Sandpoint Airport Plan Pushed By State Officials And Local Leaders
Idaho Department of Aeronautics officials urged Bonner County to use 50,000 in state matching funds to extend Sandpoint airport runway to 5,000 feet. County commissioners defended their 1969 levy plan but faced local petition pressure to reject the project. The dispute centers on funding, maintenance costs, and FAA requirements amid calls to preserve a deadline to secure the state funds.
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Sandpoint
Moulton
Bonner County
Jack Popplewell
Harold Anselmo
James Brockway
Herby
State Aeronautics Department
FAA
Sundance
Moulten
Anselmo
Department of Aeronautic
Yager
Department of Aeronautics
Bonner ‘County
No Bee Monday holiday notice
The Sandpoint Daily Bee will not publish Monday February fifteenth as it is declared a national holiday and statewide in most states. A 1968 federal law sets four Monday holidays nationwide including Washington's Birthday Columbus Day Veterans Day and Memorial Day.
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Sandpoint Daily Bee
George Washington
McClure Attacks GI Hospitals Over Abortions Policy
Representative James A. McClure criticized military hospitals on Wednesday for performing abortions in violation of state laws. He opposes a Pentagon policy allowing abortions for service members and dependents and will introduce a bill to outlaw such practices.
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James A. McClure
McClure
Pentagon
Defense Department
J C Penney Dies at 95 in New York Hospital
James Cash Penney founder of the J C Penney Stores died in New York at Harkness Pavilion. He was 95 after a fall on December 26 and a subsequent heart attack the previous night.
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New York
UPI
James Cash Penney
J. C. Penney
Harkness Pavilion
Penney
Pend Oreille Hospital District elects four trustees
Final official results show Frank Evans winning a board seat with 76 votes, 10 more than rival Fred Marienau. Helen Newton gains 79 votes and Jim Judge leads with 92. The district formed two years ago while Bonner General Hospital remains in operation as a general hospital.
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Board of Trustees
Pend Oreille Hospital
Sandpoint
Fred Marienau
Frank Evans
Evans
Marienau
Helen Newton
Jim Judge
Bonner General Hospital
Andrus Accused of Partisan Naming of Idaho Land Commission
Idaho Falls politician Terry Crapo accused Gov. Cecil D. Andrus of breaking the law by naming nine Democrats to the Idaho Commission on Federal Land Laws. Crapo seeks an attorney general ruling, noting a 1969 amendment making the panel nonpartisan and criticizing Andrus for a political maneuver. Seven of the nine appointees are state senators who opposed a pending bill to revise the commission.
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Lewiston
Crapo
Andrus
House
Libby Man Darrell Reams Dies in Transit
Darrell Reams of Libby Montana died on arrival at Bonner General Hospital after a heart attack observation while being transported from north of Colburn by State Trooper Harold Meyers and an ambulance crew. The rescue attempt included mouth to mouth resuscitation en route but the physician pronounced death on arrival.
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Libby
Montana
Darrell Reams
Bonner General Hospital
Colburn
Harold Meyers
Meyers
Reams
Myers
Fred Marienau
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Commissioners
J. C. Penny
Ner County
Chester Schilling
Larry Davis
Dick Gance
Boise
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