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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1976
Page
3
Forty years ago today, August 23, 1936, Mr and Mrs Henry Hanson welcomed a daughter born yesterday. The Spokane International reports its track laid to a point three and a half miles west of Sandpoint near the Corbin road and Great Northern exchange rights of way.
Egyptian commandos stormed an Egyptair Boeing 734 at Luxor airport freeing nearly 100 passengers and arresting seven hijackers. The siege ended nine hours after it began with no injuries reported.
North Korea denounces President Ford as a war boss and condemns a U S naval task force into Korean waters as a criminal act threatening peace. KCNA quotes Rodong Sinmun saying the Midway carrier with 100 planes and missiles marks an adventurous military action and escalates tension along the demarcation line.
Commands were transmitted across 225 million miles to Viking 2 for its September 3 touchdown on a Utopia Planitia plain. The probe will separate from the orbiter and land using a parachute and retro rockets while the orbiter continues to photograph Mars.
East German Protestant pastor Oskar Bruesewitz died Sunday after setting himself on fire in Zeitz to protest Communist religious repression. His death follows reports that about 100 witnesses saw the act and that police extinguished the flames as Bruesewitz ran through the marketplace.
Bowlers sought for four man men s teams Monday nights starting Sept 13 contact Bob Cramer 263-4751 after 5 p.m. Southside Community Church starts a Christian School call 263 6136. P Bees pre school day care holds fall winter pre registration Aug 23 27 7 30 a.m. 5 30 p.m. Call 263 6022. Women’s Relief Corps hosts dessert luncheon card party Aug 27 at IW Wall lunch at 1 p.m. Public welcome. Senior meals at River View Restaurant Tue Thu 1 p.m. reservations 448 4741. Meals also at Clark Fork Fellowship Hall Fridays 12 30 p.m. reservations 266 1276. Pin Queens bowling league meets Aug 30 8 p.m. at Sandpoint lanes attend. Denny’s Cafe serves Wed Thu 12 30 p.m. call 263 6860 by 10 a.m. For 1976 fairbooks pick up at Coop Gas and Supply Sandpoint Murray Equipment Priest River Clark Fork Merchantile. Social Security rep visits Sandpoint Aug 24 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Senior Center 800 West Main St. advice on Social Security Medicare SSI.
In Los Angeles Jimmy Carter framed California as a key battleground in the 1976 race against President Ford. He criticized Ford’s veto record, contrasted with Nixon, and urged voters to favor a shift in national policy while noting California as a pivotal state in the fall contest.
Los Angeles report says Andrew Young details a $1 million push to register 2 million voters from economically disadvantaged groups, aiming to boost turnout for Carter. Strauss calls it the party's best effort since 1960, with emphasis on California and Texas and mail registration possible in those states.
Unionized drivers and 1,000 mechanics walked out at the Southern California Rapid Transit District leaving more than 750,000 riders stranded. UTU and RTD talks failed just before the deadline, with pickets at yards and the Main Street headquarters. The UTU demanded a 22 percent wage and benefit rise over three years and accused RTD management of indifference to the public and workers.
A mixed list of across and down clues with partial entries including names and terms like Osiris wife, seaport in Japan, engrave, traps, binds, and a Yugoslavian leader, plus references to a storage place and other crossword hints.
Ernée Dazey 71 of Sandpoint Idaho died from injuries in a car accident south of Moscow on August 18. Born April 6 1905 in Sheridan Wyoming she married Ralph Dazey in 1926 and had four sons two daughters. She was active in Eagles Auxiliary Women of the Moose and DAV Auxiliary. Survived by four sons Ophilia Halford Helen Delcomte and others, 25 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral at Moon Chapel August 24 officiated by John Temple. Interment Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Do you know your Blood Pressure Thousands of Americans suffer from Hypertension yet they do not know if Hypertension kills. If not spotted it can lead to strokes, damage to kidneys, and to the brain. The Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Kit includes an American Heart Association booklet and forms. Order by sending $21.58 plus postage to Cardio Supply Company at Cooper Station New York.
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