Five Charged After Sandpoint Drug Raid
Five people arrested in a Sandpoint drug raid face charges from City Attorney Roger Hanlon. Cinde S Lunde and Doris M Holland are charged with possession with intent to deliver a felony carrying up to life or a 25000 fine. Susan D Ernst Gary N Randles and Timothy D Austin are charged with frequenting a place knowing controlled substances are held there. Confiscated were 12 ounces of marijuana and assorted pills sent to Coeur d Alene for testing with results pending.
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Roger Hanlon
Cinde S. Lunde
Doris M. Holland
South Third
Apt. 4
Susan D. Ernst
Gary N. Randles
Timothy D Austin
Priest River
Coeur d'‘Alene
Hanlon
Andrus Seeks Three Month Delay on Phosphate Study
Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus asks Interior Secretary Kleppe and task force head Schneider for a three month pause in completing a federal study of proposed phosphate mining in southeast Idaho to allow state agencies time to comment. Agencies say comments could extend into January to March 1 while eight firms plan 16 new mines on 121000 acres and four processing plants near Soda Springs.
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Schneider
Andrus
Kleppe
Idaho
Soda Springs
Idaho Tax Cut Urged by Idaho Falls Lawmaker
Idaho Republican Len Dane Watkins proposes a bill to cut the sales tax from 3 percent to 2.5 percent in the upcoming legislative session in Boise. He argues surpluses in the general fund justify tax relief, estimating about 13 million dollars could be returned to taxpayers and noting citizens have paid excess taxes during the last two surplus years.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
UPI
Len Dane Watkins
Watkins
Boise
State Board Lifts Moratorium on State Land Sales
The State Land Board ends the two year moratorium allowing land sales without formal applications under the Inventory and Classification program. Interest statements should include name, address, legal description, and desired sale year. forestry and recreation lands are excluded. Contact the Pend Oreille Lake Area Office in Sandpoint. The 1976 land sale plan goes to the State Land Board for approval in early February 1976.
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State Land Board
Idaho Department of Lands
Department
Pend Oreille Lake Area
Fear of Cancer Grips Americans Says Med Editor
Dr. F J Ingelfinger of Boston University and the New England Journal of Medicine says cancer phobia is a social problem. He argues fear prompts many to seek advice for possible cancer but avoid discussing anxiety with doctors.
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AL Rossiter JR
UPI
Washington
New England Journal of Medicine
F.J Ingelfinger
Boston University School of Medicine
Ingelfinger
American Cancer’ Society
Weather outlook for North Idaho rains and snows through Saturday
Periods of rain or snow continue in North Idaho with tonight's lows in the 30s. Saturday highs reach the mid 30s to mid 40s as unsettled conditions persist.
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Idaho
Snow Falls at Schweitzer Basin With Early Winter Lift
Schweitzer Basin reports six inches of new snow with more falling at 29 degrees at 10 am. Wet heavy snow at the lodge contrasts with drier snow higher up building fast for holiday skiers. Rain totals in Sandpoint exceed three inches in December as weather records show.
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Schweitzer
Schweitzer Basin
Sam Wormington
Wormington
Sandpoint
Walt Williams
Bypass plan kept on hold by depot historic listing
Federal responses to Sen Frank Church note that National Register listing does not bar federal highway projects though removing the depot from the list would not hasten planning. The Burlington Northern Depot, listed July 1973, continues to influence the planned US 45 bypass through Sandpoint with a revised EIS due next spring.
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Frank Church
Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce
Federal Highway Administration
J. R. Coupal Jr
Sea Church
Burlington Northern
Karl Midkiff
Sen
Sea Hurd
National Park Service
Bonner County Ihistorical Society
National Parks Service
Natonal
Merle Harding
Coeur d'Alene
Coupal
Boise hearing voices rancher worries over lease tenure
Idaho hearings on state land leasing reveal ranchers cannot risk investments on 10 year leases due to potential loss or bid at term end. Lt Gov Evans notes universal concern and a subcommittee plans policy recommendations. Some favor land exchanges for better management while the scattered 4000 parcels complicate oversight.
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Robert Henderlider
Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Cattlemen’s Association
Idaho
Panhandle Area Council allocates funds for senior services
The Panhandle Area Council on Aging approved 1976 budgets totaling 87 000 for five northern counties Bonner Boundary Benewah Kootenai and Shoshone to fund Information and Referral Outreach Transportation and Nutrition programs. Officials led by Lorenzo L Driggs presented at a public hearing detailing targets to serve thousands of elderly with tens of thousands of service units by year end 1976.
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Panhandle Area
PACOA
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Hope
Idaho Environmental and Planning
State Board
Strong
Snow-Schweitzer
Evans
Senior Citizen Services
Bonner County
Boundary County
Benewah
Kootenai
Shoshone
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