Andrus Creates Energy Office in Idaho
Governor Cecil D. Andrus announced creation of the Office of Energy with Public Utilities Commissioner Robert Lenaghan at the helm. The agency will operate for about three years, funded initially by the emergency fund, with a request for general fund support in the next legislative session. He urged energy conservation in state offices as the start of a broader push for efficiency to prevent a crisis.
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Andrus
Idaho
Growth Welcome On Our Terms
Governor Cecil D. Andrus urged Idaho to welcome growth only on its terms, warning against land destruction and hidden costs. Former Senator Len Jordan warned governors to make land use planning a top priority or cede control to the federal government. The Idaho Environmental and Land Use Planning Conference was sponsored by 25 groups, with continued coverage promised.
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Boise
UPI
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
U.S
Len B. Jordan
Jordan
Weather Update for Sandpoint Tonight and Friday
Scattered showers predicted for Sandpoint with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and Friday. Temperatures range from a low in the 40s to a high near 65 degrees.
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Sandpoint
Elk misidentified leads to fatal hunting accident
Jim Verwolf 15 of Sandpoint died from a head wound at about 100 yards when Lyle Pitts and Brad Booth, both 15, misidentified a figure as a cow elk on High Drive near Johnson Creek. The group carried him after the shot before seeking help.
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Bonner
Bob Wilcox
Jim Verwolf
Sandpoint
Lyle Pitts
Brad Booth
Johnson Creek
Verwolf
Wilcox
Anthony Verwolf
Sandpoint LID Bonds Sell at 6.2 Percent Interest
The City of Sandpoint sold Local Improvement District bonds for 350000 dollars to Richards Merrill and Peterson of Spokane at 6.2 percent. A Seattle firm bid 6.5 percent. Bonds finance drainage curbing and paving on 54 blocks and fund sewer mains and connections. Mayors and bond counselors cited favorable terms and a new one mill levy in 1974 to back the LID Guarantee Fund.
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City of
Sandpoint
LID
Richards, Merill and Peterson
Spokane
Les Brown
Marshall and Meyers
Seattle
Brown
Blair and
Gerroughty
Women Fired After Boss Pursued Them in Boise
An Idaho woman fired after rejecting her boss's advances gains support from the Idaho Human Rights Commission. Investigators found other female employees faced the same issue, prompting turnover. The commission seeks a conciliation agreement ending discriminatory practices and may award back pay if no settlement is reached.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho Human Rights Commission
Commission
Doris Blough
County planning board chair resigns over handling
Kootenai County planning board chair Mrs. Henry Nichols of Post Falls resigns citing improper administration and an uncooperative planning director. She accuses Chet Davis of lacking formal planning training and, with two member-developers, favoring rapid development over proper land use.
Williams Urges Sale of All State Cropland in Idaho
Idaho State Auditor Joe R Williams urged selling all state owned cropland after Land Department completes inventory. He argued the state should not be in agriculture. The inventory is 83 percent complete and due next year, with rental rates proposed for uninventoried lands and a formula based on past grain prices for inventoried lands.
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Richard Charnock Boise
UPI
Joe R. Williams
Land Department
Idaho
Williams
Land Board
David Tidwell
The
Jack Hoke
Boise
Strawberry Glen
Boise River
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