Idaho highway funds hinge on swift action for federal aid
Idaho transportation director Darrell Manning warned the Senate committee that once the legislature appropriates 5.8 million in matching funds Idaho could claim up to 42.3 million in federal highway aid, including 23 million previously impounded. He urged rapid action to avoid losing funds to other states.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Darrell Manning
Senate Transportation Committee
Manning
Ford
Bax Approved for Idaho Health and Welfare Chief
The Senate HEW committee voiced no objections to the confirmation of Dr. James Bax as Idaho Health and Welfare Department director. State Affairs will review, then send the confirmation to the floor for a likely next week vote. Mitchell urged endorsement but Budge objected, and Barker instructed a cautious approach.
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Bax
Senate
Barker
Mike Mitchell
D- Lewiston
HEW
Reed Budge
Rhoda Springs
Budge
Mitchell
Coeur d Alene Weather Outlook Tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy with light showers possible tonight. Cooler temperatures with southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. 20 percent chance of precipitation tonight. Low around 20, high near 35 on Saturday.
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Coeur d’Alene
Bonner County Schools Open Monday Washington Birthday
School Superintendent Dr. E Wayne Likens announced all Bonner County Schools would operate Monday Feb 17, Washingtons Birthday. The county courthouse and city hall close as do state and federal offices. Banks close. many merchants stay open while Pend Oreille Printers and the Daily Bee operate.
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E. Wayne Likens
Bonner County
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Pend Oreille Printers
The
Daily Bee
First Valentine Traditions Span Centuries and Sorority Hearts
The 1477 note to a beloved is cited as the first known Valentine. In East Lansing the Sigma Alpha Iota sorority offers 25 cent singing valentines by phone to raise music scholarship funds. New Mexico State Senator Theodore Montoya receives a daily red rose at his desk since Jan 1973 with a mysterious unidentified sender.
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United Press International
Margery Brews
John Paston
Valentine
Miss Brews
London
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority
Sorority
New Mexico
Theodore R. Montoya
Montoya
Senate
Theodore Montoya
UPI
Idaho ERA rescission needs two thirds in House
Idaho lawmakers face a two thirds vote to rescind the 1972 ERA ratification as the House Judiciary Committee rules a joint resolution is required for rescission. Rep Peggy Bunting challenged the form while Rep Ralph Gines argued for a concurrent resolution.
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Rod Gramer
Boise
Idaho
House Judiciary, Rules & Administration
U.S
House State Affairs Committee
Judiciary Committee
Peggy Bunting
R-Boise
House
Ralph Gines
Ampa
Idaho federal and statewide races show outsized campaign spending
The Secretary of State dis closes that Sen. Frank Church led Idaho candidates with expenditures of 268 239 and contributions of 281 191 while opponent Bob Smith spent 127 926 and contributed 128 739. Symms Cox and Hansen races show varied media ads and loans with Andrus outraising Murphy in the gubernatorial race.
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Jay Shelledy
Boise
Idaho
Secretary of State
Frank Church
Bob Smith
Church
Smith
Johnny Paycheck
Steve Symms
J. Ray Cox
Symms
Cox
George Hansen
Max Hansen
Pocatello
U.S. Justice Department
Hansen
Cecil Andrus
Jack Murphy
Gas Prices Could Reach Seventy Five Cents A Gallon
Interior Secretary Rogers Morton said gasoline could rise to 75 cents per gallon by midsummer if Ford's proposed $3 per barrel oil import tax is approved. He projected April 1 as the start of price increases and noted a 15 to 20 cent rise per gallon. He cited a 600000 barrel per day import reduction and a 400000 barrel per day shift to domestic energy sources. Morton also said offshore Atlantic oil lease plans face coastal state opposition.
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Miami
UPI
Ford
Rogers Morton
Morton
Atlantic
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Andy Anderson
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