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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1977
Page
8
Published every Thursday by the Citizen Publishing Co. Inc at 77 South State Street with contact number 852-0155 for subscribers and local notices.
The piece supports Gov John Evans plan to submit education oriented budgets early for public review. It argues education should be the first budget priority, notes taxpayer benefits and warns against federal strings that could create red tape. It urges state control of education funds and consideration of shifting burdens from property taxes to sales taxes.
A king asks a sorcerer to build a machine that makes wealth for all. The machine circulates money, allowing purchases of goods, but soon craftspeople and workers stop producing. As money floods out, supply dwindles, and the kingdom faces a void despite abundant cash. The tale warns that money without productive work harms an economy.
In 1852 Utah Power and Light Co. plans free electricity for Christmas lights in service areas. Preston City water purification via chlorination and water fluoridation projects were installed in 1952. West Side High School marks Sadie Hawkins Day amid a dry season briefly broken by snow and rain. An Oxydol offer advertises a coupon package for 61 cents at Milo's Drive-in Food Market.
Thirty years after his death in World War II, the cargo ship Clarksdale Victory will be renamed to honor the memory of the late Pfc. Leonard C. Brostrom of Preston, per Maj. Gen. Edmond Leavey. Also advertised are Penney’s Christmas gifts for men and assorted dolls and wagons at Estenson’s Variety.
Whitney News reports Linden Swainston, operated on for appendicitis at Budge Hospital about two months ago, was discharged and brought home on Saturday. Preston area notes mention a train collision and local admiration for skim milk use.
A hospital receives a note from Mrs. C Blair Andrews praising Dr. Riser for thorough and personable service in the emergency room after her husband’s eye injury. The writer asks the hospital to thank him and acknowledge the quality care provided by having a doctor on duty.
The column accuses the State Department of poor protection for U.S. citizens overseas. It highlights the Michael Davidoff Jamaica case where he was jailed, billed for a counterfeit note, and left to plead guilty after embassy inaction. It also notes internal reviews blaming consular staff and urges accountability.
Idaho plans to release its next fiscal year spending proposal in mid December to widen public access. The budget emphasizes lean spending, no general tax increase in 1978, zero based budgeting, prioritizing education and senior citizens, and earlier hearings to speed lawmaking.
A Preston letter to the editor thanks the Preston City Fire Dept for their prompt rescue after a fire. Dennis Pope offered lodging for the night and Alan Thomas assisted, with a acknowledgment of the community as a great place to live and gratitude to neighbors.
Rep. Ray Schmutz of St George tells the Utah Legislature Joint Agriculture Committee that Interior Department plans within five years will enforce new federal water allocation rules. He notes 1902 160 acre limits may be outdated as farms rise to 500 700 acres. cites California court decisions and rising irrigation costs as pressures on farmers. Floyd Monson Preston urges Cecil D Andrus at the Interior Department in Washington DC.
The sorcerer answers the bazaar crisis by printing more money, worsening the chaos. The crowd captures him and he is killed by his own money machine. The king ends in a dungeon where he spends his remaining years writing memoirs. He is paid with his own paper money after finishing the book.
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