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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1973
Page
4
Pastor Fred Hanks of Oakland Bible Baptist Church led a Sunday pizza party that drew more than 700 attendees from 21 Detroit area communities. The pizza exceeded 30 feet in diameter, shattering the prior 21-foot world record.
The Pioneer 11 probe, launched recently, activated a cosmic ray telescope and a magnetometer as it travels at 20 000 miles per hour toward a 20 month journey to Jupiter. Officials at JPL in Pasadena report the craft is 1.75 million miles from Earth and expected to reach 2 million miles by tonight.
Caldwell Idaho deputies rescued Jim Funk 17 and Rocky Shively 16 from a raft on Lake Lowell after wind pushed them 400 yards from shore. They were frightened but unharmed, signaling for help with a 22 caliber rifle before being picked up by a patrol boat.
The Dworshak Dam in Idaho will add a third generator this month raising output toward 400 000 kilowatts. The second 90 000 kilowatt unit began last week and the first 90 000 kilowatt unit started March 1. The Army Corps of Engineers notes the dam is 717 feet high.
A Salt Lake City couple flying a rented Cessna 210 from Arizona had a propeller detach, oil foul windshield, and forced land on a dirt road near Tooele. They were unharmed. rescue crews reached the downed craft about 4:30 and transported the couple home.
Kootenai County deputies search for John Marson, 57, of Blue Creek, Idaho, who vanished Friday after entering the Blue Creek area about five miles east of Coeur d Alene. The search started Friday night with no trace found.
Spokane drive to collect aluminum and glass for the Expo 74 environmental plaza ended with 55 tons gathered toward a 70 ton goal. Coordinator Mrs. Albin B. Cutler said the materials will be crushed for the glass phast plaza, with a local bottler pledging 3,000 to 4,000 cases of bottles.
National Library Week April 8 to 14 invites all to visit the Sandpoint Public Library and browse its new books. The library shows preschool picture books, retirement reads, large print for the visually impaired, and a Northwest history corner. It houses 18 000 books and a nearly 800 disc record collection plus an 8mm film collection with a rotating monthly program. A free projector is available for film use and a used book sale runs during hours to raise funds for new acquisitions.
A three day astrological conference in San Francisco ended with Dr Theodor Landscheidt of Germany arguing that natural disasters can be predicted by long range solar activity and planetary positions. He linked solar eruptions to magnetic disturbances and even mood changes, framing astrology as a life science.
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