Miss Idaho Returns Home From Miss America Pageant
Karen Herd 20, Miss Idaho and runner up in Miss America, returns to Idaho Falls after finishing second in Atlantic City. She drew a big crowd at Boise Airport with officials including Attorney General Wu and Lt. Gov. Murphy. She appears on KTVB today and plans to return to Boise before school.
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Boise
UPI
Karen Herd
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Anthony Park
Jack Murphy
Schaefer
Miss Herd
KTVB
Jay Amyx
Boise State College
American Legion Invites Idaho High Schoolers to Contest
Idaho American Legion invites all Idaho high school students to enter the 35th annual national high school oratorical contest. The topics focus on the U.S. Constitution and citizen duties. Prepared orations must be 8 to 10 minutes, originals, with finals awarding eight thousand to two thousand dollars in university scholarships.
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Boise
API
Idaho
Runoff higher than normal in Columbia and Snake rivers
Warmer temperatures and remaining snowpack boosted August runoff in the Columbia and Snake River systems, per the U S Geological Survey. The Columbia at The Dalles measured 164 500 cfs and the Columbia River at Astoria 187 800 cfs, about 11 percent above the 15 year August average.
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Spokane
Columbia
Snake River
U.S. Geological Survey
Department
Northwest Water Resources Center
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Dalles
Astoria
Lewiston Boy Dies In School At Lewiston High
Lewiston 17 year old Scott M. Amos died at Lewiston High School after collapsing in his desk. Officials said the death was from an apparent heart attack. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Amos of Lewiston.
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Lewiston
UPD
Scott M. Amos
Lewiston High School
Melvin Amos
Farm Leaders Confer With Pres Nixon About Import Surcharge
Five national farm groups met with President Nixon to press for removal of the 10 percent import surcharge warning of potential retaliation by foreign nations. Gerald Warren said Nixon pledged the tax would be temporary but did not give a removal date.
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Washington
UPD
Nixon
Gerald Warren
White House
Warren
Nixon Surcharge Seen as Temporary Trade Measure
Warren described a closed meeting where farm leaders agreed on a follow-on procedure to begin after the 90 day wage price rent freeze. The supplemental tax on about half of all imports aimed to boost competitiveness and serve as a bargaining tool for currency revaluation. The surcharge loomed larger with farm leaders than in prior Nixon talks with labor and business groups.
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Nixon
Warren
103 Year Old Twin Falls Real Estate Agent Dies
Henry C. Gettert believed to be Magic Valley's oldest resident died at 103 after a year in a nursing home. He operated a Twin Falls real estate office for 25 years and is survived by his widow Rose, plus a niece and nephew.
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Twin Falls
UPI
Henry C. Gettert
Magic Valley
Gettert
Rose
Witness backs Medina in My Lai trial
Defense witness Robert Van Leer testifies Captain Ernest Medina was the only officer he could trust at the My Lai massacre trial. Senator Mansfield urges nonaggression pact in Europe, noting Europe seeks peace. Captured Attica hostage Frank Wald recalls a knife at his neck and a thwarted threat as a guard intervened.
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U.S
United Press International
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Robert van Leer
Ernest Medina
Medina
My Lai
Attica
N.Y
Frank Wald
Attica State Prison
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MSA
Edward F. Repasch
Allentown , PA
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NATO
Alf
Howard Post
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