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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1974
Page
2
A forged press release claiming a Democrats for Orval Hansen committee circulated to two Idaho papers. Hansen lost the Aug 6 primary. Gov. Andrus and Hansen urged FBI involvement and full legal action to identify and prosecute those responsible.
A box clearly addressed to an individual said to contain files labeled for the attorney general's office. The disappearance coincides with Tony Park's warning that unauthorized persons posed as his staff, urging the public to demand staff identification.
A cluttered page shows TV listings for KHQ TV and KXLY TV with numerous programs across the day. Entries include Today Show Earl Nightingale Price is Right The Young and the Restless The Simpsons Star Trek and Sesame Street among others with morning to late evening slots.
The Moscow log notes a car backed into an object at the city beach with insurance by Dick Onorato of Westminster California. Sandpoint reports include a truck fire downtown, theft of a CB radio antenna and coil wire, vandalism to 13 school buses with ignition keys taken, and a garage break in with items valued at 150 dollars. Blanchard youths were fined for drunken public highway conduct. A cabin break in near Long Bridge is reported with a missing pillowcase and a .22 pistol.
Placerville residents and Boise National Forest clash over the name of the local creek. Officials insist the 1892 USGS map and a 1957 Placerville quadrangle use Woof Creek, while locals led by Mayor Walter P. March insist on Wolf Creek. The dispute centers on spelling and local tradition.
The 1974-75 hunting outlines set sept 14 to nov 24 opening dates across eastern and western Idaho counties with varying bag limits for ducks geese and wild turkeys. Special rules apply to pintails roosters and beaver trapping with new 72 hour trap checks and restricted lures near the Snake River area.
Idaho congressman Orval Hansen joined Gov. Cecil Andrus in demanding a full FBI and Justice Department probe into a fake news release claiming Hansen as a Democratic candidate. The release on Hansen letterhead alleged three Idaho Democrats supported him. all denied knowledge. Hansen criticized the newspapers for not verifying the document.
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