Earthquake watchers note normal quake activity despite crowded regions
National Earthquake Information Center says public concern stems from earthquakes in populated areas. Geophysicist Waverly Persons notes activity remains within historic patterns with quakes clustered in seismically active regions.
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Golden. Cole
UPI
National Earthquake Information Center
New Hebrides
South Pacific Ocean
Marvin Carlson
U.S Geological Survey
China
Peking
Alaska
San Francisco
Guatemala
New Guinea
Idaho campaign funds withheld pending court ruling
About 16000 dollars in undesignated campaign funds will be withheld from Idaho political parties as a Ninth Circuit decision awaits possible three judge court review. The secretary of state will distribute designated funds while the court considers constitutionality of Idaho election law Section IV. Democratic, Republican, American, and Libertarian allocations totaling 47362 dollars are listed, with 16752 in undesignated funds noted.
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Becky Fanning
BOISE
UPI
Idaho
Ninth District Circuit Court of Appeals
Fred Taylor
Secretary of State
Taylor
American Party of Idaho
Cecil D. Andrus
Swan Falls Dam Designation Won't Halt $93 Million Project
State historian Merle Wells says the Swan Falls Dam historic listing will not stop the Swan Falls Guffey project. The plan, approved by the State Water Resources Board, calls for raising the Swan Falls Dam and building a new dam at Guffey while preserving the site’s industrial heritage on the Snake River. The designation requires federal review by the Federal Power Commission and Interior Department Advisory Council on Historical Preservation before changes.
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Boise
UPS
Swan Falls Dam
Swan Falls- Guffey
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Interior Department
Advisory Council On Historical Preservation
Wells
Falls
Guffey
Swan Falls
Blackfoot Woman Convicted in Manslaughter Trial
Thelma Griffiths, 37, of Shelley, was found guilty by a Seventh District Court jury of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of her husband Joseph Griffiths, 42, after an April 29 incident. Verdict came after 11 hours of deliberation. sentencing set for 2 pm August 26. she was free on recognizance.
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Griffiths
Joseph Griffiths
Spokane City Violates Federal Carbon Monoxide Standard
Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority says Spokane violated the eight hour carbon monoxide standard at least once since the Clean Air Act deadline. No action has occurred due to questions over EPA enforcement authority. Downtown Spokane remains the hotspot for CO alerts and potential future exceedances.
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Spokane
APS
Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Fred Shiosaki
Pollution Control Authority
U.S. Supreme Court
EPA
State Print Shop Services To IFCU Ordered Stopped
Idaho Attorney General's written opinion directs discontinuation of print shop services from the Idaho Department of Transportation to the Idaho Federal Credit Union. It says the service is outside DOT powers and may violate the Idaho Constitution, and that no state entity issue justifies reimbursement arrangements.
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IFCU
Idaho Federal Credit Union
Idaho Department of Transportation
Department
Idaho
Darrell Manning
Transportation Department
Attorney General
Attorney General's Office
BPA Seeks 22 Percent Rise in Power Wheeling Rates
Bonneville Power Administration asks the Federal Power Commission to approve a 22 percent average increase in wheeling charges for users of the Columbia River Transmission system. Secretary Kleppe said the shift aims to fairly allocate costs between federal and non federal users. The plan, tied to the 1974 Transmission Act, would raise 1978 revenues to about 28 million dollars, within a 329 million dollar forecast for the federal system, and take effect after FPC approval until December 20, 1979.
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Portland
UPI
Bonneville Power Administration
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Federal Power Commission
Interior
Thomas S Kleppe
EPA
Kleppe
FPC
Raid Nets Drugs in Boise Home Arrests Made
State and local narcotics officers raided a Boise home Monday night, arresting eight people and seizing five to seven pounds of marijuana. Daniel Rauch and Vicki Laird face marijuana possession and delivery charges. Karen Rauch and Raymond A. George charged with possession with intent to deliver. Jamie Soulsby and Dennis Soulsby charged with possession and frequenting. Layne Tanaka and Melvin Eugene Gulick accused of frequenting. Addresses for Laird Tanaka Gulick and George not known. others from Boise.
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State Narcotics Bureau
Daniel Rauch
Vicki Laird
Karen Rauch
Raymond A. George
Jamie Soulsby
Dennis Soulsby
Layne Tanaka
Melvin Eugene Gulick
Laird
Tanaka
Gulick
George
Boise
Car Collapse Kills Burley Youth at Wrecking Yard
A car slipped from a jack at Slagel's Auto Wrecking on Highway 30 west of Burley Idaho around 9:30 a.m. killing Wesley L. Taylor Burley son of Mr and Mrs Richard Taylor. Coroner Bruce Young identified the victim.
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Burley
Idaho
UPI
Bruce Young
Wesley L. Taylor
Richard Taylor
Slagel
Highway 30
Thunderstorm Hammers Murphy Idaho Water Pumps Fail
Severe weather lashed Murphy and surrounding southwest Idaho causing water pump outages, road flooding on State Highway 68, downed limbs, and minor power outages. Rain totals varied with Kuna reporting .30 inches and Boise .01 inches while pea and half-inch hail appeared in Kuna and west Boise.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Murphy
Rabbit Creek
Kuna
Meridian
West Boise
North Eighth Street
North Five Mile Road
Spokane Teachers and District Narrow Gap on Wages
Negotiators for Spokane School District and 1600 teachers are 11 percent apart on wages in a master contract. Negotiations exceed four months with little progress. talk of impasse arises. Teachers return individual contracts to the district per the Spokane Education Association.
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Spokane
UPS
The
Spokane Education Association
Rock Festival Promoters Sued Over Burned Idaho Show
Music Circuit Productions of Des Moines Iowa filed a $150000 suit in U S District Court against Colonial Enterprises and Stateline Speedway promoters for duping them into supplying a stage for the Nor'western 76 festival at Stateline Speedway June 5. The festival ended with fans burning looting the facility as stagehands left after not being paid. The suit charges promoters failed to disclose dangers they knew or should have known.
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Boise
UPI
Music Circuit Productions
Des Moines
Iowa
U.S
Stateline Speedway
the Speedway
Colonial Enterprises, Inc
Lewiston
Carey Swimmer Drowns in Idaho Pool
Chris Wells an 18 year old from Carey drowned Saturday in an outdoor pool at Hot Springs Ranch north of Carey Blaine County deputies said after diving in he failed to surface Wells was pulled from a nine foot deep pool by Todd Turley a California visitor who made two dives before locating him Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene
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Carey
Idaho
UPI
Chris Wells
Hot Springs Ranch
Blaine County
Sheriff’s Office
Wells
Maurice Ellsworth
Don Green
Rick Peterson
Todd Turley
California
Green
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