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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1975
Page
3
Jerome woman Marian Slape offered 1000 dollars to prove Jesus birth date. Nationwide calls from Tennessee Illinois and Pennsylvania praised her idea but no scripture supports a Dec 25 date. She plans to keep the offer until proof exists.
Four snowmobilers from Twin Falls and Filer spent a cold night in the hills south of Twin Falls. They were found Saturday afternoon by searchers after drifting fuel and marking an SOS in the snow.
In Rathdrum Idaho a zoning panel urged a halt to home building until a study quantifies septic seepage into a 25 mile aquifer supplying Coeur d Alene Spokane and other northern cities. County official Frymire notes 40 homes under way on septic systems but halt hinges on proving a health danger, which may come too late.
A 27 member climbing party led by 67 year old Paul Petzoldt presses toward Grand Teton’s timberline during the second day of a bid to reach the peak by New Year’s Day. Petzoldt notes avalanche danger but emphasizes caution and learning.
The United Methodist Women will gather Thursday January 8 at 7 30 p m in the church Fellowship Hall. Rev Harold Huff will present the program with Helen Williams and Nikki Tifft as co hosts. The Sandpoint Civic Club holds its regular monthly meeting Monday January 5 at 1 30 p m at the Community Hall. Attendees are asked to bring an antique for Show and Tell.
Minidoka County Assessor Scott Irwin gathered hundreds of 13 cent stamps in anticipation of a rate hike to 13 cents. A court injunction blocked the increase, leaving first class mail at 10 cents. The county commission stored the stamps for a future rate change and advised ordering a few hundred 10 cent stamps for now.
On behalf of our beloved husband and father who passed away Dec 22 we express our appreciation to Doctors Jas C Jay and John W Smith the staff of Bonner General Hospital and our many friends Martha Hodgkins Van and Margie Schoell.
Washington state troopers said Rose A Rouse 51 of Airway Heights was found dead in her car after it ran off Dover road near Airway Heights. The vehicle struck a barb wire fence and the death is under autopsy to determine cause.
A 300000 acre desert land conversion plan for southern Idaho over seven years would release 2000 acres annually for private entry and farming. The study covers the lower Snake River Basin from Burley west to the Oregon border, involving a dozen counties and 40 percent of the state's population, and probes social economic and environmental impacts with five alternatives to the proposed 20000 acre yearly release.
A two story Boise house suffered heavy damage after a hot pipe from a coal burning stove fell and was discarded by Linda Jordan. Officials say heat could have ignited a jacket wrapped around the pipe and paint supplies near the stove may have aided spread. No injuries were reported and damage cost is undetermined.
Idaho Press Club plans its annual gridiron party at Boise Downtown Ramada Inn on New Years Eve starting 8 30 pm public admission ten dollars per couple. Gov Cecil D Andrus and Idaho officials invited with Boise Nampa and Caldwell mayors expected. Hank House Orchestra to provide music until about team Thursday. A roast satiric skit on last year’s political events to begin at 10 30 pm.
The article notes Skylab astronauts lengthened up to an inch and three quarters in weightlessness as spinal discs expand. It argues gravity shapes form and function from infancy to old age and promotes periodic chiropractic spinal exams to prevent deviation and back pain.
Idaho Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling dismissing medical malpractice suit by Rose Mary and Thomas Stoner against Dr Taylor H Carr and Sacred Heart Hospital after finding complaint filed outside the one year statute of limitations. Case involves Community Hospital of Idaho Falls, Inc. and Jane Doe.
Idaho highways report wet conditions with lower elevations seeing rain while higher routes are snow covered. Chains advised on several passes and icy patches noted on routes including IS 95 IS 10 US 93 SH 21 SH 51 and US 20 26.
Jerome police seek motive after a truck bombing seriously injures Robert Buz Miller. State arson and bomb inspectors say the blast was a large charge. Miller remained in serious, stable condition. Investigators used chemical fire retardants obscuring powder odor and consulted a Treasury bomb investigator from Salt Lake City.
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