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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1970
Page
2
Daily newspaper notice page from Sandpoint Idaho 1970 with legal notice publication schedule and contact details for Pend Oreille Printers Inc. listing address and publisher Pete Thompson.
Senate Judiciary Committee sent G Harrold Carswell's nomination to the floor on a 13 to 4 vote amid planned use of a Voting Rights Extension bill to delay. Debate could begin Feb 27, while March 2 sees the voting rights bill action, with ongoing opposition from Sen Birch Bayh and NAACP criticism of Carswell's civil rights record.
New York UPI reports negotiations continue over Jackie Gleason's CBS contract for next year with a tossup on a weekly Miami Beach show. Michael H. Dann says Gleason may appear in spot programs if the weekly extravaganza ends, while Gleason counters that the claim of his firing was misquote.
The Smothers brothers, fired by CBS last year, appear on NBC in a one hour musical comedy special. It marks a comeback on their own terms, retaining the irreverent humor that pleased fans and provoked detractors. Bob Hope’s hour special is referenced as a comparison.
The article notes the Smothers brothers opened with a strong lead in a show that mocked Nixon and Agnew, briefly revealed irreverence after Steve Hope left, included a seériocomic gallery with historic figures, and cut Pat Paulsen as Abe Lincoln, signaling worry yet noting the act’s return.
Washington guests for an Andrew Wyeth dinner include artists and patrons only. No politicians, congressmen, or senators were invited to the White House event.
Allied sources report Cambodia moving antiaircraft guns up to the border north of Loc Ninh to engage U S planes. U S strikes were planned for Monday night near the border as Cambodian crews lack radar. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses were reported in multiple ground actions with one U S fatality. B 52 raids pounded guerrilla positions within striking distance of Cambodia.
Mr and Mrs David Ebbett announce the birth of their son Mark David on February 7 at Kootena Memorial Hospital Coeur d Alene. The baby weighs 9 pounds 3 ounces and joins grandparents Wayne Ebbett Sandpoint and Jim Berry Coeur d Alene, with great grandparents V Nilsby Kay DeRosia Seattle and great great grandmother Mary Abromeit Sandpoint.
Multiple notices list events on February 17 to 21 including a Birthday Dinner at the Masonic Temple for Eastern Star and Mason members, a Boss of the Year and Distinguished Service Award banquet by the Sandpoint Jaycees, a Pend Oreille Rock and Gem Club meeting with a show in Spokane, an Eagles Lodge Old Timers Night with pins and a visiting state president, a VFW Past Presidents Club meeting, a Newcomers card party at the Community Hall, and a Western-style social hour requiring cookies and a deck of cards for attendees.
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