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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1964
Page
13
The piece argues Idaho spends far less per student than states like Utah and Oregon and calls for careful reform rather than simple increases in state aid. It urges responsible local funding, stronger leadership, a clear education philosophy, and accountable school boards to raise value per dollar while preserving local control.
Peruvian educational official Augusto Arrmategui asked Boise mayor FE W Shell worth to back a drive naming a Peruvian school after the state of Idaho. He seeks $10,000 from each of 50 states to build and furnish schools for over 50,000 local children without adequate schooling.
The North Cache television drive almost finishes as the new building rises on the hill and the power line nears completion Yet the project needs two to three thousand more dollars in donations before the initial drive ends The annual tax wall remains a pending factor in completing the effort
A reader submits a chain of historical coincidences linking Kennedy and Lincoln with shared themes of civil rights, presidential assassinations, and successors named Johnson. The note questions whether the pattern holds for Andrew Johnson and the upcoming November election, ending with a tease about continued discussion on a later page.
A crowd waits at the Farm Bureau booth for hamburgers on Saturday. Rex Plowman thanks the Franklin County Fair Board for permission to buy a steer through Lewiston State Bank. A photographer breaks down a shelf at the fair. Virg Knudson questions why Wayne Bell’s wreck story wasn’t in the paper.
Paul Harvey argues America is becoming a cannibal society where the productive are exploited by dependents and bureaucrats. He condemns the welfare state and calls on readers to reject the idea of a guaranteed living, labeling those who demand help as cannibals. He cites Rand and Mayo and contrasts with Russia and other nations.
The column lists birthdays for readers with names such as Donald Barger Louis Bennett Kurtis Hansen Rhonda Porter Sherra Lee Evans Stacey Irvans Aletha Handy Sandra Nielsen Mike Saxton Glen Orme Lorna Dunn Carol Hobbs Joe Viola Joe Garner Meredith Booker Idella Ransom Joseph Rent Daltha Woods and others. Submissions must be in by September 3 for inclusion the following week.
A short verse in a child’s voice laments a sudden death and homegoing. The speaker speaks of loving his family, the river that comforted him, and the moment the Lord took his hand to bring him home. He asks his parents to remember him with love and songs.
A look at items from September 3 1914 includes a missing baby cart at the Isis theater grain losses from the Hulls and Pete Whitehead threshing outfit, busy Preston Main Street curb and gutter work, and traffic safety appeals as schools reopen prompting warnings from State Traffic Officer Lee Hansen.
Mr and Mrs Grant Harker and son from Hillspring Alberta Canada visited Wednesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Ezra Kendell while en route home from attending LDS Church softball games in Salt Lake City. Their son and other Hill spring ward boys played in the games. The Schwane veldt family were guests of her mother Mrs Emma Schwartz in Malad.
Please note this brief verse expresses a plea not to cry as a child promises to play with others and affirms that God’s children never die, attributed to Jennie Weaver Holt.
Darrell Dorman Idaho State AFL-CIO executive president says the group will push in the legislative agenda to raise the unemployment tax base from 3600 to at least parity with Social Security. He notes the fund balance and premium collection issues and urges reforms to industrial disease law and Taft Hartley aligned labor dispute definitions. The group plans COPE meetings in Lewiston and Pocatello to vet candidates post Labor Day.
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