Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 13

POCATELLO, IDAHO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1976 IDAHO STATE JOURNAL-SECTION B.PAGE 1 Reagan Might Show Up At State GOP Confab BOISE. Idaho (AP)-Thc chairman of Konald Reagan's Idaho campaign says he'll know today Keagan can come Idaho Saturday to make a personal appeal for the slate's four Republican national convention delegates yet to be chosen. Ally. Gen. Wayne L.

Kidwel! said iie was asking Keagan to stop al the slate GOP convention at Moscow "to inject some enthusiasm in the coil; vention." Keagan made a one- day campaign swing through southern Idaho in May before the stale's presidential preference primary, where he won 74 per cent of the Republican vote. Kidweii admitted Keagsn may not be able to arrive until after the delegates are selected. "Reagan probably wouldn't be able to arrive until Saturday afternoon," Kidwell said. "We probably will have a Keagan rally "that night but 1 don't know- where." The convention is scheduled to choose four delegates Saturday morning to round out Idaho's 21-member delegation to the national convention in Kansas City. On the basis of the May 23 presidential primary, the convention also will have to select 13 delegates from a list of nominees submitted by Reagan backers and four delegates from a list submitted by President Ford's supporters.

Kidwell said there is a possibility Reagan may be able to arrive at the convention by Saturday morning. The drive lor a Reagan stopover al ihe Idaho convention came up afior Kidwell protested that he and Secretary of State Pete T. Cenarrusa. Ihe only two elected Republican state officials, had been excluded from ihe convention program. Cenarrusa headed Reagan's Idaho campaign in 1968 and is a vice chairman of the campaign this year.

"1 guess we're being punished for being Reagan supporters," Kidwell said, noting that the program failed to list either of the two state officers. Kidwell and Cenarrusa are scheduled to be introduced at the opening session ol the convention Friday, but the printed program did not list their name. It says: "Introduction of state elected i i a state chairman." Kidwdl said lie had protested the exclusion ol Cenarrusa ami himself from the program to Republican State Chairman Venion Ravenscroft. "I understand Kavenscroft may be running for governor two years from now and his name being mentioned so many times on the program may be a little campaigning," Kidwell said. Ravenscroft's name is listed five times.

Kidwell also is being mentioned as a possible candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 1978. A Ravenscroft-Kidwell race for the nomination is possible. Kidwell said he and Cenarrusa were Ihe only two Republicans to be elected in the state administration two years ago "and it's rather strange that we weren't even mentioned in the program." Milking Time Bringing in the cows for milking is a vanishing scene in the Tyhee area. Two more dairymen have moved. One producer, Lowell Hale, has moved his 25-cow dairy operation to Moreland to get a little further from housing developments, and the Maple Leaf Dairy by Damaughan Tubbs has sold out.

Tubbs has been an independent distributor in Pocalello since 1959 and was owner of the Maple Leaf Dairy for the past eight years. (Journal photo by Betty Hale.) Gov. Defends Purchase Of $169,000 Aircraft Ricks Still Preparing Emergency Food REXBURG, Idaho (AP)The director of food services at Ricks College says he and his staff are prepared to work another six weeks providing emergency food for persons displaced by the Teton Dam disaster. In the first two weeks since the dam broke June 5, food services director Pat Price said his staff served 185,000 meals, including sack lunches. Price said the peak was June 10 when 30,100 meals were served, including 10,600 sack lunches.

Ricks College is on high grounds at Rexburg, one of the Eastern Idaho cities hard hit July Inquest Set in Alien Shooting RUPERT (AP)--Minidoka County Prosecutor Bill Manning said an inquest will probably be set for the first part of July in the shooting death of an 18-year-old Mexican illegal alien who was killed June 17 in a raid by the Border Patrol. Manning said the case is still under investigation adding, "We're still in the fact-finding process." Five or six illegal aliens are being held in the Minidoka County jail for questioning in the incident and the search is under way for others who left the scene. The victim was identified as Jarge T. Lemus who died from a bullet wound in the head. The shooting incident occurred at the Simplot livestock company.

Solon Deplores Cuts in Indian Action Program WASHINGTON (AP)-A federal program used by Idaho's Coeur d'Alene, Nez Perce and Shoshone-Bannock Indian tribes will suffer funding cuts under the Ford administration's proposed 1977 budget, says Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho. Church is among 11 senators asking the Senate Interior Appropriations Committee to earmark $38.1 million for the Indian Action Team program. The administration has requested million. Under the Action Team program, the Bureau of Indian Affairs distributes, money to the tribes to aid tribal self-determination and hire unemployed Indians.

Church said Tuesday that the $38 1 million is needed to strengthen existing programs and provide funding for 25-30 new contracts. Pioneer Up Again BOISE, "Idaho (AP)-The Idaho Public Utilities Com. when the dam failed June 5 and flooded thousands of acres. The college since then has been the center of rescue and recovery operations. Hot meals have, been prepared at Ricks and sent to areas like Sugar City and Salem where people have no cooking facilities, Price said.

"We appreciate the volunteers who have come to help serve and clean up. But as we look to the next few weeks, we know we need more help in serving these people," Price said. Food is being purchased through local dealers. Price said 90 per cent of the free food has been provided through welfare services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). Price said the Red Cross has provided more than 100,000 sandwiches.

Other contributions have come from local stores and a convenience food outlet which provided 500 hamburgers one night and 1,000 another time. "The dairies in the area have been good to us. And soda pop companies sent us pop when our water wasn't fit for drinking," he said. Disaster services coordinator Lynn Smith said some 12 semi- trailer trucks and about 20 Let 'em Have it, Says Chamber Idaho (AP) Gov. Cecil Andrus, Idaho legislative leaders and other officials have been asked to support legislation for tougher handling of juvenile lawbreakers, says Kellogg Chamber of Commerce President Mike Hendrickson.

Hendrickson said the action is necessary to deal with a growing juvenile delinquency problem. "Many citizens of this area, especially those victims of juvenile are becoming fed up with laws that, in effect, 'spare the rod and spoil the Hendrickson said Tuesday. Court procedure of juveniles is a cause of the rise in juvenile crime, said First District Judge James Towles, who recently briefed the Kellogg Chamber on juvenile problems. "Some remedial action is long overdue to convince teenagers, particularly, that their activities will bring more than a slap on the wrist if they are apprehended," Towles said. Towles said the juvenile crime rise "can be directly traced to the permissiveness of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in handling juveniles committed to it by the court." Towles said he has asked Carl Bianci, Idaho court administrator, to have his staff study the state's Youth Rehabilitation Act "with a view to proposing legislation which would permit the juvenile court to enforce some measure of control over a child once he has been committed to the department." Courts should have the power to designate terms of supervision or commitment of offenders to an institution, Towles said.

He said youthful offenders should be processed in the same manner as adults until they are sentenced. The processing should include the same provisions for bail, confinement prior to trial, pleas and burden of proof, Towles said. After sentencing, young offenders should be confined separately from adults, he said. The judge said he has sent copies of his proposal to the chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, other district judges and magistrates and Shoshone County legislators. If the proposals aren't acceptable, Towles said he would call for removal of the court system from juvenile matters.

"If the state is going to persist in handling juveniles the way it has in the past, there is no need for a court adjudication of anything," he said. "I believe that children need to know that there is someone in authority who can and will impose swift and sure punishment if they step out of line," said Towles. "Under the present system this is totally lacking," he said. "No wonder our young laugh at the police and the courts," the judge said. ise Gets Bill for BOISE, Idaho (AP)-The city of Boise spent $15,017 on the May special election in which a $5.1 million bond sale for the proposed Morrison Center was soundly defeated, says City Clerk John Dieffenbach.

The city will be reimbursed for the expense, and it appears about $10,000 must come from the Morrison Center Committee, Another $5,000 has been raised by a union of city service clubs. Dieffenbach said Tuesday the cost per vote cast was about 75 cents. The center was defeated, 54 per cent opposed to 46 per cent for. A two-thirds majority was required for passage. Glenn Lungren, a spokesman for the Morrison Committee, said the organization has the money to cover its share of the cost.

Most of the to pay election day workers, Dieffenbach said. Another $2,000 was spent on renting and moving polling equipment. hparinfis on Company's proposed Pioneer plant next Monday. A PUC spokesman said lues- day the latest round of hearings will allow Idaho Power to present rebuttal witnesses and iive all parties an opportunity fo cross-Vxamine rebuttal wil- nesses. Judge Orders End to B-C Strike POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) A federal judge has ordered an end to a 2-day-old strike at a Boise Cascade manufacturing plant here, says a company spokesman.

Judge J. Elaine Anderson of Boise issued the temporary re- straining order Tuesday in U.S.' District Court for Idaho, ordering about 110 striking plant em- ployes back to work, said Boise Cascade Lablr Relations Man- tiger Vince Bovino. "The restraining order was issued to stop the illegal strike activity," Bovino said. Local 870 of the Lumber Production Industrial Workers Union signed a contract which contained a no-strike clause on June 1, Bovino said. pickup trucks are on campus, all loaded with clothing donated to flood victims.

"At first Ihe people just got work clothes. Now they are get- ling clothes they could wear to church or to a dance," he said. Much of the clothing has been set up on campus in a ballroom. Disaster victims are encouraged to come in and look through the racks for what they want. A lot of clothing came from Air Force bases at Ogden, Utah, and Mountain Home, Idaho, Smith LDS Church auxiliaries have done the work of washing and preparing the clothing, he said.

Church Releases Tax Returns WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, made public his 1975 income tax returns Tuesday, disclosing he earned $71,656.32 and paid state and federal taxes totaling $18,648.40. Church has made his personal income and assets public periodically since 1964. In his current statement, Church listed his Senate salary last year of $43,025, an additional $14,975 in fees for speaking engagements, $10,000 in interest and principal from the sale of the Robinon Bar Ranch which was inherited by Mrs. Church and $3,656.32 in interest on municipal bonds owned by the couple.

Church said he and his wife paid $14,932.55 in federal income taxes in 1975 and $3,715.85 in state taxes. Church said he still owes $3,000 in mortgage payments on the split-level brick-and-frame house he purchased in Belhesda, in 1957 for $43,500. He said he has no other debts. Mrs. Church owns free and clear a family home in Boise, Idaho, the report said.

It said the Churches also own, free and clear, two cars, one a 1965 model, one a 1972. Church said he also carries automobile, life and home in. surance and contributes to the Senate retirement fund. Engineers Ready To Build Dam AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) --The road across American Falls Dam is no longer open to traffic, as engineers gear up for work in constructing a a a a southeastern Idaho site on the Snake River. The road, which is a state highway, was closed Tuesday afternoon to enable contractors to begin preparing access to the site.

The deteriorating dam will serve as the concrete core for the new structure. Engineers expect actual construction to start next week. "If the river continues to recede, we can begin excavation work in the channel sometime next week," said Doug Baker, resident manager for Gordon Ball Construction contractors for the $35 million project. ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP)A $169,000 plane purchased with state funds will save Idaho money in the long run and will make the conduct of state business more efficient, says Gov.

Cecil D. Andrus. Andrus, in St. Anthony to assist in Teton Dam flood disaster a i i a i stressed Tuesday that the plane is not just for his personal use but for other state officials as well. Andrus said no disaster funds were used to purchase the plane but that various state agencies that needed use of a plane, but couldn't afford to buy their own, contributed toward its purchase.

He pointed to his trip to St. Anthony as an example of the economy and efficiency resulting from having purchased the plane. The plane was purchased with $55,000 from an unanticipated appropriation from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, $50,000 from the Department of Transportation, and $50,000 from the Public Utility Commission, the governor said. He added that none of those funds had been earmarked for disaster relief. Andrus said the plane will cost little to operate and maintain.

He said it will be kept at the Boise Airport under the control of the State Department of Aeronautics. The two pilots appointed to fly the plane are regular members of the Department of Transportation and have other duties when they are not flying, the governor said. He said the plane operates al a cost of $75 per hour compared to $400 per hour when the heavier national guard plane is used. Andrus said U.S. Department of Transportation regulations prohibit use of national guard planes by others, including governors, except for emergencies.

"Furthermore," Andrus said, "we have a good chance for reimbursement for this plane from federal funds under the National Emergency Act." Canyon Prosecutor Won't Charge Former Magistrate CALDWELL, Idaho (AP)- The Canyon County prosecutor says he doesn't plan criminal or civil action against former Nampa Magistrate Philip Morford, the Idaho Statesman reports. The newspaper said in today's editions that prosecutor James C. Morfitt refused to comment on the reason for his decision or on the substance of a district court-ordered investigation. The Statesman reported earlier that unnamed sources indicated the inquiry involved allegations of sexual relationships between Morford and women who appeared in his court as defendants. The newspaper said it tried to contact Morford Tuesday, but his wife said her husband would have no comment.

The prosecutor said he would not comment because of an Idaho law that requires confidentiality of information developed in an inquiry for removal of a magistrate. In addition to Morfitt's probe, 3rd District Judge Robert B. Dunlap ordered an investigation of Morford by R.W. Christensen, Boise, an Idaho Supreme Court investigator. The Statesman said Morford resigned May 27, saying he was quitting to take a job that paid more money than the annual salary for a non-lawyer magistrate.

Ally. Gen. Wayne L. Kidwell said Tuesday- he will review a report from his chief investigator before deciding whether his office should involve itself in the matter, the Statesman reported. The paper quoted Kidwell as saying last week his office had received "a number of comments about the magistrate's court in Canyon County" and he assigned the investigator to probejhe matter.

Prosecutor Morfitt said Morford's resignation made any further proceedings moot. He said since Morford was a nonlawyer magistrate, disciplinary rules of the Idaho State Bar were inapplicable. Stroisch Testifies of Trial COEUR D' ALENE, Idaho (AP) George Stroisch, testifying in his own defense at his first-degree murder trial in First District Court here, denied killing Rita Marcussen. Mrs. Marcussen, 20, and her husband, Ronald, 22, disappeared Nov.

19, 1973. Remains identified as those of Mrs. Marcussen were found in May 1974 in a field near Athol, north of here. Stroisch, 39, said he left his Post Falls home on the afternoon of Nov. 19 to see Marcussen about a job.

Stroisch said Tuesday he talked to Marcussen in a tavern next to the Hayden Lake dental office where Mrs. Marcussen worked, then drove to the Chipmunk Rapids area on the Priest River to hunt. Stroisch said his pickup truck got stuck in the mud there. He said he arrived home at about midnight or 12:30 a.m. after getting the vehicle free.

Stroisch said he was not familiar with the area where bones, hair and bits of clothing were found in a shallow grave. Lynn Thomas, a member of the prosecution team, asked Stroisch on cross examination if his clothes had been dirty when he arrived home. were just dirty like when you're working," Stroisch said, "from splotches of blood." Stroisch quickly corrected himself and said, "splotches of mud." In earlier prosecution testimony, Terry Ball, 31, an inmate at McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, testified that Stroisch had related to him how he killed the Marcussens. Defense attorney Everett Hofmeister Jr. asked Stroisch if he had made such statements to Bali.

"No, I would never make a statement like that to someone like him," Stroisch said. "I didn't know him that well and I didn't like him." Stroisch denied ever towing the Marcussen's car, as a prosecution witness had testified. The defendant, wearing a white shirt and checked pants, gestured frequently during his testimony, speaking in an even voice. Another McNeil island inmate, Richard Towell, told the seven-man, five-woman jury that the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office tried to recruit him to inform on Stroisch's activities at the penitentiary, where Stroisch was serving a sentence for firearms violations. Towell said he was apprehended in northern Idaho in November 1974.

Cities Studying EPA Grant BOISE, Idaho (API-Advisors for an Idaho water cleanup project divided into subcommittees Tuesday to study the terms of the $1.2 million federal grant the project will use to plan pollution control. Floyd Decker, director of the Association of Idaho Cities, said the subcommittees of the Idaho Clean Water Project are municipal treatment, agriculture, mining, industrial and miscellaneous. The Environmental Protection Agency has placed detailed requirements on how its $1.2 million grant must be used. Decker said each subcommittee will study the EPA terms in its area to determine what must be done to meet them, then report to the full 15-member project advisory board Aug. 5-6 in Boise.

"The idea was to divide into groups according to the expertise of the members," Decker said. He said EPA representatives attended Tuesday's meeting and told the project's Policy Advisory Committee the grant is virtually assured. State Sen. John Peavey, R- Rupert, is chairman of the advisory committee. The committee will use staff from the Department of Health and Welfare's Division of Environment.

Various regional planning groups around the state have begun water quality planning with EPA "208" grants, Decker said. But he said that effort, in many regions, is insufficiently funded..