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<br />of the household tax 011 t:Vl Novelllber ballot throngh initiated action.
<br />Chief bottleneck at this t~,llle see!:',s to be the !~1500 necessary to
<br />advert!,se this act:l,on in the 63 counties' newspapers, as reouired by
<br />lll.w.
<br />A full re.f)ol.t 011 the o~,l assessment mnetin:o; as well as these
<br />developments wi~l ap'Jear in next weak's COLORADO I1"FORj-ATIOi'T.
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<br />-~ cor 0RADO INF'ORMATION Ilsletter .- Th\1:rsday, ",ebr~ 18,1954 - Pnge 4
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<br />Senator Frank L. GIll of :UIII'ose, R0pv.blicnn leuder---whose
<br />driving influe'1ce was missoCl in this year's le;:;iclature--was released
<br />from Presbyterian Hospi.tal, where he had been llospitalized since
<br />suffering. h heart attack in Jal1U8ry.
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<br />Dolores County Commiasionors Roy "jest, Panl Fury, Clyde 1fl11son
<br />returned from a si:i:-dsy td,p to Ghicngo where they were guests of the
<br />Power Equiprr.ent <:1"'1010n of t'le Allis Chalmers Co. 'fhey visited the
<br />company factor,:! and acsembly 11ne Elt Sprinr,field, Ill. On the return
<br />trip they visited the SCUllin Steel r,lUl at. st. I,ouis, ~:Io. Expenses
<br />Vlere paid. by the equipment comYHmy. EaC~1 \Tee)( the compm y invites
<br />commissioners from differont c01U!ties as its guests without obligation.
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<br />Sixteen drouth-stric'k"C"n..'collnties in sOlJ.thcrn, 8outheastern, 8.nd
<br />eastern Colorado have been named as emergency loan areas by the FIr,).
<br />All but tvro. Gelater, and Fremo'1t, whinh ha\Te been added to the or:c~'j,-
<br />nal list, were placed in that classification in the fall, but action
<br />was suspended at the :rear's end. Goloraio cou"lties Will eligible for
<br />relief in speCial seed ?nu feed loans and freir,ht charge reauctions
<br />are Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Cnuter, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont,
<br />Huerfano, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Las Animas, Lincoln, Otero, Prowers and
<br />Pueblo cou~ties.
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<br />Saguache anel Costilla counties in the Stln Luis valloy have
<br />petitioned President Eisenhowol' for relief as areas of economic disas-
<br />ter so thay they can get fed.eral loans. Hcasons gi. ven for the peti-
<br />tion were the drop in livestock prices, 1953's national ovorproduction
<br />in potatoes with the marl(8t dJ.'op fOllowiTIi'il B,nd tIlrse years of drouth.
<br />- Paul 'H. Swisher, who receiv0d the petitiolls---state cOl!lll1issioner
<br />of agriculture---expected that otheY' counties in the San Luis VB,lley
<br />would also petitjon.
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<br />J'efferson'County's school building bugbear received more net ice
<br />when the building program WAS halted until the BOard of Education could
<br />re-evaluate and I'ebudget all neVi projects. The Board j ssned this
<br />resolution: "Tl'le Boal'd of Ed.ucation foels the entire construction
<br />program must be rebndgeted. Economies must be effected to ova' oome the
<br />urrenlist~,c appI'oach that Vias followed in the IT'iginal bUdsets and
<br />specificat:i nns.
<br />., "The public must be apprised of the fact that all the schools
<br />they antic:i,paten. when they voted the bond i_ssue will not be possj.hle,
<br />but the Soard, by tids action, is attempting to corroct these erro:::'s. II
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<br />Irving Lips/on.
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