Commissioners Reaffirm Stand Against Sandpoint Airport Aid
Bonner County commissioners again refused to accept 50 000 dollars in state aid to extend Sandpoint airport runway despite pleas from the Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce Idaho Department of Aeronautics officials and local citizens. The FAA funding would require a 1800 foot runway addition bringing total to 5000 feet with matching funds and FAA costs covered. opponents cited maintenance costs and local taxpayers' burden while proponents warned the 50 000 dollars would be lost if not used.
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Sandpoint
Moulton
Bonner County
Jack Popplewell
Harold Anselmo
James Brockway
Kerby
State Aeronautics Department
FAA
Sundance
Moulten
Anselmo
Archie Yager
Department of Aeronautic
Yager
Department of Aeronautics
Bonner ‘County
No Bee Monday holiday note in Sandpoint paper
The Sandpoint Daily Bee will not publish Monday February 15 a national and statewide holiday in most states. A 1968 federal law created four universal Monday holidays and George Washington's birthday Columbus Day Veterans Day and Memorial Day have been rescheduled to Monday.
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Sandpoint Daily Bee
George Washington
McClure Attacks Military Hospitals Over Abortions
Representative James A. McClure criticized military hospitals on Wednesday for performing abortions in violation of state laws. He opposed a new Pentagon policy allowing abortions for service members and dependents, and announced plans to introduce a bill outlawing such practices, arguing Federal rules should not override state criminal laws.
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James A. McClure
McClure
Pentagon
Defense Department
J C Penney Dies in New York at 95
James Cash Penney founder of the J C Penney Stores died at Harkness Pavilion after a fall on December 26 and a heart attack. He was 95.
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New York
UPID
James Cash Penney
J. C. Penney
Harkness Pavilion
Penney
Pend Oreille Hospital Board Election Final Results
Final official counts show Frank Evans winning the trustees seat with 76 votes, over Sandpoint physician Fred Marienau by 10. Helen Newton secured 79 votes and Jim Judge led with 92 votes as the other two members. The district, formed two years ago, oversees Bonner General Hospital which continues operating 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 to Idaho Lands Panel
House Majority Leader 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 on legality and cites a 1969 amendment making the panel non partisan.
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Boe
UPI
House
Terry Crapo
Idaho Falls
Cecil D. Andrus
Crapo
Andrus
Lewiston
Libby Man Darrell Reams Dead After Roadside Heart Attack
Libby Montana man Darrell Reams died on arrival at Bonner General Hospital after an emergency transfer from north of Colburn. State trooper Harold Meyers reported a citizen alerted authorities around 9:40 a.m. and the victim received aid en route before the attending physician pronounced him dead.
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Libby
Montana
Darrell Reams
Bonner General Hospital
Colburn
Harold Meyers
Meyers
Reams
Myers
Fred Marienau
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J. C. Penny
Ner County
Chester Schilling
Larry Davis
Dick Gance
Boise
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