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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1972
Page
5
Hollywood legend Phyllis Diller, 54, says she spent 4000 on plastic surgery after television shock left her worried about her look. The procedure included face lift nose job teeth realignment eyelid tightening and neck and cheek lift. She notes the change aims to keep her relatable to housewives while preserving her stage persona.
Spokane suit accuses Hecla Mining Co directors of gambling with corporate assets by entering into large silver purchase contracts after prices fell. Attorney Thomas Malott seeks examination of affairs and damages exceeding $2 million, plus judgment for the full alleged losses.
New York Irving refuses to provide handwriting samples before a federal grand jury amid IRS tax lien actions against him and his wife Edith and collaborator Richard Suskind. Judge Lasker orders compliance while noting possible contempt risk. The case involves the Hughes autobiography and related financial dealings in Switzerland and Mexico.
The Hughes Airwest strike could end soon as a tentative agreement is put to a ratification vote by mail. If approved and approved by the Federal pay board service will resume to 74 cities across eight western states plus Canada and Mexico. The strike has disrupted Idaho with limited bus and rail options and flights suspended to 74 cities since December 15.
Governor Cecil Andrus urged the EPA to help clean up northern Idaho rivers as a model for the nation. He wrote to EPA head William Ruckelshaus proposing Expo 74 in Spokane as a backdrop to highlight depollution efforts and urged a direct EPA commitment to regionwide pollution-free status.
A 13 year old boy and a 13 year old girl abducted a 70 year old Maryland woman and held her hostage for hours during a 300 mile car ride before surrendering to police in Covington Virginia. The husband was released unharmed four miles from home. The victims were later freed and the youths were to be extradited to Maryland to face kidnapping charges.
Police discovered the decomposed body of six month old Peter Bross four years after his death. The child was kept in a steamer trunk in the Rockford area as the father Everett Bross and his son David Leroy Bross pursued belief in resurrection through prayer. No arrests were made and foul play is not suspected.
Salt Lake County will appeal a federal judge order to remove a Ten Commandments monument in front of the Hall of Justice while Bannock County Idaho keeps its monument in place. County officials vow to pursue trial or appeal as they defend the display citing religious freedom.
Third District Court ordered dismissal of the LSD sale charge against Richard E. Banks of Nampa after a lab analysis contradicted an earlier report from Caldwell Memorial Hospital. A new filing was directed and Banks was released on bond, exonerating prior custody. Deputy prosecutor Kenneth F. White cited differing test results between the Idaho State Health Department lab and the Caldwell lab.
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