John Gunn
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Corporation
3-M Corporation
Farm Bureau
Preston Idaho Fundraiser Sparks National Attention
A tongue in cheek editorial questions Interior Secretary Stewart Udall about Preston Idaho. The piece mocks his unfamiliarity with the town while noting calls for a proposed 85 million dollar federal project near a dawn town. Readers are urged to inform officials of Preston’s location.
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Preston
United States
John Carver Jr
Interior
Stewart L Udall
Himsel
Johnson City
Doland
Preston Idaho
Stewart Ada
Snake River
West
Intermountain
Skiing and Dude Ranch Venture Proposed for Straw Berry Pass
Eldon Tanner a Preston businessman urges developing the north slopes of Straw berry Pass for skiing in winter and a summer dude ranch. He notes easy access from a state highway and suggests collaboration between Preston and Montpelier chambers of commerce to study and pursue a cooperative venture benefiting residents and tourists.
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Eldon Tanner
Preston
Tanner
Montpelier Chambers of Commerce
Make Believe Dream of Ila Goodey in Sky View Class
Ila Marie Goodey, confined to a wheelchair, shares a hopeful essay about turning a polio disability into inner strength. The piece, rewritten in poetry at teacher Barney Keller’s request, frames make believe as escape and growth through imagination and resilience.
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Elmo Keller
Sky View
Ila Marie Goodey
Keller
Sabotage and Daydreams Steal Spotlight in Local Chat
In a humorous local exchange J Walter Ross faces sabotage with a mat while De Mar Merrill is tainted by banana cream pie in a diet contest with Paul Johnson. Kelly England browses a drug store magazine as Connie Garrett daydreams about skiing. Winston Allen hopes a neophyte joins to borrow old skis. John Sharp vows not to snore yet does, Ace Beckstead riffs on sunny California, and Don Phippen recalls relatives visiting town.
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J. Walter Ross
de- Mar Merrill
Paul Johnson
Kelly England
Connie Garrett
Winston Allen
Phyte
John Sharp
Ace Beckstead
California
Don Phippen
The Fruit’s Fragile Beauty Rules Market Shipments
A narrator muses that the finest fruit, though luscious and fragrant, cannot endure bruising in transit due to its thin skin making it unsuitable for shipment to market. The piece frames quality versus practicality in agricultural produce.
Overripe Idealists and a Nation at Turning Point
A column argues American society shows signs of stagnation while labor reports reveal rising unemployment claims and underemployment. It highlights the Rusimovic family’s modest earnings in New Jersey and New York City as a striking counterexample to national complacency, urging renewed work ethic and economic effort.
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Labor Department
Aleksandar Rusimovic
New Jersey
New York City
Eighth Avenue
United States
Johnson
Senator Goldwater
Lyndon B Johnson
Happy Birthday List Up Ahead for January February
The Happy Birthday column invites readers to submit names for the next week by January 28. Names listed include Utahna Shumway Dennis Chatterton Kent Petterberg Janet Swainston Oneta Hyde Ryan Long Leann Brenchley Annette Hansen Bruce Collet Kathleen Nelson and others with entries through February 4.
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Citizen Office
Utahna Shumway
Dennis Chatterton
Kent Petterberg
Janet Swainston
Oneta Hyde
Ryan Long
Leann Brenchley
Annette Hansen
Bruce Collet
Kathleen Nelson
Wrecking Crew Seeks Change For Preston Opera House
The poem laments the decline of Preston's Opera House as it faces replacement by a modern project. It recalls the venue as a cultural center once central to town life, now faded and shabby, and ends with a tribute to Mildred C Anderson.
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Preston
Whitney ward reorganized with new bishopric
A glance from Franklin County files notes the Whitney ward forming a new bishopric with Joseph Dunkley as bishop George T Benson as first counselor Alvin Hull as second counselor and Bert Winward as ward clerk. The report also lists social items from Preston and nearby community happenings and births and weddings.
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Whitney Ward
Joseph Dunkley
George T Benson
Alvin Hull
Ward
Bert Winward
Preston Opera House
John C Greaves
Martin Johnson
Cyrus Ward
California
Personal bills declining in Idaho 38th session say leaders
Idaho lawmakers note a drop in personal bills as both chambers emphasize committee review. By day 15, Senate reported four bills and House forty three, with few personal bills in either chamber. Leaders urge freshmen to route proposals via committees to test merit and reduce costly amending.
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Idaho
Senate
House
William J Lanting
Twin Falls
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Makebelieve
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Wayne D. Bell
Franklin County Citizen
Cacher Valley
Idaho Press Association, Inc
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Ado
Pak Des
Virginia
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Cleve Gibbons
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Darrell Drury
Paul Woodward
Gwen Lyon
Rebecca Ann Dahle
Brent Mallory
Susan Bodily
Arnold Jackson
Linda Porter CeDell Owens Kallin Keller Hella Ware
Emma H Callan
Myrth Byington
Jack Anderson
Glade House
Seth Wheeler
Val Jensen
Kimball Winn
Scott Anderson
Robert Barlow
Bonnie Sue Mednight
Fred L Coy
la Dean Swainston
Jed Lewis Mouritsen
Delva Wheeler
Burt
Vairt
Mildred C Anderson
Tranklin County
Preston Citizen
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Banida
Preston High School
Isis Theatre
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Mark Porter
Nolan Lowe
Lowe
Eliza Lowe
Alma G. Condie
Logan Hospital
Lowell Jensen
J C Jensen
Logan
Chester Christensen
Phyllis
Earl L. Moser
E . Moser
Logan Lds Temple
Moser
Utah State Agricultural College
Canada
Leo Beckstead
Joseph McCann
Sl. V. Merrill
Beckstead
West Oneida
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Gene Lundquist
Horace Hawkes
J S. Tanner
Jack Swainston
Lyndon Swainston
Charles Swainston
Whitney
Cleo Swenson
Sharon
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Clair
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Miss Goaslind
Bob Fulton
Bonnie Lewis
Mr Cutler
Shirley Robinson
Alan Fryar
Betty Ruth Westerberg
Lenona Edgley
Grant Hawkes
Marilyn Davis
Dick Smith
Wednesday Evening Bridge Club
Don E Smith
Richard Charnock
North Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Lona Dunn
Ed Gibbons
Robert Fulton
Hugh C. Nielson
E S Foss
George Bhek
Blick
Darrell Manning
William J. Dee
Dee
G. M. Brown
Rowe
By McFeathers
Dale
Argyle
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