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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1970
Page
2
The Sandpoint Daily Bee outlines publication schedule and rates for legal notices. It notes Monday through Friday edition, legal notices on Tuesday, and subscription costs 4.20 per quarter 16.80 yearly for USS deliveries. Publisher Pete Thompson heads Pend Oreille Printers.
Arnold Sawislak discusses how the official poverty line based on a subsistence food diet underestimates hardship. He notes differing definitions from Labor Department estimates and critiques from groups like the National Welfare Rights Organization and economists such as Anthony Downs.
Chicago faced dangerous winds with gusts up to 69 mph and up to 12 inches of snow in northern Michigan as a second Midwest storm moved in. Tornado watches in Illinois Indiana Ohio and Wisconsin reports three tornadoes and $15,000 Wisconsin Electric damage amid high winds and falling debris.
Partly cloudy today night with increasing clouds and a 20 percent precipitation chance. Snow showers likely Sunday, then partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with highs in the upper 30s to 40s and overnight lows in the 20s.
A four alarm blaze on a 40 story New York office building on Third Avenue near 56th Street killed at least three people and left many others overcome by smoke. Fire officials said exact toll was uncertain as hundreds were in the building at 9 am. Mayor Lindsay visited the scene and ambulances and fire units rushed to assist.
The National Air Pollution Control Administration found half of 50 airlines expect a safe cheap alternative to jet fuel dumping by 1972. Manufacturers may take until next spring to develop a method and another year or more to install it. Jettisoned fuel near airports totals about 6,700 tons yearly, seen as negligible by airlines but criticized as contributing to smog and sticky residue.
December 17 approaches with 12 days left on the calendar as Bonner County roads worsen and construction work stalls due to winter weather making driving a gamble and creating mounting questions about upcoming plans and safety.
A Sandpoint column warns Burlington Northern may miss four month deadline to install a crossing signal at Gooby crossing. The writer urges action, cites risk of a fatal accident, and encourages readers to contact Sen. Serdar Sen Church and Rep. McClure in Washington to press for environmental and safety measures.
Westerly winds push a large oil sludge slick away from northeast Florida as Navy reports the main mass about 50 miles east-southeast of Fernandina Beach. The cigar shape shrinks from 20 by 5 miles to 13 by 2.5 miles while officials plan a cleanup if it approaches beaches.
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