Idaho Gov Urges Tough Safety Standards Over Minor Daily Infringements
Gov. Cecil D. Andrus urged prioritizing safety over minor life restrictions at the 13th biennial safety conference. He cited polyurethane hazards, the need for understandable regulations, and the role of government and industry in enforcing standards for homes and schools. President Vincent L. Tofany cautioned against complacency despite progress in traffic and work safety and stressed OSHA challenges and voluntary safety efforts in Idaho.
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Andrus
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Ivory Towers
Vincent L.tofany
National Safety Council
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Tofany
Safety Council
British Columbia Near Economic Disaster From Strike
British Columbia faces economic disaster amid a truck and rail shutdown. Some 5,000 Teamster drivers are idled and the BC Rail system is paralyzed by a three week Teamsters strike. Mayors from about 14 communities warn of ruin unless the stoppage ends.
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Hearing Set For Coeur d'Alene Man Charged In Boise Slayings
A preliminary hearing is set for 9 a.m. next Tuesday for Terry Thomas Potter 23 of Boise on murder charges in the killings of Robert Welker 23 and James Riplinger 25 the two men found dead in their Boise living room Tuesday Welker was a Boise State University graduate Kiplinger had lived with Welker since March Potter surrendered in Coeur d Alene and was brought to Boise Potter is being held without bail as prosecutors seek high bail due to the offenses and Potter’s flight nearby facts indicate a card deck found at the scene sparked speculation of a card game preceding the shootings.
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Terry Thomas Potter
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Robert Welker
James Riplinger
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Riplinger
Wayne Willis
Ada County
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Frank Powell
Coeur d'Alene
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Kiplinger
More Federal Activity Seen in Idaho Health and Welfare Funding
Boise reports Dr. Lee Stokes, head of the environmental division, warns that inadequate next year funding for the State Department of Health and Welfare may prompt greater federal involvement in Idaho. He cites stalled environmental bills and unmet federal anti-pollution program requirements.
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State Department of Health and Welfare
Lee Stokes
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McClure Proposes Exemption From Farm Labor Rules
Senator James McClure said he will cosponsor legislation to exempt custom combine operators and sheep shearers from parts of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963. He blasted Labor Department rules as bureaucratic meddling causing red tape and unnecessary forms for each operation.
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UPI
James McClure
McClure
Department of Labor
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Congress
Fish-In Prosecution Costs Hit Lemhi County
Eighteen of twenty two fishermen arrested during a Salmon River fish in pleaded innocent and seek trials. One man pleaded guilty in magistrate court to fishing in closed waters and was fined fifty dollars plus costs and placed on six months probation.
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UPI
Salmon River
Lemhi
North Fork
Salmon Saturday
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Leadore
Milton Slavin
Coran
Charles Kane Srr
Lemhi County
Meetings Planned In Sunshine Strike
Union and Sunshine Silver Mine negotiators plan to meet in Kellogg Idaho for the first time in nearly a week to resume talks on ending a strike by about 500 miners after their three year contract expired. The union says no formal wage offer has been received while the company claims a $1.10 hourly increase was offered. the union seeks up to $3. The meeting follows negotiations that broke off last Friday.
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Idaho
UPI
Sunshine
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