Foley predicts House food stamp bill below Senate plan
House Agriculture Committee Chair Tom Foley says the House version of the food stamp reform will be below the Senate’s 8 billion dollar measure and expects final committee action in two to three weeks. Earl Butz defends regulations amid a court order blocking them and pledges appeal. Foley cites abuses but warns against dismantling aid for the needy while endorsing enforcement and tightening student stamp rules.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Butz
Foley
House
House Democrats push sweeping fringe benefit reforms for congressmen
The 13 point plan shifts power from the House Administration Committee to the full House and to party processes. It would end the remaining cash out from stationery, cut travel and postage allowances, curb per diem practices, require quarterly reporting, and establish an independent staffing study commission. Rep Frank Thompson would lead the administration panel. Rep Wayne Hays resigns amid scandal.
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Washington
Elizabeth Ray
Hays
Carl Albert
House
Frank Thompson
Thompson
Administration
H.R. Gross
Iowa
Volunteer Cleanup Nears Completion After Teton Dam Flood
Rexburg Idaho volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints rush cleanup for flood victims. Harold Hillam reports 14 000 workers last week and 200 000 man hours from Idaho Falls area. Goal to finish bulk of work this week and begin specialized help.
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Idaho
UPI
Teton Dam
Harold Hillam
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Hillam
Utah
Wyoming
Teton
Idaho Falls
Idaho Escapee Still At Large
Darrell Dean Rickett, 24, an inmate at the Idaho State Penitentiary, remains missing after a routine count. Officials say he may have hidden in a repainted car from the prison auto body shop that was driven out by the shop instructor and later found missing without the inmate.
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Boise
UPI
Darrell Dean Rickett
Idaho State Penitentiary
Rickett
Shoshone County
Richard Anderson
Anderson
Idaho Nonresidential Construction Rises 2 Percent In May
First Security Corporation reports Idaho nonresidential construction up 2 percent in May from last year with 125 million in contracts. Residential work climbs 14.3 percent to 20.6 million and five month totals show a 24.1 percent rise. Northern and southeastern Idaho lead growth, notably the Pocatello Cubbuck area up 87 percent.
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Boise
UPI
First Security Corporation
Idaho
First Security
Pocatello-Cubbuck
Obsidian Landowners Fight Uphill in Court Battle
Obsidian landowners contest the Sawtooth Recreation area creation arguing the act is unconstitutional and seek judicial review of Forest Service regulations. Idaho joins as friend of the court and will have thirty minutes Friday to present its argument amid three recent Supreme Court rulings expanding federal power on state land.
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Obsidian, Idaho
UPI
Obsidian
U.S Forest Service
Idaho
Guy Hurlbutt
Twin Falls
U.S Supreme Court
Sawtooth Recreaton
Massachusetts Strike Enters Second Day As Pay Demands Grow
State police take guard duty at Massachusetts prisons as an illegal public employee strike enters its second day. About 20 000 workers walked off Monday stretching to welfare offices and the DMV with prisons and state hospitals hardest hit. Talks to resolve the dispute broke off with no mediation agreement.
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Stewart Powell
Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Corrections Department
Dave Brown
Brown
Concord Reformatory
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Republican Platform Talks Aim to Unite GOP Policy
Iowa Governor Robert Ray said the 1976 Republican Platform Committee expects unity on most platform areas despite rival candidate clashes. He noted potential splits only on international affairs as hearings proceed toward the August convention in Kansas City.
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UPI
Republican Party
Republican Platform Committee
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Kansas City
Ray
Iowa
Ames
Pipeline worker testifies he falsified welding records
Former Alaska pipeline worker tells Congress he was ordered to falsify X-ray welding records and was fired as a scapegoat. He describes pervasive self regulation by Alyeska and contractors, with officials warning not to reveal the scheme as scrutiny begins.
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UPI
Alaska Pipeline
Congress
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Dingell
Alyeska
Tion
Peter L. Kelley
Keéetchbaw Industries
Kelley
Sam Ridenhour
Idaho Power Firm On Pioneer Plant
Idaho Power Companies seeks a coal fired Pioneer plant near Orchard Idaho to meet rising loads. President James Bruce says the 1000 megawatt unit is needed by 1983 with alternatives costing more and less reliable. Company plans to present five witnesses to the IPUC addressing forecasts supplies and pollution.
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Pioneer
Boise
UPI
Idaho Power Company
Idaho
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
James Bruce
IPUC
Idaho Power
Orchard
Kootenais Move Toward Building Community Center
The 67 member Kootenai Indian tribe advances toward a tribal community center after years of government-mandated demands and a bloodless dispute. Tribal leaders Joseph Mathias and Amelia Trice say the fight continues until all terms are met, even as Heritage Sales opens as the area’s first Indian owned business selling cigarettes on Highway 95.
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Heritage Sales
Highway 95
Joseph Mathias
Amelia Trice
University of Idaho
Sandpoint Research and Extension Center
Moscow
Jim Benson
Sandpoint
Mark
Hay
Cost Of Living Rises 0.6 Percent In May
The Labor Department reports May CPI up 0.6 percent led by food and gasoline. Inflation at 7.2 percent year over year shocks advisers. fuel costs, cars, apparel drive gains while mortgage rates fall. Real spendable earnings rose 1.2 percent. coffee prices jump 4.8 percent year over year.
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Sara Fritz Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Ford
Fierce Fighting Erupts In Beirut After Evacuation
Fierce fighting broke out in Beirut after a new evacuation convoy left for Syria carrying about 200 foreigners including 20 Americans. Mortar fire hit Moslem and Christian districts as fighting centered around pockets between Leftist forces and Muslim factions amid a fragile cease-fire backed by an Arab League force.
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Joseph B. Fleming
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Syria
Arab League
Fighting Near Nabaa and Tal Zaatar Camp Escalates
A Palestinian Liberation Front spokesman said 4,000 men backed by tanks attacked Palestinian positions in eastern Beirut near Nabaa and the Tal Zaatar refugee camp. He described heavy artillery strikes on the attackers and ongoing fighting.
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Nabaaa
Tal-Zaatar
Palestine
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