Channelization Converts Streams Into Ugly Ditches
UPI commentary notes Soil Conservation Service channelization turns meandering streams into straight ditches to drain land for farming. Critics say it harms wildlife and water supplies, with projects like Horse Range Swamp in South Carolina drawing opposition from conservation groups and agencies. The SCS estimates 8,000 miles already guttered with 13,000 more planned. Salt Lake City note follows.
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United Press International
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National Wildlife Federation
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National Audubon Society
Horse Range
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Church urges shared role in reclamation with geologists
Democratic Sen Frank Church told the Idaho Association of Geologists in Boise that reclamation should not be the engineer's sole domain. He argued geologists and hydrologists can help use the Snake River region's underground aquifer, which stores water without dams or surface land loss.
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UPI
Frank Church
Idaho Association of Geologists
Aes Neture
Bob Hope Concludes Overseas G I Show Tour
Bob Hope told about 3 000 U S troops at Camp Casey South Korea that his present trip would be his last overseas tour to entertain service members in Asia and the Pacific. He and Les Brown and his band plus 12 beauties performed a two hour show amid cold weather before a packed crowd. Hope denied political implications in the Hong Kong cancellation and said a Bangkok stop and visits to South Vietnam Singapore the Philippines and Guam are planned.
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South Korea
UPD
Bob Hope
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Les Brown
Camp Casey
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Hong Kong
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Thailand
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Search For Small Plane Continues In Pacific Northwest
Boise Idaho officials said search planes would resume today to locate a single engine plane missing since Sunday. The Navy flyer Chief Warrant Officer Joe Andrews his wife and three children were en route from Scottsbluff Nebraska to Portland Oregon with planned Boise stop. The search spans Idaho Wyoming and Utah authorities said.
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UPI
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Nebraska
Oregon
Idaho
Darrell Manning
Joe Andrews
Norfolk
Malad City
Portland
Ore
Scottsburff
Neb
Boise
Manning
Wyoming
Utah
Newest Checker Cab Partition Promises Taxi Safety
The Lifeguard partition by Checker Motors adds aluminum armor and Lexan windows to cabs, creating a driver and passenger barrier. Tested nationwide for years, it blocks attacks with quick installation in under an hour, while keeping fare change access through a drawer.
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Checker Motors
General Electric
New York
Legislation Would Require Fair Unbiased News Shows
Hollywood report on proposed legislation from the Nixon era to compel broadcast stations to show news fairness and balance. White House official Clay Whitehead says renewals would hinge on local attunement to community needs and airing of conflicting views.
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Rick DU Brow
Hollywood
UPI
White House
Clay T. Whitehead
Office of Telecommunications Policy
Federal Communications Commission
Whitehead
Cascade Man McDieane Died After Night in Jail
Cascade Idaho police chief ordered an autopsy for 64 year old Mike McDieane who died at his home Saturday after a night in the Cascade Jail on a disturbing the peace charge. Autopsy planned at police insistence.
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Cascade
Idaho
UPI
Lewis Morgan
Mike McDieane
MccDienen
Morgan
Boyle resigns as UMW president amid pension dispute
New York reports Tony Boyle steps down as United Mine Workers leader days before Arnold Miller takes over in a court ordered transition. Boyle to receive a $50 000 annual pension. Miller vows to strip it if possible. Final election returns show Miller ahead 70 372 to 56 334.
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W.A
Tony
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United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Leonard Pankovich
Miller
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Miller- Boyle
Joseph
Jock
Yablonski
International Union
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