Equipment Mobilized To Repair Damaged Canals
Federal and state crews race to clear debris and silt from irrigation ditches after the Teton Dam break. Officials aim to reroute water to about 500000 acres within 8 to 10 days, with damage costs rising past $1 billion and at least nine flood deaths confirmed.
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Rebecca Fanning
Aho Falls
Idaho
UPI
Teton Dam
Steve Wade
Bureau of Reclamation
Wade
Snake River
M-K
Peter Kiewit
Reclamation Bureau
Rod Vissia
The
Bureau
Transplanted Elk May Be Dead in Idaho Experiment
Idaho Fish and Game officials report that about half of 68 elk transplanted from Oregon east of Kooskia may be dead. Three of nine radio tagged elk have been killed and one is missing, prompting concern the same rate may affect uncollared animals.
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Kooskia
Idaho
UPI
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Oregon
Pete King Creek
Gary McNeill
Lewiston
Ingenious flood washing uses cement mixer in Idaho
Idaho Falls couple uses a small cement mixer with water to rinse mud from clothes and textiles after the Teton Dam flood. Mrs Milton T Rees and neighbors Alf and Mrs Olson demonstrated the improvised wash method by running mudded items through the mixer then finishing in a standard washer.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
UPI
New England
Milton T. Rees
Teton Dam
Alf Olson
Four in Pasco Connection heroin case sentenced
Four people convicted of smuggling heroin and cocaine from Los Angeles to the Tri Cities were given prison terms totaling 70 years. Jackson Morgen 56 Los Angeles received 30 years. Mary Morgen 15 years. Cernice Garrett 39 Pasco 15 years on 11 counts. James Kinsey 31 Pasco five years on eight counts. all counts run concurrently. Jesse Garrett was acquitted.
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Spokane
UPS
Tri Cities
Los Angeles
Jesse Garrett
Pasco
Tricities
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Rooster Soundproofed Aimed to End Noise Nuisance
Lewiston Idaho AP news item notes Norman Nicholson of the Planning and Zoning Commission says his roosters were silenced by sound proofing and even the loudest bird was butchered to stop the disturbance.
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Lewiston
Idaho
APD
Norman Nicholson
Planning and Zoning Commission
Nicholson
Tick Killer Promoted For Fast Tick Removal
An advertisement promotes Tick Killer from Seacons line of products as a fast effective tick remedy. It claims the treatment is a better alternative to collars and urges readers to buy now.
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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
Gibbons and Reed Co
Peterson Construction Co
Robert V. Burggraf Co
Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc
Peter Kiewit Sons Co
Vissia
McNeill
Zemo
Hudson Bay
Ponderay
Free Spirit
F.berfill
Tricot
Wasi
Mee
F.E.T
Florence & Highway
Wer
Elkie
Stu
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