Coroner Supports Disclosing Facts in Grizzly Spokane Murder Case
Spokane coroner Dr. Lois Shanks has broad backing for releasing more case details than police. She disclosed that the teenage newspaper delivery girl was sexually assaulted and dismembered after her body was found April 5. Police said little at first. Prosecutors and attorneys generally deem her disclosures within her authority.
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Spokane
UPI
Lois Shanks
Shanks
Curent
Richard Olberding
Wayne Hendren
Donald Brockett
John ‘Lamp
Brockett
Jealous Bomber Sentenced in Idaho Tragedy
Percy Bradley, 35, Jerome, Idaho, received 14 years in the Idaho State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to placing a bomb in a pickup used by rival Robert Buzz Miller. The blast seriously injured Miller, who Bradley admitted aimed to scare Miller away from his wife. Judge James Cunningham noted murder intent despite Bradley's favorable letters. Bradley was delivered to the Board of Corrections by 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Idaho State Penitentiary
James Cunningham
Fifth District Court
Bradley
Cunningham
Jack Murphy
Murphy
Board of Corrections
Boise
Robert
Buzz
Miller
Fraudulent bicentennial chain letters warn Boise readers
Postmaster Albert L Hicks warns of chain letters with bicentennial schemes circulating nationwide. The letters solicit money or items of value and violate federal mail fraud laws. letters selling recipes or cards are not mailed, but threats or fake legal approvals mislead the public.
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Neil Benson
Hicks
Seed Growers Sue Dealers Over Grass Seed Prices
Seed farmers led by McDonald Farms Silver Land and Lehn Ranches filed a class action in Spokane alleging Sherman Act violations by grass seed dealers brokers and wholesalers. Attorneys accuse firms Northrup King Scott Seed Heart Seed of anticompetitive price manipulation that kept grower incomes flat while retail seed prices rose.
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Spokane
UPS
George Far
McDonald Farms, Inc
Silver Land Co Inc
Lehn Ranches. Inc
Firms
Northrup King Co
Scott Seed Co
Heart Seed Co
Idaho Sportsmen Lose Most Henrys Lake Proposal
Eastern Idaho anglers pressed for bag limit and harvest changes at Henrys Lake but the Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved only a one fish limit for August and September. The panel kept existing hours and a three fish cap, with assurances of further study and a future review.
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Robert van Buskirk
BOISE
UPI
Idaho
Henrys Lake
Fish and Game
H. Jack Alvord
Pocatello
Alvord
Will Godfrey Boise
Eastern
Commission
Kent Marler
Rexburg
Herb Pollard
Pollard
No Three-Bucket Fires at Ten Sleep Ranch
In Ten Sleep Wyoming an insurance adjuster warns against a three bucket fire after two kitchen fires. A January stove blaze caused 2000 dollars in damage which was extinguished with one bucket of water. Last week wiring for the kitchen stove caused 7500 to 10000 dollars in damage requiring two buckets to stop the flames.
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Wyo
UPI
Gordon Hoffman
Thermopolis
Crop Progress Near Normal in Idaho Fields
Idaho Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes crop progress and field work near normal for the season. Soil moisture adequate. midweek rains slowed some but activity remains high in lower elevations. spring grains about 50 percent planted with 10 percent emerged. Potatoes planting active. sugar beets and onions largely in ground.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Astro Destiny Weekly Horoscope Fragment
Aries urges contacting distant relatives. money dwindles with little to show. Apology may be needed. words will come. Cancer needs rest and advice from a trusted friend amid Leo entanglements. Libra frustration persists. Capricorn period ends with patience.
PP&L Bids To Install Wind Turbine Near Caspar Wyoming
PP&L plans to submit a bid for one wind turbine generator to be placed near its Dave Johnston Steam electric plant at Caspar Wyoming. Dr Peet M Soot says Wyoming offers the highest wind energy potential with Sandia Labs data. PP&L expects to learn by June if it advances among 12 candidates and says construction could begin early next year.
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Portland
UPI
Pacific Power & Light Co
U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Pp&l
Dave Johnston
Casper
Wyo
Peet M. Soot
Wyoming
Sandia Laboratories
Symms challenges Panama Canal talks and Ford policy
Rep. Steve Symms says he is shocked by Ambassador Bunker's confirmation that Ford negotiates canal ownership. He warns the move jeopardizes U S security and could raise shipping costs. Symms backs Reagan, opposing what he calls a canal giveaway.
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Washington
UPI
Steve Symms
Idaho
Ellsworth Bunker
Ford
Panama Canal
America
Ronald Reagan
Washington Recyclers Toll-Free Info Line
Spokane report states the Washington State Department of Ecology opened a toll-free number 1 800 recycle for eastern Washington residents to get updated guidance on what, how, and where to recycle household and office waste. Callers can also request a free 14 page Guide to Household Recycling and learn about future publications on office materials recycling and starting new recycling centers.
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Spokane
UPS
Washington State Department of Ecology
Wahington
Chamber Upset Over Moscow Pullman Gay Community Film
UPI reports Moscow Idaho chamber of commerce challenges KUID documentary on the local gay community. President Larry Grupp says the film damages the university image and is biased while the piece explores gay lifestyles and civil rights efforts.
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Moscow, Idaho
UPI
Mike Kirk
University of Idaho
KUID
Chamber of Commerce
Moscow- Pullman
Chamber
Larry Grupp
Sweet Land of Liberty
Moscow-Pullman
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