Local Scenes Mix Work and School Sports
W h a o s i n i t Richard Porter greasing a car at his new service station Elinor Lewis and Wanda Mortensen grading papers while watching the junior high basketball games Lynn and Venna Fackrell getting ready to go to California for their son's wedding Howard Bennett helping neighbors Beverly and Wendy Peterson out of their driveway Bud Call pouring footings for a new home Marion Bennett and staff receiving varied responses from their car registration mailings Reid Bosworth Frank Foss Harley Greaves and Doug Eggett off to market Curtis Cox and family rooting for the seventh grade team Mark Anders en psher at the same game rad Povey loses a bet to Phillips over the seventh grade basketball game.
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Richard Porter
Elinor Lewis
Wanda Mortensen
Lynn
Venna Fackrell
California
Howard Bennett
Beverly
Wendy Peterson
Bud Call
Marion Bennett
Reid Bosworth
Frank Foss
Harley Greaves
Doug Eggett
Curtis Cox
Mark Andersen
Psher
Rad Povey
Phillips
District basketball tourney moves to Pocatello over local sites
In Our Opinion the fifth district votes to hold the district basketball tournament in Pocatello, though seven communities including Preston, Soda Springs, Bear Lake, American Falls, and Aberdeen favor local sites. The piece argues local venues boost community spirit, activity, and revenue, despite smaller gym sizes.
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Pocatello
Preston
American Falls
Pocatello Yessir
Soda Springs
Bear Lake
Arimo
Aberdeen
Snake River
Preston Boosters Club
Preston High School
Water pollution fuels detergent phosphate debate
A placard debate on phosphate use in detergents pits public health and cleaning efficacy against environmental damage to lakes and rivers. Chicago plans a 1972 ban on phosphates, New York considers similar action, and a joint commission urges immediate phosphate reductions and future removal.
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Chicago
New York
Nelson A. Rockefelled
Planns
Lower
Great Lakes
Canada
Lake
Fiie
United States
Joint Commission
John Smale
Protor and Gamble
Philip H Abelson
Sciene Magazine
In Passing and Happy Day Highlight Local Family News
A light column notes the Burt family expanding with a girl amid seven boys and a fun digression on football potential. It relays a humorous home scene when the boss’s wife gets help from neighbors and city crews to free a stuck car. It also touches on spring bulb planting, a hog theft case, and a salute to street crews clearing snow and keeping sidewalks passable.
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Richard Burt
Nixon proposes Center For Voluntary Action to mobilize youth
President Nixon seeks Congress approval to unite the Peace Corps VIS PA and other agencies into a Center For Voluntary Action. The plan would channel youth into home front programs fighting pollution illiteracy and malnutrition while offering veterans a path from foreign to domestic service. The proposal aims to test generation ideals and push reform through a unified volunteer effort.
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Paul Harvey
Nixon
Congress
Harvey
Peace Corps
America
Durino
Universi
Nebraska
Colege
Canve
Feartu
Nison
National Teacher Corps
National Health Service Volunteer Corps
Firing of two DAS division chiefs sparks public reorganization debate
The dismissal of management and communications division heads within the Department of Administrative Services triggers a public forum on whether the agency, created in 1967 after a Legislative Council study, has been properly implemented. Critics say centralized computer plans and rapid consolidation caused cost, efficiency, and autonomy issues across state agencies.
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Department of Administrative Services
Legislative Council
Legislative Committees
Management Services
Budget Bureau
Cecal D Andrus
Andrus
Robert Lenanghen
Don Samuelson
Division of
Ernst and Ernst
Division of Building Services
Grandson Due Back From South America
Weston couple Mr and Mrs Harvey Dewey are in St Springs for two weeks caring for the children of Mr and Mrs Murrie Godfrey while their missionary son travels in South America. Also noted are visits by the Campbell family to Smithfield and Hawaii and a trip by Mr and Mrs Hul to Pocatello with the Trussell family.
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Preston, Idaho
First West
Murray Nichols
Debbie Godfrey
Godfrey
Debbie
Marie
Greg
Scott
Mark
Duane
John
Chris
Raymond
Jennifer Marie
Bruce
Jimmy Carter
Michigan
Lavinia Cutler
Lyman Baxter
Baxter
Tippo
Dravo Co
Office of Voluntary Action
The
National Stu
John Corlett
Statesman
Johnson’s
Eastside
Johnson
South America
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