Idaho State Journal from Pocatello, Idaho • Page 9

POCATELI.O, IDAHO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, IDAHO STATE Administrators Leaving 'Militant' IEA By JOHN R. KEEL Associated Press Writer Many Idaho school administrators say an increasingly militant attitude by the Idaho Education Assocation is causing them to not renew their memberships. Association Executive Secretary Wayne York said Wednesday there is a concerted effort by the school districts to keep the administrators out. School districts deny it. "This has been going on for several years," York said from Idaho Falls, where he was working on a teacher strike against the school district there.

"Several school boards have told them not to join. Others have encouraged them not to join. There's no question about it." York said that each year the members of the association have until Sept. 15 to renew their memberships or they are automatically dropped. He said he knew of no resignations by administrators, but each year more did not renew.

He said 5.4 per cent of the membership was administrators last year, with the rest teachers. "There will only be a sprinkling of superintendent members this year." he said. "The same will be true among elementary and secondary school principals. York said the association, and the National Education Association, still want the administrators in their memberships, but are not actively recruiting them. "We are still on the books as an all-inclusive organization," he said.

"It's primarily due to bargaining." York said. "This is why they're dropping out. But that won't cause bargaining to go away." Supt. Rulon Ellis of Pocatello agreed with thai reason. He said he had been a member of the association for 27 years, but did not renew this year.

"I believed in some of the basic principles and what they were fighting for," he said. "But not any more." He said he had talked to a number of people who said they were quitting. "They did not feel they could support" an organization taking the militant stand the association seems to take," he said. Ellis said there were no efforts to get administrators to quit the association in his district and he didn't even know hov; many were members. "I'm not really concerned about it," he said.

Lewiston Supt. Andrew Smith said he quit because lie didn't feel the association really represents administrators. "I think the trend is for professional organizations not to allow membership ti administrators," he said. "Anyone involved in selecting and terminating employment will no longer be eligible. "Professional organizations the last few years have been emphasizing their activity on the local level and attacking the individual boards and members generally and specifically, rather than working on the legislatures," he said.

"I think they have done excellent work for our profession and the kids in the past, but it has to be done through the legislature," Smith said. He said there had been no overt or covert efforts to keep administrators out of the union. Ron Runyan, assistant superintendent in the Boise district, said most administrators there were members because their dues were paid under their contracts. Ke said there has been some, discussion about merging the state associations of secondary anri elementary principals and superintendents into one organization to cover all administrators. He said that should remove most reasons for administrators joining the education association.

He said there have been no efforts to keep administrators out of the union in his district and he didn't know how many were members. NEZPERCE DERAIL--No one was hurt when the only train of the tiny Nezperce Railroad derailed about four miles west of here Wednesday. The 13.6-mile railroads-one of the nation's smallest--runs between here and Craigmont, Idaho. (AP Wirephoto) Whoopers Ready Migrate WAYAN, Idaho (AP)-A winter flight southward is expected to begin soon for six rare, young whooping cranes, hatched and adopted by sandhill crane parents this summer in an experiment in southeastern Idaho. The foster parent project to help re-establish the nearly extinct whooping crane species began last spring when 14 eggs were transferred from nests of wild whoopers in Canada.

They were placed in the nests of greater sandhill cranes at Grays Lake Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The six survivors have been accepted as part of the sandhill flock, despite the obvious coloring difference, a scientist said Wednesday. Sandhills are sandy-colored while mature whooping cranes are white. Dr. Rod Drewien, an Idaho wildlife biologist conducting the program, plans to follow the flock south in.order to study the birds' habits and behavioral changes.

"So far the sandhills have accepted them as their own and everything is going fine," he said. Some of the Grays Lake flock have already departed for warmer climes, and the rest are expected to be gone by Oct. 12, Drewien said. Their first stop will be the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Colorado, where they will stay through the rest of October. The birds will then move on to the sandhills' main wintering ground at the headwaters of the Rio Grande River in New Mexico.

The project was started in an attempt to establish a second flock of whooping cranes in the wild. Members of the endangered species number only about 50. The future of the second flock won't be determined for at least three to five years, Drewien said, because it takes that long for the birds to mature and begin mating. It is not known whether they will mate exclusively with other whoopers or with sandhills. Regional News Briefs Mountain Fuel Gets Increase Forest Act Called Impossible By QUANE KENYON Associated Press Writer BOISE, Idaho (AP)--Atty.

Gen. Wayne Kidwell says proposed rules on the controversial Forest Practices Act are impossibly vague and must be rewritten. Kidwell said in an interview Wednesday the rules and regulations, drawn up by the State Land Department, have many vague sections that apparently could be interpreted any way a More Study Slated at Bingham Memorial ByRETAHOWELL Journal Correspondent BLACKFOOT--Some 30 interested citizens attended a special meeting of Bingham Memorial Hospital Board Wednesday night and heard the board approve a recommendation of the Citizens Hospital Building Committee. The committee, appointed last month by the Hospital Board recommended to the board that Design West of Ogden, Utah be called back for further study and that another study phase be initiated. Phase II could include a remodeling of the present structure, updating and enlarging of the emergency room, laboratory, operating room and the obstetrical area.

The committee expressed an opinion that the enlargements could be handled through construction of another hospital wing. Frank Fullmer, chairman of the hospital board, said that he would like to see a new hospital, but said he knew that was out of the question. "We must remodel this hospital or within two or three years we won't have a hospital-because we won be meeting the code. This hospital may end up as a first aid station He said it is the board's decision that either remodeling or a new hospital is necessary. "If we could get more physicians, our serious problems would be solved," he said.

Dr. Darrell Thueson said, "It's a matter of the eggs before the chicken. We must have good hospital facilities to attract more doctors and we need more doctors in order to have a good hospital? The board appointed a committee to interest citizens and organizations in recruiting doctors. Vanda Just was appointed chairwoman of the committee. Others will include a doctor; Carl Staley, acting Bingham Memorial administrator; Quinton Blackburn, a board member; Margaret Davis; Frank Wallace and Art Bergener.

The first phase of the hospital program cost $1,800, but no estimate was given for the second phase, which is expected to be initiated as soon as Design West is available for study. The next regular board meeting at the hospital will be Oct. 20. Fullmer said he was gratified at the turnout at Wednesday's meeting and encouraged those attending to attend future meetings. Brucellosis Forces New Test Standards BOISE, Idaho (Af)--Cattlemen in three Southeastern Idaho counties face new testing standards for brucellosis.

Animal industries administrator A.P. Schneider of the Idaho Department of Education said Wednesday owners of cattle in Franklin, Bonneville and Oneida counties in Eastern Idaho are being notified by mail. He said the new testing regulations require all eligible cattle to be tested this fall and winter. He said steers and spayed heifers are not included, since they are not a source of the disease. "Brucellosis infection has currentlv been diagnosed in 21 Strikes May Slice School Funds IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP)-Three southern Idaho lawmakers say the continuing teachers strike in Idaho Falls may create a backlash that will hurt chances of getting funds for public education.

Teachers in District 91 voted a week ago today to strike, leaving more than 9,000 students without classes. The teachers walked off the job primarily due to a dispute over pay. Sen. John Barker, R-Buhl, and Reps. Kurt Johnson, D-Idaho Falls, and C.

Wendell Miller, R-Idaho Falls, said they continue to support public school funding, but they said getting the money may be harder because many lawmakers resent strikes by teachers. "I have always felt teaching was a profession and teachers should not go on strike," said Barker, chairman of the Senate Education Committee. Johnson said it was time to "get back to basic principles," adding, "We have negotiators, lawyers, arbitrators and fact- finders. What we must do is for elected officials to make the final decisions." Meanwhile, the district has furloughed 12 elementary school principals so they will be available after the scheduled school closing next spring. Supt.

Jay W. Casper said the district wanted the principals available for a week after school closes next.spring. He said the uncertainty of the strike's length and how long the school year will have to be extended next year were factors encouraging fhe furlough. He said five assistant principals at junior and senior high schools also may face furloughs if the strike continues. Other district employes put out of work by the strike include 35 bus drivers and 40 full or part-time cafeteria workers.

State Supt. of Schools Roy Truby is expected to send a three-member team of fact- finders to Idaho Falls on Friday unless agreement is reached by then on a new contract. The district has been offering an 11.54 per cent pay hike, but teachers have demanded 13.7 per cent. Franklin County herds, 10 Bonneville herds and 12 Oneida County herds," the veterinarian said. He said 30 other herds in the three counties are being investigated.

"It appears that the infection is spreading rapidly enough to pose a threat to the entire cattle population of those counties," Schneider said. He said 1,703 herds with about 140,610 cattle are in the counties. He said 64,293 are eligible for testing. Schneider said out-of-state or out-of-county cattle will be allowed to move back to the point of origin in the three counties, but they will need a negative test to be allowed to graze there next spring. state agency wished.

He said he will propose at the next meeting of the State Land Board Oct. 14 that the proposed rules be sent back to the department and clarified. The development was the latest in a long controversy over the Forest Practices Act, adopted by the Idaho Legislature at the urging of the state's timber industry. It attempts to set down regulations that would guarantee reforestation and restoration of the environment after logging operations. The act went into effect July 1 but won't be enforced until the State Land Board adopts specific rules and regulations to carry it out.

Kidwell said proposed rules are too vague. "I have notified Gordon Trombley (land department, administrator) that we would like additional input from his department and the timber industry on who it is that is in favor of these regulations," the attorney general said. Kidwell said he suggested to other land board members that they hold a special session to discuss the matter. He said Gov. Cecil D.

Andrus informed him his schedule would not allow a meeting until the regular board session The proposed rules have been before the State Land Board for months. The board, comprised of five top elected officials, has been reluctant to adopt the rules in face of opposition from some Northern Idaho groups, especially posse comitatus groups in Kootenai and Bonner counties. The posse groups filed federal court actions seeking to prevent enforcement of the act, but the lawsuits were dismissed last month on a technicality. At the last board session, Secretary of State Pete Cenarrusa said the act probably is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate private land. He asked Kidwell for an opinion.

"I became curious what it is about these rules and regulations that has caused so much controversy," said Kiciwell. "After reading the act, I can see why they are controversial." fhe attorney general said the land department, under the act, is supposed to establish "minimum standards" governing certain industry practices. But he said his office advised the land department several times during creation of the regulations that they must be precise. Kidwell said the proposed regulations are full of such phrases as "as necessary," "as regulated," "when feasible" "not excessive," "when possible" and "minimum size." "These are words that have different meanings to everyone which authority to enforce them," said Kidwell. Ke said big logging firms probably will have no problem with the regulations.

"But the small company is completely at the mercy of governmental agencies since tiie language is subject to various interpretations." SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Public Service Commission has granted Mountain Fuel Supply rate increases the company says will hike residential bills an average of 61 cents per month. The increase granted Wednesday will give the company $5.52 million more per year. Application for the increases was filed last week and is separate from a general rate increase sought fay the company. Fuel company officials said they applied for the increases to cover higher costs of natural gas which is purchased for resale to customers. One increase of $2.84 million, effective Wednesday, was necessary because of a recent federal power commission ruling allowing small producers of natural gas to charge Mountain Fuel higher prices, the company said.

The other, totalling $2.67 million, will become effective Nov. 1. Black Seeks Office in I.F. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP)-A man who became the fifth formal candidate for Idaho Falls City Council is believed the first black man ever to file for public office in the city. The candidate, Lourd Crumbaugh, 36, is a native of Chicago and former Idaho National Engineering Laboratory re- actor engineer.

He filed for the race Monday. Three council seats are up for election. Other candidates who have filed are incumbents Norris Gesas, Gilbert Karst and James- Freeman and elementary school principal Thomas Campbell. Rice Criticizes Linville IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP)-Criticism by the Republican state chairman over the cost of the recent Idaho-hosted Western Governors Conference, brought a response Wednesday from Democratic Slate Chairman Deckie Rice of Idaho Falls. Mrs.

Rice asked why State GOP Chairman Robert Linville criticized the cost while failing to mention the costs of two national conferences sponsored by former Idaho Republican figures. Linville has criticized Democratic Gov. Cecil D. Andrus for hosting the conference which was held at Sun Valley. Rice said, "Linville's shrill voice of protest was not heard during the 1972 National Lieutenant Governors Confer- ence sponsored by former Gov.

Jack Murphy or the 1970 National Republican ence hosted by former Republican Gov. Don Samuelson." Mrs. Rice said the recent governors' meeting was nonpartisan and that the majority of expenses were borne by voluntary contribution. She" said the portion paid by the state of Idaho was appropriated by a Republican legislature. Ada Wants to Reopen Case CORRESPONDENTS CORNER BOISE, Idaho (AP) The Ada County prosecutor's office says it will try to reopen a rape case against an Penitentiary mental health inmate twice acquitted of rape on grounds of mental incompetence.

Deputy Prosecutor William McCurdy told 4th District Court Judge W.E. Smith Tuesday he will file a motion to reopen the charge against Michael Hightower within a week. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Ron Howen said he would try to reopen only the 1973 rape ease in which Hightower was accused of raping a Boise State University coed. He said it is the best case in terms of evidence, although the statute of limitations runs out late next year. Ul Deans Support Hartung Cenarrusa, a Basque Protests Executions Radioactive Contamination Found in One Area at 1NEL IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (API- Subsoil contamination by radioactivity has been found in one area at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in southeastern Idaho, officials say.

R. Glenn Bradley, manager of the Idaho office of the federal Energy Research and Development Administration, said Wednesday, however, "There Is no hazard to plant employes or environment beyond the contaminated area." The area, measuring 150 by 20 feet from a depth of 12 to 25 feet, was discovered during a drilling program for monitoring the chemical processing plant waste management area and underground waste transfer lines. Bradley said the radioactive material is r.ot expected to seep below the area it now occupies, An investigation into the exact source of the contamination is being carried out. There were two previous leakages discovered last year. The chemical processing plant is operated to recover valuable uranium for fabricating reactor fuels.

BOISE. Idaho (AP)--Idaho Secretary of State Pete Cenarrusa says he will go to Washington next weeTc to urge the White House and State Department to take reprisals against Spain for "coldblooded, fascist" acts against Basques. Cenarrusa, himself a Basque, said Thursday he fired off telegrams urging U.S. officials to take immediate action in response to Spain's execution of five Basque terrorists. "I am asking for immediate withdrawal of all military and economic aid to Spain and the recalling of our ambassador to that country," Cenarrusa said.

"I also support the expulsion of Spain from the United Nations. Us actions are in direct violation of the principles upon which the United Nations was founded," he said. Cenarrusa said he sent a telegram Thursday to Luis Echevarria of Mexico, a Basque, commending him on Mexico's reaction to the executions. wish to commend you and your country for the recent action you have taken against the fascist dictatorship In Spain," Cenarrusa said. "1 support your stand on ousting Spain from the United Nations and recalling your ambassador.

I have asked the State Department and the White House to do the same." Cenariusa estimated there are 20,000 Basques in Idaho and about 100,000 in the United States. Most are in Idaho, Northern Nevada and the Bakersfield-Fresno area of California. He said he is arranging for meetings Oct. 9 with federal officials and congressmen from the three Basque states. He said the terrorists were "political prisoners who were fighting for freedom." "The very items in our Declaration of Independence are what the Basques are fighting for today," he said.

"The Basque country was their country thousands of years before the Spaniards ever came to the Iberian Peninsula." Cenarrusa said he warned officials in Washington that the reaction would be violent if the terrorists were executed, "That's exactly what happened," he said. By LENA AiNKEN SEXTON Back in 193ff, Lew L. Callaway, former Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and a student of Northwestern history came up with the idea that historians may have been wrong, and the "Bird Woman," who with her husband, Carbcneau, accompanied Lewis and Clark from Dakota country to the far western sea and back may have been not Snake or Shoshone, but Bannock. He may just be right. He wrote, "Until Lewis and Clark reached Horse Prairie (Montana) where they met Sacajawea's brother, Camaweahwait and his people, they had thought the woman a Snake.

There they perceived their error, and called the tribe Shoshones." Judge Caliaway points out that Sacajawea was captured as a girl by the Minnetarees (Crows) of the Dakotas at the three forst of the Missouri River. He adds that this country was then claimed by the Bannacks, and over which they roamed at will. He adds that as late as 1853 Governor Stevens found the northern division of the Bannacks still laying claim to this country, including the Beaverhead, Madison and Gallatin counties in Montana, although in 1853 they were living in the Salmon River country in Idaho. Could Callaway be right? When Lewis and Clark rambled this area in 1805 did they simply class the Indians living there under the general term, Shoshone? Remember too that during the late 1880s Bannack of Bannock Indians were pretty familiar folk in Virginia City, along the Beaverhead and the Madison rivers, when Tendoy was their leader. Historians say Sacajawea lived in the Lemhi Valley until she was 11, when she was taken in a raid, kept as a slave 'til 15, then sold to the French-Canadian Toussaint Charboneau.

It was he who has was hired as an interpreter and guide, but it was Sacajawea who was wise enough and compassionate enough to save and make a success of that expedition! It wasn't until a century later, 1905, that the forgotten Indian girl was given credit for her part in our Western history. Just before the 1905 Centennial "The ConijUesf" was printed in Portland, Ore. It was written by Eva Emery Lye, in the Oregonian, and it put Sacajawea's adventure right up with other great adventures. After that floods of news stories, songs, eulogies and editorials swept the country. The "Bird Woman" came into her own.

But it is a stoi-y with a bitter ending at that. Sacajawea died April 9, 1884. Perhaps we may pursue this subject a.bit more. If she were Bannack, it would be nice to know. MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) The deans of the University of Idaho's eight colleges Wednesday expressed support for embattled Ul Financial Vice President Sherman Carter.

A memorandum signed by the deans and delivered to Ul President Ernest Hartung said "unwarranted charges have been brought from numerous sources recently accusing Dr. Carter of usurping authority, a i dictatorial decisions and other charges." Statements were also made that Carter aitempted to "seize power" when Hartung ivas 01; leave during the fall semester of the 1974-75 academic year, the statement said, adding that "during your absence, Dr. Carter consistently followed the same policies affecting the colleges as he did before and after your return." Dean of Education Everett Samuelson said that the charges referred to in the memorandum ''are nothing specific, but an accumulation of a lot of things. There have been accusations and what have you." Samualson said some of the charges had appeared in newspaper articles. Bees Produce Less Honey BOISE, Idaho (API-Commercial bees in Idaho will produce nearly five pounds of honey this year for every a woman and child in the slate.

The Idaho Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said Tuesday production is expected to be about 3.7 million pounds, down 37 per cent from last year. Most of the drop is attributed to reduced yield. Honej production is estimated at 29 pounds per colony, compared to 64 pounds last year. Nationally the honey crop is expected to be up three per cent. Interest Above Last Year BOISE, Idaho (AP)--State Treasurer Marjorie Ruth Moon said Wednesday Interest on investment of state money is well ahead of last year.

Miss Moon said the general fund collected $872,568.74 in September, compared to $151,628.97 in the same month last year. She said the total to date this year is $1.85 million, compared to $1.22 million by the same time last year. "The interest that I earn from the investment of idle money in the state treasury is very important to the taxpayers of Idaho because it goes to the state's general fund and means that much of the fund is new money which doesn't come out of the people's pockets in the form of taxes," she said..