Grand Opening Planned for Preston Farm Store
Preston prepares for a two day grand opening September 28 and 29 for its new farm home and auto supply store. Brent Beckstead leads the venture as manager assisted by Fred Beins and Lavon Van Noy with a focus on tires clothing farm supplies riding tack tools and milker parts.
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Preston
Four Seasons
Noth State
Brent Beckstead
Sheldon Beckstead
Rupert
Fred. Beins
Fairview
Lavon van Noy
Western Auto
Heckinstead
Education On Rise In County Special to The Citizen
Franklin County faces a literacy gap with 231 adults or 6.0 percent functionally illiterate. National and state rates exceed local levels, while a Right to Read program targets improved reading and writing skills for better job prospects.
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Franklin County
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Social Security Boosts Pay for Local Residents
Residents of Franklin and Caribou Counties will see higher Social Security checks after a Congressional rate increase. National figures estimate the local area will gain about 120000 dollars annually, with the average former worker and spouse rising from 3324 to 3516 dollars and the minimum from 1014 to 1072 dollars. Franklin and Caribou County pension payments total 1670 dollars yearly under the new rates, effective next July.
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Franklin
Caribou
Congress
Franklin and
Caribou County
Sun Oil to Probe Bear River Thermal Energy Potential
Sun Oil of Texas plans three tests in the Bear River Valley near Preston to verify geothermal resource viability. Geophysical surveys and steam pool mapping will determine depth and extent, with landowners paid about 750 per year per acre if leased, and a proposed 110 megawatt plant costing around 16 million dollars if commercial.
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U.S
Bear River Valley
Preston
Sun Oil of
Lias
Texas
Incent
Eiaiog
Sun Oil
Nieveleead
California
Sun Oil Co
Vincent
Preston High Welcomes Two Foreign Exchange Aides
Preston High hosts two international teaching aides under a world wide exchange program. Maria Boog of Zug Switzerland and Rolando Madeira of Uruguay are in Preston for one term. Both say they enjoy Preston and its hospitality. Maria notes friendly people and American food while Rolando serves as tutor and goodwill ambassador at Preston High.
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Preston High
Maria Boog
Rolando Madeira
Preston
Maria
Switzerland
Rolando
Uruguay
South America
Miss Boog
Massachusetts
Ilinois
Zug
U. S
Coun
Ariel Hawkes
Hawkes
United States
LDS Church
Bolivia
Beet Harvest Planned by Amalgamated Sugar for 1973
Amalgamated Sugar announces the 1973 sugar beet harvest will start in early October with initial beets arriving from Utah on October 8. Harvest is expected to finish around Thanksgiving if weather stays normal. Beets go directly to four factories as piling occurs at 63 receiving stations. tonnage is estimated about 17 percent below last year's record.
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Amalgamated Sugar Company
Utah
Henry Z
Zobell
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