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Wafer FundsAssist FiveIdaho Projectsf WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen.jBj Frank Church, D-ldaho, describ s'ed Senate approval of construe-fnt ion fund*; for two casiern Idaho'Slreclamation projects as'^recog-mtion by the Senate or Idaho’s resource development needs. A public works appropriations o; bill approved by the Senate in-P*tv,inerei:eludes $209,000 to begin construction of the Ririe Dam cm SI di Willow Creek and $390,000 fornl-Jhe Lower Teton project on the Teton River.The funds were added by the Senate, and House agreement is necessary to keep them in the bill. A year ago the house refused to provie funs for the Teton project.The bill also includes $1 million to begin work on a transmission line which would carry Bonneville Power to Southern Idaho. The appropriation is contingent on faihue oi BonnevillePower Administration to reach agreement with Idaho Power Co. for wheeling power over the latter’s lines.Other Idaho projects given funds in the bill are flood control projects on the Porlneuf River, $2 million, and in the Heise-Roberts section, $439,000. Dworshak Dam in northernni[yL^ Idaho gets $20 million for con- JahiHHIa i ejNctwmCicitinued conslructlon and the pro-;, posed southwest Idaho water’de-j1 vebpment project is allocated!01$240,000 to expedite feasibility studies.r
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Mon, Oct 10, 1966
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