Former newspaper manager commits suicide

Havre Daily News was among newspaperman's holdings.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - George Nicholas ''Nick'' Ifft III, former president and general manager of the Idaho State Journal, died Tuesday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. He was 76.

Ifft served the paper from 1966 to 1984. Since retirement, he was known as a community philanthropist and an avid hunting dog trainer. He is survived by his wife, Sara, children William Nicholas Ifft and Martha Jean Ruby and three grandchildren.

Police Lt. Brad Hunt said the investigation was continuing but that officers believed the dea...