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Nebo School Bond Vote

Click to see original imageThere’s an important special election in the Nebo School District Tuesday, with citizens of the area voting on a proposed $6 million bond issue for a building program designed to accommodate expected enrollment increases in the years ahead. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the various voting places detailed elsewhere in the Herald issues of today and Sunday. Nebo District officials have provided many opportunities for the citizenry to get informed on details of the proposed program, including public meetings in each of the major cities. Anyone still not conversantr with the program presumably could direct questions to members of the school board of the district school officials or staff. Most mayors of cities and towns within the Nebo District have gone on record favoring the bond, speaking for themselves only, and much other positive response has been evident, according to school officials. By far the heaviest part of the proposed building program is centered in Springville – and this apparently is the basis of much of the opposition expressed. District officials point out, however, that the construction in Springville is necessary because only 10 per cent of the funds from the 1973 bond went to that city while other areas were getting most of the building program benefits. it is not our intent here to revieyv the issues or to detail the building program and the arguments for its need. These have been discussed at length during the “campaign” period. Our purpose is to remind the voters of the Nebo District to go to the polls. Each vote is important and the course the school building program takes will depend upon the decision of those who cast ballots. We urge the citizens to evaluate the proposals as they relate to future needs of the Nebo schools and the people of that region, then go to the polls and vote. If the ballot is heavy, the result will be representative of the true wishes of the majority. So They Suy “Let the forces of competition provide this country with the kind of efficient mail service it needs and deserves.” – Sen James Buckley (C.R. – N.Y.), introducing a bill which would halt the monopoly of the U.S. Postal Service and permitting private carriers to compete. “Hitler’s bombers could not make Londoners change their lifestyle. A handful of IRA men will not succeed where Hitler failed.” -Kenneth Robinson, chairman of London Transport, on the recent bombings of London subways by suspected Irish terrorists.