Convicts Help Clean Idaho Prison After Riot
Convicts at Idaho State Prison helped clean debris from 24 hours of rioting and protesting as Warden Raymond May promised cooler air and other demands. Air conditioners and 12 fans were to be hooked up, cooling cellblocks where temperatures reached 118 degrees. Gov. Andrus began forming a six member panel to probe prison conditions and Ada County Sheriff Bright will investigate potential felonies. Two convicts stabbed during the riots remained in critical condition. amnesty granted but offenders will be prosecuted if crimes are proven.
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Boise
Cecil D. Andrus
Ada County
Paul Bright
Charles Rice
David Bortz
May
Andrus
States Cities To Receive 120 Million For New Jobs
Washington UPI The latest federal move to curb high unemployment will send 120 million to states and cities for new jobs. The funds from a 1 billion emergency measure signed by President Nixon will hire for community services including police fire teaching health and pollution control with priority for veterans minorities and disadvantaged groups. Local officials decide priorities while Washington monitors for integration and community benefit.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
James D. Hodgson
Malcolm Lovell
Lovell
Watts
Beverly Hills
FDA Seizes Bon Vivant Soups In Safety Crackdown
The FDA has begun seizure actions to take custody of Bon Vivant Co. soups and canned products not under firm control. Deputy FDA Commissioner James D. Grant said the move prevents diversion or resale until safety questions are resolved after a botulism death linked to a Bon Vivant soup earlier this year. 45,000 cans were seized in a Bronx warehouse, with more seizures planned nationwide as voluntary recalls failed.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Bon Vivant Co
James D. Grant
New York
Grant
U.S
Bronx
National Canners Association
Colombo Now Off Critical List Seen With Serious Impairment
New York report says Jospeh Colombo Sr. was removed from the critical list after seven weeks in a coma from a June 28 gun attack at Central Park. A Roosevelt Hospital spokesman described Colombo as fair with marked weariness on the right side and inability to speak while still semi comatose but able to sit up with attendants.
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New York
UPI
Jospeh Colomo Sr
Roosevelt Hospital
Colombo
Central Park
Brooklyn
Jerome Johnson
Johnson
Idaho Blind Persons Program touted as progressive by NFB leader
Dr. Kenneth Jernigan of Des Moines told a Boise news conference during the Gem State Blind convention that Idaho has the most progressive program for blind persons in the United States. He noted no conscious discrimination exists but cited incidents and urged organized action to promote opportunities and training. Separately in Shoshone, firefighters controlled two large range fires, one of 45,560 acres and a second nearby, burning about 52,000 acres in the Dietrich area over two days.
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National Federation of the Blind
Boise
Idaho
United States
Kenneth Jernigan
Des Moines
Iowa
Boise Hotel
Gem State
Jernigan
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Ile
NFB
Shoshone, Idaho
UPD
Dietrich
Burley
Shoshone
Idaho Falls
Bureau of Land Management
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