Sandpoint Daily Bee masthead and notice details
The Sandpoint Daily Bee issue from April 12, 1971 lists publication days Monday through Friday with legal notices on Tuesdays. It provides address 310 Church Sandpoint Idaho 83864 and subscription rates four dollars twenty cents per quarter or 316 dollars eighty cents per year. Editor Pete Thompson is named.
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Pend Credle Printers, Inc
Church
Sandpoint
Idaho
U.S
United Press International
Pete Thompson
Editorial on Using Cigarette Coupons for Cancer Operation
A provocative note urges readers to save cigarette coupons claiming they can be exchanged for a free cancer operation. The piece uses satirical tone to critique health funding and consumer marketing practices.
Ambulance Avoids Train Delay After Crossing Woes
In Mountain View an ambulance carrying a severely injured patient avoided a worse outcome when a Burlington Northern train paused at Roger Avenue. The crew planned to cut the train after a brakeman crossed the trestle, prompting discussion of emergency grade crossings and a possible Spruce Street underpass. Residents urge county commissioners and the Bonner County Planning Commission to push for railroad access changes and safer routes into town.
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Ken
Mountain View
Burlington‘Northern
Roger Avenue
Sheriff's Office
Airport
Wopsiecle Stick Road
Boyer
S.J
Baldy Road
Pine Street
G.N
Baldy Crossing
Spruce Street
Baldy
Gooby Roads
Gooby’s Meat Plant
Bonner County
Next Day Airmail Service Expands to Key Cities
Washington announces a new next day airmail system covering zip coded routes within 600 miles with second day delivery of 95 percent between major U S cities. Postmaster General Blout calls it a significant first step to better service. First wave includes Intermountain states Utah Boise Provo Salt Lake City Ogden Coeur d Alene Pocatello Montana Billings Butte Great Falls Helena with April 22 start.
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Washington
UPD
U. S
Winton M. Blout
Intermountain
Utah
Ogden
Provo
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Boise
Coeur d’Alene
Pocatello
Montana
Billings
Butte
Great Falls
Helena
Police Log Reports Weekend Accidents and Incidents
Friday records show an accident at Fifth and Pine and a home shop break in at 316 Euclid. Citations issued for following too close. Saturday notes include two vehicle accidents near Trawlers and Gambles with drivers Craner Linscot Dawson and Jonassen. Sunday logs note a church front door left open. Sheriff reports cite washouts on Pine Street Loop and a clogged culvert washing away a street, a DUI arrest of David A. Koch, four loose horses on Highway 200, a blocked Baldy Road crossing, and the theft of three pigs from Cocolalla resident Hibler.
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Fifth and Pine
Hartford
Euclid
James H. Hester
Priest River
Cathy Craner
Lana Linscot
Gambles
Larry Dawson
Frieda Jonassen
Lutheran Church
Douglas Garman
Pine Street
Dennis Harmann
Kootenai
David A. Koch
Ed Hawkins
Sandpoint
T.T. McGhee
Jan Johnson
Baldy Road
Hibler
Cocolalla
Resignation spat over Idaho airport funds and rural aid
The editor cites Cecil Andrus plans to replace long-time Moulton on Idaho’s airport board with a city‑oriented official. Moulton, praised for supporting small towns, would lose retirement payoff. The piece argues the move shifts funds to Boise Pocatello Idaho Falls Twin Falls and Lewiston, harming rural communities.
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Andrus
Idaho
Moulton
Cecil Andrus
Sandpoint
Anselmo
Boise
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Twin Falls
Lewiston
UP BOGE Ends Passenger Service After Sale Boom
Union Pacific Railroad ends passenger service in southern Idaho after Railpax cuts begin May 1. Saturday 142 passengers rode the westbound Portland Rose toward Nampa Baker and Portland as ticket sales surge for the last trains. Ticket agent Gary Moser noted many families planned final rides before UP bows out, with heavy traffic likely through the final two weekends.
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Upboge
UPD
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern
Civil Aeronautics Board Approves Airline Fare Increase
The Civil Aeronautics Board approves two step fare hikes for coach flights, with an immediate increase and a tentative 3 percent rise in 50 days. The plan targets a total consumer cost rise from $115 million to $400 million depending on traffic, with some routes' fares adjusted versus prior increases.
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Washington
API
CAB
Secour Browne
Detroit
Miami
Boston
New York
USS Hancock Marks 27th Year as Carrier in Indochina Role
The USS Hancock, America's oldest aircraft carrier, will mark its 27th birthday Thursday as a frontline support vessel for U.S. troops in Indochina. The flattop plays a key role in operations in Saigon and surrounding areas.
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Saigon
UPI
USS Hancock
America
U.S
Indochina
Andrus Allows School and Health Grants to Become Law
Idaho Gov. Cecil D. Andrus let two key education and public health appropriations become law without his signature. The $44 million for schools and $9.1 million for public health were vetoed earlier but repassed, and Andrus declined to veto again. He also signed measures reallocating liquor profits to welfare and raising the liquor surcharge base to current prices.
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Boise
UPI
Cecil D. Andrus
Andrus
Cooperative Welfare
Amrus
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Ft. Sumter
S.C
Connie’s Cafe
Fourth & Cedar Sandpoint, Idaho
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