Blaine County Prepares For Rock Festival
Bellevue residents, officers, and festival attendees gear up for the three day Wood River Rock Festival. Promoters Teater and Boyd face possible damage claims while Sheriff Drexler plans a major enforcement effort from Hailey with potential National Guard support. Governor Andrus offers state help as tensions rise over security and ticketing concerns. A separate report notes a man at a village carnival ate a prize cake and may face charges.
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Bellevue
UPD
Claude Ballard
Blaine County
Wood River
Salughterhouse Gulch
Stephen Boller
Jack Teater
Larry Boyd
Orville Drexler
Aa Council
Teater
Wolf Man Jack
Los Angeles
Drexler
Hailey
Slaughterhouse Gulch
Andrus
Ballard
Bellvue
Reed urged to resign from Idaho Water Board over stance
Boise UPI The Idaho State Reclamation Association executive director Jack Barnett said Scott W. Reed of Coeur d Alene should resign from the Idaho Water Resources Board if he cannot represent Idahoans. Barnett criticized Reed for a letter asking halt to the Lower Teton Dam, saying it used faulty economic figures and ignored board policy.
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Jack Barnett
Reed
Tas
Barnett
Lower Teton
Cecil D. Andrus
Titusville dismisses Russian oil claim as longstanding rumor
In Titusville Pennsylvania the Herald publisher rejects a Russian claim that the first oil well was drilled near the Caspian Sea in 1847. He notes Drake drilled in 1859 and calls the assertion a recurring, unfounded rumor repeating in every few years. In Mexico City a doctor mourns an 11 year old death with a reflective tribute.
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Titusville
Pennsylvania
Russia
Caspian Sea
James B. Stevenson
Titusville Herald
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Canada
Col
Edwin Drake
Drake
Trud
Caucasian Archeographic Commission
Tijuana
Mexico
Faith King
Jesus Fortanel
Ile
Idaho Board Approves 56.4 Million Public Education Budget
The Idaho State Board of Education approved a 56.4 million dollar budget request for public education in 1972 including 511 thousand for educational television. Superintendent D F Engelking noted 3.6 million for a public kindergarten program funded mainly from the general fund with the rest from endowment earnings. Winston G Taylor announced a new 100 thousand dollar federal grant for a drug rehabilitation project at the Youth Training Center at St Anthony starting next week with a resident staff and a team of specialists.
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General Fund For Public Education
Winston G. Taylor
St. Anthony
Unemployment Rises to 6.1 Percent in August
The Labor Department reports the U S unemployment rate climbed to 6.1 per cent in August from 5.8 per cent in July. Despite high joblessness, a record 79 197 million people held jobs. Wholesale prices rose 0 7 per cent, the highest in six months, as 500000 joined the labor force but 230000 lost jobs.
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Washington
UPD
Nixon
Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Willy Wonka
Paramount Pictures
David L. Wolper
Norninglow
England
Complete Glass Service
Sandpoint Glass CO
Superior
R.S.A
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William Proximire
Wis
Proxmire
Congress
Jerome Waldie
D-Calif
Sam Keiski
Sandoot Aily Bee
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