Ed Williams Missing After Snake River Boat Capsize
Ed Williams 45 of Meridian and boat pilot Jack Bowman are among two missing after an 18 foot riverboat carrying eight capsized in the Snake River near Lewiston Idaho. Six survivors, including Darrell Manning and his wife, were rescued as searchers with aircraft and boats combed the swift river. Governor Andrus arrived by plane to join planned overland search into the wilderness.
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Lewiston
Idaho
UPI
Snake River
Ed Williams
Meridian
Congress
Williams
Jack Bowman
Idaho Aeronautics
Darrell Manning
Sam Taylor
Jean
Martin Peterson
Human Resources Development Council
Barbara Dobson
Boise
Miss Dobson
Bowman
Taylor
Nine Lewiston officers search river for missing candidate and cousin
Nine sheriffs returned from an all night search near Lewiston as they searched the Snake River for former congressional candidate Edward V Williams and his cousin Jack Bowman after a boat of eight overturned in rapids fifty miles south. Deputies found boat cushions a vacuum bottle and gear but no sign of the two men and expressed pessimism about their chances.
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Lewiston
Idaho
UPI
Snake River
Arbulent River
Edward V. Williams
Meridian
Jack Bowman
Nez Perce County
Pete Hendrick
Idaho towns stall on sewer upgrades as federal funds lag
Governor Cecil Andrus says about 24 Idaho communities are ready to upgrade wastewater treatment but funding is frozen. A backlog exceeding 15 million dollars blocks progress after environmental officials from 10 states met with EPA director William Ruckelshaus in Washington. Communities awaiting funds include Jerome Hazleton Salmon Horseshoe Bend and others across the state.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Cecil Andrus
Washington, D.C
William Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Jerome
Hazeltown
Salmon
Horseshoe Bend
Payette Lakes
Montpelier
Albion
Priest River
Payette
Wendell
Paul
Orofino
Basalt-Firth
Donnelly
Rupert
Sandpoint
Ammon
Kimberly
Idaho Falls
Moscow
Twin Falls
Heyburn
Paris
Golf Brunch Rescheduled by Ladies Group
The ladies golf brunch at the Golf Course is rescheduled for Wednesday after a prior cancellation. Spokeswoman Yvonne Morton says the event will proceed regardless of weather with a meeting and social hour starting at 10 a.m.
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Golf Course
Yvonne Morton
Forest Regions Drawn Quartering USDA Offices
The Agriculture Department plans to consolidate three regional offices in Ogden Utah Missoula Montana and Albuquerque New Mexico moving the headquarters to Denver The changes Downgrade the five state Intermountain Forest Service Region to service centers by June 1974 affecting about 400 Ogden employees and leaving roughly 90 supervisors across the region Denver would become the regional hub while Idaho Wyoming and Nevada California reorganizations shift control to Seattle San Francisco and Denver Officials and Senator Bennett protested the plan saying it requires further study and appeal consideration
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Utah
Montana
New Mexico
Denver
Forest Service
Ogden
Missoula
Mont
Albuquerque
N.M
Intermountain Forest Service
Wyoming
Intermountain
Idaho
Seattle
National
Nevada
California
San Francisco
Loca Forest
Bennett
Agriculture Department
White House
No Job Loss In Forest Service Move
Boise based Forest Service official Karl Klade said the planned regional office consolidations will not cut any Idaho jobs. The changes, announced in Washington, will close offices in Ogden Missoula and Albuquerque by 1974 with northern Idaho overseen from Missoula and southern Idaho from Ogden. The Boise research unit and Moscow forestry lab will stay open.
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Boise
UPI
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Idaho
Dick Klade
Boise National Forest
Washington, D.C
Ogden
Utah
Missoula
Mont
Albuquerque
N.M
U.S. Forest
Forest Services
Portland
Klade
Moscow
Sandpoint Area Weather Advisory
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with a few showers in nearby mountains. Temperatures hold steady with a 20 percent rain chance. Today’s high 55, tonight’s low 35, Wednesday high 60.
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Sandpoint
Northern Lights Loan Approved for Sandpoint System
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $949000 loan to Northern Lights of Sandpoint to build 48 miles of distribution line serving 400 customers and other system improvements. The loan, joined by financing from the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, carries a 5 percent interest rate.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Northern Lights
Sandpoint
Frank Church
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
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Wilds
Pittsburgh Landing
Imnaha Rapids
Cecil D. Andrus
State
Andrus
Lutero Rosa
Richard Sodorff
Sandpoint Senior High School
SHS
Rosa
Brazil
Metaline Falls
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