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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1976
Page
7
A four day missing pilot search moves from Chamberlain Basin toward Boise. Louis Meeks disappeared near Root Ranch in a Cessna 260 amid a storm. Six aircraft continue the volunteer search with plans to persist until the pilot is found.
Senator Frank Church asks EPA Administrator Russell Train for a report on the registration of the de massing agents xylene and Magnacide used in Western canals and irrigation systems. Church notes farmers deem these chemicals superior to mechanical moss control.
Autopsy shows Boise Cascade executive Al Eiguren died from internal chest bleeding after a single vehicle crash on Galena Summit Road north of Ketchum. He was 32, apparently alone in the car, and found eight miles from the crash site. The coroner notes a severe forearm laceration and concussion as contributing factors. Blaine County investigators continue to probe the incident. Eiguren served as assistant director national affairs in Boise Cascade’s governmental affairs department and held an M A in chemical engineering from the University of Idaho.
Twin Falls teachers dispute a board member’s claim that salary talks ended with signed contracts. They say base pay is settled but extra pay for special assignments remains open and may trigger amended or supplemental contracts after May 15 or Sept 1 meetings.
Lester Maddox the American Independent Party candidate vows to press for a place in the Ford Carter debates. He says he will contact the FCC and networks, hoping a miracle could boost his third party bid and name William Dyke as running mate. Maddox plans a nationwide campaign start in Atlanta with a $2 million fund drive.
Moscow warned of growing war danger between Egypt and Libya and urged Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon. Pravda called for Syria’s pullout and highlighted risk to world peace from Libyan Egyptian frontier tensions and a potential new Middle East conflict.
Five firebombs exploded at movie theaters and bars in Dublin as Sinn Fein linked the attacks to efforts to pass emergency anti-subversion laws. Police reported no immediate casualties as fire crews fought the blazes ahead of a special parliament meeting debating the new terrorism package.
A Deseret News poll shows 68.1 percent of Second District voters urge Allan Howe to withdraw from the re election race while 23.6 percent want him on the ballot. Dan Jones Associates interviewed 301 people in a scientific telephone survey conducted after Howe sought guidance from constituents on his bid despite sex solicitation convictions. Howe led test votes with 13.6 percent, Dan Marriott 24.9 percent, and Dr. Preston Hughes 12.6 percent. Howe and his wife defended his innocence on national TV, with Mrs. Howe arguing withdrawal would imply guilt. The Democratic committee urged withdrawal, and the State Democratic Central Committee will decide Sept 18.
The Idaho State Board of Education will meet in Boise on September 2 to discuss tentative high school graduation changes and public school budget guidelines for 1978. Morning sessions include universities and state schools. afternoon topics cover vocational education and budget guidelines for the next fiscal year, with follow up public forums planned in six cities.
The Idaho Department of Agriculture announced the survey spray program is terminated for the season. State entomologist Robert Saunders said control efforts continue with parasitic wasps until the end of the growing season. He noted success in preventing the Mexican bean beetle from spreading to commercial fields west of Boise and in the Magic Valley.
Rep George Hansen of Idaho offered conditional support for President Ford’s $1.5 billion, 10 year program to double the national parks system. He joined Ford at Yellowstone, flew home on Air Force One, and urged locating future parks near populated areas to avoid overburdening states like Idaho.
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