Equipment Mobilized To Repair Damaged Canals
Federal and state crews mobilized heavy equipment to clear debris and silt from irrigation canals after the Teton Dam break. Officials estimate 8 to 10 days to restore water to about 500 000 acres, with damage costs rising beyond $1 billion and dozens killed or missing.
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Rebecca Fanning
Aho Falls
Idaho
UPI
Teton Dam
Steve Wade
Bureau of Reclamation
Wade
Snake River
Transplanted Elk May Be Dead
Idaho Fish and Game reports up to half of the 68 elk transplanted from Oregon east of Kooskia may be dead. Three of nine radio tagged elk are killed and one is missing. officials suspect poachers or Indians and warn the trend could reflect wider losses.
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Kooskia
Idaho
UPI
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Oregon
Pete King Creek
Gary McNeill
Lewiston
McNeill
Ingenious wash method from flood in Idaho Falls
Mrs Milton T Rees faced mud saturated clothing after the Teton Dam flood. Alf Olson and his wife used a small cement mixer in their yard to agitate the items with water until colors cleared, then ran them through a washing machine. They have washed quilts and a Hudson Bay blanket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Idaho
UPI
New England
Milton T. Rees
Teton Dam
Alf Olson
Hudson Bay
Pasco Connection Drug Ring Sentences Total 70 Years
Four people convicted of importing heroin and cocaine from Los Angeles to the Tri Cities were sentenced to prison terms totaling 70 years. Jackson Morgen, 56, was given 30 years. his wife Mary 15. Cernice Garrett 15. James Kinsey 31 received five years per count on eight counts. sentences run concurrently. Jesse Garrett was acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
UPS
Tri Cities
Los Angeles
Jesse Garrett
Pasco
Tricities
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Rooster Quieted in Lewiston After Soundproofing Efforts
Norman Nicholson assured Lewiston's Planning and Zoning Commission there will be no more trouble from his noisy chickens. He said he sound proofed his coops and one rooster, and explained that they butchered him to end the noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Idaho
Norman Nicholson
Planning and Zoning Commission
Nicholson
Tick Killer Ad Promotes Harsh Tick Control
An advertisement from Seacons promotes Tick Killer as a faster, more effective way to kill ticks than collars. The battered text extols the product and urges immediate purchase for pet safety.
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Seacons
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Ryan Englund
Red Cross
LDS Church
John Knebel
Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
US Geological Survey
David Schleicher
Interior Department Bureau of Reclamation
USGS
Bureau
Gibbons and Reed Co
Peterson Construction Co
Robert V. Burggraf Co
Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc
Peter Kiewit Sons Co
M-K
Peter Kiewit
Reclamation Bureau
Rod Vissia
The
Vissia
Zemo
Ponderay
Free Spirit
F.berfill
Tricot
Mee
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F.E.T
Florence & Highway
Wer
Elkie
Stu
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