Idaho House Considers Pesticide Applicator Certification Bill
A controversial bill to allow pesticide use only by certified applicants survives a 90 minute Agricultural Affairs Committee debate and heads for a public hearing. Critics warn of privacy invasion while proponents say certified use ensures access to needed chemicals. Rep Condie votes against. Rep Emery calls it a federal pressure dilemma.
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Boise
Agricultural Affairs Committee
Idaho House
Alfred Miller
State Department of Agriculture
Dan Emery
Tough Zoning Ordinance Faces Criticism in Ketchum
In Ketchum Idaho developers and realtors criticize a 30 page subdivision ordinance as too stringent with required planning commission review for every land sale impact statements for splits into three or more parcels. Builders urge input from Sawtooth Board of Realtors and Woodriver Valley Contractors Association before council approval.
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Ketchum, Idaho
UPI
Ketchum
Idaho
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Andy Schernbanner
Charles Grubb
Builders and Contractors Association
Woodriver Valley
Planning and Zoning Commission
Rip Sewell
Ketchim
Sawtooth Board of Realtors
Lawmaker Questions Buck Slips Under Open Meeting Law
Idaho senator Arthur Murphy criticizes use of buck slips for early session committee actions. The Senate Agriculture Affairs Committee advanced a concurrent resolution to rescind the Equal Rights Amendment using a buck slip, drawing legal and procedural questions. Senate leaders debate potential rule changes as James Risch cautions against interceding in other committees.
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Edith Miller Klein
R-Boise
Idaho
Senate
Phil Batt
Wilder
Murphy
Watkins
Evans
House State Affairs Committee
Citizens’ Committee
Cy Chase
Western States Forest Industries
Kermit V. Kiebert
D-Hope
Richard High
R-Twin
Idaho fruit crop up in 1975 despite losses
Idaho apple production rose slightly in 1975 to 95 million pounds with Delicious, Rome Beauty, Jonathans and Golden Delicious leading output. Prunes and plums fell to a record low 4 000 tons, sweet cherries dropped 31 percent to 1 550 tons, while peaches and pears rose from 1974 levels.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Idaho Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rome
Beauty
Jonathans
Golden Delicious
Gas Curtailment Plan Draws PUC Fire Over Equity
Intermountain Gas proposes a federal compliant plan to cut residential customers off last during shortages. Two PUC commissioners warn of inequities in priority rules, citing inefficient gas logs at homes and small businesses and conflicting plant needs. Shurtliff urges advance notice to allow conservation by households and small businesses to aid larger industries. Intermountain has not curtailed non interruptible industries yet but faces about 45 days of potential curtailment this heating season.
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PUC
M Karl Shurtliff
Intermountain
Draft Registration Canceled Today
Washington DC UPI Byron V Pepitone announced the end of all draft registration and canceled the 1976 lottery drawing. The plan for a one day annual registration was kept as a standby option should conscription resume, with preparations to restart only if manpower needs dictate.
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David E. Anderson
Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Byron V
Ford
Pepitone
Gas Firm Ordered To Refund Overcharges
Intermountain Gas Company was ordered by the Public Utilities Commission to refund 113000 plus in October overcharges due to a Federal Power Commission rate drop. The refunds will be credited in February, with cash refunds for former customers and undeliverable October refunds placed in a special account.
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BOISE
UPI
Intermountain Gas Company
Public Utilities Commission
Federal Power Commission
Intermountain
Northwest Pipeline Corporation
Thecommission
City of Sand Point Enforces 24 Hour Leash Law
Dogs left loose in Sand Point are subject to pickup under the city leash law. The notice lists a small un clipped Poo mix, a large male German Shepherd, a 3 month old pup possibly Rev and Collie, and a large light brown female as examples of dogs covered by the ordinance.
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City of
Sandpoint
ERA Rescinder Challenge fuels Idaho Senate action
The Idaho Senate debated a joint resolution to rescind the Equal Rights Amendment as Sen. James Yost objected it targeted a U S Constitutional Amendment rather than an Idaho Constitution change. Lt. Gov. Evans paused proceedings and called for judiciary guidance while House tax bills moved forward, including 3 8 million in permanent income tax relief and a credit proposal for private college contributions.
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Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee
Edith Miller Klein
Boise
Senate
House
Cecil D Andrus
Idaho
Ralph Olmstead
Twin Falls
Yost
Senate Agriculture Affairs Committee
ERA Resolution Said Proper For Consideration
The Idaho Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee ruled a joint resolution restricting ERA action is proper to consider but not fully compliant with one rule. The panel agreed precedent supports using joint resolutions beyond constitutional amendments and will study Rule Two changes. Leaders urged timely committee recommendations to Lt. Gov. Evans.
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Robert van Buskirk Boise
UPI
Senate Judicary and Rules Committee
Senate
U.S
James Yost
R-Wendell
Idaho
Robert Kinghorn
Docatello
Edith Miller Klein
Boise
John V. Evans
Phil Batt
Wilder
John Barker
Buhl
Gas Rate Hike Authorized for Idaho Customers
The Public Utilities Commission approves Washington Water Power Company to pass through 119 million dollars in higher natural gas costs. The rate rises 0.973 cents per therm and takes effect Saturday. For a 150 therm user in Idaho the monthly bill would rise by 1.46 dollars from 327.0 dollars.
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Intermountain
Boise
UPT
Public Utilities Commission
Washington Water Power Company
Idaho
Court Awards Crash Damages After Nine-Day Verdict
A federal jury in Boise awarded 1.69 million in damages for the 1972 Sun Valley Airlines crash near Fairfield. Five died, including pilot Rolland Smith. Sun Valley 90 percent liable, Beech 10 percent. Damages include 752,680 to Dr McCabe’s family and 503,220 to the Smith family.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Sun Valley
Beech
McCabe
Smith
Carlton
Ona Faye
Reidy
Barbara
Merritt
John F. Merritt
Sun Valley Key Airlines
Return to Scripture and Sermon at Sandpoint Church
John Temples of the Sandpoint Church of Christ calls for a return to the Bible as sole faith guide, urges reading the Bible at home, and emphasizes preaching scripture over social topics. The church, at Cedar and Division, invites the public to Sunday and Wednesday services.
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Jesus
David
Moses
Abraham
Churches of Christ
Sandpoint Church of Christ
Cedar and
Division Streets
Sandpoint
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Ridaho Falls
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