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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1975
Page
2
Pete Thompson is Publisher and Bill Stewart serves as Editor with Herb Offermann as Advertising Director, reflecting leadership roles across the OS local and regional news operation.
CBS President Arthur R. Taylor warns in testimony about Senate bills allowing 48 hour wiretaps without courts and restricting access to classified information. He cites Watergate and the Pentagon Papers to argue for the protection of First Amendment rights and protection against government overreach.
The November Wholesale Price Index held flat from October as food price declines offset other gains. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted large drops in vegetables, oil seeds, and hogs, with grains easing on record harvests. The industrial commodities index rose 0.6 percent.
Senator James A McClure of Idaho announced a bill to renew the Highway Trust Fund for two more years. The measure amends the Internal Revenue Code to maintain current tax rates funding the fund, with Idaho estimated to receive about 36 million dollars for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 each. The funds typically match other highway project money in Idaho.
A chaotic OCR of TV listings shows KREM-TV prime time and daytime programs from 7:00 to 11:30 with shows like New Zoo Revue, Let's Make A Deal, One Life to Live, General Hospital, Sesame Street, Electric Company, and broader educational blocks on KSPS-TV including previews and Evening Edition with Martin Apron.
President Ford and Chinese leaders declared bilateral relations sound and vital. Kissinger noted detailed information on seven U.S. MIAs from Indochina, while hints emerged of a possible Taiwan policy shift toward a model akin to Japan's. The two sides praised the visit as a diplomatic success and a “new style” of discreet cooperation.
The Idaho Youth Ranch requests financial help to continue its work. The appeal compares needs to Salvation Army and Red Cross and asks every Idaho resident to send a dollar or larger contributions to Idaho Youth Ranch Rupert Idaho 83350.
Grateful family recounts Thanksgiving trip with relatives in Sandpoint ending in a collision just south of town. They thank the family who offered help, a camper family that transported them to hospital, ER staff, Dr. Leedy, and the police for their kindness and care.
The article recalls Laos National Day as a rare lull in decades of conflict. Kites fly, rockets are launched in games, crowds share jokes and treats such as roasted cockroaches. An estimated 35,000 Lao deaths mark the cost of three decades of war.
The Laos crisis traces a bloody arc from American bombing on the Ho Chi Minh trail to the 1973 cease fire and the Pathet Lao seizure of power. King Savang Vatthana abdicates at 68 as Meo fighters and Lao forces fade, leaving 750000 refugees and Laos’ future in doubt. The capital Vientiane greets visitors with a Buddhist admonition that hatred ends in love.
Kiwanis Club members questioned Sandpoint Fire Chief Wade Brown at the Pastime Banquet Room about home smoke detectors. He noted market options and prices from 40 dollars, and that detectors should be near bedrooms where fires often start. Next week Bob Eddy from Arrow Mill will discuss its community importance.
Secretary Kissinger said China gave detailed information on seven missing in action from Indochina and will reveal identities within 48 hours after notifying relatives. Officials see the move as a gesture of friendship as Ford's China trip ends.
Idaho Public Utilities Commission confirmed the hearing on Washington Water Power charge involving political advertising in monthly billing envelopes and a newspaper ad is moved to December 11 in Coeur d Alene. The Kootenai Environmental Alliance accuses WWP of supporting High Mountain Sheep Dam in Hells Canyon and urging Ford to veto a strip mining bill.
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