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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1972
Page
2
Legal notices will be published on Tuesday each week by Pend Oreille Printers Inc in Sandpoint Idaho. Subscribed rates are 2.00 per month across the U.S. Contact 263-5151 for details. Pete Thompson serves as editor and publisher.
A powerful 7.0 quake struck a 250 mile area in Fars province causing widespread ruin in dozens of villages. Officials estimate 2,000 to 4,000 killed with many more missing. Rescue teams and Iran’s government mobilized planes and troops as relief efforts began.
United Press International reports lawmakers debate a new law requiring public disclosure of political contributions to federal campaigns. Critics fear large donations may be curtailed as a result of tighter reporting. In Raleigh, Richard F. McCoy Sr. comments on his son Richard Jr.’s Utah hijacking charge, saying war can alter behavior.
A fragmented broadcast grid lists daytime to late night programs across channels including CBS News CBS mid day news Ed Sullivan The Price is Right General Hospital Laugh In Sesame Street and Family Fare style entries with several unclear titles and times. The text mixes show names networks and times with OCR errors and partial words.
Hospital notes list admissions on April 5 and 6 for Christine Brown Danny Kramer David J Nuxoll William Gary Laura Emma Clark Mrs Cecil Holt Anita Smith and others. Dismissals occur April 5 and 6 for Erma Bellmore Jacqu alyn Decker Dan Wylie Delores Hall Clyde Hall Michael Smith and William Gary Soura. Births on April 6 report a boy to Mr and Mrs Cecil Holt weighing 8 lbs 6 1/2 oz and 21 inches.
The First Baptist Church of Sandpoint licensed Paul Bankhead a northeast Sandpoint rancher as a Gospel minister after a brief conversion on December 26. He preached his first sermon at a Youth Fellowship service where Jerry Payton and Karla Nelson led two numbers. The Deacons unanimously approved the licensing after the vote, with Pastor J Ralph Daugherty and Deacons Blaine Sisson Duke Robinson Jim Miller and John Nelson officiating.
Yellowstone National Park recorded a 31.5 percent rise in visitors in the first quarter of 1972, reaching 23 550 through March. The park spokesman noted a 48 percent surge in March visits compared with March of last year, with 6 194 visitors in March.
Livestock markets in Omaha show hogs mostly steady to 25 lower with some 50 drop, cattle calves at 150 head, steers up to 25 higher and cows down 50 or more. Sows steady to weak on lighter weights. slaughter lambs 50 lower with good and choice at 30.00 to 31.00.
Rep. James McClure of Idaho pressed for a new moral emphasis among elected leaders at a Rigby meeting. He warned against “forces of permissiveness” and argued drug laws should be strengthened not weakened, calling for officials whose conduct meets the highest standards.
Rose Bowman, a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Idaho, told a partisan seminar that women's liberation helps her campaign in many groups yet may hinder it until the public grasps the movement’s meaning. The event was hosted by local women’s organizations at Bannock Hotel.
A Sunday blaze at Vaagen Brothers Lumber Co. mill 15 miles east of Colville Washington caused about 90 percent of the facility to burn. Damage estimated at 250000 with partial insurance coverage. Officials said a new mill is under construction and could be operational in about 30 days.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was described as comfortable and improving after a night in the University of Virginia Hospital. The chief heart specialist provided the update, indicating continued recovery.
UPI reports Idaho Democrats will hold their state convention June 16-17 at Sun Valley due to lodging issues in Burley. Chairman Joh. McCarter says more than 1,000 delegates and staff are expected to attend.
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