Apollo 17 Space Riders Launch Toward Moon
Apollo 17 astronauts launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 5 rocket after a 2 hour 40 minute delay due to an electronic circuit failure. The crew Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt aimed for a Sunday moon encounter with a mission that bypassed faulty gear and proceeded at higher speed to make up lost time.
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Cape
Alabama
Earth
Moon
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald FE. Evans
Harrison H. ‘Jack’? Schmitt
Houston
Suit contesting retroactive Idaho gas tax increase
Boise district court judge in Fourth District took under advisement a suit by seven oil companies and a consumer intervenor challenging Idaho’s 14 cent per gallon gas tax hike as retroactive to April 1. Plaintiffs say the law became effective July 1 only. they seek return of funds collected before July 1. Durtschi questioned the emergency clause’s meaning while noting its constitutional presence.
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Boise
UPD
J. Ray Durtschi
Idaho
Line Mishap Triggers Sandpoint Outage Across PP&L Lines
A Wednesday blackout in Sandpoint followed a break on the Post Falls to Newport line owned by Pacific Power and Light. Bert Leonard said the line loss caused separation at Albeni Falls, with power shifted to Washington Water Power sources at Cabinet Gorge. Loads were restored in Sandpoint in seven to eleven minutes, while the Prairie River outage required longer due to switching time.
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Sandpoint
Post Falls
Newport
Pacific Power and Light
Bert Leonard
Pp&l
Albeni Falls
Washington
Cabinet Gourge. A
Leonard
Water Heat Force Closing Washington Elementary School
Water main leak near Poyer Ave prompted closure of Washington Elementary School for welding. In Sandpoint, Lincoln Elementary closed due to faulty cooling radiators.
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Washington Elementary
Poyer Ave
Lincoln
Sandpoint
Great Ball Of Fire Photographed At BYU Scientists
BYU physics researchers photographed a daylight fireball over southwestern Utah on August 20. Dr. Harold McNamara reports the meteorite spanned about a quarter mile wide and one mile long, with brightness between the moon and the sun, last seen over midwestern Canada.
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Provo
Utah
Brigham Young University
Uniteds
Harold McNamara
BYU Physics Department
Canada
McNamara
Repairable Toys Sought
A Lions drive in Sandpoint seeks repairable toys as time runs short. A spokesman notes volunteers from Laclede Community Church assembled 30 of 100 games. Donations rise with Mr and Mrs Dan Deshon Sr giving $100 along with Mr and Mrs Ernest Gill and Mr and Mrs Jim Forgey.
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Lions “Toys
Sandpoint
Fire at Bennie Brewer home leaves family of eight homeless
A fire at 1104 Main in Sandpoint destroyed the upper floor and roof of the Bennie A. Brewer residence. About 20 firefighters fought the blaze in freezing weather for three hours. The family lost all belongings and needs clothing and food. Toys and Other Essentials for Tots will collect donations.
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Bennie A. Brewer
Main
Sandpoint
Wade Brown
Weather outlook for Sandpoint turns cold with light snow
Partly cloudy with a few snow flurries and continued cold through Friday. Northeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent through Friday. High near 10. Low around zero tonight.
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