Emergency DDT Recommended for Northwest Moth Infestation
An interagency steering committee proposed a four pronged plan to wipe out the Tussock moth infestation in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. It urges research on alternatives, contingency DDT approval, enhanced early detection, and coordinated agency action, with pesticide use only if natural controls fail.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Oregon
Washington
U.S. Forest Service
Idaho
Ted Schlapfer
Schlapfer
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Forest Service
Smoking and Fire Bans Lifted in Idaho Forests
The smoking and campfire ban on Idaho protected lands north of the Salmon River and on the Nez Perce Clearwater St Joe Coeur d Alene and Kaniksu National Forests is lifted at 12 noon Sept 19. Permits remain required for debris burning through the fire season which ends Oct 20 unless extended. Forest visitors are urged to extinguish campfires completely and use caution in dry conditions.
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State of Idaho
Salmon River
Nezperce
Clearwater
St. Joe
Coeur d’Alene
Kaniksu
Gordon Trombly
Steve Yurich
Land Commissions
Sandpoint Weather Night Rain With Fog and Cool Periods
Showers tonight with decreasing intensity and patchy night and morning fog. Continued cool with a 60 percent rain chance tonight and 40 percent Friday. Low tonight around 45 and high Friday near 65.
Vikings Cowboys Junior Tackle game moved to Friday
The Junior Tackle game between the Vikings and Cowboys has been rescheduled from Thursday to Friday September 21 at 6 p.m. The venue remains Memorial Field and the change is to avoid a Clark Fork Mullan clash.
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Vikings
Cowboys
Memorial Fild
Idaho river section eyed for Wild and Scenic status
Gov. Cecil Andrus said the upper 24 to 25 miles of the St. Joe River in Northern Idaho should be protected under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. He spoke at a Spokane news conference and cited Red Ives Ranger Station as a reference point.
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Spokane
UPI
Cecil Andrus
St. Joe River
Idaho
St. Joe
Red Ives
No Bypass Yet Highway Route Plan Agreed To
Sandpoint city officials and the Chamber of Commerce with the State Highway Department reached a plan for a U S 95 bypass along Sand Creek near the BN rail line. The plan includes a Superior Street interchange with an off ramp and underpass, relocation of the old depot, and 1,500 feet of retaining walls with parks and trails. Estimated cost is 7.22 million dollars with construction possibly starting in the 1970s and funded in stages.
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Sandpoint
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
Superior Street
Sand Creek
Les Brown
Chamber
Brown
Ben Longbottom
Longbottom
Priest River
U.S. 95
Chamber Highway Committee
Andrus Seeks Unity Across Idaho Beyond Spokane Capital
Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus told Spokane Chamber of Commerce that Idaho could be knit as one despite Spokane’s regional ties. He cited Inland Empire as a geographic unit with Spokane as its hub and noted progress on transportation and education satellite efforts to improve statewide communications.
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Spokane
UPI
Idaho
Cecil D. Andrus
Andrus
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Salt Lake City
Boise
Auditor to head commodities commissions under state department
Boise press reports the Executive Reorganization Commission voted seven to four to place the commodities commissions under a department headed by the state auditor, centralizing oversight. The motion shapes how commodity regulation fits within state government and may affect enforcement and budgeting.
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Boise
UPD
Executive Reorganization Commission
State Auditor
Local Youth In Serious Condition After Motorcycle Mishap
A Sandpoint youth remained in serious condition at Kootenai Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle mishap on Baldy Road. Steve Ricker, driving down the road, failed to see Brown who had stepped off another motorcycle. Brown suffered a lacerated kidney multiple fractures and chest injuries.
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Sandpoint
Kootenai Memorial Hospital
Baldy Road
Mike’ ‘Brown
Steve Ricker
Brown
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