Curbing Bureaucracy: Hansen Aims to Block Metric Sign Push
US Representative George Hansen introduces House legislation to bar federal funds for converting highway speed and measurement signs to the metric system without Congress approval. He cites the 1975 Metric Conversion Act, which designates no compulsory powers for the US Metric Board, and notes FHWA’s April 27 Federal Register plan. Citizens may respond to FHWA Docket No. 777 in Washington, D.C.
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George Hansen
Second
House
Congress
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Register
Department of Transportation
Hansen
United States
Metric Board
FHWA
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7Th Street
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Washington, D.C
Bread price rise despite falling wheat costs cited by union leader
Idaho Utah Farmers Union president Roy Holman cites President's Council study showing bakers push prices up as wheat prices fall. He notes 1973-74 wheat surge and 49 percent bread price rise, 1975 bakery profits at 13.1 percent, while farmers receive 5.5 cents per loaf. Large bakeries drive price spiral amid industry concentration.
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Roy Holman
Idaho-Utah Farmers Union
Holman
Franklin County Chosen For Colon Cancer Screening
Franklin County joins two other Idaho counties in a free home test program to detect colon cancer. Test kits are distributed through church groups to adults 30 and older, with seven day return, positive results referred to doctors, and a focus on early detection despite higher female incidence and only 34 percent five year survival after regional diagnosis.
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Franklin County
Idaho
The
Cancer Society
Franklin County appoints volunteer fire chiefs and plans Pioneer Day
Sheriff Lee Hansen will lead the county volunteer fire fighting group with Thomas Levy as first assistant and Daniel Roberts as second assistant. Committees prepare for the 43rd Idaho Pioneer Day on June 13 14 in Franklin. Milo's Drive-in to close for remodeling. New Holland baler model 77 breaks sales records at Peterson Tractor Service. Rep Homer H Budge declares bid for reelection to the U S Congress from Idaho's second district.
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Lee Hansen
Franklin
Thomas Levy
Daniel Roberts
Milo
New Holland
Peterson Tractor Service
Homer H. Budge
U.S
Ellen Wright camp to mark old fort northwest corner
The Ellen Wright camp of the DUP plans a monument at the northwest corner of Franklin’s old fort built in 1860 to guard pioneers from Indians. In the last 10 days about 45 blocks of city streets were oiled after grading by maintenance crews. Franklin County voted on liquor by the drink 516 to 255 with no sentiment opposition.
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Ellen Wright
DUP
Franklin
Franklin County
Resignation of Preston Third Ward Bishop in 1902
Mr Geo H Carver resigns as bishop of Preston's Third Ward after a long tenure since 1902. Whitney sees notable rain in recent days while farmers grow weary of watchful waiting as June nears and crops remain pending. An advertisement touts the J I Case 9 18 tractor with Larsen Co as agent, noting plow demonstrations at Preston Park and Fairgrounds on heavy sod ground.
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Geo. H. Carver
Preston
Anereieague Rill
Ace
Whitney N Nee
Whitney
J.I. Case
J.N. Larsen Co
Preston Park and Fairgrounds
Egypt's crowded population on narrow Nile belt
Ninety six percent of Egypt's forty million people live on four percent of the land along the Nile. The long green strips of farmland along the river host most of the population and activity.
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Egypt
Nile River
Green Freshie Day and the Oneida origin tale
A reminiscence recalls Green Freshie Day at Preston High in the 1920s with mud and paint pranks by upperclassmen, tracing playful rituals back to the Oneida Stake Academy in 1914 1915 minutes show planned cap wear and Freshie Week events, and a 1973 anecdote recalls clashes over green caps and student discipline.
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Jefferson
Preston High
PHS
Greenhorn Freshies
Oneida Stake Academy
Oneida
U.S. Academy
Neff Boothe
Thomas Robinson
Cache Valley
Jess Johnson
Nielsen
Ozone Poisoning Report Among Airline Passengers
The article cites a secret study for the Air Transport Association warning ozone should concern the industry. It claims airlines knew the risk a year earlier and only acted after passenger complaints, detailing lower altitudes and cabin filtration efforts.
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Jack Anderson
Joe Spear
A Aik Trensport Association
Statehouse Scene Amtrak Important To Transportation
Governor of Idaho John V. Evans discusses Amtrak service across southern Idaho and a new U.S. Highway 95 corridor. He cites the Pioneer train as a pivotal energy efficient link, thanks the Blue Ribbon Committee and Senator Frank Church, and urges Idahoans to ride the train to boost intercity travel and economic justification.
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John V. Evans
Idaho
Amtrak
Lewiston
Panhandle
Sandpoint
Pocatello
Dwight Jensen
Frank Church
Congress
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Richard Nixon
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