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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
2
Public notice page from Sandpoint Idaho 1974 details publication schedule and contact info for Pend Oreille Printers including legal notices published Tuesdays and subscription rates. News comes from United Press International plus local sources.
Ed Doherty of the Daily Bee forwards a letter from the U S Postal Service proposing free advertising mats for public service MAIL EARLY ads. He suggests the Postal Service credit his local postage for advertising space and proposes a shared-cost arrangement to preserve newspapers.
University of Idaho basketball players Thomas Perkins and Carl Robinson quit the team citing poor performance. Perkins, a starter, shot 34 percent and Robinson 28 percent, both citing misfit with the team and dissatisfaction with scoring. Perkins transferred from Northern Oklahoma JC and Robinson from Palo Verde JC, averaging 20 and 25 points per game previously. The Vandals stand 1-7 this season and have not met potential.
Channel 2 ABC lineup lists 7:00 Signs of Lie followed by 7:15 Exercise with Linda and 7:36 Kartoon Korner. Daktar at 0:00 and children’s program at 8:55 precede Virginia Graham at 9:00 and Steve Allen at 10:00 with Galloping Gourmet at 10:39. Evening lineup continues with news, dramas, and game shows through late night. KSPS Channel 7 Educational offers Sesame Street and Electric Company, Mister Rogers, and Salute to Christmas followed by Hollywood Television Theater later in the schedule.
Marriage licenses applied for list couples across Montana Oregon and Washington with dates December 14 to 20. Hospital notes show admissions December 20 and 21, a dismissal December 21, and births on December 28 to Kenneth and wife Gantenbein a girl weighing 5 pounds 4.5 ounces and 18 inches long.
Livestock markets report mixed results with hogs and cows varying regionally. Omaha shows hogs up to 50 higher, cattle and calves largely steady, sheep small supplies. Portland lists cattle and calves steady to higher, hogs strong, sows and feeders mixed, vealers and lambs noted with price ranges.
A State Department spokesman criticizes the release timing of 1 001 Christmas letters from American POWs in Vietnam calling it an obvious tie in. Mrs Cora Weiss responds that gestures by the Vietnamese are rebuffed by the U S government, noting yearly goodwill gestures and U S criticism.
A humorous list imagines Santa bringing political gifts to Idaho leaders and public figures. Items include a tax increase for Andrus, foreign aid reframed for Church, a Spiro Agnew watch for Jordan, an auto insurance bill for Blaine, a draft-card topic for Park, and various symbolic tokens to politicians, officials, and organizations.
Andrus argued for a single, centralized agency to administer environmental programs and coordinated waste treatment. He sent copies of the report to all 105 legislators, stressing the need for cooperative action between the legislative and administrative departments to solve these problems.
The First Presbyterian Church hosts a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 8 p.m. on December 24. Special Christmas music by the Church Choir and carols by the congregation will follow. Family attendance is encouraged and babysitting will be provided.
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