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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1972
Page
5
North Vietnamese troops and tanks shell Quang Tri city while infantry assaults occur from multiple directions. U.S. air support and naval claims mount as B52 missions and gunboat sinkings are reported. civilians seek evacuation but are reportedly blocked.
Governor Cecil D. Andrus told state agency heads to watch spending as a one percent holdback remains possible to balance the general fund. He said complete revenue figures will be ready by June 1 to assess needed balances and emphasized routing information requests through the budget director. The new program budgeting approach aims to show how funds are used by services.
Heavy snow warnings covered Colorado as a storm left more than a foot of snow, leaving thousands of homes without power. Army trucks from Ft. Carson delivered food and blankets to stalled motorists near Denver, with Brighton among the hardest hit communities. Power outages affected Denver suburbs as crews assisted stranded travelers and recovered vehicles.
Steve Hepperle a Sandpoint High School sophomore was chosen as District Sentinel at the North Idaho District Future Farmers of America gathering in Moscow. He will begin duties next school year. Sandpoint teams won the livestock judging contest though it was ruled unofficial for lacking enough groups. The make up will be held May 9 in Spokane with the junior livestock show.
The Pack River Company of Sandpoint was the sole bidder for the Seed Creek Intermediate timber sale in the Kaniksu National Forest. The sale area lies ten air miles south of Bonners Ferry in the Cone Creek drainage. Major species were lodgepole pine and white pine with minor other species. The Pack River bid at the appraised value of $25,192.50 for 2005 MBF of sawlogs.
Attorney General W Anthony Park declared his bid for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate saying he will not resign his current post during the campaign He plans announcements in Boise and Coeur d Alene and is among four candidates including William E Davis Byron J Johnson and Rose Marie Brown He urged voters to decide where he can do the most good and endorsed the Idaho Human Rights Commission He advocates withdrawal from Vietnam environmental protection and better farm policy while arguing for a new national approach to unemployment inflation and rural well being
President Nixon argues Communist victory relies on winning Congress and American public backing. Senator McGovern counters that Nixon’s plan to withdraw 20,000 more troops by July has cost lives and failed to end the war.
Frank Roberson of Kootenai and Paul Tillberg Jr. of Sandpoint won the Loyal Order of Moose drawing held April 26. Roberson took first prize a Wright-McGilltrol ling rod and reel from Pend Oreille Sport Shop. Tillberg won a $10 Pend Oreille Sport Shop gift certificate.
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