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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1972
Page
4
Dr. John Mather of the Department of Environmental Protection and Health said Idaho cases are rising with inquiries about body and crab lice. Officials note nonprescription shampoos and lotions can treat lice and reduce spread.
A Veterans Administration employee, Hyrum D. Anderson, 61, of Meridian, was found dead Monday evening in the VA supply room by 6 39 PM. Federal investigators noted a water overflow from a turned on faucet and a floor fan in the water. cause of death is under investigation.
U S planes from USS Saratoga hit Haiphong shipyard No 3 setting three large fires. Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon endured its heaviest shelling with 70 rockets killing one American and one Vietnamese and wounding 15 Americans and 24 Vietnamese. The war action included air raids on missile sites and a Vinh repair facility strike, while Thieu warned against a South Vietnam only ceasefire. Archer Daniels Midland also reported a farm product deal with China involving linseed oil.
Denver Mayor William McNichols announced an 18 member National Advisory Committee to organize broad national support for the 1976 Winter Games in Colorado. The panel is headed by Bud Wilkinson and includes figures like Dr Milton Eisenhower Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. The committee may engage in fundraising as Colorado voters weigh state funding cuts of about 4 million dollars.
Ada, Elmore and Owyhee counties citizens met in Boise to draft a sample uniform housing code for the state. Ruy Robinson from Philadelphia, invited by the state, aided the 25 attendees as they plan a week of work to produce the code by week’s end.
The General Services Administration announces a sale of used vehicles and equipment by sealed bid with opening on Aug 15. Roy N. Wernstrom, regional administrator for the Pacific Northwest Region, says the sale includes trucks and cars and that further information is available from the Seattle office.
The Vietnam News Agency lists Capt. James Kula, Capt. Melvin Matsui, Lt. Col. William Breckner and Lt. Larry Price as American pilots captured after aircraft were shot down July 29 to July 30. All are Air Force personnel based at Takhli and Udorn in Thailand. the agency did not confirm if they were crew of the two downed planes.
The Agriculture Department forecasts net U.S. farm income at about 18.1 billion, up 2 billion from 1971 and 1 billion above a prior record. Earl L. Butz says after tax farm income could reach 80 percent of nonfarm income, aided by 4.1 billion in federal subsidies and higher product prices.
Police said about 15,000 dollars worth of marijuana was found in a baggage trunk in a washroom at a trailer court on Idaho Highway 44. The manager reported the trunk had sat there for at least six months.
Paul Edward Hastings, 50, a Bladensburg Maryland service station attendant, pleaded no defense to a bomb threat on a Delta Air Lines flight from New Orleans to Baltimore. U.S. District Court Judge Charles A. Moye Jr. sentenced him to five years with possible sentence reduction through an observation and study program while in prison. Hastings claimed he drank heavily and told the co pilot he had a bomb in his pocket. The plane landed in Atlanta where Hastings was charged with a false bomb threat.
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