Winter Forecast From Folklore Promises Tough Season
Eighty six year old Kady Riersen in Wisconsin recalls a hard winter as prognosticators forecast a harsh season. Wooly bear caterpillars fat and dark coats, thick dog fur, and early animal behavior signal heavy snow and cold across the Midwest and West, with optimism for Aspen resorts in Colorado offsets by general hardship.
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John Lesar
United Press International
Kady Riersen
Rhinelander, Wis
Midlands
Helen Wohlschlaeger
Fenton
Corrine Smith
Galena, Il
Jack Wingate
Bainbridge
Wingate
Carl Simon
Aspen
Colo
Weatherwatch for Sandpoint and Vicinity
Cloudy conditions with a chance of snow showers and a risk of freezing rain tonight. Daytime temperatures near 25 to 30 degrees with no precipitation yesterday. Extended forecast calls for cold conditions with periods of snow and daytime highs in the 20s to low 30s, nights in the teens to low 20s. Sunrise 7 35 a.m. Sunset 4 p.m.
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Sandpoint
Orthern
Idaho
Wind Driven Fire Kills At Vandenberg Base
A brush fire driven by hurricane force winds roared through the 94,000 acre Vandenberg Air Force Base complex killing three people including base commander Col Joseph Turner and two civilians. More than 300 firefighters battled the blaze as winds gusted up to 7 mph with six bulldozers clearing firebreaks on a six mile front toward the Pacific. Grounded air retardant planes and an offshore rainstorm were expected to help containment. Turner, 48, was found in a missile launching area while attempting to inspect lines. Resting at Brooke Army Medical Center were burn victims including Clarence McAuley, 41, a bulldozer operator. others injured were minor. The base, a major West Coast aerospace facility, houses Titan Minuteman ICBMs Atlas and Scout rockets.
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Nandenberg
Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Missie
Pacific Ocean
U.S. Forest Service
Joseph Turner
Zalesius
Botan
Vietnam
Turner
Billy J. Bell
Eugene G. Cooper
Vandenberg Village
Clarence McAuley
Brooke Army Medical Center
San ‘Antonio
Texas
Santa Barbara
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Air Force Aerospace
West Coast
Titan
Bonner Hospital Seeks Expanded Beds and Budget
Bonner General Hospital plans to seek state approval for a 16bed expansion plus department growth. A preliminary study projects Bonner County population reaching 28 500 by 1982 and supports increased beds and diagnostic capacity. The hospital also approves a 1978 budget of 2 803 000 with taxes and patient revenues funding operations and plans a four mill levy.
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Bill Crampton Bee
Bonner General Hospital
Larry Bentam
Bellvue
Wash
Jack Parker
Benton
Bonner County
U.S. Department of Health and Education and Welfare
Bonner General
HEW
Joseph Califano
Sandpoint Council Grants Licenses and Rejects Insurance Bid
In a 15 minute meeting four council members and six spectators attended. The council rejected a lone bid on employee casualty insurance from Swendig Insurance Agency and approved all liquor beer and wine license renewals. Outgoing members were absent. The Finance committee will negotiate a final settlement and reconsider the bid. Public Safety reports 10 liquor license renewals with two pending and eight off premises renewals. Two new applications were received and renewal of all licenses was approved.
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Councl
Sandpoint
JC Benoit
Doug Ward
Harold Huff
Joe Swendig
Swendig Insurance Agency
Huff
Public Safety Committee
Gene Holt
Holt
Cascade Airlines Seeks CAB Certification Status
Cascade Airways plans to seek Civil Aeronautics Board certification as it outgrows commuter status. President Mark M Chestnutt told Boise Chamber of Commerce that 16 000 to 17 000 monthly passengers justify certificated operation and access to federal loans route subsidies and joint fares. The airline suspended Boise service in 1976 due to labor weather and economic issues and reinstated the route in August.
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Boise
UPS
Cascade Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
Mark M Chestnutt
Boise Chamber of Commerce
Chestnutt
Cascade
Toys for Tots drive tops $3,000 in Sandpoint fund
Donations today push the Sandpoint Toys for Tots total to 3101 with gifts from the Sandpoint MLS MLS president Steven Van Horne Pend Oreille Printers Daily Bee staff Stidwell Junior High School and local businesses. A $549.50 day brings in 549.50 more to reach the milestone helping local families enjoy Christmas.
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Sandpoint Lions
Sandpoint
MLS
Steven van Horne
van Horne
Lardpoint
Pend Oreille Printers
The
Daily Bee
Pete Thompson
Lions Club
Bonner County
Stidwell Junior High School
McGovern Realty
Richard Lee Thompson
U.S.N
Okinawa
Latti Boles
Church
Sandpoint Lions Club
City Hall
Southside Fire Protection District Approved in Bonner County
Voters in the Southside Sewer and Water District approved creating the third rural fire district in Bonner County with all 52 ballots in favor. Hardy Lyons said hydrant installations would raise taxes but lower fire insurance costs, and noted seven county deaths in fires last month as a motivator.
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Southside
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Schweitzer Mountain
Weatherwatch
Bonner Hospital
Council
Cascade Airlines
Thompson
Sandpoint Toys
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