Idaho reapportionment plan faces court test risk
Idaho's 105 legislators adjourned as the House approved the Senate redistricting plan amid GOP concerns of partisan bias. Sen Summers warned of a court test for deviations above five percent while critics argued the map favors politics over one man one vote. The plan shifts Elmore, Camas, and parts of Ada counties and alters districts across eastern and southern Idaho.
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Déan Summers
John V. Evans
James Ellsworth
Leadere
Carain
Idah
Imore
Camas
Frenont
Madison
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho
Elmore County
Adamounty
Andrus
U.S
GOP
Adams
Gem
Boise
Valley
Idaho County
Lucile
Riggins
Gooding
Jerome
Blaine
Lincoln
Minidoka
Elmore
Cassia County
Minidoka County
Ong
Butte and Power
Bingham
Idaho Swan Guffy Water Project outlined for review
Robert Lee of the Idaho Water Resources Board outlined a tentative schedule for a Swan Guffy Water Project proceeding. A legislative committee will oversee board negotiations. initial plans favored a joint venture with Idaho Power, but a prior session directed exploration of a wholly state owned project. If licensed and approved, construction could start October 1973 and last two years.
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Vernon Ravenscroft
D-Tuttle
Idaho Power
Lee
Not
Lkely
Bonneville Power Association
Oklahoma Cowboy Seeks All Around Title at Diamond Spur
UPI report from Spokane details Bobby Berger of Norman Oklahoma leading early in bareback and tying for saddle bronc top with 75 points, while placing second in bull riding. Trails End horse delivered a dramatic re ride for a 74 point score shaping the all around race.
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Spokane
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Upi
Bobby Berger
Norman
Okla
Berger
Big Bend Rodeo Company
Trails End
Tom Tate
Sheridan
Wyo
Larry Davis
Homedale
Idaho
Berge
Suit Heard For Idaho Man In Yellowstone Fatal Crash
Jesse Anderson of Idaho Falls filed a $226000 lawsuit charging Virgil Paul Harris manager of Yellowstone Park Co and the federal government and Harold J Estey as defendants. The case centers on a June 1968 pedestrian automobile accident near Gem Pool that killed a youth four days later. Anderson says Harris drove at high speed. Harris says the victim was negligent and the crash was unavoidable.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
UPD
U.S. District Court
Yellowstone Park
Jesse Anderson
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Virgil Paul Harris
Yellowstone Park Co
Harold J
Estey
Anderson
Harris
Gem Pool
Columbia River April fish count totals by dam
UPI reports April 8 counts for the Columbia River system with Bonneville Chinook 441 steelhead 22 The Dalles Chinook 117 steelhead 17 John Day Chinook 43 steelhead 56 McNary Chinook 7 steelhead 56 Lower Monumental Chinook 1 steelhead 86 Little Goose steelhead 117.
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Portland
Ore
Dalles
McNary
New York Narcotics Unit Slower Than Suspects Says SIC
New York narcotics squad members told the State Investigation Commission that the division is under equipped and demoralized. They chase suspects with private cars and waste time locating working pay phones due to lack of communications gear. The SIC criticized a focus on street arrests over organized crime heroin activity.
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UPD
Police Department
Joseph Fisch
State Investigation Commission
SIC
Paul J. Curran
Narcotics Division
Special Investigation Unit
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