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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1976
Page
3
The passage extols weekly papers for community coverage and urges defense of the First Amendment during National Newspaper Week October 10–16. It contrasts weekly and daily papers and notes value to readers abroad and in service.
Farmers push for profitable prices as market uncertainty and policy shifts challenge harvests. Growers discuss potential supply protections and risk management strategies to stabilize incomes in the current agricultural climate.
The column debates Viktor Belenko’s defection from the USSR asking how his choice damages both sides. It notes his need to abandon a secure career for a risky life in the United States with a new identity, family separation, and an uncertain future while many flee the Soviet system yearly.
In 1951 hunters were urged to shoot porcupines on sight in National Forests. The page also notes West Side High School Pirates vs South Marsh at Downey Friday with prior wins over Soda Springs Fielding and Grace. Also ads for Safeway oven ready turkeys 73 cents per pound and a tractor deal from Homer Tractor Service.
Harvest vacation for Franklin County schools will begin Friday with Preston High closing for two weeks. Harvest opening for beers in the county is set for Oct. 7. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service orders the shortest duck season in years from Oct. 26 to Dec. 9, 45 days. New firms Peerless Dairy and Kaiser-Frazer agency open doors. Columbia Valley Authority attacked by Dr. C A Robins as federal overreach. The Isis Theatre advertises Wild Bill Elliott feature with matinee and evening prices.
August Sepp urges Lewiston officials to manage rapid Idaho growth through planning and zoning reform. He warns unchecked urbanization threatens farmland and tax pressures rise with population. He urges constitutional changes and wise policy, signed by Sepp and others.
The Sept. 1 veto of an electric car bill followed a Transportation Department study allegedly biased by General Motors. The piece critiques the White House links to auto executives and cites independent research praising electric cars. It also lampoons political figures and profiles key senators.
Kenneth S. Porter, candidate for Representative Dist 32, leads the Committee for Constitutional Challenge to OSHA. He cites federal overreach and vows to defend rights in a campaign message praising George Hansen and the push to limit government inspections without warrants.
The American Conservative Union congratulated Idaho's Second District Rep. George Hansen for a 100 percent conservative rating based on 16 key votes from January to June 1976. ACU praised his defense of taxpayers, cutting government spending, and reducing bureaucracy. Hansen heads ACU's National STOP OSHA program.
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