Community meeting notices and schedules for January events
Sandpoint seniors and veterans publish January gatherings including The Golden Eagles Dance at Eagles Lodge January 4 with refreshments. Sandpoint Chapter 1333 AARP meets January 2 at Community Hall for pot luck at 12 30 then meeting at 1 30 followed by a 1964 reunion at Dick Curtis home December 27. National Service officers visit January 25 at Community Hall to assist veterans. DAV and Auxiliary skip Jan 4 with a special Jan 25 meeting. Westside Fire Dist. meets January 8 at Dover Community Hall.
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Eagles Lodge
Aux
Sandpoint
American Association of Retired Persons
Dick Curtis
W. Spruce
National Service
Ray Borders
Steve Clements
DAV
Auxiliary
Westside Fire Dist
Dover Community Hall
Nile Club Luncheon Hosts Gift Exchange for Shrine Hospital
The Panhandle Nile Club met at the Masonic Temple at noon on December 20 with hostesses Mrs. Donald Diehl Mrs. Donald Baldwin and Mrs. Edward T Eitzman. Members exchanged gifts and prepared twenty two stuffed animals teddy bears pandas and dogs for Spokane Shrine Hospital to be delivered before Christmas.
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Panhandle Nile Club
Masonic Temple
Donald Diehl
Donald Baldwin
Edward T. Eitzman
Shrine Hospital
Spokane
Thought Free Cancer Virus Found In Mice
A UC researcher reports a Swiss mouse strain contains cancer viruses thought absent. The study shows leukemia viruses grow only when transplanted into other animals, not in mice, supporting a theory that heredity carries cancer viruses with a protective suppression mechanism.
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San Francisco
UPD
University of California
Jay A. Levy
Uc’s Cancer Research Institute
Robert J. Huebner
National Cancer Institute
Idaho State Treasury seeks county input on time deposit law
State Treasurer Marjorie Ruth Moon has sent questionnaires to Idaho's 44 county treasurers asking for advice on amending the 1973 time deposit law. She described the law as cumbersome for setting interest rates and expects a bill in the next session to correct it.
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Boise
UPI
Marjorie Ruth Moon
Idaho
Miss Moon
Pep Club Receives Record $400 Share From Chuck Wagon
Patricia Davis notes this fall’s Pep Club take from the Chuck Wagon concession at Sandpoint High School football games is the largest amount yet. The Lions Club runs the concession at most games and Pep Club money typically totals about $300. The funds will fund school spirit efforts, signs for teams, and the Senior Tea for seniors and parents, with plans for additional projects.
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Patricia Davis
Lions Club
Pep Club
Lions
Sandpoint
Miss Davis
Patricia
Sandpoint High School
School Budgets Won’t Be Cut After Funds Release
HEW under secretary Frank C. Carlucci said the release of $1.5 billion in impounded 1973 funds will not trigger compensating cutbacks or punitive actions in the President’s budget. The money supports education for the handicapped and needy children, alcoholism services, and biomedical research, though nearly $200 million’s authority remains questionable.
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Washington
UPI
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Frank C. Carlucci
HEW
Nixon
Congress
Carlucci
DECS Blames Short Staff For Boise Neglect Case
DECS officials blamed a small overburdened staff for not reacting to a Boise child neglect case. Region Four director Ron Paulsen said the first call reached in June but no action occurred until neighbors alerted the governor's house two weeks earlier. Three children aged 18 months 4 years and 22 years were removed and placed in foster care.
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Boise
UPI
Department of Environmental and Community Services
DEC
Region Four Services
Ron Paulsen
Paulsen
DECS
Justice Department Sues Nevada Over Job Discrimination Laws
The Civil Rights Division filed a civil suit in Reno federal court accusing Nevada of enforcing laws that cap women to eight hours per day and six days per week. The suit cites the 1964 Civil Rights Act and seeks a declaration that the statutes violate federal law and are invalid. Pottinger noted a review of similar laws in other states and that the Nevada legislature does not meet again until 1975.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Department
Nevada
Reno
Pottinger
Civil Rights Division
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Nile Club
Cheryl
Jeannie Lachnit Slanager
Claral Gabe Award
Cheryl Pedersen
Short Staff
Daily Bee
Thurs
Miller Photo
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