Governor appoints seven to Idaho Health Authority
Gov Cecil D Andrus named seven members to the Idaho Health Authority created by the 1972 Legislature. The panel will issue revenue bonds for hospital construction and equipment and meet next in the Statehouse at 10 a.m. Friday. Members: Sen Mike Mitchell Mary McPike Robert W Clark Robert L Hamill Jr Gordon L Nelson John B Ernsdorff Edward L Benoit.
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Boise
Moscow
Robert L. Hamill Jr
Gordon L. Nelson
Idaho Falls
John B. Ernsdorff
Lewiston
Edward L. Benoit
Tivin Falls
Guests Watch As Diner Sinks On Sacramento River
In Sacramento the Galley restaurant barge sank after pumps failed on Saturday night. About 150 customers left with seafood in hand as workers evacuated by a side ramp, while two dishwashers stayed to mop water until firefighters arrived.
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Sacramento
Calif
Hal Schultz
McGovern Says Two Days War Could Rebuild Flooded Wilkes-Barre
UPI reports Sen. George S. McGovern told residents in Kingston that suspending the Vietnam War for two days could rebuild flood-damaged Wilkes-Barre areas, as he toured Kingston and Riverside Park and urged an end to the war. He noted the area suffered severe damage from tropical storm Agnes, with many homes collapsed and 20 of 6,600 residents spared from the flood. He supported rebuilding efforts while expressing sympathy for Vietnam veterans.
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Wilkes-Barre
UPI
George S. McGovern
United States
Haiphong
Pennsylvania
Kingston
South Dakota
McGovern
Vincent Goulston
Susquehanna
Agnes
Goulston
Riverside Park
Texanita Sinks After Collision Off Cape Agulhas
The Liberian 100,613 ton Texanita exploded and sank in fog after colliding with the Oswego Guardian about 50 miles east of Cape Agulhas. Fifty crew aboard Texanita, four missing from Oswego Guardian, S.A. Constantia found four survivors and two bodies. Oil slicks and search for survivors underway as air force plane investigates spill.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPS
Texanita
Oswego Guardian
Cape Agulhas
S.A. Constantia
Mossel Bay
Europe
S.A. Pioneer
Cape
Copernicus space telescope reaches stable orbit in test run
The 82 million Copernicus observatory launched into orbit and passed initial tests. It will study distant stars and pulsars providing a powerful view of the universe while engineers report successful stabilization and normal operations. Rep Orval Hansen proposes NEC art depot use via federal acquisition of unused railroad depots in Idaho and other states.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Satellite Control Center
Greenbelt
Washington
Orval Hansen
Idaho
Hansen
National Endowment For the Arts
Medical Background Excuses Two Veterans in Hijack Joke
Two Minneapolis men, James Summer and Roy Schenck, avoided charges after jokingly threatening to hijack an Ozark Airlines flight. Authorities cited epilepsy and other disorders, noting the plan was a "dry humor" stunt during a St Louis bound veterans convention.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ozark Airlines
James Summer
Roy Schenck
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Louis
Summer
Brenda Barrar
Schenck
U. S
Allen Danielson
FHA Official to Present $1.1 Million Idaho Grant
James Smith of the Farmers Home Administration will deliver a $1.1 million FHA check to Ammon Mayor Keith Turnbow as part of a $2 million sewer and water project for eastern Idaho. Additional grants from EPA HUD and Idaho total $978,000. Smith attends a Boise training, arrives Aug 29, with a news conference at the airport, then heads to Marsing to fund a 40 unit Labor Camp addition.
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Bobe
UPD
James Vy
Smith
Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Ammon
Keith Turnbow
FHA
Idaho
Environmental Protection Agency, Housing and Urban Development
State of Idaho
Boise
Idaho Falls
City of
Marsing
Man Arrested In Tiger Cub Theft Case In Torrance
James J. Boyd, 41, an ex Ringling Brothers animal handler, was jailed on burglary charges after allegedly stealing an 11 week old Siberian tiger cub worth 1500 dollars from its sleeping mother. He was arrested at a weekend apartment where the cub was held.
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Torrance
Calif
James J. Boyd
Boyd
Ringling Brothers Barmim and Bailey Circus
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