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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1971
Page
2
The weekly newspaper is a strange American creation separate from other journalism. It is a private enterprise yet a public institution, centering on local people and names, read from cover to cover, and tied to the town’s life and identity.
Harold Nelson, regional director for Region 1 of the US Bureau of Reclamation, retires after 22 years marked by grassroots talks and compromise. He oversaw irrigation expansion affecting 800,000 acres plus 1,000,000 acres with supplemental water, guiding projects like Cascade and Mann Creek and paving the way for Teton and Salmon Falls. Edwin Sullivan succeeds him, with high hopes Idaho will be well served in water management.
Whosinit Leone Smith and DeAnn Geddes attend a show while husbands hunt. Carl Pond injures a leg in Franklin at school, Leo Elmer or Oliverson/Joh nson hospitalized. Howard Bennett involved. National guardsmen harvest elderberries for pancake syrup. Fred Anderson touts hot house tomatoes. Len Pickens threatens legal action over name confusion. Dee Dockstader cherishes shaping the Rotary club fountain bowl near the bank. Rotary fines total 22.30 at one meeting.
In the boss’s neighborhood the so called welfare garden ends for the season with carrots still in the ground. Mrs Hilva Fellows Bruce and Elaine Larsen and this year Steve and Kathy Wright contributed, sharing beans tomatoes corn and more with neighbors and friends. Shelley Burt Colleen Martins first grader keeps curlers out of her hair to avoid a boy friend. A 1924 Franklin county graduation list from Preston is found in an old book market.
The piece critiques U S policies as the shoe on the other foot with America defending its jobs and markets. It notes Nixon era rhetoric about protecting domestic interests and cites Angela Davis's high media profile and legal case drawing worldwide attention.
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