EPA considers Spokane Valley aquifer sole source designation
EPA spokesman says designation could be issued after a public hearing in April. Septic effluent is cited as the cause of unsafe nitrate levels in Spokane drinking water. A $5 million SEMETINE project is proposed, while county studies continue to assess nitrate sources and impact.
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Cpi
Donald
Spokane Valley
Deis Sant
Rec
Spokane County
Sear
Army Corps of Engineers
Idaho
Big heroin bust tops state crime notes
A federal probe labels a Meridian parking lot seizure and related arrests as one of the state’s largest heroin cases. Defendants include Mark Minton 20 Boise Ine Gropeza 21 Homedak George Heinze 22 Twin Falls and others facing charges of distribution and conspiracy with sentences due January 24 by Judge Fred Taylor.
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FAA
Mark Minton
Boise
Ine Gropeza
Homedak
Gusty Montag
George Heinze
Twin Falls
Meridian
Westberg
Bution
Fred Taylor
Meana Day
Taylor
Tena ‘Heinze
Gary Lynn
Skelden
Kuna
Gary Padgett
Oregon Idaho license plate rules cause confusion
Oregon issues two year plates but Idaho residents or movers must switch to Idaho plates by the end of the first 12 months after issuance. Officials warn some move and keep Oregon plates past expiration, risking invalid plates and urge checks and immediate Idaho registration when relocating.
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Divison
Fasles
Oregon
Idaho
Farley Sai
Memphis Man Trapped in Garbage Bin Survivesinjury
James M. Green, 22, was found inside a garbage bin after a late night fall, describing being buried under sheetrock and debris. He was hospitalized in satisfactory condition with a broken lip and minor injuries after a trash truck emptied the bin.
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Memphis
James M. Green
Green
Masaasd Stiles
City Sanitation
Employees Oppose Recall Election in Caldwell Idaho
About 127 county workers signed a petition opposing a recall against County Commissioner Earl Giles. They argue the money spent on a recall could fund services and fault the timing amid a political dispute related to road, bridge, and solid waste oversight and a separate recall against Charles Gray. Giles was not reachable for comment.
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Cacven
Earl Gies
Earl Giles
Giles
Charles L. Gray
Gries
Akines
Bobet FE
Citadel
Idaho Sues To Prevent Heyburn State Park Foreclosure
Idaho attorney general files suit in U S District Court against the Interior Department over Heyburn State Park lease and foreclosure actions. The state argues the 1911 transfer required park upkeep and public access, while Interior claims noncompliance could lead to forfeiture.
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Boise
UPI
Attorney Generals Office
Department Not Interior
Hepburn State Park
Indio
Interior Department
United States
Department
Dogs blamed in stampede kill 225 sheep near Payette Idaho
The owners say a pack of dogs caused a stampede off an embankment that killed 225 sheep valued at 75 dollars each. Mrs Phil Soulen of Weiser described the panic and suffocation as the flock tumbled and crowded in a fire like crush.
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Payette
Idaho
UPI
Preganant
Phil Soulen Weiser
Treasure Valley
Horses May Be Destroyed In Rock Springs
In Rock Springs Wyoming the Bureau of Land Management says some horses may need to be destroyed or not adopted as part of a humane treatment program. The agency notes the horses are in good health and range in age, with the plan tied to ongoing removal efforts of wild horses.
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State Land Board
Rock Springs, Kye
LPP
BLM
Farm Numbers Decline Slows in 1977 Says USDA
The Agriculture Department reports a slow down in farm closures with 2.772 million farms operating in 1976 and a projected 2.752 million in 1977. The average farm size rises to about 30 acres as total land in farms falls to about 1.021 billion acres in 1977. California may gain 9,000 farms, while most states show little to small declines.
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Washington
UPD
Agriculture Department
United
California
Uncher
Combat Zone Exempt From Boston Nude Dancing Ban
Boston Licensing Board exempts the Combat Zone from the citywide nude dancing ban while adopting new rules. The revised regulations address lighting and spacing between patrons and entertainers, effective January 15.
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Boston
Combat Zone
Charles Esme
Minister launches TV protest in Mississippi
The Rev. Donald E. Wildmon of First United Methodist Church in Southaven urges his congregation to turn off televisions for a week February 27 to March 5 in a national protest of programming. He says TV is insulting to morality and cites crime, decaying morals, and family breakdown as linked to broadcasts.
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Southaven
Miss
UPD
Minster
Memphis
Donald E. Wildman
Wildman
Morales
Paoting Riots Quelled By Chinese Forces
Reports from Peking say Chinese leadership with military aid crushed large disturbances in Paoting an industrial city near Beijing Rebels allegedly loyal to the Gang of Four looted robbed raped and blew up factories The city faced a state of emergency as troops dismantled rebel barricades amid unrest in northern China threatening Beijing
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Paoting
Peking
Gang of Four
Chiang Ching
Mao Tse4ung
DPA
I Qhima
Third Widow Discovered In Canada Ties To Plane Crash Victims
UPI reports Joseph Gordon Sharp 31 left three wives after dying in an Indiana plane crash. Wendy Sharp says he married her July 17 in Montreal. investigators confirm two other marriages to Helen Sharp of Gahanna Ohio and Mary Louie Sharp of Michigan. Records show marriages in 1960 and 1967, with two children each, plus six children from Siam on Smith of Chicago.
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Columbus
UPI
Joseph Gordon Sharp
Indiana
Montreal
Canada
Wendy Sharp
Sharp
Learned Sharp
Helen ‘L. ‘Sharp
Gahanna
Mary Louie Sharp
Grosse Point Park
Mich
Mary Louise
Helen Inn
Abso
Siamon Smith
Chicago
Refugees flee fighting in Angola enter Zambia and Namibia
Refugees escaping Cuban backed government forces and UNITA clashes in southern Angola flood into Zambia with about 16 000 since February and another 700 into Namibia. UNITA battles persist as MPLA and Cuban Soviet support shape the conflict.
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Zamba
UPD
Angola
Zambia
Home Affairs
Aaron Milner
Milner
Makeni
Oon
Hudson
Rillas
UNITA
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
Portugese
MPLA
Petepeet
Agaist Unita
Blistr Kiear Mesti Catin Medicated Gel Announcement
A new medicated gel named Blistr Kiear Mesti Catin from Af Chap Stick makers claims to dry painful sores and fever blisters before they appear. The invisible non greasy gel is available at drug stores with a prescription.
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