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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1972
Page
4
Livestock: Hogs 5 000 head barrows and gilts active uneven steady to 50 higher large weights 240 260 lbs 27 75 28 75. Sows fully steady some 25 higher 330 700 lbs 18 25 25 50. Cattle 200 head calves small supply slaughter cows steady 25 27 canner and cutter 23 25 50. Sheep 50 head with no price trend.
UPI reports July wholesale food prices jumped 3.2 percent, the largest in 17 months, lifting the farm products index 12.9 percent higher than a year ago while unemployment held at 5.5 percent. Notable gains occurred in meat, eggs, fruits, vegetables, and poultry with dairy and processed foods also up.
Idaho reports a mild fire season with unusually low danger for early August. Forest Division Chief John Crum notes thunderstorms and rain cut lightning fires, while man caused blazes rise sharply.
In Louisville Wallace supporters ask American Party delegates to draft him as their candidate while a telegram from his physician says he cannot accept the nomination under any circumstances. John Schmitz ships his acceptance speech as Richard Kay lags and Maddox is referenced as a possible but unconfirmed candidate.
Three Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin face government probes for carrying unauthorized stamped postal covers to the moon and selling some in Europe for 1500 dollars each The investigations by Justice and the Senate Space Committee began amid secrecy with questioning of astronauts and NASA officials while the men had decided not to take promised payment for the covers.
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has halted Charles McKinney of Selkirk from feeding pigs unauthorized garbage from two Albany hotels. Albany County Judge Martin Schenck issued a temporary restraining order pending a hearing on August 18. The department cites risks of cholera and trichinosis from untreated hotel waste containing cans and silverware.
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