Teachers urged to drop out of Idaho and national unions
Editorial argues Preston School District teachers should withdraw from IEA NEA and PEA to save $134 annually per teacher. It claims funds fund lobbying for higher salaries federal collective bargaining and other political aims, urging money stay with local teachers. The piece cites Bancroft and Rockland districts that left NEA and IBA and warns of union influence and abortion lobbying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Idaho
National Education
Preston
IEA
NEA
PEA
Preston Education, Assoc
Washington, D.C
Washington
Dept. of Education
Rep. Symms
Rep
Hansen
Sen
Church
McClure
Donald Rollie
Rollie
National’ Labor Relations Act
NLRA
Bancroft
Rockland
IBA
GMR
Palmer Motor Implement Advertises Studebaker Haulers
From the past comes 1952 notices: Studebaker trucks promoted by Palmer Motor Implement to cut hauling costs. Preston High School reports 66 hopefuls at football practice under Coach Glen Oliverson, including 22 freshmen. Also Preston Ready Mix Concrete Co offers delivery, and Dr. E L Cox opens a dental office in the First Security Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
Palmer Motor Implement
Preston High School
Glen Oliverson
Readymix Concrete
Preston
Preston Readymix Concrete Co
E. L. Cox
First Security Bank
Plane lands in field near Preston in early morning alarm
Aug 28 1947 residents woke to a low flying airplane over Preston. The craft landed in a stubble field on the Oliver Choules ranch in Fairview, prompting safety concerns until it was secured. Meanwhile prospects await tomorrow’s sale opening of properties owned by the defunct Utah Idaho Central Railroad Corp. An ad promotes steak and trout dinners and chicken in the rough at Deer Cliff Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Oliver Choules
Fairview
Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Corporation
Deer Cliff Inn
Franklin County Contests and Local Happenings Aug 1917
Sixty years ago in August 1917 Franklin County faced a county division dispute with Bannock over highway funds. A. W. Hart represented the county in the matter while Secretary of State figures indicated a Preston Dayton Oxford route would receive state highway funds. Dayton threshing season and a hypnotist at the Zeus Theatre are noted alongside a local flag donation by W. R. Smith of City Grocery and a community thank you.
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A. W. Hart
Pocatello
Franklin County
Bannock
State
Preston
Dayton
Oxford
Johnson
Zeus Theatre
Sam
Carnegie Library
W. R. Smith
City Grocery
Mr. Smith
Senator Church accused of moral lapse over Cuba trip
The piece labels Senator Frank Church immoral for praising Fidel Castro after a Cuban visit. It accuses him of aiding Castro’s image, aiding propaganda, and ignoring KGB and FALN links while calling for investigations into U.S. agencies and Castro supporters. It urges Church to seek probes of Castro-backed groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Lucom
Freedom Press
Washington, D.C
Frank Church
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S. Senate
Castro
Church
Soviet Union
United States
KGB
U.S
Soviet Secret Police
FALN
Senator Church
New York
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Energy czar in Capitol Hill doghouse
James Schlesinger, energy czar, faces private protests on Capitol Hill over his lack of communication with Congress as plans for a new Department of Energy advance. Senators, including Charles Percy, threaten further protests while the White House vows cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Energy Czar
Capitol Hill
Cater
James Schlesinger
Dept. of Energy
Schlesinger
Congress
Dar
Charles Percy
R.N
Percy
White House
Fred Richmond
D.-N.y
Statehouse Scene Evans backs wilderness plan in Idaho hearing
The article notes Evans supporting an Endangered American Wilderness Act amendment after a Grangeville Idaho hearing on Gospel Peak Buffalo Hump land classification. It outlines wilderness and multiple-use zones, timber harvesting, and a negotiated compromise reflecting broad interests. It also mentions Holtzman and Eilberg over a Nazi deportation bill and a Portuguese speaking campaign anecdote about Gerry Studds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Holtzman
D.-N.y
United States
Joshua Eilberg
D.-Pa
Holtzman
Ejilberg
Idaho
Grangeville
Gospel Peak
Buffalo Hump
Forest Service
McClure Warns Against Panama Canal Surrender
Senator James A. McClure defends U S sovereignty over the Panama Canal and opposes a new treaty he says would cede control. He joins a suit to block negotiations and cosponsors a measure to halt the Panama Canal give away while criticizing Linowitz and asserting constitutional authority over U S territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Alder
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Panama
Senate
Canal
United States
Carter
Sol Linowitz
Bunker
Congress
George Hansen
Linowitz
Washington
Secretary of State
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J. Walter Ross
Wayne D. Bell Publishers
Gary M. Rawlings
The
Citizen Publishing Co., Inc
State St
Franklin
Caribou
Cache County
Utah
Eric Sevareid
Central Intelligence Agency
FBI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Jupiter
Saturn
Pluto
Tive
Voyager
Carl Sagan
Cornell University
Earth
Sagan
Space
Tra
Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode
House of Representatives
Thomas “Tip” O'Neill
O’neill
O'Neill
Consumer Protection Agency
Statehouse
Evans
Massachusetts
Gerry Studds
John Evans
I’m
Cal Alder
Grace Businessman
Jim McClure
James A. McClure
U.S.S
Commerce Dept
Selma
Ala
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
River of Songs
Ricky Tanner
Intermountain West
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
East
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra
Rouvan
Jim Nobors
Walt Disney Mouseketeers
Jerold Ottley
Tabernacle Choir
God
Jesus
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