Mistaken Tipoff Blamed For Idaho Prison Riot
Idaho State Penitentiary guard Lt. Robert E. Macklin testified that a mistaken belief officials had been tipped off about an escape tunnel triggered the riot. He linked the Aug. 14 stabbing and ensuing fires to the disturbance, noted drug culture and morale issues, and said the new facility due in 1973 would help isolate the hardest inmates.
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Boise
UPI
Robert E. Macklin
ISP
Macklin
William H. Butler
Butler
Charles Rice
David Bortz
Price Freeze Creates Uncertain Idaho State Impact
Deputy attorney general says effects of Nixon wage price order on Idaho state government are unknown until the order is read. Officials warn on health insurance, college tuition, and teacher raises as the 90 day freeze unfolds, with questions on budget and staffing.
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Boise
UPD
Clarence Sutter
Nixon
Rdea
Suiter
Attorney General’s Office
Office of Administrative Services
Robert Lenaghen
Bond Paid Sets Free Sagle Man in Embezzlement Case
In Idaho, George Alfred Antonson, 34, released on $1,000 cash bail after being charged with embezzling $32,741.95 from estate of Muriel I. Talbot. Attorneys Bandelin and Bistline ordered to show cause why not held in contempt. School district anticipates bids for a new junior high as voter approved $1,265,000 bond.
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George Alfred Antonson
Bonner County
Antonson
Thomas Cook
Priest River
Sandpoint
Muriel I. Talbot
Glenn Bandelin
Steve Bistline
Watt E. Prather
Coeur d’ Alene
Bandelin
Small Fires Reported In 16 Forests
United Press International reports a rash of small fires across 16 national forests from eastern Washington to the Dakotas. Twenty two new blazes bring the yearly total to 661, with 159 fireline personnel today, as drought and heat persist and burning indexes range from high to extreme in several forests. Beaverhead in eastern Montana shows a high index.
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United Press International
Washington
Dakotas
Forest Service
Forsts
Beaverhead
Montana
Idaho Tribes to Receive $36000 for Health Programs
Sen. Frank Church announced three Idaho tribes the Nez Perce Coeur d Alene and Shoshone Bannock will share 18000 grants each from HEW to fund community health representative programs. The funds come from the Department of Health Education and Welfare.
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Washington
UPI
Idaho
Frank Church
Youth Drowns At Cocolalla
A 25 year old man attempted to hijack United Airlines Flight 194 from Honolulu to Los Angeles Monday night but was stopped by sky marshals. Ahmet Ismail Sarper of Alexandria Virginia was identified by customs agents aboard the 747 and handed to FBI agents upon arrival in Los Angeles. No further details were released.
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Washington
YAPD
Honolulu
Los Angeles
U.S. Customs Bureau
United Air Lines
Ahmet Ismail Sarper
Alexandria
Sky
Sarper
FBI
Corpus Christi
Lake
Cocolalla
Bonner County
Robert Wilcox
Hiram Clarke Dubise
Wilcox
Eric
Emil A. Swanson
Ray Hatcher
Swanson
Barry Nelson
Moon Funeral Home
Sandpoint
Larry Berry
Newport Man Cited After PR Road Crash
A Newport resident, Bob Smith, 35, was cited for DUI after a single car crash on Old Priest River Road near Merritt's Lumber Mill. The car left the shoulder, traveled about 400 feet, knocked down a fence, a telephone pole, and a mailbox, and sustained about 500 dollars in damage.
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Newport
Wash
Priest River
Merritt
Bob Smith
Priest River Road
Teachers barred from pay raises under 90 day wage freeze
The White House said the 90 day wage freeze will defer raises for teachers and other seasonal workers who signed contracts last spring for increases to take effect at the start of the school year.
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Blaine
Idaho Education Association
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