Firefighting crews battle Mt Casey blaze near Schweitzer Basin
Public Lands crews report three fires near Schweitzer Basin with the Mt Casey fire growing from a small spot to over ten acres in minutes. About 45 firefighters from multiple towns work to contain it as other fires remain small hangovers from a weekend lightning storm. Authorities impose logging and campfire restrictions until weather improves.
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Public Lands
Mt. Casey
Schweitzer Basin
Priest Lake
Keokée Creek
Lion
Green
West Lake
Bonners Ferry
Coeur
D’ ‘Alene
St. Maries
McClure criticizes Idaho Forest Service at hearing
Sen. James McClure told a House Agriculture Committee hearing in Coeur d'Alene that unresolved decisions on grazing timber mining access recreation and water shed management on Idaho national forest lands create a planning void. He urged quick action to define sites best suited for multiple use and to secure timber and mineral supplies for Idaho mills and national demand.
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Coeur D’alene, Idaho
McClure
Idaho
Timers' Pedal Through Sandpoint
Jim Simmons 25 and six men plus two women bicycle from New York City to Vancouver 3500 miles in ten weeks sponsored by the Council of American Youth Hostels. They sleep in parks, ride about 60 miles daily, and note Glacier Park as a high point while describing a ghost town on route and the challenge of weather and endurance.
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Oath Palmer
Easly
Jim
Simmons
Sandpoint
New York City
Vancouver
British Columbia
Council of American Youth Hostels
University of Arkansas
New York
Glacier Park
Aew
Sai
Andrus Says Carter Policy Elevates Environment Over Development
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus announced a shift in federal policy from resource disposal to resource management. He said the Carter administration will prioritize environmental protection while developing public lands and will purge special interests within the Interior Department to ensure programs serve the public. He urged balancing conservation with growth to avoid waste and benefit all citizens.
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Park City
Utah
UPD
Cecil Andrus
Carter
Andrus
Conference On Energy and
Interior Department
Department of the Interior
Interior
Department
Confortes Guilty in Mustang Ranch Tax Case
Joe and Sally Conforte, operators of the Mustang Ranch near Reno, were found guilty on four counts of evading payment of payroll and social security taxes for non-vice workers. The judge set October 7 for sentencing, citing a $55,000 tax claim for 1974 to 1976 and noting records were destroyed amid the trial.
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Russell Nielsen Reno
Nev
UPI
Joe
Sally Conforte
Mustang Ranch
U. S
Bruce Thompson
Thompson
Here
Confortos
Internal Revenue.Service
Bruce Hockman
Beverly Hills
Calif
Larry Semenza
Confortes
Council to Decide Water Bond Issue in Sandpoint
Sandpoint Mayor Ed Bitzman asks the city council to place a $1.5 million water bond before voters for upgrading the water system. Grants from Farmers Home Administration could cover nearly the same amount if the bond passes, with a study showing a higher rate than city figures. The meeting also covers a garbage ordinance and water service boundary changes at City Hall.
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Sandpoint
Ed Bitzman
Farmers Home
Eitzman
Council
City Hall
Elvis Presley Dies at 42 in Memphis Funeral Planned
Elvis Presley, once a $40-a-week truck driver, died at age 42 in Memphis Tennessee. He was found on his bathroom floor Tuesday afternoon. details and tributes follow on page 8.
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King of
Elvis Presley
Memphis
Tennessee
the King
Frank Faucett Charged With DUI Arrest
Frank Faucett age 33 from Samuels was arrested by deputies on a driving while intoxicated charge. He remains jailed with bond pending.
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Frank Faucett
Samuels
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Willis Jordan
Department of Public Lands
Larry Stone
Forest Service
Stone
Jordan
U.S. Forest Service
Sweeney
Kevin Sweeney
Boe
Gary Palmer
Clyde Maxwell
Internal Revenue Service
Cathhy Brown
Boston
Jim Simmons
Mark Robbins
B.C
DUI
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