Citywide sidewalk tree planting praised by Chamber group
Walt Ross and Ellen Wilcox of the Area Chamber of Commerce lead a sidewalk tree planting effort in Preston. The project, praised for its long term community value, included overcoming installation challenges and is supported by city superintendent Kay Hollingsworth and merchants who funded trees. A future facelift with benches and flowers is proposed to finish the effort.
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Walt Ross
Ellen Wilcox
Area Chamber of Commerce
Preston
State Street
West Oneida
Chamber
Kay Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Wangsgaard
Preston District Parents Advocate Involved Education Initiative
The Preston School District Parents organization reports early gains from a parent-aide program at Oakwood Elementary. Principal Jerry Waddoups notes 18 to 20 parents and patrons assisting with slow readers, English language help, and classroom support, improving individualized attention for students and easing teacher workloads. The program rewards participation and encourages continued growth.
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Preston
Oakwood
Jerry Waddoups
Pirates Defeat Downey Bulldogs 19 6 to Close Season
West Side Pirates beat Downey High Bulldogs 19 to 6 on Dayton field despite Howell out with polio and Austin injured. The win gives West Side a 3 2 season record. Garth Eames of Pres ton won the rural youth talk meet contest sponsored by the Associated Women of the Franklin County Farm Bureau.
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Howell
Austin
West Side Pirates
Bulldogs
Downey High
Dayton
Garth Eames
Preston
Associated Women
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Penney’s
State
Preston FFA team wins Idaho Spud Show in Downey
The Cecil Le Fevre Dayle Dunkley and Clair Hollingsworth led the Preston FFA potato grading team to first place at the Idaho Spud Show held last Saturday in Downey. Other items note zoning efforts in Preston, railroad car shortages for sugar beets, a new Seventh LDS ward, and local traffic concerns including arrests of minors for torches and smoking.
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Cecil LeFevre
Dayle Dunkley
Clair Hollingsworth
Preston Ffa
Downey
Preston
Ernest Eberhard
Franklin County Sugar Company
Rulon Keller
Malad
Dragon
Indians
Business leaders require wide talents, Long asserts
Senator Lén Russell Long states that today’s businessman must combine Einsteinian genius with elephant memory and the education of a lawyer, scientist, and educator, shaping a multifunctional modern executive.
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Lén Russell Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Grassroots Petition Maps Fight Over Idaho PUC Rate Order
Residents will read and sign a petition protesting the Idaho Public Utilities Commission 8.15 percent increase for Utah Power and Light Co. A county committee will draft a resolution and ward reps will circulate petitions amid charges of discriminatory hikes up to 57 percent for dairymen.
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Utah Power and Light Co
PUC
Trees Again Grace Main Street on Historic Preston Route
Newell Hart describes the replanting of trees on Main Street Preston, detailing the shift from Lombardy Poplars to Green Ash. He notes early tree planting in the late 19th century, references residents William C Parkinson and Francis L Wilcox, and recalls WPA era tree cutting. Photographs from turn of the century show horse and buggy stands beneath trees.
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Newell Hart
Joe Bagley
Bagley
Preston
Francis L. Wilcox
North Main
Parkinsons
Nellie Nash Parkinson
William C. Parkinson
Franklin-Preston-Hyrum
William
Nahum Porter
Howard Johnson
Jim Johnson
Main
Biter Drug
Barton’s
First Bank and Trust
Franklin
Persiana Printery
Nursing home fraud and political miscount theme emerge
A sweeping investigative report links nurses homes to Medicare fraud via hidden owners and “creative bankruptcy.” It contrasts this with a presidential clash over natural gas deregulation where the White House miscounted votes. Also notes a weak energy plan and a Consumer Product Safety recall effort with low response rates.
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Congress
America
Connecticut
Carter
Senate
South Dakota
James Abourezk
Ohio
Howard Metzenbaum
White House
Metzenbaum
James Schlesinger
Robert Byrd
Byrd
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Abourezk
Capitol Hill
House
Letters to the editor and nursing home rights plea
A reader thanks for a clean city park with running water rest rooms and green space. The second letter advocates a nursing home residents bill of rights urging dignity respect and acknowledgment as a person across aging and decline.
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Mrs
George Archibeque
Ogden
Utah
Ann Landers
Salt Lake Tribune
Citizen
The
Pink Ladies
Ruth Nash
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Franklin County
J. Walter Ross
Wayne D. Bell Publishers
Gary M. Rawlings
Citizen Publishing Co., Inc
State St
Idaho
Caribou
Bannock
Cache County
Wrigley
Marshal Davis
Superman
the Citizen
Main Street
Brother
John) Larson
South Main
Grand Theatre
Consumer Product Safety Commission
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Hes
Kent
Hobbs
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