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Daily Serving The Mini-Cassia Area. Burley, Idaho, Friday, July 22, 1 977 Volume 73 Number 97 Fourteen Pages Single Copy 1 5 Cents Cattlemen vote arter aides roiocv hop Pldn su gars ii arowl3 $240 million. But with the open ended subsidy, if it is carried out, the payments at current market prices will be at least 3.5 cents a pound or a total cost of up to $440 million on an annual rate. The decision to eliminate the two cent, lid was reached at a White House meeting late Wednesday. The meeting included Bergland and Robert Strauss, the President's special trade representative.

producers less than 13.5 cents. The current New York spot price of domestic raw sugar is less than 10 cents a pound. Thus, if this price prevailed, a limit of two cents would mean a guarantee to growers of less than 12 cents a pound, not the 13.5 cents the administration now is talking about. As a rule of thumb, officials say that each penny of subsidy will cost $120 million to $125 million. The two-cent payment has been referred to as costing WASHINGTON (AP) Cattle producers have voted down a proposed nationwide plan to pay for a $40-million beef research and promotion program, the Agriculture Department said today.

Preliminary returns show that 56.5 per cent of 231,046 cattle producers who voted in the referendum approved of the plan. But a two-thirds majority was necessary to put the program in effect. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland said in a statement that, "The producers have spoken." The vote was 130,464 in favor and 100,582 against, according to the department's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation service which conducted the referendum held July 5-15. In Cassia County, only 57 ballots were cast in the referendum 42 supporting the program and 15 against it for a 74 per cent approval margin. In Minidoka County, 61 per cent of the 83 ballots cast supported the program 51 yes and 32 no.

H.D. Witherspoon, owner of Valley Livestock Commission Co. in Rupert, today said-he was "real disappointed" by the failure of the program. "I think the people in the cattle industry missed a hell of a chance to promote a product that is lagging behind a hell of a lot," he said when informed of national vote results. Witherspoon said the cost of the program "wouldn't have been that great" and probably would have led to elimination of other assessments levied for the same purpose.

The plan called for the money to be administered by a 68-member Beef Board which would have carried out research and promotion projects aimed at increasing beef consumption. According to the preliminary returns, the plan failed to get the required two-thirds approval in some of the largest cattle states. For example, Iowa voters approved the plan by 41.2 per cent; Kansas 60.3 per cent; Missouri 61.8; Nebraska 63.7; North Dakota 42.8; South Dakota 34.5; Tennessee 18.8; and Texas 61.6. Oaklahoma voters, however, approved the beef checkoff plan by 74.2 per cent. Free ride WASHINGTON (AP) The House Ethics Committee chairman said Thursday the South African Sugar Association, which is accused of improper lobbying activities, once bought an airplane ticket for his wife.

Rep. John J. Flynt, whose committee is investigating alleged Korean influence-buying, said he saw nothing wrong. in accepting the ticket for his wife to accompany him on a South Africa trip. Pomerelle owner purchases Magic Mountain ski resort Facelift, commercial use planned for Miller School ASHINGTON (AP) The Carter administration has made a major change in its plan to subsidize sugar growers by abandoning a limit of two cents a pound the White House originally set on the The move could cost taxpayers an additional $200 million, administration sources said Thursday.

Consumer prices of sugar would not be affected much, if at all, since the subsidies would come from theU.S. Treasury and not from higher retail costs. The decision was made by top level cabinet officers and other advisers and was not cleared personally with President Carter, the sources said. It is subject to his approval. The removal of the payment limit was seen as a last ditch effort by the administration to head off House action on U.S.

sugar policy in current debate on general farm legislation. Rep. E. de la Garza, DTexas, is expected to introduce an amendment on the House floor calling for a new U.S. sugar program, including federal price supports to producers of sugarbeets and sugarcane.

The tipoff on the new open ended sugar payment plan came in a statement issued Wednesday night by Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland. It said that he "reaffirmed the Carter administration's commitment to assure domestic sugar producers 13.5 cents per pound" beginning with the 1977 crops. But there had not been a commitment previously by Carter to guarantee growers a minimum of 13.5 cents a pound, a level considered a breakeven point for many beet and cane producers. On May 4, Carter announced the subsidy plan and clearly specified that it would "provide supplemental compensation to growers of up to two cents a pound for sales at market prices below 13.5 cents per pound." Thus, if the market price was less than 1.1.5 cents, a pound, the two-cent subsidy limit would have guaranteed The weather Quite warm and partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers through Saturday. Highs 85-95, lows 50-65.

ii i ii mf(, old oil-base material are four-inch thick total budget allocation for the route but with substantial local and area-wide support for such a stop, the return of passenger service to the area is a possibility," McClure explained. McClure said his efforts were spurred by an SIP editorial seeking a realistic railroad schedule for Mini-Cassians who must drive to Shoshone or Pocatello in the middle of the night if they want to take the train. The Senator enclosed a- copy of Am-trak's response in his letter to SIP. "In a nutshell," McClure said, "there appears to be a money problem in the constructoin of needed facilities in Minidoka to accommodate the passenger trains. "It is true that Amtrak has used its total budget allocation for the route but with substantial local and area-wide support for such a stop, the return of Anderson.

The new sale price was not disclosed. Stan Detweiler, one of the four former owners of Magic Mountain, said "Anderson is well qualified to provide excellent service to Magic Mountain skiers. He has years of experience in the ski industry." Detweiler attributed the sale to the preoccupation of the former owners with other work. "We just had too many irons in the fire," he said. Anderson said he plans to give Magic Mountain skiers night skiing at a date in the future.

He said ski school tickets will be interchangeable. A day pass will cost $7.50, Anderson said. "That compares with $13 at Sun Valley and what is it? around $12 at Park City," Anderson said. The former Salt Laker is a member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and said he plans to upgrade the ski school program at both resorts. "We hope to offer an in-school skiing program at Magic comparable to the program we presently have for i 'tiiiii Ti RAILROAD CREWS are busy repairing the disclosed The Justice Department filed a civil suit Wednesday accusing the association of sugar producers of "false and misleading statements" about its lobbying activities.

It accused the sugar producers of failing to disclose that they put up money for favors for former House Agriculture Chairman W.R. Poage, ranking Republican William Wampler of Virginia and two other committee members not named. closed off the doors last weekend after city building officials warned the company of possible code violations. Carothers said he plans to convert the building to service or retail use probably calling it The School House. It will generally appear as it did before, he said, and the grounds will' be landscaped.

"We'll make it a good he said. "What we do will be done well and in good taste," he said. Carothers noted that his company has done similar projects before now. The building has been inspected, he said, and found to be "in superb condition" structurally. It will be a $350,000 to Carothers said, and cannot be completed "right away." The Miller School was the first permanent school building in the community, serving students for about 60 years.

Arabs seek border War settlement CAIRO (AP) Arab leaders worked today to defuse an Egyptian-Libyan border confrontation that erupted into a desert air and armor battle. A senior Egyptian official said he expects the crisis to "peter out." Egypt and Libya accused each other of provoking Thursday's. border clash. There were no reports of any new fighting today, the Moslem Sabbath. Mahmoud Riad, secretarygeneral of the Arab League, reportedly was seeking to convene an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers to resolve the dispute.

Riad issued a statement deploring the "terrible incidents along the border" and urging the two sides not to escalate the conflict. The Egyptian 'official, who asked not to be identified, said Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasir Arafat also'was attempting to intervene. Arafat flew to Libya Thursday night immediately after a 90-minute meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. The official said Arafat "is coming back today and maybe we'll know more aftei his return." Arafat has tried before to cool the increasingly bitter dispute between Tripoli and Cairo. "I think the whole thing will peter out," the official added.

Sadat was expected to express his government's position in the dispute in a speech scheduled for later today. Egypt's state-controlled newspapers called on the Libyan people and the army to overthrow Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadafy. The daily Al Akhbar labeled Khadafy the "new Hitler," and said, "He thought he could invade Egypt by force and become its ruler. We do not doubt for a single minute that the Libyan army will refuse to carry out his orders after he has become an instrument and agent of the Soviet Union." The semiofficial newspaper Al Ahram said, "The fate of Khadafy, the Egyptian people and the Egyptian soldiers are in the hands of the faithful Libyan army and people whom, we are sure, will not remain silent over the adventures of the Libyan dictator." In reporting the battle, Cairo said Libyan forces had invaded Egypt from the west and were repelled.

The Libyans said Egyptian troops had attacked a Libyan village. The fighting near the Mediterranean Sea at the northern end of the Egyptian-Libyan frontier was the fourth border clash reported in the past month WOODY ANDERSON Minidoka arid Cassia County school students," he said. "Also, we'll be able to train our instructors more adequately." He said numerous teaching clinics were planned for instructors. Anderson said he will concentrate on developing a family resort facility at Magic much like his present operation at Pomerelle. "One thing we want to do is offer a program for the kids and adults who don't get out and exercise," he said.

"I'm all for football, basketball and baseball but I think it's important for kids to get out and develop athletic skills they can use for a lifetime. Not everybody can play football. The girls for instance should be getting out and exercising just as mucji as any all-star quarterback. "Skiing offers the chance for all kinds of people to get out, exercise and enjoy nature," Anderson said. "We're optimistic that next year we'll have snow and some great skiing." m'iu'i wm1i nMi railroad crossing at Minidoka Replacing the final passenger stops," Pike explained.

McClure, in a letter to SIP, said, "I have contacted Amtrak and requested that they look into the feasibility of an additional 'whistle' passenger stop for the people of Minidoka and Cassia Coun- ties on the newly inaugurated Amtrak route passing through Idaho." McClure said his efforts were spurred by an SIP editorial seeking a realistic railroad schedule for Mini-Cassians who must drive to Shoshone or Pocatello in the middle of the night if they want to take the train. The Senator enclosed a copy of Amtrak's response in his letter to SIP. "In a nutshell," McClure said, "there appears to be a money problem in the construction of needed facilities Minidoka to accommodate the passenger trains. "It is true that Amtrak has used its VV Crj 1 I. a i -A MMrr11 1 Area skiers will be able to purchase a season pass good for Magic Mountain and Pomerelle next year.

Woody and Sandy Anderson, owners of Pomerelle, have purchased Magic Mountain and plan to offer local ski enthusiasts two ski areas for the price of one. The surprise acquisition comes in the wake of a disastrous year for Western ski operators. Anderson said Pomerelle was open last year 43 days out of a potential 150. "The purchase is actually a defensive maneuver for us," Anderson said. "We're optimistic about the ski industry and since Magic Mountain was available we felt that the diversification of our financial base' would help enhance our ability, to provide quality skiing to local skiers." Magic Mountain is located some 28 miles south of Hansen.

It was started by Claude Jones, a ski industry pioneer who still teaches skiing for Anderson. Jones sold the area to four Twin Falls businessmen in 1972, according to More bodies found at Johnstown JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) Refugees and a volunteer army battling mud and fatigue have found 46 dead in this flood-raveged city. Dozens are missing, and damage is put at more than $200 million. On Thursday, bodies were pulled from bashed houses and twisted rubble littering the scarred seven-county flood area in southwestern Pennsylvania.

"We're expecting more bodies," said deputy Cambria County coroner Arthur Keiper from his makeshift morgue in the East Hills Elementary School near here. Officials said they had no way yet to accurately guess how many might be dead. Scattered looting was reported throughout the area, and some residents armed themselves to protect what little they had left. Police arrested three men ransacking a Johnstown bar Thursday night. i Half an inch of fresh rain belted this devastated city of 41,000 Thursday afternoon, briefly raising fears of another deluge, before tapering off to a steady drizzle.

"Oh, my God, were people concerned," said county Civil Defense director Elmer Shenk. "It looked like a major storm, and that's all we would have needed." The city was evacuated shortly before the storm, which set off mudslides in several areas. Winds up to 65 miles an hour whipped up caked mud, cutting visibility to 100 yards. The National Weather Service forecast good weather for the weekend, however, giving cleanup crews hope that they would be able to resume work in earnest. "There is hardly anything that creates the mess a flood creates," said Jack Minnotte, chief of the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers' engineering division assigned here. The Corps said damage in Johnstown alone would exceed $117 million. "Had we not built the flood control project in Johnstown after the 1936 flood, those da, ages today would be $465 million," said Herman Lardieri, a flood plain management expert. President Carter declared the region a federal disaster area on Thursday and dispatched special assistant Greg Schneiders to serve, as Schneiders described it, as the President's "eyes and ears." Richard Sanderson, staff director from the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration, was assigned to coordinate federal relief efforts. He told reporters he plans to set up one-stop relief centers.

Burley's old Miller School building is in for a complete facelift, according to new owner Richard Carothers. Carothers said Thursday that his company will meet with the City Planning and Zoning Commission in September to ask for a rezone of the property to allow limited commercial use. Carothers said he recognizes the fact that residents in the school neighborhood have been concerned about the deteriorating condition of the building and grounds but that his company does intend, to improve the building and develop the entire property. The school district auctioned the property off after it closed the building down a couple of years ago. Nothing was done with the building after it was sold.

Windows were broken out and other damage was done by vandals. The new owners boarded it up and tf '-t. plank. A temporary crossing has been con- passenger service to the area is a possibility," McClure explained. McClure said, I'll "do what I can" to help local residents establish the Minidoka whistle stop if an interest is expressed.

Pike told McClure the full Amtrak budget had been used in compelting station and facilities work. "Thus," he said, "any additional stops would require minimum facilities work on-the order of approximately $10,000 to $330,000 per stop. Such funds are not included in our current capital budget, although we would be willing to review any local offers for assistance in this matter. "Prior to reopening the review process for selecting stations, significant local interest in such service would be necessary and would have to be demonstrated to Amtrak," Pike said. biruciea ror rraTTic to bypass the area wmie me crewmen are or worK.

(-5ir rnuiu; Amtralc debated, dumped Minidoka stop Amtrak officials say a stop for the Pioneer route was considered for Minidoka but the plan was discarded because of the low population in the immediate area. Bruce Pike, Amtrak's vice president for government affairs, told Sen. James McClure (R-Idaho), his request for an additional passenger stop on Amtrack's recently inaugurated route from Seattle to Salt Lake wasn't economical. "As you know," Pike said, "Amtrak completed an exhaustive review of possible station stops along the route of his new two-year experimental train prior to designating the final passenger stops. In addition to our own marketing experts, we received input from regional passenger groups and the state departments of transportation.

"It was after this complete process was finished that Amtrak selected the.