GOP balks on Ward confirmation to Idaho Utilities panel
Idaho Senate Republicans refuse to send Boise attorney Conley Ward's nomination to the floor for a full vote on the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. GOP leaders propose delaying until next session as adjournment nears, while Democrats weigh possible action amid party divisions. Ward is a point of contention as the First Regular Session of the 44th Legislature winds down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
UPS
Senate
Conley Ward
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Walter Yarbrough
Grand View
GOP
Ward
Yarbrough
John V. Evans
State Affairs Committee
EW farmer Thomas Davis to dine with President Carter
Coulee City dryland farmer Thomas Davis and his wife were scheduled to lunch with President Carter in Washington. Davis, 51, planned to listen and discuss wheat conditions, saying grain prices and rising costs are tighter than expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulee City
Wash
UPI
Washington
Thomas Davis
Carter
White House mission returns with progress on missing Americans
The five member delegation led by Leonard Woodcock concludes three day Hanoi Laos Laos trip reporting to President Carter. The group secured remains of 12 airmen and a promise to continue searches for 559 missing in Laos and Vietnam while easing U.S.-Vietnamese tensions. Possible steps include lifting the U.N. veto on Hanoi and increasing development aid via the U.N. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Growald
UPI
Honolulu
UPT
White House
Vietnam
Laos
Southeast Asia
Carter
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
USS
Hawaii
Hanoi
U.S
Cambodia
Woodcock
Commission
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.N
Charles Yost
G.W
Sonny” Montgomery
D-Miss
Marion Wright Edelman
The
Children's Defense Fund
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hickam Field
Air Force
Pacific
America
Washington
Phan Var Dong
Brezhnev vows tighter crackdown on U S meddling
Brezhnev denounces United States interference as harmful to detente and pledges new measures against dissidents. He cites U S propaganda and refuses to accept Washington's claims while leaving room for potential future improvement in Soviet American relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brezhnev
16Th
Trade Union Congress
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
U.S
Washington
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Propa
Ganda
Boise Woman Arraigned in Murder Case
A 35 year old Boise woman was arraigned on first degree murder charges after she turned herself in following the weekend shooting death of her husband Jean Coffelt. Ada County Sheriff Lt John Mann said Coffelt died from two rifle wounds at their home five miles west of Boise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
UPI
Jean Coffelt
Ada County
John Mann
Wesley E. Coffelt
Mann
Texas billionaire Hunt group moves to take control of Sunshine mine
In the Coeur d'Alene district a Texas based Great Western United led by the Hunts announced plans to buy 6 percent of Sunshine Shares from Hecla and Silver Dollar and pursue a tender for 2,000,000 more at 75 cents per share. The move follows a proxy fight and aims to oust Sunshine chairman Irwin Underweiser, with potential district wide mining development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry McGinn
Texas
H-L
iSunshine
Hecla
Silver Dollar
Sunshine
Coeur d'Alene
Sunshine Board
Irwin
Under- Weiser
New York
Underweiser
Hunts
W.H. Love
H.E. Magnuson
Hunt
Western
New
York
Evans Signs No Bill On State Water Plan Power
Gov. John V. Evans refused to sign a controversial bill giving the legislature final say in the Idaho State Water Plan while asserting the measure may be unconstitutional. He warned it could be an unwise and unnecessary override of the will of the people and said aspects of plan implementation still require legislative approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
UPIL
John V. ‘Evans
Evans
Idaho Water Resources Agency
Idaho Water~ Resources Board
Cophe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bee
Pete Thompson
Priest River
Newport
Gop Balks
Caucus
Davis
President
Iowa
South Carolina
Vermont
House Agriculture
Tom Foley
Mia
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Stoddard
Zenith
Idaho First National Bank
General Telephone
Shaft
Silver Syndicate
sBig
Creek
Ades
Sions
State Water Resource Agency
Veterinary Clinic
Paul H. King, Jr
C.V.M
Lake Plaza
S. Third Ave
Sandpoint
Idaho
Iromex
Peg
YyAie
Ziggy
Foundation
Superior
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!