Idaho Senate Republicans Seek Compromise on Lieutenant Governor Powers
Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed to negotiate a compromise over lieutenant governor duties during the 44th Legislature organizational session. After caucusing, Walter Yarbrough led a committee to work with Democrats on rule changes, aiming to avoid partisan bickering and maintain payroll control for the majority.
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Boise
UPI
Senate
Walter Yarbrough
Yarbrough
John V. Evans
GOP
Theo Peegy -Ities
Pers
Newspaper Seeks Court Block In Source Shield Ruling
Twin Falls Times-News petitions Idaho Supreme Court to block a court order forcing managing editor Richard High and reporter Bill Lazarus to disclose confidential news sources in a libel suit filed by Sierra Life Insurance Company. The judge ruled they may not invoke First Amendment protection.
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Twin Falls, Idaho
UPI
Twin Falls
Dairymen Return To Work In Jerome Idaho
Ida-Gem Dairymen workers will be recalled as Cache Valley Inc plans to buy the Jerome plant. The move allows local dairymen to earn about 10 percent per pound profit on cheese while production moves to Jerome then to Utah for packaging and shipping to California Oregon and Washington.
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Jerome, Idaho
UPI
Ida-Gem Dairymen, Inc
Jerome
Utah
California
Oregon
Washington
Ida-Gem
Idaho Road Report Notes Icy Spots and Fog Across State Highways
Idaho road report from the Department of Transportation notes most major roads open with good travel conditions but icy spots and fog in several areas. Key routes with icy stretches include U S 95 New Meadows Bonners Ferry State Highway 55 Banks Canyon to New Meadows Interstate 90 US 10 Fourth of July Canyon to Wallace Lookout Pass snow cover US 12 Orofino to Lolo Pass State Highway 21 Idaho City to Lowman US 93 Galena Summit to Salmon Interstate 15 Idaho Falls.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
State Departments of Transportation and Law Enforcement
New Meadows
Bonners Ferry
Banks Canyon
Canyon
Wallace
Lookout Pass
Orofino
Lolo Pass
Idaho City
Lowman
Galena Summit
Salmon
Intertate
Idaho Falls
Idaho Republicans invited to Carter inauguration
Idaho's four Republican electors and their spouses were invited to President-elect Jimmy Carter's January 20 ceremony. The electors named are William Campbell and Ralph Gines of Boise, Vernon Ravenscroft of Tuttle, and Ruth Johnson of Hayden Lake. They must reply to the inaugural committee by January 10.
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Boise
Pete Cenarussa
Idaho Farm Labor Force Rises 43 Percent in 1976
Idaho's farm labor force grew 43 percent over 1975 to 67 000 workers, with family labor totaling 28 000 a 27 percent rise. Open fall weather aided the increase, while hired workers jumped 56 percent from a year earlier.
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Idaho Farm Labor Force
Boise
UPI
Idaho
Idaho Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Poisonous Waste Study Initiated in Idaho
Idaho Health and Welfare officials launched an 18 month study of laws and facilities for handling poisonous wastes. Dr. Lee Stokes noted the work group formed amid Allied Chemicals Kepone burial proposals near Grand View. He cited Snake River pollution from Teton Dam and northern Idaho pesticide issues as factors.
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Boise
UPS
Idaho
Lee Stokes
Division of Environment
Allied Chemical
Grand View
Stokes
Snake River
Teton Dam
Amsterdam drives to end capital punishment at national level
Stanford law professor Anthony Amsterdam, famed for shaping the 1972 Supreme Court ruling against the death penalty, leads anti death penalty efforts and defends clients such as Gary Gilmore’s mother seeking clemency. He criticizes punishment as racist and barbaric while remaining active in civil rights and school busing cases.
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Stanford, Calif
UPI
Anthony Amsterdam
J . Amsterdam
Stanford University
United States
Amsterdam
US Supreme Court
Gary Gilmore
Angela Davis
Bobby Seal
Charles Groppi
Chicago
Wyoming and Interior settle coal land reclamation dispute
In a landmark settlement Wyoming Gov. Ed Herschler and Interior Secretary Kleppe announced that Wyoming's reclamation standards will be recognized for coal lands within its borders. The agreement ends the federal court challenge to Interior's coal regulations and asserts state authority on reclamation.
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Ellen ‘Haskett
Cheyenne
UPD
Herschler
Wyoming
Interior
Thomas
Kleppe
Herscher
Valso
Interior Department
Spokane Man Refuses Car Emission Converter Compliance
SPOKANE UPI A Spokane man Gary P. VanCleve challenges post-1968 emission rules by removing his catalytic converter from his wife’s car and declaring he will not reinstall it. He publicly stated the device caused illness and has had the car tested to show it meets standards.
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Spokane
UPI
Gary P. VanCleve
Anid
VanCleve
Vany
Ku Klux Klan Member Arrested By The Navy
A Marine who identified himself as a KKK member was arrested for refusing to obey orders to report to a new duty station at Camp Pendleton. Navy investigators announced the arrest and linked it to broader tensions at the base involving white and black troops.
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Camp Pendleton
UPI
Navy
Dan Bailey
Camp Headquarters
Bailey
Randalf Clouse
Cyclops
Dallas
Clouse
Los Angeles
San Diego
Klan
White Brotherhood
Ku Klux Klan
Indicted ROTC Cadet Faces Negligent Sharp-Weapon Charge
Riverhead New York A 21 year old ROTC cadet James Savino was indicted by a grand jury on a criminally negligent assault charge linked to a hazing incident on Long Island Great South Bay. He faces up to four years in prison on conviction. The event occurred during a late night mock interrogation by about 20 ROTC members at St. John's University.
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Riverhead
N.Y
UPI
James Savino
Savino
Long Island
Great South Bay
ROTC
St. John’s University
Grand Jury
Pershing Rifles
Idaho faces bridge crisis despite highway funding gains
Idaho highway officials say funding leaves a critical bridge problem unresolved. 203 bridges face a 10 year life span with $125 million needed to replace them, costing about $67 million annually for 20 years.
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Oregon
Washington
Dean Tisdale
Tisdale
Congress
Idaho
Tisdal
Manning
Transportation ‘Department
Carter picks Cyrus Vance for Secretary of State and Bert Lance to OMB
President elect Carter will name Cyrus Vance as secretary of state and Bert Lance as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vance, 58, a former deputy defense secretary, is praised as a quiet skilled diplomat and team player. Lance, 45, a Calhoun native and banker, has led National Bank of Georgia and expanded assets through bank consolidations.
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Plains
UPD
Cyrus Vance
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Vance
Atlanta
Bert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Jacob Javits
New York
Clifford
New Jersey
State—Department
Pentagon
Henry Kissinger
Wall Street
Army
Clarksburg
W. Va
Yale
Yale’ Law School
J i
Lance
First National Bank
Calhoun
National Bank of Georgia
NBG
Wind Chill Factor Not Always Accurate
CHICAGO (UPI) Exposed skin freezes at 20 degrees below zero yet wind chill can be safe to venture into the cold. Meteorologist Bob Somrek explains wind chill is a perceived temperature, an equivalency factor for exposed flesh, showing skin loses heat faster with wind.
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Chicago
UPI
Bob Somrek
National Weather Service
Somrek
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