Senate OKs compensation act for Libby Dam effects in Idaho
Senators Frank Church and Len Jordan reported that the Senate Public Works Commission approved compensation for Kootenai Flats property owners in Boundary County for drainage pumping costs and crop losses caused by Libby Dam operations. The panel also endorsed paying Boundary County for Deep Creek Bridge relocation and rebuilding costs, with the measures in the Omnibus Rivers and Harbors bill. The bills await full Senate approval and conference committee review.
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Frank Church
Len Jordan
Washington
Senate Public Works Commission
Kootenai Flats
Boundary County
Libby
Montana
Idaho
Corps of Engineers
Deep Creek
Bonners Ferry
James Stoicheff
Senate
Church
Jordan
Libby Dam
Kootenai River
Corps
House of Representatives
Pollution fears rise over proposed Western power complex
Western power project planned for northeastern Wyoming southeastern Montana and western North Dakota prompts concerns from the Environmental Defense Fund and state health officials. EPA officials say interstate air pollution studies are needed and plants could violate local standards before reaching harmful levels for other states.
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Helena
Mont
UPC
Bureau of Reclamation Development
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Environmental Defense Fund
New York
Los Angeles
Clites
Environmental Action
Washington, D.C
Montana-Wyoming
Midwest
Lynn Brandt
Montana Health Department
Man
Brandt
Environmental Protection Agency
Denver
Interior~ ‘ Départment
Western
Clarification Sought on State Land Board Policy
Idaho legislators from District 23 pressed the State Land Board to clarify its stance on the idle tuberculosis hospital in Gooding, idle for over two years. Senators Don Frederickson and Earl Greena walt, with Rep. Vernon Ravenscroft, urged open negotiations with the South Central District Health Department over leasing part of the building and maintenance obligations if the department moves in.
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Gooding
Idaho
UPD
State Land Board
Don Frederickson
D-Gooding
Earl Greenawalt
R-Jerome
Vernon .Ravenscroft
Land Board
District Health Department
Williams Symms Hold Debate in Boise Rotary Lunch
Two candidates for the First Congressional District, Democrat Ed Williams of Nampa and Republican Steve Symms of Marsing, debated at a Boise Rotary Club luncheon. Williams attacked Symms on free enterprise and federal regulation while Symms defended smaller government and competitive markets. In Coeur d Alene, Burlington Northern's VP forecast growth in intercity freight for the railroad amid rising population and highway congestion.
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Boise PD
First
Steve Symms
Ed Williams
Boise Rotary Club
Williams
Nampa
Steve
University of Idaho
School ‘of Forestry
Boise Cascade
Willams
University
School ‘of Mines
Andconda Co
Symms
Marsing
Coeur D’alene
Idaho
Burlington Northern Railroad
Pot Arrests Reported After Idaho Stop
A 1958 pickup driven by Thomas Houser was stopped by Idaho State Patrolman Jim Flave. A plastic bag with marijuana and a hand rolled cigarette were found. Houser and Barbara Houser were arrested. a federal smuggling warrant led to Houser’s release to U.S. Customs. The marijuana was confiscated.
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Mari“Juana
Thomas Houser
Idaho
Jim Flave
Houser
Flave
Dale Sheffield
Sandpoint
Barbara "Houser
U.S
Computer Order Gets Criticized In State Hearing
UNIVAC spokesman accused State Auditor Joe R. Williams of ordering an IBM computer 14 months before bidding. Gale Gibson testified that bidding favored IBM with tied to late specifications and an unannounced IBM feature. Audit computer arrived in Boise and bids were opened in August.
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Boise
UPD
Univac
Joe R. Williams
IBM
Gale G. Gibson
Seattle
Raymond Marlowe
Williams
Marlowe
Legislative ‘Interim Committee
Highway Department
Gibson
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Commission Okays Compensation Act
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