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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1965
Page
4
The Preston community meeting on street improvements drew a large turnout and broad support. Mayor Cranney notes success hinges on residents circulating petitions to adopt a citywide plan, replacing patchwork funding with coordinated projects to save money and attract home builders.
Presidents Johnson Kennedy Eisenhower Truman Roosevelt and Hoover agree on user charges for tax funded facilities. Congress bemused, Johnson urges reform to require inland waterway and other networks to pay fair fees. The Industrial News Review notes this long overdue shift aims to fund building and maintenance through user payments.
The piece argues the sales tax referendum will appear on the November 1966 ballot with about 5000 signatures still needed to meet 25,545 required. It warns of a bitter campaign, urges truth, and notes removal would require finding funds, though not bankruptcy, as critics claim.
In a column on Law Day May 1 and its meaning the writer argues for renaming and rescheduling the observance. The piece then covers Utah State University’s Golden Spike artifacts display to mark the 96th anniversary, featuring Chinese camp artifacts gathered by Dr Gordon Keller and students along the old Central Pacific route near Promontory Summit.
Verlan Gunnell and Stephen Noyes discuss how much larger a belt must be for a 10 inch pulley versus a 4 inch pulley. Glen Gamble covers sliding glass doors while Mark Rawings worries about the Explorer rodeo. Dorothy Johnson collects genealogy sheets after misplacing hers in someone else’s package. Marsh Valley officials back a proposed junior college. Deloy Palmer exits with bow and gear. Keith Nielsen oversees neighbor’s car top rack. Lyle Butler tends to livestock. Girls at
Editorial voice questions if the South can be forgiven after Civil War defeat. It argues the United States has forgiven Germany Japan and others, but not the Confederacy, comparing postwar aid and reparations and urging end to ongoing punishment and division.
The Lewiston Second ward hosted speaker Darrell Gibbon recently returning from missionary service in the New England stills mission. A male quartet performed two selections while the Lewiston Third ward sacrament meeting was led by Counselor Juve Pitcher.
Items from the Franklin County Citizen and Preston Citizen report Lewiston couple Hyrum Nielson and Esther Stephenson married in Preston. The new library foundation is underway with a large cement pad. Other notes mention a new Buick Roadster purchase, a mission farewell for Harold Hawkes, a card party hosted by Mrs Ezra S Foss, and local social events and visits.
State employees may violate provisions of a new law aimed at merit based staffing and limiting political activity. The act creates a state personnel commission with exemptions for certain officials and staff and includes an emergency clause making it effective upon passage. Questions arise about precinct officers employed by the state and potential political contributions to party clubs.
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