Franklin county voters face tight races and all ballot choices
Campaigns enter final days as observers predict close county con tests. Ballots list five parties Republican Democrat American Socialist Workers Peace and Freedom plus write in, with seven constitutional amendments. Local offices include Moser Porter Webb Abrams Kunz Palmer Larsen Christensen Lowe Budge Condie Dunn Hart Wowsley Smith Webb. polls 8 am to 8 pm at multiple precincts. final registration date Saturday at 8 pm with county clerk.
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Franklin County
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American
Socialist Workers and Peace and Freedom
Joseph Moser
Woodrow Porter
Sherwin Webb
Dean L Abrams
Michael Kunz
Joel Palmer
Arlando Larsen
Kimber Christensen
Franklin
Caribou
Bear Lake
Harold Lowe
Reed Budge
Angus Condie
Lloyd Dunn
Mark Hart
James Wowsley
Dell Smith
Douglas Webb
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Thatcher - Cleveland
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Clifton Oxford
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Jefferson School
Preston
Legion Hall
Robinson Community
Oneida Stake
Whitney
Weston
County Clerk’s Office
Franklin County Families Larger Than National Average
Special report notes Franklin county households hold 338 persons per 100 in 1960s data, above national 311 and Idaho 317. Since 1960 family size declined from 377 per 100 to 338, while population growth hinges on births and cohorts despite replacement fertility of 2.1.
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Franklin County
United States
Idaho
Seven Accidents Noted In County In Week
Week of accidents in the county report minor injuries to five people and one bull killed. Highlights include a pickup damaged by a bull on Highway 34 near Preston with $200 in damage, a 1971 car totaling after fishtailing in snow near Bear River Bridge, and a two-vehicle collision at Fourth South and Highway 91.
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Ernest M. Jensen
Paris
Preston
Theron Smith
Philip E. Nielsen
Bear River Bridge
Preston-Dayton
Barrow Pit
Sidney K. Johnson
Neil Oake McQueen
Fourth “South
Highway ‘91
W. ‘Allan
Powell
Clifton
James Scott Bowman
Bowman
Fourth South
Edna Dursteller
Eugene Dursteller
Whitney
W. Reed Jamison
Franklin
Charles Marion Johnson
Logan
Jamison
Sheriff's Office
Dean Gunnell
Sugar Firm Sends $211000 Boost to Utah Sugar Beets
Amalgamated Sugar Company mails checks totaling 211000 to Northern Utah and southern Idaho growers. The payment covers 1971 Utah crop with 17.99 per ton price including a 2.23 government conditional payment under the Sugar Act. Total Utah payouts reach 1.9 million.
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Utah
Idaho
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Robert M. Peterson
Amalgamated
PTA Invites Candidates for Know Your Candidate Evening
The Oakwood Elementary PTA hosts a Know Your Candidate event tonight starting at 8 with all county and legislative candidates invited. Each candidate gets three minutes followed by refreshments in the cafeteria where they may distribute campaign material and discuss issues.
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Oakwood Elementary School Parent Teachers Association
Mike Adams
Preston High School Poll Favors GOP
A sample poll of 52 students at Preston High School shows 76 percent would vote for Nixon if of voting age, 12 percent for McGovern, 2 percent for John Schmitz, and 10 percent undecided. In Senate race McClure leads Davis 59 to 29 with 12 percent undecided. Hansen leads Ludlow 85 to 2 with 13 percent unsure. Palmer leads Kunz 58 to 35 with 6 percent unsure.
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Preston High School
Franklin County
PHS
Nixon
McGovern
American Party
John Schmitz
McClure
Davis
National Congress
Orval Hansen
Willis Ludlow
Joel Palmer
Mike Kunz
Plastics Firm Pick Lewiston For New Plant
Presto Products Inc. of Wisconsin announced on Wednesday that Lewiston will host its new plant. John E Lynch, president, informed Mayor L. D. Bodily and Ross of the decision, detailing the relocation plans and expected employment impact.
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Presto Products Inc
Wisconsin
John E Lynch
L. D. Bodily
Lewiston
Landfill opening set for second week of November
Franklin county moves toward a new sanitary landfill with an access road begun and an opening date in the second week of November. The 13 acre site west of Preston on Edwin Hendrickson farm will serve county waste, with five operating days a week and daily soil covering. State health officials reviewed the site in early summer and endorsed its suitability.
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Franklin County
Boise
State Department of Environmental Health
Preston
Edwin Hendrickson
Idaho
Steve Bastain
Preston Offers Adult Education Classes Beginning November 8
Preston district will offer adult education at the high school starting Nov 8. Classes meet one day weekly for youths 16 or older seeking a high school equivalency diploma. The program, funded by federal sources, covers basic English math and reading with no charge and no college credits.
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Preston
Sses
Ethide
Pet ‘Idaho State University
Enallih
Cannery in Preston Extends Hours Before Close
As canning season ends, Franklin County Cannery in Preston remains open through 2 PM for the next two weeks with appointments at 852-0990. The facility will close November 18 and continues processing meat pudding chili pork and other late produce for patrons still needing services.
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Preaton
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