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0 i must be answerable to someone." Rep. Robert Hosack, DMoscow, said be favors allowing the system "to work under the present rules for a year or two more in order to see what changes are advisable, if any." "The districts and regions are two separate and distinct entities and should be conducted as such," said Rep. Herb Fitz, R-New Meadows. "If there are overlapping areas they should be clarified." Rep. Norma Dobler, DMoscow, said there needs to be more specific definitions of the division of duties between health districts and health department regional offices.

She also said there should be "stricter regulation of the handling of funds." Rep. Dorothy Reynolds, D-Caldwell, said health districts "want a separate account for their funds, separate from health and welfare. Since their funds are 60 per cent from the counties and they are not a state agency, this needs clarification in the Idaho Code." Rep. Doyle Miner, R-St Anthony, said changes should be made only in the funding portion of health services. "Funds for the health districts should be in seven separate accounts which cannot be touched by the regional offices or the state Department of Health and Welfare," he said.

Sen. Reed Budge, R-Soda Springs, said the health districts should be abolished "and get the services back under the state so that they vices close to the people," said Rep. James Infelt, DIdaho Falls. "Let's keep it this way." "Health districts should be autonomous with very little regulation, authority or direction from the state level," said Rep. Tom Stivers, RTwin Falls.

"State health funds locally distributed should not carry with them state control." Rep. Ralph Wheeler, RAmerican Falls, favored no change in the law. "Where there is a possibility for duplication, the two divisions should shift the service delivery to one or the other through a contract," he said. "This has been satisfactory in several health districts and will work in others if the agencies will only sit down and do it." BOISE. Idaho (AP) Growth rates released by the U.S.

Census Bureau show Idaho's population could go over a million within eight years. Figures released by the 'bureau show Idaho's population at 818.000 and the growth rate at 14.9. making it the fourth-fastest growing state in the nation. If that rate continues. it would raise the population to 940,000 by 1980 and past a million by 1983.

Arizona, Florida and Oregon were the fastest-growing states in the past five years. The bureau's annual estimate of state populations said Idaho was the 42nd largest state by population, the same as in 1970. Robert Wise of the Idaho Bureau of Planning said Idaho agencies have not received the latest figures. They were released last week in Washington. He said the four-year figures to last year showed the largest growth in Ada County, with an increase of 19,400, Canyon County was second with an increase of 11,600 persons and Kootenai County was third with an increase of 8,800.

Wise said Bannock County was expected to show a dramatic increase this year because of a new mining equipment manufacturing plant. Wise said it is hard to forecast whether the rate of increase would hold up. "On a relatively small population like Idaho, growth can be impacted by the decisions we make, like the location of a new industry, power plant or whatever," he said. The predictions don't meet with the approval of many Idahoans, however. The state's Idaho Tomorrow program recently conducted a poll showing about 75 per cent of the residents want the state's population less than a million by 1995.

Dorgoo to Dor kg' BOISE, Idaho (AP)Some Idaho legislators aren't happy with the present administration for delivering health services. They feel there is a duplication of services with the state agency, seven regional offices and seven semi-locally autonomous health districts. But the problem is they can't seem to agree on how it should be resolved. An interim committee studying the problem has recommended no major changes. But an Associated Press survey of lawmakers shows about 50 per cent of those responding feel some changes should be made.

Another 35 per cent oppose any change and 15 per cent of those responding are undecided. Rep. Edward Rice, RBoise, said the legislature should "strengthen the local autonomy and control of the operation and administration of local health districts and remove any question of local autonomy." Rep. E.V. McHan, RKetchum, said the present system "is nothing but duplication of services and costs.

The State Health and Welfare Department should be vetoed and the health districts handle the whole thingor let the state Health and Welfare Department handle it and eliminate the health districts." Sen. John Barker, R-Buhl, chairman of the Senate Health and Education Committee, suggested that the health districts not be considered as state agencies, but as independent governmental units similar to irrigation districts or school districts. Rep. Perry Swisher, DPocatello, said, "The multi-county budgetary and operating-policy control over health districts makes delivery systems grossly unequal from district to district. Change this and more state services could be contracted to the health districts." "Health districts promote local control, keeping ser Farm Management Classes Scheduled BOISE, Idaho (AP) A court order allows convicted murderer Carl Cletus Bowles to represent another inmate in a prison hearing.

Idaho Prison inmate William Hughes Jr. asked to have Bowles represent him in a hearing on reclassification from maximum security. "Maybe this is a case where an inmate should have counsel," 4th District Court Judge W. E. Smith said cided that inmates may not have the right to an attorney in a prison hearing, but they may have the right to have another inmate represent them.

"I never met a man smart enough to represent himself," said Smith. He said Hughes is hotheaded and should be represented. Hughes is in prison for first-degree burglary and was one of eight inmates arrested on drug charges in the prison. Bowles is serving 75 years in the Idaho prison for kidnaping. He was sentenced to life in prison in a Spokane, court for killing an Oregon couple he had kidnaped after escaping from the Oregon Penitentiary.

He was selving a life sentence there for killing a police officer. Smith said that by applying a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prisoners have limited due process rights, he de from Manning Becker, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore. 97331. Participants must register before Jan.

10. The first of the two-day meetings will be in Spokane, Feb. 3 and 4. Also scheduled are sessions in Boise, Feb. 4-5, and Portland, Feb.

5-6. nous!) Cad Ina L. Allgaier's car rests 75 feet downslope from the Wilbur-Grand Coulee Highway after sliding off icy State Highway 174 in Seaton's Canyon this week. Miss Allgaier, 33, Wilbur, and her passenger, Silvia R. Rief, 29, Wilbur, were shaken and scratched.

(Rice photo) OSCOW Executives who manage large farms and ranches in the Northwest are invited to register for management seminars to be held in Boise, Portland and Spokane in Febura ry. Economic trends and management strategies will be discussed by agricultural economists from the Univer sity of Idaho, Washington State University and Oregon State University. Information about the seminars may be requested Agriculturo (1, TIRE and Fl TE' Dli i IV i ito: Sell (if sono Si re .,5213 Pea, Lentil Supplies Up gq This Week Only! 95 111(f 4)', 1 gV Icsei.ct yr I I loortft dr Ffit p-r, i ,111., 11. tk AVormk and other U.S. officials were evacuated in mid-September.

Fred T. Plybon. controller of thedepartment'sCommodity Credit Corporation, said Lebanon had indicated "a very sincere desire" to buy the Intra stocks but that no further communications have been received for three months. Further, Plybon said, no one in the department seems to know if the casino is still a viable asset or whether it has even survived the Beirut fighting. The department's holding in Intra Investment Co.

also includes part ownership of Middle East Airlines and a shipyard in France. The governments of Kuwait, Qatar and Lebanon are the major stockholders of Intra, which was formed to handle assets of Intra Bank of Beirut after it folded nine years ago. St.cro Mt Ono Apia by Rencry Dirty engine oil could mean sluggish performance from your car. Keep your engine running clean and smooth with a Quaker State Super Blend oil change from your General Tire Specialists. We install up to five quarts of famous Quaker State Super Blend Motor Oil.

WASHINGTON -(AP) In another of its "food marketing alert" notices, the Agriculture Department said consumers can expect lots of beef, poultry, fruit and vegetables in January but that pork would continue to be in short supply. The notices. distributed today to such large-volume food buyers as hotels and school lunch offices, also showed that there will be "plentiful" supplies of dried peas and lentils for economy-minded shoppers next month. Those are protein-rich legumes which can be used to supplement meat dishes in many ways as well as in traditional soups, the department said. One reason for promoting peas and lentils was that farm prices for those products drepped 40 per cent from a year ago and the Agriculture Deaprtment thinks they need a boost.

Charge it at General We also honor Master Charge BantrAmencard Diners Club American Express aucchalenm suy TN( 01.W1.4,04 'Tree Doc PI) se ger WASHINGTON (AP) The civil war in Lebanon has dashed the Agriculture Department's hopes to sell its holdings in a Middle East investment firm which includes ownership of a Beirut gambling casino where belly dancers used to perform. The Department's Commodity Credit Corporation became an inadvertent shareholder in Intra Investment when its predecessor went bankrupt in 1966. As partial settlement of an export credit deal, the department wound up with 6.5 per cent of the stock in the company. Department officials say they are not sure what has happened to the Casino du Libin, reported to be among the world's largest gambling establishments. The department has been trying to sell its shares in Intl-a Investment Co.

for more than 18 months and early this fall was on the verge of concluding a deal with the government of Lebanon. About 810.2 million remained in the aborted 1966 debt and officials had hoped the sale would cover most of it. But before an agreement could be reached in September, fighting broke out between Christian and Moslem factions and major portions of Beirut have been devasted. The Agriculture Department's agricultural attache FRONT AXLE DISC BRAKE RELINE YOU MUST BE SATISFIED! if '1 COEUR D'ALENE, IdahoThe Lone Pine Grocery on Best Avenue here yesterday became the victim of its third armed robbery this month. A man with a gun in his belt, according to Dean P.

Guthrie, the clerk on duty, demanded money from the cash register and escaped with $55, investigating city police said. Investigators said Guthrie related that the man, described as in his early 20s, 5 feet 7, blond and weighing about 140 pounds, entered the store at about 5:10 p. m. Officers said Guthrie told them the man was wearing a hooded green sweatshirt, light blue pants and brown boots, and made his escape in a 1965 silver Chevrolet. 5 1 349 All service work is quoted at a fair price when car is checked.

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He said, "Mice can build up extremely high populations during long periods of snow cover. They also thrive in heavy grass or weed cover. Rabbits move into tree plant WASHINGTON (AP) Commercial egg producers have approved a new government-supervised research and promotions program to be financed by their own ings when their natural food becomes scarce, and pocket gophers move in from adjacent habitats for the same reason." He said rodents damage trees by gnawing the bark, while mice work from ground level to whatever height is adequately covered by snow or weeds. Rabbits work as high as they can reach from ground or snow level. Pocket gophers work underground, gnawing the bark from large roots and cutting off the smaller ones.

He notes that damage by mice, rabbits and porcupines is much more visible than damage by gophers. A quick glance at a tree trunk will show evidence of gnawing by any of the former, but the underground work of the gophers is harder to detect. Small mounds of soft earth are the only indicators of their presence. "The potential severity of rodent damage makes it advisable to check tree plantings every two or three weeks during the winter and early spring," Burlison said. "If a rodent problem develops, consult the nearest Cooperative Extension Service office concerning an effective method of control." Coaccii For THE FANTASTIC SPOKANE AREA DEALER ISAY THIS SATURDAY 8 A.M.aul Ps1111.

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At a special council meeting yesterday to discuss the budget someone pointed out that two of the city's golf courses are profitable, while the third, Downriver, loses money. "Well then," said Mrs. Leonard, "I want to 'mow if maybe we couldn't do away with that course and extend the other two." That would make Spokane one of the few cities with two 27-hole golf courses. OUT OF THE MOUTIIS OF POLITICIANS: When a routine contract for the use of the Opera House by a ballet company cams up in city council Monday night, one of the council members prodded Mayor David H. Rodgers, "That's your favorite, isn't is mayor?" "I don't like ballet, but I'm not going to vote against it," said the mayor, magnanimously.

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The Division Street Bridge looked like this 60 years ago today when it collapsed under the weight of two 30-ton street cars. Five persons died. The story is capsulized in today's "60 Years Ago" column on page 4. 1 'V.