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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1950
Page
4
The Idaho State Automobile Association and AAA Idaho urge a complete overhaul of the state driver license law to require full examinations for all applicants. The 1951 legislative program also targets road safety, taxation policy, and improved highway funding.
The Cost and the Cloth The Opinion reports a survey by Research corporation showing 86 percent favor cutting spending before tax rises while 54 percent say high taxes deter investment and expansion. Seventy percent want fewer general government expenses and 89 percent are shocked by hidden bread taxes and car taxes. The piece argues for government cuts amid higher federal taxes and rising domestic spending, warning of inflation and national drain.
Mrs Rolland Williams and sister Alma Jensen from Dayton visited Sunday. Maurice Tingey attended a Salt Lake City conference and visited Sydney Johnson in Tooele with family. Dale Eck and Keith Buttars attended. Sunday Winners hosted by Theo Schwaneveldt in Dayton. Phil Goodsell moved to Logan to join USAC. Ward singing mothers included Grant Benson Hu McKay and Rolen Bastian. Tracy Maéro will attend USAC winter with PE major. Mrs Nolen Brown, formerly of Fort Worth, Texas, stays with her parents Mr and Mrs.
The column records social visits and events around Dayton Preston and Pocatello. Families such as Johnson Parker Thompson Neuenswander and Williams share gatherings, institute attendance, music meetings, and missionary reunions. Local births, overnight guests, conferences in Salt Lake City, and elk hunting trips are noted among residents and visiting relatives.
A New Hampshire hen owned by Mrs. Robinson laid an egg weighing about five ounces and measuring nine by eight inches. The bird died immediately after laying the egg, a remarkable if tragic feat amid growing trends in family size poultry.
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