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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1974
Page
2
Residents voice concern over rumors as investigators and the prosecutor avoid details. Citizens demand thorough, expeditious work and an official briefing to counter talk of a whitewash while officers follow orders and avoid commenting.
Public Safety Commissioner Glen Greener urged stricter police gunfire rules to chiefs and union reps. The plan would limit shooting to self defense or to stop a dangerous suspect fleeing a forcible felony and allow gun use to recapture escaping felons. Attendees questioned legality as state law may be more permissive. Utah attorney general to issue opinion on city versus state authority.
Television listings show NBC and ABC programs across morning to late evening. Notable items include Today Show, Price Is Right, Jeopardy, General Hospital, Hogan's Heroes, The Twilight Zone, and Evening News. The dense grid lists multiple networks with daytime soap operas, game shows, Westerns, and movies.
The article notes resignation statements and Vice President Ford's plan to cancel a speech to attend a meeting where Simon and Brennan say Nixon will not resign. Cabinet members express determination to remain in posts and tackle national problems while Haig and top staff briefed on Nixon's resolve to stay.
A Bonner County reader recalls a stalled car and reflects on recent murders jailbreaks and armed robbery that spurred paranoia, lock-your-doors shifts, and gun shop sales as Sandpoint confronts a harsher real world beyond its once utopian view.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a report clearing Henry A. Kissinger amid 1969 to 71 wiretap allegations. Humphrey praised Kissinger as a national asset while Sparkman noted the panel approved the report. Nixon had ordered taps and Kissinger had threatened resignation if not cleared.
The article reviews contests for lieutenant governor with John Evans facing Nels Solberg and Ray Rigby, while no governor race existed. Unopposed nominees include Jean Stoddard American Party Senate. Pete T Cenarrosa Secretary of State. W Anthony Park Attorney General. Joe R Williams Auditor. Marjorie Ruth Moon Treasurer Democrat. Symms in Congress First District. Contested races listed include H Max Hanson and Keith Holve for Congress First District. Wayne Kidwell and Keith Hopkins for Attorney General. Roy Truby and James Stoicheff for Superintendent. Ezra Moore Charlie Brown Harmon Groesbeck Donald Heaney for Republicans.
Senator Frank Church criticizes the agriculture secretary for not scheduling public hearings on milk marketing orders. Dairymen seek review of floor prices for top quality milk, with Church urging emergency hearings to prevent a drop in class one prices and dairy farmer milk payments.
President Nixon acknowledged long standing awareness of his actions and the political advantage of a cover up in the Watergate affair. He suggested Congress should consider censure rather than impeachment as the proper response to the tapes and earlier testimony.
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