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The Idaho Statesman from Boise, Idaho • 1

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i A 5 Weather I' World officials said izSsKi a 4 Nation Statesman Photo by Tom Trefck The balanced program that will utilize a Inside Idaho I Markets i BSU Panel to Urge Pavilion Approval 8 81 Vi 1 ft 1 i ft A the the who say shooting 58043 70448 Daily Sunday PRICES: reezing temper atures in lorida will send the price of green vegatables and fruits skyrocketing in Idaho Celery may soon cost more than meat Page IB PENSION: More than 141 000 retired military men and women given the opportunity for a second career by their pension system have taken new jobs with their old em ployer the US government and legally receive both full pension checks and full pay for their civilian federal jobs Page 3A DIBBS: Eddie Dibbs de feated Rod Laver as the $200 000 Indoor 'Tennis champion ships opened at the Spectrum in Philadelphia Page 3B By JERRY GILLILAND The Idaho Statesman ANDRUS: Andrew Rollins the chief federal overseer of the trans Alaska pipeline has been released from his job by Interior Secretary Cecil An drus The action comes less than seven months before the pipeline is to open Page 3A Statesman Circulation Rhodesian Ian Smith set State University has the least adequate facility for indoor recreation intramurals and CARTER: President Carter says the Soviet Union has sent an response to his proposal to ban all testing of nuclear weapons as a first step toward dismantling the atomic arsenal Page 2A bill union '8 HIGHER: Prices sputtered throughout the day and closed little changed Monday as one rally attempt after another failed in fairly active trading of New York Stock Exchange issues The Dow Jones indus trial average finished with a gain of 117 points to 96360 Page 8B If you do not receive your Statesman please telephone us by 10 am on weekdays and noon on Sunday Dial 376 2121 ask for circulation tllll come to grips problem of energy told act Mon VO RHODESIA: Prime Minister off new fears of racial war 5 fare in Africa Monday by re jecting British proposals for black takeover of his coun government Page 2A Business 8B Classified 11 18B Comics 12A Editorials 16A Entertainment 14 A Local IB Records 2B People 4 6A Sports 3 5B TV Schedule 10B 2 Sections 36 Pages 'U Cecil Andrus tried to end his term as governor of Idaho quietly Monday leaving the focus of attention on his successor But he didn entirely succeed Andrus officially became ex governor at 10:58 am when the Idaho House of Representatives passed a res olution accepting his resignation as required by Idaho law The resolution was passed earlier by the Senate But first the legislators adopted a joint resolution to President Carter praising him for his in selecting Andrus as secretary of Interior commend the President for his choice of an in dividual whose background and qualifications are so di rectly related to the needs of the Interior Depart the legislators said Andrus experience in seeking to achieve the J' if Becomes 26th Gdverhdr 8 MB Evans: Guard A $50 a semester increase would 1 raise BSU fees from $183 the gym for its 1000 students to $233 Idaho State University stu dents pay $205 a semester Univer sity of Idaho students' $217 and Lewis Clark State College $160 The report also asks board mem 7 bers to allow BSU to seek private donations to 8 build the pavilion which tentatively is planned to seat between 15000 and 20000 persons If built' the pavilion should be on or near campus the committee recom and con tinued with the theme from by the Maiad High School Minstrels and the Maiad facility since 1956 when about two years if the board ap SPAIN: Kidnapers seized top military judge Monday and riot police routed leftist demonstrators in street battles that killed a woman student and injured eight other persons Page 13A By RANDY MCCARTHY The Idaho Statesman A $50 a semester student fee hike to raise about $10 million for a multipurpose pavilion at Boise State University will be recommended to the Idaho Board of Higher Educa tion next month according to a re port released Monday The recommendation is included in a 39 page report prepared by a 15 member committee of BSU stu dents alumni and officials that for the past five months has been checking the need for a pavilion The report will be submitted to the state board at its next meeting eb 3 and 4 at BSU State board members last July to $100 a semester The BSUreport was written so trustees would know what BSU would4 like done with theadditional money if a fee 'increase was approved committee members said BSU President John Barnes said Monday he had not yet studied the report and may make different re commendations to board members clear geothermal solar and the ad ditional hydroelectric facilities that are available' as well as he said ill and unable to attend he said Another private ceremony was held Monday vmbrn ing in the same office Democratic legislators presen ted Andrus with a carved wooden statue in the shajSe of the state of Idaho number one the plaque saia witn love ana thanks from the Democrats Democrats alone in saying farewell to An drus however President Pro Phil Batt Wilder Republican and Sen Dick Smith Rexburg met briefly with Andrus behind closed doors Monday morn ing our personal Batt said just said goodbye to our triena to see him added Smith By STEVE AHRENS The Idaho Statesman John Evans the second lieutenant governor in Idaho history to move into the office via resig nation said Monday that protection of the would be foremost on his agenda for the next two years The 52 year old Maiad Democrat was escorted to the stand set up on the second floor of the Capitol rotunda Monday by new Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus Andrus resigned as gover nor Sunday present to you and the people of Idaho the 26th governor and my friend John Andrus told the officials assembled on the plat form as camera flashes popped throughout the crowd With hundreds of spectators ring ing the rotunda on the second third and fourth floors Evans then took the oath of office saying he would perform his duties faithfully help me at 1:51 pm Mon day In a sense history was repeating itself In 1945 Gov Charles Gossett a Democrat resigned Lt Gov Ar nold Williams was sworn in as governor So both times this succes sion has occurred in Idaho history it involved a Democrat and Wil liams like Evans was an LDS Church member making them only Mormon governors in state history Once in office Evans Statesman his first official day afternoon would be to make for mal his appointment of William Murphy as lieutenant governor He said he would send the appointment the still developing potential of nu to the legislature Monday and it will be read across the desk this morn ing Evans who has said deliver his own of the mes sage within the next week outlined his general approach to state gov ernment in a 15 minute address in terrupted 11 times by bursts of ap plause In addition to his primary em phasis on protecting the environ ment he urged increased financial support for public schools serving the needs of senior citizens and said Idaho with the still have time to develop a State of Idaho rather than the one Boise to see their favorite son third been sworn in by Chief Justice Joseph which brought laughter and ap Mcadden The event began with plause (He referred to federal own the Maiad High School Band playing fossil ership of two thirds of Evans 11th Democratic pomp and pageantry governor in Idaho history said he contrasted sharply with the way the hoped his administration will be 1945 situation was handled Then characterized in the next two years according to Statesman files Cos by three words: compe tency and recognize of course that this image must be earned I intend to earn he said emphatically drawing the loudest applause of his speech Earlier Evans told Andrus tongue in cheek that in his new In tenor position will have juris diction over about two thirds of the Boise Idaho TuesdayJanuary 25 1977 a according to the report it punt me pavilion would De used to serve the (BSU) student body on a daily and would provide space for con certs and athletics intramural activities 8 physical edu cation classes informal recreation and meeting rooms for some of the 88 student erouos and found each school but BSU and Work on the pavilion could begin the University of Wyoming had built this autumn and be completed in a new TETON: ederal officials agreed with an independent panel that Bureau of Recla mation errors that caused the collapse of Teton Dam could have been avoided Page IB COYOTES: With coyote pelts bringing as much as $70 hunters are going after the predators at night with spot lights bringing protest from Jwm alls ranchers hunters also 8 are cattle Page IB NATIONAL ANTHEM PRIOR TO HIS INAUGURATION CLOUDY: More cloudy foggy weather is forecast today and Wednesday with little change expected through Saturday Temperatures are expected to stay mostly in the 20s Details weather map S': A GOOD MORNING A Price 20 Cents Statesman Photo by line Bakke CECIL ANDRUS LEAVES OICE MONDAY hand in hand with daughters Tracy left and Kelly 'I irst Lady' 4 A Valley Community Chorus singing a 4 A Man is an Later the band played Here We aUgUra! Text 1 OA Have then joined with the Speech Reaction T1 A combined choirs to present a 4 4 a Hymn of the MQVISeTS 1 In is the greatest challenge of Hometown olks 11 A my Evans told the Statesman VW I I1M VI 1 Ill lu lig work very hard to fill the responsi bilities of office so be a credit to students who favored constructing a building said they wanted a multi purpose pavilion not a classroom building think you could sell gym classrooms a (physical educa i think they (students) will buy somethin? that all said John Stenne committee member Because of and editor of student news facilities BSU is not aole to meet paper the Arbiter Student body Vice President Mike Hoffman anticipates from students over any fee hike but day they open it (the pavilion) all going to say this man said BSU students were1 asked two weeks ago how they wanted any fu ture fee increase spent Of the 4960 physical education sports students who answered 3710 and major musicals of any of the 12 favored constructing a building in schools in the the report stead of using the money to operate stated 8 the university Capital High School with its gvm and auditorium offers better facili ties than the university the com mittee said mended At other Western schools faciii No specific size cost or location ties comparable to those foreseen for the navilinn wnc included in the hv the enmmirtee have cost he 8 report which was written not to tween $78 million and $111 million tion) building or a concert hall but 1 sr 4 In ir c' 1 i a I 1 justify constructing a new building but to determine if existing camnu cn 5 uibLUbseu biuuvm facilities are adequate to meet the not needs or the university said com mittee Chairman red Norman If the heed wasn there then tell the state board not to build he saidc 1 Committee members checked 12 Western schools comparable to BSU LEGISLATURE: banning mandatory membership got off to a stum bling start Monday when the House Agriculture Committee introduced it after an illegal secret ballot was voided A roll call vote finally provided introduction Page 9A Sports JACKLIN: British golfer Tony Jacklin who once was one of the top stars feels he has regained his old touch and has vowed he will never quit the US tour again Page 3B sett led Williams into the office where elected officials and the chief justice of the Idaho Su preme Court were assembled simple 10 minute ceremony and three signatures made Arnold Williams the governor of an Associated Press corre spondent This'1 time' though' scores of people from Maiad had driven ro the people of the State of Boise Junior College constructed proves the building this spring Nor increase should be spent in a way' non Vvz in 1 1 z4 pavilion BSU is skipped by many touring musicians because the university lacks a facility with adequate acous tics or one large enough to handle the number of persons who would attend! Norman said Also concerts held at BSU cost more because the university is not able to take advan tage of which en ables several stops in the sameared to nav less tor a snow ne saia Boise ire Department officials nave closed the bsu gym to con certs because of the danger of fire Lind because crowds cannot be con trolled the committee noted Because of federal guidelines concerning wo athletics and women students sometime 'practice in the gym bal enmes th fnmmitfpp Also recommended was appoint ing an architect to begin a prelimi nary that includes adequate Student Body President Lenny for activities noted by the IT ill I II 4 4 it6 4 net uii! buiu trie inevitaDie ree Lvninnutx JOHN EVANS WIE LOLA CENTER LISTEN TO CHOIR SING they are flanked by outgoing Gov Cecil Andrus left and State Treasurer Marjorie Ruth Moon 1 8 "T' S' iVf JKOir 1 1 1: 1 tawB iW 'il'lbifl i ji '111 Andrus Passes Reins Idaho to New Guv then there also is a strong eagerness to get back and get One of his goals as it was during the years he was governor will be to try to preserve the quality ofjifp Andrus said hope to see to it we do not destroy very values we hold dear for a short term economic gain to meet a short term he said Andrus obviously was trying to keep out of the limeT light during inaugural ceremony on the second floor of the rotunda in the Statehouse His part of the program was to present Evans to be sworn in did so with few words: Chief Justice I present the 26th governor of the State of Idaho and my friend" John applause for Andrus blended in with' the ab plause for Evans The 25th governor was accompanied to the ceremoZ unique balance of conservation and pro nies by his three daughters Mrs Andrus was slightly gress ana aiso nas a strong DacKgrouna in punne land the resolution said "By losing our governor not only this state but the whole country will benefit from his wisdom and knowl said House Minority Leader Patricia McDer mott Pocatello in sponsoring the resolution accept ing resignation The secretary of Interior had presented his res ignation to the president of the Senate and speaker of the Housg Monday morning The resignation was dated Sundayv Andrus signed it just before being sworn in as a Cabinet would have to say I feel mixed Andrus said a few minutes after John Evans was sworn in as governor think about leaving the people 1 have learned to love admire and respect but ''W 184th Issue 85a 8 8 i AC Si" J1 I 111 Hiarn Ulllll HI I hi a jA jML a Vr 6 int re tare iLjihne SibkIIIHiy? 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