Gondola Derailment Kills Four at Colorado Ski Area
A Forest Service official said several gondolas derailed by a frayed cable but some cars passed towers before two cars snapped free and plunged 100 feet killing four people. An investigation report on last Friday's Ford retreat incident should be ready by Thursday.
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Colo
UPI
Forest Service
Pat Finney
The
Ford
Colorado
Rockies
Finney
Secret Service
Colorado School of Mines
Idaho faces 4 billion in new plants by 2000 says engineer
Retired engineer Lynam Wilbur tells Idaho Public Utilities Commission that growing energy use could require 4 billion dollars in new power plants by 2000 based on Idaho Society of Professional Engineers and Idaho Power Company load studies. He cites 7 200 megawatt peak by 2000 and 500 megawatt coal plants every other year. Gary Booth urges delaying Pioneer decision until coal is evaluated for radioactivity.
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UPI
Idaho
Idaho Society ‘of Professional Engineers
Lynam Wilbur
Public Utilities Commission
Idaho Power Company
Arthur D. Little
PUC
Ion
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Power Company
Society
Antoney ‘For
Citizens For
Richard Skinner
Bonneville Power Administration
Wilbur
Pioneer
Gary Booth
State Department’ of Health and Welfare
Swisher Considers Move For Supreme Court Post
Rep. Perry Swisher of Pocatello contemplates applying for Idaho Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Henry F McQuade’s departure. Gov. Andrus backs layman candidacy. Judicial Council to review applications by April 4 and a deadline of April 12 looms.
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Don Burnett
Pocatello
Judicial Council
Boise
Disgruntled Bath Owner Calls for Resignation in Idaho
Grangeville Idaho reports a confrontational incident at Bettys Steam Bath where Jack Albert and Claude R Graham demanded Prosecuting Attorney William Taylor Jr resign over Mormon celestial marriage beliefs. Taylor rejected the demand politely, noting celestial marriage is a temple ceremony not polygamy.
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Grangeville
Idaho
UPI
Betty
William Taylor
Taylor
Jack Albert
Claude R. Graham
Graham
Albert
Salmon Steelhead Trucking To Start
The National Marine Fisheries Service plans to haul and release steelhead and salmon below Bonneville Dam. Project leader Don Park says five trucks will operate at Little Goose and Lower Granite, aiming to move at least 20,000 steelhead up the Snake and Columbia this summer and fall, up from 15,000 last year.
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Seattle
UPS
National Marine Fisheries Service
Columbia River
Bonneville Dam
Don Park
Little Goose
Lower Granite
Park
Snake
Forest Service offers four Resource Planning Act documents
U S Forest Service makes available copies of four Resource Planning Act publications from its North Idaho office. Secretary Earl Butz submitted the plan to Congress proposing a 44 year action program to manage 1.6 billion acres of renewable lands for recreation wilderness timber water and wildlife habitat. Cost is projected at 2.5 to 3 billion annually by 2020.
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Boise
UPI
U. S. Forest Service
Resource Planning Act
north—Idaho
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Congress
Forest Service
Butz
McClure Co Sponsors Solar Research Bill
Senator James McClure of Idaho co sponsors the So ar Energy Act to restore ERDA solar research funding from 116 to 238 million dollars for fiscal 197? The bill funds anaerobic digester demonstrations biomass fuel devices to cut propane use and promotes solar PV projects two solar electric demonstration plants for agricultural use a solar powered irrigation program and a 10 megawatt wind energy pilot plant.
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Washington
UPI
Energy Research and Development Administration
James McClure
Ridaho
Erda Solar Division
McClure
Sierra Life Insurance seeks declaratory judgment in loan dispute
Sierra Life Insurance Co and president Fred M. Frazier ask U S District Court for a declaratory judgment against Floyd Anglin Dalhar Corp and five California firms. They seek funds totaling 600000 plus fees for missed December 1975 mortgage installments and challenge 1974 asset exchanges involving Powder Mountain Ski Corp and others.
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Twin Falls, Idaho
Sierra
Anglia
Frazier
Anglin
Powder Mountain Ski Corporation of
Grand Junction
Colo
Tustin
Calif
Idaho Supreme Court Rules BAC Evidence Admissible
The Idaho Supreme Court advisory opinion says a Third District Court judge erred by excluding blood alcohol level evidence in a case of involuntary manslaughter over a truck motorcycle crash. The ruling upholds BAC evidence as corroboration of intoxication and supports later extrapolation testimony on weight of evidence.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho Supreme Court
Duane Sutliff
Sutliff
District Court
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