Last hand crank telephone era ends in Idaho town
North Fork Idaho residents switch from magneto party line to private line touch tone service. Public Utilities Commission President Joe Miller tested the new system from Shoup Country Store, financed by REA. Store owner Garry Pedrow and 17 neighbors faced mixed feelings but embraced easier calls and reliability.
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North Fork
Idaho
Salmon River Canyon
Garry Pedrow
Public Utilities Commission
Joe Miller
Pedrow
Gary C. Byrne
Rural Electrification Administration
Shoup
Boise
Steve Freestone
Madagascar Debt Swap To Save Lemurs And Forest
Conservation groups arrange a debt-for-nature swap with Madagascar to erase 5 million dollars of foreign debt over five years. The government pledges to protect undeveloped areas, build a conservation agency, and fund lemur habitat preservation, while Conservation International covers the debt. Madagascar hosts unique forests and a high share of endemic species, including lemurs, with 80 percent of forests already lost to farming pressures.
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Roderic Mast
Conservation International
Washington, D.C
California
Africa
Madagascar
Mast
Madascar
Eckodtves
World Wildlife Fund
Prairie dog shoot sparks clash in rural Colorado
In Nucla Colorado a prairie dog shoot draws 106 shooters from Texas and protests by about 50 activists. Sheriff Gilmore plans 25 officers to prevent violence as rugged residents view the hunt as a rights clash amid drought and mine closures. Local business booms with tourism while animal advocates demand an executive stop order.
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Eod
Colorado
Dies
Naturita
Texas
Robin Duxbury
The
Rocky Mountain Humane Society
Romer
Berke Breathed
Cleveland
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