FBI Probes Gangland Killings Across U S Time Says
Time magazine reports the FBI is probing about a dozen gangland style killings aimed at informants and potential witnesses. Victims include Frank Chin Vincent Capone Sam Giancana Frank Bompensiero and Jack Molinas. The weapon used was a .22 caliber automatic pistol. Authorities speculate greenie gunmen Vietnam vets or Carmine Galante factions behind the hits.
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New York
FBI
Frank Chin
Vincent Capone
New Jersey
Time
Sam ‘‘Momo” Giancana
Chicago
Oak Park
Ill
Frank Bompensiero
Jack Molinas
Hollywood
Greenies
Sicily
Carmine Galante
Idaho Taxpayers Protest with Blank Federal Returns
Idaho residents file blank federal income tax returns in protest backed by 1974 Idaho court ruling. Joseph Nielsen of Rexburg, who challenged IRS summons citing Fifth Amendment protection, faces new charges as he and his wife are accused of not filing returns for 1972 73 and 74. If McNichols sides with Nielsen again a precedent could rise for blank returns on Fifth Amendment grounds.
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Twin Falls
Nielsen
Ray
McNichols
IRS
Idaho
Nielsen Tol McNichol
Man Sought After Alleged Attack in Pocatello Home
Police seek a 5 foot 8 inch, stocky man with light short hair who allegedly forced entry at gunpoint into a Pocatello residence. He raped a young woman while she babysat her children and a friend's, threatening them before fleeing as a child sought help. Investigation continues.
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Pocatello, Idaho
UPI
Pocatello
Robbery at Boulder Home Ends With Gun Misfire
Bruce Robinson a 24 year old University of Colorado psychology student said a middle aged man and two accomplices forcefully entered his home. He resisted when a pistol misfired and the attackers bound him and his wife before fleeing with $44 000. He believes the crime was an inside job.
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Boulder, Colo
UPI
Bruce Robinson
University of Colorado
Robinson
Sally
Uan
Sevin Kills Bees in Forest Budworm Plan
UPI reports Sevin pesticide poses risk to honeybees and other insects in a proposed five year US Forest Service budworm eradication program in northern Idaho and western Montana. The draft statement notes high toxicity to bees but notes managed hives can avoid losses. The plan targets 987000 acres with Levin oil, spraying 53000 acres this spring and summer.
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Lewiston, Idaho
UPI
U.S. Forest Service
Idaho
Montana
Forest Service
Levin
National Forest
Idaho Outdoor Recreation Plan Hearings Set Across Idaho
Public hearings will launch April 19 in Idaho Falls and run through April 27 at locations in Pocatello Twin Falls Boise Lewiston and Coeur d Alene. The draft Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan guides current and future needs and serves as a decision making tool for governments agencies and businesses. Copies and comment sheets are available at libraries statewide. All meetings start at 7 30 p m.
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Boise
UPS
Idaho
Idaho Department
Recreations Aid
William Hagdom
Hagdorn
City Electrical
Idaho Falls
Idaho State University
Pocatello
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
Boise State University
Lewston
Coeur G
Alene First Federal Savings & Loan
McClure criticizes Senate ethics bill as ineffective
Idaho Senator James McClure says the ethics measure mainly limits political activity and fails to renew faith in Congress. He argues true reform lies in meaningful laws to reform the bureaucracy and address core national problems, not in the ethics bill.
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Washington
UPI
James McClure
Idaho
U.S. Senate
Congress
Senate
McClure
Ieason
Boise Forest Service studies grazing impact on Idaho streams
UPI reports the U.S. Forest Service conducts a study on livestock grazing effects on fish and aquatic habitat along high mountain meadow streams in the Boise and Sawtooth National Forests. Researchers at the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Boise lab will study 10 Idaho Batholith meadow sites to assess stream channels banks and streamside environments during grazing season and determine how different grazing systems influence fish populations vegetation and bank stability.
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Boise
UPI
Boise ‘and Sawtooth National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment
Boise Laboratory
William S. Hatts
Intermountain Station
Idaho Bath
Idaho Meat Production Dips in 1976 Receipts Fall
Idaho crop and livestock reporting service says 1976 meat production dropped four percent from 1975 and cash receipts declined sixteen percent to 299 million dollars. Cattle Calves accounted for most of the drop while lambs and sheep hit a record low with hogs steady.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Idaho Crop and Livestock’ Reporting Services
Hollister Considers 90000 Dollar Water Well Bond
Hollister Idaho faces possible summer water shortage and mayor Charles Shepherd proposes a 90000 dollar bond to fund a new in town well and related lines. City moratorium on new connections remains while the single distant well remains impractical. No election date has been set.
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Hollister
Idaho
UPI
Charles Shepherd
Shepherd
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