Flood threat eases along Snake River in Idaho towns
In western Idaho the flood threat eased as ice jams along the Snake River near Weiser and Payette broke up. Payette reports no ice and a drop of 5 feet overnight, while Weiser notes ongoing but breaking ice downstream. One additional home evacuated. rain fell overnight with more expected. National weather forecasts warn of continued rain and warmer temperatures.
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Associated Press
Snake River
Weiser
Payette
Oregon-Idaho
Bill Jordan
Payette County
Civil Defense
Washington County
Farwell Bend
Wiser
Arlo Alder
Alder
Farewell Bend
Sheriff's Office
Jordan
National Weather Service
Idaho
Weather Service
Jayette County
Ontario
Ore
Blackfoot
Charles Rountree
Restraining order issued against Pobanz firing
A district court judge issued a restraining order prohibiting El Paso County from firing Welfare Director Melvin E. Pobanz. Judge John Gallagher set December 27 for a hearing after the county grand jury recommended Pobanz be fired for alleged mismanagement of his department.
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Colorado Springs
Colo AP
el Paso
Melvin E. Pobanz
John Gallagher
Pobanz
Wyoming county grand jury to be drawn for probe
District Judges John Raper and Allen Pearson ordered the Laramie County Clerk to prepare a 16 person candidate list for a special grand jury. The jury will have 12 members and convene January 8 to investigate alleged rape at the city county building. Sheriff Conine and Undersheriff Stone faced calls to resign after a probe into the incident.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
John Raper
Allen Pearson
Laramie
Cook
Harlie Cort
Raper
Thomas Carroll
Commission
Albert Vosler
Harold Conine
Louis Stone
Vosler
Com
Colorado Springs Boy Killed by Car on Icy Street
A 11 year old Colorado Springs boy named Mark Fairley was struck by a car on an icy street Monday evening. State Patrol reported the vehicle skid about 113 feet before impact. The death raises the year's highway fatalities to 714, compared with 807 last year. The accident occurred in Colorado Springs.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
State Patrol
Colorado
Mark Fairley
Nebraska offers 500 dollar reward for eagle slayers
The Nebraska Wildlife Federation announced a 500 dollar reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone shooting a bald eagle. Federal law protects the birds, and officials cite multiple shootings in Nebraska and Iowa. The federation criticizes Wyoming fines as too lenient and notes many eagles slayings in ranching areas as eagles are wrongly blamed for lamb losses. About 3,000 to 4,000 eagles remain in the 48 states, says official James Malkowski.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Wildlife Federation
Wyoming
Colorado
James M. Malkowski
Nebraska
Iowa
Federation
Malkowski
Contiguous States
Power plants near cities urged by Interior report
A long awaited Interior Department study warns that large scale coal burning plants in the southwest could create smog like air in the West. It says building near load centers may be practical if pollution controls improve and notes coal transport costs match mining locations. The plan envisions over 30 000 megawatts by 1980 but still falls short of demand, requiring other fossil fuels or nuclear plants.
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Washington
Interior Department
Southwest
Scenic
West
Colorado River
Navajo Indians Lose Land Recovery Appeal
A Navajo group loses their appeal in the U S 10th Circuit Court of Appeals over lands given two years ago to New Mexico ranchers in exchange for other property, most of which was never received, in a government recovery dispute.
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Denver
New Mexico
U.S. 10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Danny McCrary arraigned in Greenville Texas
Danny McCrary a 19 year old member of a nomadic family was arraigned in Greenville on murder charges linked to a string of killings from Texas to the West Coast He remained jailed under a 100000 bond after the arraignment tied to the shooting on October 24 1971.
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Greenville
Tex
APS
Danny McCrary
Texas
West Coast
McCrary
Man arrested after decade search linked to Houston murder
A Louisiana man, Joseph Lewis Jr., 28, was arrested by federal agents in Denver for a Houston murder case. Indicted in 1962 by Harris County grand jurors, he had been in Colorado about three months as a ranch hand. The report ties him to the slayings of a doughnut shop waitress and related charges, with other family involved and immunity granted to a relative for testimony.
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Denver
Louisiana
Houston
FBI
Joseph Lewis Jr
Independence
Colorado
Harris County
Tex
Forest Cavey
Mesquite
McCrary
Sherman
Indan
Carl R. Taylor
Colorada
Leeora Looney
Ginger Taylor
Looney
Carolyn
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Taylor
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Tokyo
Bob Hope
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