MISSED VECTOR TURN.

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THERE WAS OBVIOUS CTLR TRAINING IN PROGRESS ON JAN/FRI/95; BOTH AT GEG TWR AND TRACON. AFTER TKOF FROM RWY 21; WE WERE GIVEN A HDG FOR INBOUND TFC ON J3; OUR CLRNC ALT WAS 12000 FT. AT APPROX 10000 FT OR 11000 FT WE WERE GIVEN A L TURN TO INTERCEPT J3 BEING CLR OF THE AFOREMENTIONED TFC BUT WE DID NOT READ BACK. THE FO MISSED THE CALL; SO I ASKED HIM TO RECONFIRM THE CLRNC BUT HE COULD NOT RAISE THE CTLR'S ATTN. ABOUT THIS TIME THE CTLR POINTED OUT TFC AT OUR ALT PASSING BEHIND US. THAT TFC RAPIDLY CREATED A TA FOLLOWED BY AN RA ON OUR TCASII. WE FOLLOWED THOSE WARNINGS WITH A CLB TO ALMOST 13000 FT BEFORE RETURNING TO OUR CLRNC ALT OF 12000 FT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WE WERE SWITCHED TO ZLC AND RPTED OUR ALTDEV. REMARKS: BETTER SUPERVISION OF CTLR TRAINING WITH EMPHASIS ON LISTENING FOR THE CORRECT READBACK AND ON OUR PART A MORE DEDICATED MONITORING OF THE FREQ. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR FLIES AS CAPT ON THE B-737-300. HE BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS CTLR TRAINING IN PROGRESS; BOTH IN THE TWR AND TRACON. THE FO DID NOT READ BACK A TURN FOR TFC AND THE RPTR COULD NOT GET A WORD IN TO CONFIRM AS THE CTLR WAS BUSY WITH FTR TFC. THE COMMAND BARS DID NOT COMMAND A LEVELOFF AND THE APCHING ALT WARNING DID NOT SOUND. THEY BOTH WORKED FINE LATER. FO DID NOT GIVE A '1000 FT TO GO' CALL. THE RPTR SAYS THAT 'WE MUST BE AWARE OF THE GOOD OLD HABITS WHEN FLYING THE GLASS.' APPARENTLY THE TCASII WAS CAUSED BY THE MISSED TURN.