BLM Revamps Idaho Advisory Boards
Idaho Bureau of Land Management completes restructuring of state and district advisory boards Boise headquarters oversee six districts including Boise Burley Idaho Falls Salmon Shoshone and Coeur d Alene Mathews says boards will reflect broad interests with 12 member state panel and district boards selected locally Appointments by the state director for one year terms.
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UPI
Bureau of Land Management
Idaho
Blm
William L. Mathews
Burley
Idaho Falls
Salmon, Shoshone
Coeur d’Alene
Mathews
Idaho districts may skip state funded kindergartens
Idaho districts face funding gaps as some may not open state funded kindergartens this fall despite available money. Meridian Superintendent August Hein says local costs for space, equipment, and teachers are not covered by state funding. Boise uses a mill levy. Caldwell weighs space and funding options with a cautious board stance.
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Boise
UPT
Idaho
The
Idaho Statesman
Meridian
August Hein
Caldwell
Darrel Deide
Idaho Education Assoc Pushes Equalized School Funding Plan
At its Boise delegate conference the Idaho Education Assoc urged quick Supreme Court action on funding inequities from local property values. IEA leaders proposed legislation to support equal educational opportunity and preserve local control, naming Lamar Hager and Howard Beymer as presidential candidates.
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Boise
UPS
Idaho Education Assoc
Supreme Court
Fourth District
J. Ray Durtschi
IEA
Wayne York
Court
York
Idaho
Association
Lamar Hager
Blackfoot
Howard Beymer
Nampa
Regular Kids Forget Jobs
Idaho youths face rough summer job prospects says Community Youth Development Program director Linda McCracken. Federally funded CETA openings exist for minority and disadvantaged teens while well off families hire their own. Most postings are filled before teens learn of them. Age 16 to 18 have some work. younger teens rarely do.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Linda McCracken
Youth Employment Service
Fire in Downtower senior apartments kills four
A discarded cigarette sparked a blaze in the Downtower senior citizens apartments, killing four residents and injuring 22. The fire broke out Saturday night in the former Park Hotel, a downtown landmark remodeled in 1972 with federal funds. Fire officials said a lighted cigarette left on furniture in the second floor lobby started the fire, and crews took about 1 1/2 hours to evacuate residents.
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Mont
UPI
Park Hotel
Oldtimers
New Geological sign To Go Up In Idaho
A new Geological sign will be erected on U S Highway 95 south of Bonners Ferry as part of Idaho s statewide system of more than 130 signs. The marker explains glacial history of Coeur d Alene and Pend d Oreille regions and notes ITD the Idaho Historical Society and the University of Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology cooperation.
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Coeur D’alene
Idaho
Merle Harding
U.S. Highway
Bonners Ferry
Kootenai Valley
Canada
Kootenai
Pend d’ Oreille
Idaho Transportation Department
ITD
Idaho Historical Society
Bureau of Mines and Geology
The
University of Idaho
Idaho six communities win bicentennial status bids
The Idaho Bicentennial Commission approved Boise Blackfoot Lewiston Marsing Pierce and Power County and the College of Idaho campus for bicentennial designation. Final approval rests with national headquarters. Marsing stands out for town cleanup and park improvements while Lewiston seeks $500000 in non federal funds to restore 17 historic buildings near the Lewis Clark Hotel. The College of Idaho campus is the first Idaho campus to apply and more colleges may submit later.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho Bicentennial Commission
College of Idaho
Blackfoot-Bingham County
Lewiston
Marsing
Pierce
Power County
Commission
J. M. Neil
Idaho
Neil
Lewis-Clark
Second Quarter Decline Noted By Idaho Bank
First Security Bank reports the national recession will press Idaho’s economy into the second quarter. Lumber demand stays sluggish but should improve by the third quarter. Livestock prices may rise while crop prices stay below 1974 levels. Construction activity and silver and phosphate production remain high.
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Boise
UPI
First Security Bank
Idaho
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