Church Senate inquiry into Lockheed payoffs ends
Senator Frank Church says the Senate inquiry into Lockheed Aircraft bribes in The Netherlands West Germany and other countries is closed. The panel could not resolve which witnesses were telling the truth after private testimony from James Hodgson and others. The nine month probe covered 24.2 million dollars in bribes and led to firings at Lockheed.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Senate
Lockheed Aircraft Corporaion
Netherlands
West Germany
Church
Japan
James Hodgson
Lockheed’s
Lockheed
Turkey
Italy
Daniel Haughton
Carl Kotchian
Ernest Hauser
Hauser
Charles Percy
R I
Subcommittee
Hodgson
Capitol
State Department
Idaho cities seek limited home rule fights in Senate
Idaho legislative action leaves cities hopeful for broader self governance while wary of amendments. Senate hesitates on a limited home rule bill amid possible changes to allow only taxes authorized by the legislature and faces a tight path to passage before adjournment.
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Van
Buskirk
Boise
UPI
Idaho
House
Senate
State Board of “Educa ‘Tion
Dobler
Moscow
State Tax Commission
Commission
Nampa
General Fund
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Cook
Corps of Engineers
Group To Protest Social Security
Boise residents form Citizens Action Group led by Molly A. Malarkey to challenge involuntary Social Security contributions. The group seeks exemption changes and aims to recruit volunteer attorneys for a possible class action while planning to lobby representatives and inform legislators and the media.
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Boise
UPS
Molly A. Malarkey
Citizens ‘Action Group
Idaho
Mill Contracts Reached at Boise Cascade Mills
Boise Cascade Corp reports that the Ontario mills in Fort Frances and Kenora along with Ontario workers ratified a three year contract ending a six month strike. Local unions of the United Paperworkers International Union the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the International Union of Operating Engineers approved the pact by large majorities. About 1,600 union employees work at the two mills.
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United Paperworkers’ International’Union
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Union of Operating Engineers
Salmon fishing hinges on run size says Idaho official
Salmon area fishermen were told fishing will not be permitted until salmon and steelhead run sizes recover. Joseph Greenley of the Idaho Fish and Game says the law requires season closures when fishing harms brood stocks and notes the runs have dipped, possibly improving next fall. Protest plans and critics urge action as frustration grows about restrictive measures.
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Salmon, Idaho
UPI
Joseph Greenley
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Salmon Chamber of Commerce
Greenley
Idaho
Idaho Fish and Game Commission
Green
Snake River
Department
Mel Reingold
Cook
Idaho Auto Dealers Report February Car Sales Rise
Idaho auto dealers report February registrations totaling 3 240, up from 2 479 a year earlier. Bob Rice, president, says year to date sales exceed 1975 levels with January and February totaling 7 277 versus 5 925 last year. Domestic passenger cars lead February at 1 301 followed by 1 544 trucks and 395 imported passenger autos.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Idaho Automobile Dealers Association
Bob
Rice
Venue Change Arguments Delayed in Stroisch Murder Case
District Court judge postponed until Monday the arguments on Stroisch’s change of venue for the 1973 murder of Rita Marcussen. Stroisch, 36, of Post Falls, Idaho, pleads innocent to first degree murder in the death of Rita, whose husband Ron vanished in 1973. A skull identified as Rita’s was found about a year after their disappearance.
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Coeur D’alene
Idaho
UPI
George Stroisch
Rita Marcussen
Streisch
Post Falls
Forage Crop Research Asked by Senator Church
Senator Frank Church urged increased USDA funding for forage crop research. He noted about three percent of the USDA budget targets grasses and legumes while 60 percent of livestock feed relies on them. He warned limited research hinders understanding of forage genetics and slows advances.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Church
Idaho
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Church
USDA
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