Move Would Ban Cheap Hand Guns
A Senate committee approved a Lex Birch Bayh bill to outlaw manufacture importation and sale of short barrel revolvers and small pistols. The measure targets Saturday night specials and aims to remove crudely made handguns from the market while preserving some handgun availability. NRA officials noted general agreement with removing unsafe guns but offered no immediate comment.
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Alabama
George Wallace
James Stennis
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John McClellan
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National Rifle Association
NRA
Maxwell E. Rich
Ranger cites campers poor choices in Yellowstone bear attack
Assistant Park Superintendent Vernon Hemmes says Phillip Crow Bradberry and Harry Walker violated park rules by camping in a prohibited area and leaving a dirty site. The bear attacked Walker and Bradberry dodged and called for help before authorities arrived.
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Yellow Stone National Park
Phillip “Crow” Bradberry
Harry Walker
Vernon Hemmesay
Hemnesay
Bradberry
Oxford
Ala
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Harry
Bardberry
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Bear
Lake Pend Oreille Regulation Report Last Telegram Week
Lake Pend Oreille held at 2062.6 feet Monday June 26 with plan to keep elevations between 2062.0 and 2062.5 feet in summer. Inflow peaked at about 14 000 CFS on June 31 1972 and lake reached 2965.7 feet the same day. Inflow on June 26 near 63 000 CFS and receding. Upstream storage regulated inflows limiting highs this year despite record snowpack in the Columbia Basin. Last regular week telegram on regulation for the season.
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Lake Perd Oreille
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Columbia Basin
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Pend Oreille Lake
Car Hits Burley High Band Injuring 18
A car traveling fast crashed into Burley High School Band during a marching practice injuring at least 18 members, one critically. Driver Milo Hart, 17, faces reckless driving and intoxicated driving charges and was released on bond. Police note more charges possible as severity of injuries is assessed. The incident occurred near 24th and Laurel Drive around 10:10 p.m. as the band returned from practice for Calgary Stampede in Alfa, Canada.
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UPD
Milo Hart
Gleason Anderson
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Laurel Drive
Alfa
Canada
Kennedy urges stricter gun laws amid rising deaths
Senator Kennedy tells Celler's committee the gun problem is a national fever and calls for sweeping action to curb gunfire deaths. He backs limits on handgun ownership and criticizes the administration for not proposing stronger measures to supplement the 1968 Gun Control Act.
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Emanuel Cellier
D-N.y
Kennedy
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Appraisal Seminar Set for Boise July 11 13
A three day appraisal seminar will be held in Boise from July 11 to 13 for county appraisers. Thirty seven participants from fifteen counties have enrolled. The conference aims to prepare beginning county appraisers in appraisal techniques.
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Cancer Grant Awarded to Mountain States Institute Boise
Senator Frank Church announced a $102 385 grant from the National Cancer Institute to the Mountain States Cancer Institute in Boise. The funds will support a study of objectives in cancer patient care as part of NIH coordinated national war on cancer.
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UPD
Frank Church
National Cancer Institute
Mountain Sites Cancer Institute
Boise
Church
National Institute of Health
Sawtooth Agreement Reached in Burley Meeting
Burley officials heard Rep James McClure outline a Sawtooth agreement on Monday as part of a group briefing. McClure spoke about a proposed plan and its implications for local development and funding.
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James McClure
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