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IRA Joining InBOJSEj Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Reclamation Association announced Saturday ii will intervene la a suit seeking to liali construction of the Teton Ham project in Eastern Idaho.Several conservation groups have tiled the action in U,S, District Court contending that sufficient ecological studies havo not beer, made lor the controversial projects and {Jjat its benefits have been over-emphasized,Jack A, Barnett, executive director of the R eclam at ion associa tion, said citizens of the St, Aii-thony-Rexburg area arc almost manimous in support of the dam which was authorized by Congress in 19G4 and funded in 1970.Bids will be opened In Idaho Falls Friday for construction of the dam, A previous bid opening Oct. 1 was postponed by theDepartment of Interior to allow more study of the project.Interior secretary Rogers 13, Morton rescheduled the bid opening Tuesday, saying benefits of the dam would offset any other considerations,Barnett said the reclamation group has supported construc-. tion of Teton Dam from the start ‘rand feels that It is only appropriate that it continue to support the project ancJ join with other water users in Intervening in the lawsuit in support of the project/'The Idaho Environmental Council, Trout Unlimited, Sierra Club and other conservationTeton Suit Igroups nave contended the flood 2control and irrigation dam would inundate about 17 miles of prime n fishery waters on the Teton Riv-er and destroy big game wintering range, g.Laborer Charged t! With Shooting JMOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho (A?) - Wallace Rhodes, a Mountain 11 Dine laborar, was charged Sunday with first degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a 34-year-old Bruneau, Idaho man,.Rhodes, 22, was apprehended after the body of Larry W% lt;Jewitt was found Friday evening ( in a ditch along a highway east f of Mountain Home,An autopsy Sunday showed the \ victim died of a gunshot wound . In the chest*Rhodes, employed in a local sawmill since July, listed Las Vegas, Rev, as a previous address,Missionary Dead !(PARES (AP) - A 22-year-old missionary for tha Crurch of : Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1 has been killed in a traffic accident in France, 4The youth was identified as Gregory Dell Harr is of Salt Lake City, a former student at theUniversity of Utah,Officials said Harr 5s was killed ( when his bicycle was hit by a lt;car.
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Mon, Oct 25, 1971
Page 13
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