Idaho highway death toll rises with Grangeville crash
Grangeville Idaho reports the latest highway fatality Jack W Roberts 69 of Riggins per Idaho State Police Sunday. Roberts died in a head on collision Saturday on U S Highway 95 five miles north of Grangeville. Arlie Black 37 of Grangeville was the other driver. The death brings Idaho road toll for 1969 to 244 with 236 a year ago on this date. In separate items the Interior Department sent Congress a water development plan for Rathdrum Prairie East Greenacres unit Idaho irrigation 3500 acres municipal and industrial use and recreation and fish and wildlife. Construction cost estimated at 5 330 000 with funds for irrigation 4 842 000 industrial use 150 000 fish and wildlife 309 000 recreation 29 000. Also Boise report notes partial payment by Idaho Water Resource Board for a Marysville Canal Co pipe drop near Ashton under the Water Resource Development Fund Act first such payment. Construction progressing ahead of schedule with completion expected by October and described as a pilot project demonstrating board cooperation.
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UPI
Jack W. Roberts
Riggins
Roberts
Arlie Black
Washington
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Interior Department
Congress
East Greenacres
Rathdrum Prairie
Recreation v and Fish and Wildlife Resources
Boise
Marysville Canal Co
Ashton
Idaho Water Resource Board
New Water Resource Development Fund Act
Charles Merrick
Robert R. Lee
Water Board
Lee
Boise hosts arthritis symposium and library gift announced
A one day symposium on arthritis and physical medicine will be held next Thursday at the Veterans Administration Hospital recreation hall in Boise. George E. Meinen says specialists from across the country will attend. Boise Cascade Corp Foundation pledges 50 000 dollars to establish a Boise State College business library, aiding materials for the new library center and a master’s degree program.
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Veterans ® Administration Hospital Recreation Hall
George E. Meinen
Idaho
Arthritis Foundation
Meinen
United States
Boise Upi
School of Business
Boise State College
Boise Cascade Corp. Foundation
BSC
Waters Attacks Republicans in Boise Address
Democratic Party Chairman E. T. Waters condemned the state Republican administration in Boise calling for a more consistent legislature to correct flawed laws. He outlined a plan to develop top Democratic candidates and urged full support for Democrats in the upcoming primaries.
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UPTF
Democratic Party
E. T. Waters
Waters
Republic
Riverside teens perish in drowning canal crash
Six teenagers died in a weekend auto wreck when a two door sedan flipped into a shallow Riverside canal. Water filled the car, doors jammed shut, trapping the occupants. Riverside police say the deaths were a horrible tragedy resulting from the plunge and entrapment.
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Riverside
Calif
Sati
Fred Taylor
Riverside Police Department
Space Flight Milestone Signals Soviet Manned Exploration Shift
Moscow reports say the three Soyuz missions mark the beginning of comprehensive outer space exploration with increased cosmonaut responsibilities. Seven astronauts orbited in trio flights over five days while unmanned Cosmos craft also flew, though a planned space linkup did not occur.
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Tass
Outer Space
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Baikonur Space Center
Kremlin
Earth
Five Bodies Found in Car Downstream of Canal Incident
A canal maintenance worker found a car Saturday morning with five bodies inside. The sixth body, John Rumble of Canton Ohio, 19, drifted 700 feet downstream. he was presumed the driver. Funeral services were planned in Wheatland Wyoming for sisters Rose Ann Vigil Mary Murmatits and Cathy, whose parents lived on a ranch near Wheatland. Two other men Richard Sconamore and Donald Stolarick were airmen at March Air Force Base.
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Canton
Ohio
Wheatland
Wyo
Rose Ann
Murmarits
Cathy
Rubindoux
Richard
Sconamore
Renton
Wash
Donald Stolarick
Chicago
March Air Force Base
Forest of Darkness clash nets US and Viet troops
South Viet Namese forces report 96 guerrillas killed in the first invasion of U Minh Forest, with six government troops dead and 16 wounded. A helicopter-borne operation touched off the heaviest fighting since the lull began, as U.S. Marines begin another withdrawal phase toward Okinawa.
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Mekong
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Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Okinawa
Nixon
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
3Rd Marine Division
Vandergrift
South
Army Chiefs Urge Cease Fire Plan In Vietnam
Newsweek reports Pentagon officials urge President Nixon to declare a unilateral ceasefire in Vietnam. Generals say it would not endanger troops and shift blame to the Communists while Ho Chi Minh’s death prompts debate on a de facto partition with South Vietnam defending key areas and Viet Cong controlling the rest.
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South Vietnam
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