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(AROUND BLACKFOOT Rain of Things You Don't Need Costs Fortune By KSTIIKK I.AKK Journal Correspondent "Things You Didn't Know You Needed" is what thy Game Room in Washington. D.C. describes in their gift catalog. "If you have been saving your money for a rainy day, Christmas is the monsoon season." they declare. And offer for the bored executive: An i Hassock--a tension- releasing hassock that fits over an open desk drawer, so (he executive can pui his feel up for S15.

Whistle Switch--just blow the whistle and it will turn on your radio, recorder, lights, or dishwasher, for about $20. Even more diverting, Strip Checkers. Each checker is illustrated with the piece of clothing to be removed when an opponent captures it. For some reason, possibly panic due to inflation and tight buying, this fall is the "monsoon season" for gift catalogs at our house. These are not just tne fruit-and-cheese Christmas booklets either; some feature unbelievable luxury items: Hammacher Schlemmer of New York City lists an Astro-Vegetation electric gadget, a home version of a device developed to feed would glow outdoors.

For the tense, they have a bedside machine thai produces "surf and rain" sounds to promote sleep. Too Then how about a silver- plated strawberry basket just like the wood baskets in the store only For the children who have everything now except their parents' heads on a platter, the famous F.A.O. Schwarz toy store in New York City pictures an Electro Dragster. This is a "super charger with wide rear a a a six-volt For real snob appeal, Galkjrv Editions. of McAllen, Texas lakes I he sterling silver loothpick willi its "limited edition of aromatic basalm; a stereo recording of calliope music made from an original Wurhtzer model found on river boats.

The Ferry House at Briarcliff Manor in New York recalls the past with a cornhusk lady doll in an authentic colonial kitchen, with hanging Yield House in North Conway, N.H., shows country pine furniture. In Plymouth Meeting. Harriet Carter's Distinctive Gilts go from a ravioli maker to a book on "Understanding the Mind of a Horse." From the Krebs on Route 1. Westerly. H.I., you can buy other unusual books; and from Taylor Gifts, Wayne.

"popcorn on the cob," or a pocket alarm clock. For tennis fans. Joan Cook in Ft. Lauderdale, has a ladies tennis watch with no second hand. A ball circles the face.

A "bosom purse." to tuck money or into your bra, is among the Useful Gifts catalog cataloged by Bruce Bolind of Boulder, Colo. "Things you didn't know you astronauts in space. It grows vegetables in a 2x2 foot space, 25 per cent faster a they heirloom plates" showing Ihe All-American Rose selection for the year--each plate ol Hie series $38, plus one dollar postage. After combing the world for the most unusual gifts, S. Roger Horchow of Dallas, Texas offers in the Horchow Collection: "Strawberries in Ihe Snow," an "exquisitely wrought sculpture of brass, bronze, and silver, handpainled" for $500.

rechargeable express. II you want something a bit belter for the lots, order the replica for Furl Cheyenne with six feet of play area FOB New- York. Helen Gallagher of Peoria, 111., in her Gallery Collection, offers Norman Rockwell figures in bisque porcelain, from Saturday Evening Post covers. For old time nostalgia, Apothecary Catalogue from New York City features the same cucumber cold cream that "The Devinc" Sarah Bernhardt ordered from Caswell Massey in 1837. Nostalgia items are featured too at New Hampton General Store in Hampton, N.J.: there is a calico cat pillow or toy filled with My catalog collection is full of them.

Now if i can just keep Dick from throwing out my collection! IDAHO JOURNAL NEWS OF EASTERN IDAHO AND THE STATE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1974 Section Page 1 Further Raising of Siudent Fees Eyed Suspects Charged with Murder CASCADE, Idaho (AP)--Police brought Thomas Eugene Creech into Cascade in the dark of night, about a week after two men were shot to death nearby, to face two charges of first- degree murder. He also is sought by Oregon officials in two slayings and by Colorado officials in a threat against the life of a newly elected senator. Creech and Carol Spaulding. 17. i Idaho, were charged with two counts each of first-degree Friday morning after they were by Glenns Ferry policeman Bill Hill, Cascade is about 90 miles north of Boise in Western Idaho.

Glenns Ferry is on the Snake River about 70 miles southeast of The pair was moved to Cascade late Friday night and ar- raigned on two counts each of first-degree murder. No bond was set and they were locked into cells at the Valley County Jail. Valley Prosecutor Robert Remaklus said he was not sure whether the girl was 17 or 18. but she would be treated as an adult until it was found out. He said she was charged as an adult, but might have to be recharged under the juvenile court system and then declared an adult for trial.

An alert was sent 10 all police agencies in the area after the bodies of, two. men were Tuesday afternoon, hidden in a ditch along Idaho 44 about 14 miles south of Cascade. No cause of death was immediately apparent since both bodies were covered with dirt and then hidden under a quilt and a sleeping bag. An autopsy later established Ihey had been shot in the head. A car belonging to one of (lie victims.

Edward Thomas Arnold. 34. was found about 36 miles south of where the bodies were found on the same highway. Officers said there was blood spattered around its interior. Creech, a former sexton at SI.

Mark's Episcopal Church in Portland. is charged with i i i a Joseph Dean. 22, Portland, and Sandra Jane. Ramsamoog, Salem, Ore. By BOB LEERIGHT Associated Press Writer TWIN FALLS, Idaho (APi- liaising student fees for more money for Idaho colleges and i i i was suggested after the State Board of Educa- lion submitted a record-shaller- ing budget of $48.2 million for higher learning.

Closure of Lewis-Clark Slate College and the University of Idaho College of Mines were aiso proposed as possible ways to save money and fit the revenue with increasing costs. John Andreason. legislative fiscal officer, told a joint meeting of the board and the legislature's Finance-Appropriations i Friday a he "wasn't advocating anything," but i a a showing Ihe share Idaho students paid in student fees far below the national average. Andreason said that nation wide the student fees account for 14.8 per cent of the operating revenue for colleges and universities, but only 6.5 per cent in Idaho. "If the student fees could be increased.the percentage of the total revenue supplied through stale approprialions could be decreased." he said.

He said Idaho averages about $243 in student fees, adding this would have lo be raised to about S552 In bring Idaho into line with the nationwide norm. Dr. John Swartley, Boise, board member, said the board is prohibited by the constitution from imposing tuition fees. He said student fees should not be raised unless they were reasonable. "I'm not able lo accept the facl the tuition charges are un- i i a Andreason said.

Milton Small, director of higher education, said they may not be unconstitutional, but are prohibited by statute. He said livo years ago Ihe board proposed legislation to permit luilion, but it failed lo gel oul of committee. Rep. William Roberts, R- liuhl, cochairman of the committee, said "It's getting to be a different ballgame now and we may want lo take another look at il." Tlie $48 million linden' re- is a 24 per cent increase over the $38.0 million appropriated for the current fiscal year. It includes a 14 per cenl cost-of-living increase plus an- olher $4.6 million for new programs and salary hikes.

In addition Ihe board presenl- ed the committee with a list of $53 million in construction projects needed at slate schools, giving to priority to five projects totalling $5.3 million. The a i i Fund Council accrues about S5.5 million a year in revenue to handle all ol the state's building needs. a said the i a should consider some, action to increase this revenue to a minimum of $10 million a year. Building projecs given top i i included a i i a funding for a science building at Boise Stale i i additional for the library at Idaho State University, $2.5 million; land acquisition for Boise State. Science Nurse Building at Lewis-Clark State College.

$1 million; and waler system improvements a a a a the i i of Idaho, Kidwell Wants Changes in Sunshine Initiative Two Men, Woman Charged in Deaths BURLEY, men and a woman, all from southern Idaho, have been charged with two counts of first- degree murder and two counts of robbery in the shotgun deaths of two men. Charged in Magistrate's Court Friday were Delbert Crawford, 29, Eden 1 Terry Billingsly. 29, and his wife Gay, 28, both of Burley. Linda Crawford, 19, Crawford's wife, also of Eden, was held on order of the court, Detective Capl. Pete Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said Mrs. Crawford was held as a parole violator i i Falls County. He said he didn't know what she was on parole for. Crawford also was charged with being a habitual criminal. Rodriguez said a habitual criminal under Idaho law is someone convicted of three felonies.

He said Crawford has two previous felony convictions, for first- degree burglary and perjury, but can only be convicted of the habitual criminal charge if convicted of the murder or robbery. Bail for each was denied. A preliminary hearing for Ihe three has been set for Nov. 18 in Magistrate Court. The accused were held in the deaths of Greg Solosobal, 22.

and Paul Petersen. about 23, both living in Burley. The proseuctor said about $20 was taken from the dead men. found on a kitchen floor at a residence on the east side. He said narcotics appeared to have figured in the incident, bul would not disclose details.

Police said a young woman, a witness to the shootings, reported the violence shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. Legality of Roundup Remains Major Issue WASHINGTON A I A federal judge Friday said that an Idaho horse roundup may have been ruthless and inhumane, but the only legal question is determining if the horses were wild. District Court Judge Thomas A. Flannery expressed thai view as attorneys argued a $10.3 million suit brought by Ihe Humane Society and the American Horse Protective Association.

Roberl McCandless. representing the society and association, argued that the February 1973 roundup near Howe, Idaho, was illegal under federal laws enacted with the intent of protecting wild horses. It was never the intent of Congress, McCandless said, to allow ranchers on federal lands to herd horses to a "bloody demise" with snowmobiles and helicopters. "I am inclined lo agree," said Flannery, "that the roundup did occur in a ruthless, possibly inhuman manner, but let's stick to the legal issue here." "If no wild horses were involved in this roundup this case will be dismissed, do you agree," Flannery said to McCandless. "This case, yes, sir," replied McCandless.

To Flannery's point. McCandless argued lhat it was under federal law. not stale law to decide if the horses were wild. Some 40 to GO horses were rounded up in the Lemhi Mountains, with several either falling or being pushed off a 200-foot high cliff, the society said. Aproxmiatelly 30 were trucked lo a Nebraska packing plant, and 18 were retrieved before slaughter, society investigators have said.

The Idaho state brand inspector has ruled that the horses in the roundup were the property of ranchers. By QUANE Associated Press Writer BOISE, Idaho (AP)-The man who will become Idaho's top legal officer in two months already is working on legislation lo change the Sunshine Initiative. Wayne Kidivell of Boise, who ousted i Democrat Ally. Gen. W.

Anthony Park in a major reversal of the Demo- cralic trend, said the changes would be designed lo strengthen Ihe i i i a i measure, harm it. "I've always favored the con- cept bul the wording in this a i a proposal worries me," Kidwell said. "We already have started preparation of a which will be submitted lo the Idaho Legislature." The initiative proposal requires new campaign financial 'disclosures and registration of lobbyists. II carried by a huge majority last Tuesday, thus reversing earlier stands by the Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature. Kidwell said Ihe lobbyist portion of the law needs strength- ing so it includes all lobbyists.

There was some question whether such laws were needed in the past, he said. "But now lhat the voters have spoken, all of us in office have an obligation lo make it as open and workable as possible," Kidwell said. He made the remarks in a television interview taped Friday for broadcast by a Boise television station Sunday morning. Park, in another, separate interview, said he thought one single issue had thwarted his etiorts lo win a second fouryear term. "Evidently the narcotics issue defeated me," Park said.

"It appears the voters overlooked the many good things my office accomplished over the last lour years and let the narcotics issue influence vote." Park was head of Idaho's an- linarcotics bureau until last" July, when il was transferred to Ihe Department of Law En- forcemenl. The attorney general ran into crilicism for Ihe way Ihe bureau was operated. Bureaucratic Overlap Claimed Hurting Blind BOH I.KEHIG1IT Associated Press Writer TWIN FALLS, Idaho AP- An overlap of services and philosophical differences causing a i between two state agencies may have serious consequences for Idaho's blind persons, the legislature's Joint Finance-Appropriations Comm i was lold Friday. Legislative A i Clyde Koonlz said there is a conflict between the Idaho State School for the Deaf and Blind, which is charged with education of blind and deaf youngsters, and Ihe Commission of the Blind, which has the i i i for a i a a i i a i of blind children and adults. "It is apparent that the communication and cooperation between these two agencies is far from what il should be," Kogntz said'.

"As a resull, blind children caught between the philosophical differences may not receive the training they are entitled to. We believe the legislature should resolve this conflict." Edward Reay. superin-. tendent of the school for deaf and blind, said the differences between the two agencies had been "worked out" since initiation of a program to train some blind youngsters a( their homes rather a sending them to the i i i at Gooding. Dr.

Leno Seppi of Lava Hot Springs, chairman of the State Board of Education's committee for the school, said the question whether blind children should be trained at an institution or at their homes "is a highly controversy subject." Koontz' report said, "It may be that the State Board of Education will have to exercise its authority and force more than it has in the past. Certainly in areas such as mandatory public education and the conflict between the school and Commis- sion for the Blind the board should use its full authority to insure Ihe children receive quality education and training." Koontz said the legislature could decide whether blind youngsters should be assigned to the school or gel training al home "either through the app i a i process or by amending the statutes which allow Ihis situation lo exist." Koontz' report said the quality of education al the Gooding school is generally good, particularly for deaf youngsters, bul said a newly initiated pro- gram lo identify children with poor eyesight and hearing difficulties should have been started years ago. Koontz said that very often blind and deaf students regress during summer months and he recommended a study of possible summer programs be considered by the board and legis- lalure. He said they could include remedial sessions, parental counseling and summer camps. Koontz said he doesn't believe the school's policy for counseling parents of deaf and blind children was effective.

Opposition to Power Plant Surfaces Quickly i. i. I I I nnrt nnu'cr i Trinhn tn TTIPP! npnk By QUANE Associated Press Writer BOISE. Idaho A I a Power Co. says it wants to build a $400 million, coal-fueled generating plant 34 miles from Boise.

The i i announced at a news conference Friday il has decided upon a sile at Orchard, a railroad siding with a listed population of 10 persons. Spokesmen for environmental and consumer groups immediately launched efforts lo block a The i i said the one million kilowatt nl'inl is In be fueled by low-sulfur coal mined ju'soutliwestcrn Wyoming and carried in by ''cnmp-iny officials made the announcement .,1 i news'conference bul were immediately nescicctl bv questions from environmental and consumer groups asking why Ihe pl.inl was to be constructed so near Idaho largest 1 A Carlscn. president of the i i which serves 20,000 square miles, said the ecisinn lo build al Orchard was made so "Xlensive studies showed a i site was Iho most feasible of 24 explored. Another favored sile near Bliss, he said would have cost another million to build Ihe a noted. electrical use is up 50 per cent in I he'past five years." Carlsen said.

I'loneei plain at Orchard will meet all existing air and a quality standards and there will be no degradation of the atmosphere." Minutes before the news conference. Idaho Power filed a request with Ihe Public Utilities Commission for permission to build the plant. The three-member commission is faced with the task of conducting hearings to determine if Ihe need for more electrical power will outweigh possible adverse environmental effects. Top Idaho Power officials announced the new plant in a conference room lined i colorful posters designed to show Ihe increasing need lor electrical power. The posters also stressed the company feels it has no alternatives to coal-fired generating plants.

Carlsen said cnvironmenlal protestors have pushed the lead time for construction of nuclear reactors back as far as i4 years. Studies show Idaho Power will need another source of electrical power lo meet needs i i the next four years, he said. Even i the new Pioneer plant and ils one million kilnwat! capacity, Carlscn said, Ihe studios also show Idaho Power will nol be able to meet peak demands In 1982 i constructing slill more plants. Carlsen said Idaho Power throughout ils 58- year history has been a hydroelectric i i generating'mosl of ils electrical power by a pouring over uams. But he said it appears the utility will get no more dams on major waterways and is forced turn lo other means of generating power lo meet needs.

The two million kilowall Jim Bridger plant went into operation this year near Rock Springs, Wyo. Idaho Power gets one-third the power from that plant and the resl goes lo Pacific Power and Light Co. Carlsen said the proposed Pioneer plant, which would go under construction late next year if all necessary permits are granted, be I a Power's i hydroelectric plan! in the stale. He said the Orchard site was chosen because il is near Boise, which is the center of growing energy needs; was near the Union Pacific Railroad main line, which would aid transportation of low -sulfur coal from Wyoming; and was near the Snake River, which would meet the plant's water needs. The plan! is to be constructed on a acre sile in Ada County, he said.

The i i has options with private property owners in the urea. Spokesmen for environmental mid consumer groups questioned Carlsen and two oilier officials closely on need (or the They contended Idaho Power was planning lor peak loads a i would be- reached only occasionally. It would he better, they said, to export surplus power when possible and im- port power into Idaho to meet peak demands. Bul Carlsen said that isn't possible and the supplies available to Idaho Power from elsewhere isn't enough to meet projected peak demands. Carlsen said engineering and olher studies used to decide upon the Orchard site would be revealed at Ihe PUC hearings.

A spokesman from a consumer group asked him to make that information available now, hut Carlsen said it would serve no purpose to have "piecemeal" release of Ihe studies. Other environmental groups have expressed concern about possible air pollution if Ihe plan! is located so near Boise. Idaho Power said Ihe plant would include two kilowatl generators. Construction would take i 1980. Building Ihe plant will require a temporary work force of 1,000 persons earning $400.000 a week, they said.

Once the plant is built. Carlsen said, it will cost $42 million a year to operate it along i a permanent force of 100 to 125 persons. Carlsen acknowledged there would have to be some rate increases to help pay for Ihe new plant bul said inflation also is increasing the company's operating expenses in olher areas as well. Shortly a Ihc- news conference, the Public I i i i Commission said ii would hold its own news conference next Tuesday lo comment on Ihe apulicalion THE WAY IT IS Another Birthday By RICHARD LAKE Last week my birthday came and went. I am no! too modest to mention it, but the dale slipped my mind.

It was the anniversary of the day Woodrow Wilson was elected President. Other than that it has no significance. I mention my birthday only because it gives me a takeoff lo discuss retiremnt. This birthday makes me eligible to retire, which 1 am going to do by the end of the year. It takes me two months lo clean oul my desk.

A few months ago when I started talking about retirement, people asked me. "What are you going to do when you retire?" My answer is. "As little as possible." If you want lo be busier than you were, you shouldn't retire. A lot of what people are asking about is a question that is much discussed. Should a person retire or be retired when he or she is still eager to work and capable of being productive? This is several questions in one.

The toughest problem in this thorny tangle is Ihe one lhat remains hidden. This one is Ihe population increase. So long as population continues to increase the way il is going, the older workers have lo be retired in order to make room for Ihe younger. Nobody a to Ihink about that one. The next thorn is why a person believes his usefulness is over when he is no longer earning his living.

This is why there is such an organized attempt lo convince the retired person thai hi- must keen busv. be involved, etc. I think this is cruel and unnecessary. The retired person should face the facl that he does not have to work, and that he can be a useful and valued person even if he is not working. His so-called advisers should help him face this.

As for me. 1 am going to be as busy in retirement as I have ever been. 1 respectfully decline to speculate on how busy lhat was. Younger and more resolute minds will push i i i a i to greater and greater achievement. II il were left to me I would retire i i i a i along i myself.

In my opinion there should be a retirement plan for man's enterprises as well as for each person. You younger brains, gel lo work on a.