Bonner County Chooses Site for New Sandpoint Landfill
Bonner County Commissioners report locating a 87 acre landfill site about 1 mile south of Sandpoint and 15 miles from Priest River. Negotiations continue with the landowner who asks 30000 annually, with the county possibly paying 10000 if it operates the facility. A three month trial would start Oct 1, with contract renegotiation after. Health officials will oversee compliance with federal and state standards and the Planning Commission will review Sept 14.
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Bonner County
Sandpoint
Priest River
Harold Anselmo
Anselmo
Idaho Liquor Fund Distributes $585000 To State Agencies
Governor Cecil D Andrus announces a distribution plan under Idaho code 23 404 allocating 50 percent to counties and junior colleges 7 1 2 percent to cities and the rest to the public school income fund Nearly 250 000 goes to the school fund to ease financial strain on districts Read in Boise from UPI.
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Boise
Drunk-Driver Prosecution Backlog Program Questioned
A spokesman for the Alcohol Safety Action Project says there is nothing illegal about financial aid to expedite prosecutions of drunken drivers. Gooding County prosecutor Andrew F. James thinks the program may be illegal as it would pay prosecutors 250 per case to clear records. Lowry explains funds go to cities and counties with backlog cases.
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Boise
UPI
Alcohol Safety Action Project
L. C. Lowry
Gooding
Andrew F. James
James
Lowry
Ten Fatalities In 71 Season
ROISE UP I reports 42 gun hunting accidents in 1971 with 10 fatalities. Idaho Fish and Game notes most incidents within 10 yards and 38 victims were Idaho residents. It urges blaze orange clothing to avoid misidentification while tracking game.
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Roise
UPI
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Idaho
Idaho Awarded Federal Funds Under Airport Program
Washington reports Idaho received 1 057 429 for air carrier and reliever airport development and 288 147 for general aviation airports under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970. The total award is 1 345 876 with portions designated to Idaho airports by passenger usage ratios.
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Washington
UPI
Idaho
Transportation Department
James A. McClure
Pack River Mills End Walkout As Operations Resume
Work resumed Monday at Pack River Lumber and Idaho Forest Industries after a union walkout by International Woodworkers Local 310 affected about 200 workers. Atlas Division of IFI signed a new contract ending the strike at Coeur d'Alene, while Dover and Colburn mills reported full force with boilers fired Sunday evening.
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Pack River Lumber
Tenex
Local 3 10 Woodworkers Union
Bee
Pack River
International Woodworkers of America
Idaho Forest Industries, Inc
Coeur d’Alene
Atlas
IFI
Bill Woolsey
Dover
Colburn
Woolsey
Idaho group plans statewide history project
Idaho’s bicentennial commission will interview elderly residents and former state officials about past events. Attorney General W Anthony Park chairs the effort to record recollections on tape and later transcribe them for storage in the state archives.
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Boise
UPD
Idaho
Bicentennial Commission
W. Anthony Park
Idaho May Bus Students For Ed. Opportunities
Boise UPI Idaho outlines a statewide plan to bus students from rural districts to six regional centers for expanded career exploration and hands on training. The program links public instruction with vocational education to widen choices from kindergarten through post high school and will involve needs studies and evolving regional centers.
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Idaho
Boise
UPI
State Departments of Education and Vocational Education
Public Instruction
D. F. Engelking
Engelking
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