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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1973
Page
4
Jim Demers earned the high single line gross with 296 while Hudson Nie man posted the high three line gross at 654 in the weekly prize roundup.
ALBUQUERQUE UPI The Gallup McKinley County School Board must file a plan within 120 days to end discrimination against Indian students. A federal judge found inequities in per pupil expenditures and misused federal funds from Johnson O Malley and other programs. The ruling dismissed charges against several state and federal officials and noted poorer rural schools lagged in facilities compared with Gallup.
Washington reports the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration awards Idaho Department of Correction $250,000 to build a modern penal complex with a medical dental clinic and a multi purpose building. Rep. Orval Hansen notes the LEAA balance of $500,000, matched by $250,000 state funds and $84,500 1972 funds. A second $250,000 planning grant was approved for the Idaho Law Enforcement Planning Commission to improve elements of the criminal justice system.
A highway crash three miles west of Nampa killed Paul Adamson 55 and Harold Allee 22, both from Nampa, and Jesus Rojas 27 of Caldwell. Rojas wife Maria remained in critical condition at St Alphone hospital in Boise after the two-vehicle collision on Highway 30. Rojas vehicle reportedly struck the Nampa men’s car broadside.
A stable fire at El Comandante in San Juan killed 38 racehorses and two ponies, with witnesses citing multiple explosions. Arson is suspected as the cause amid a recent strike by the Jockeys Association. The loss is estimated at $500,000 and the owner reports no insurance.
Salmon Idaho. Mayor William Cannon urges restoration of city police courts. He notes annual police court fines once yielded about $10 000. In 1971 magistrate court returned $4 800 and in 1972 only $2 031. He blames judges for not imposing fines and links this to higher accident death rates in Idaho.
Idaho road conditions report lists icy spots and snow floor on major routes from U.S. 55 to U.S. 93 including U.S. 12 Idaho Falls to Kooskia and Interstate 90 Lookout Pass. Several hills and passes show broken snow, fog, or chains advised as weather affects travel in the state.
Idaho Panhandle Council announces a wide range of summer programs for 1973 Scouts. Camp Easton runs July 8 to August 18 on Lake Coeur d Alene, with Jamboree West at Moraines State Park in August. Other high adventure options include Philmont, Northern Wisconsin Canoe Base, Summers Wilderness Canoe Base, and Maine National High Adventure Area.
A Soviet Tupolev 154 with 84 aboard crashed at Prague airport and caught fire. Western officials say 15 passengers survived along with most of the crew except one stewardess. Czech officials imposed a news blackout and offered no comment. Witnesses say the plane split into three parts and debris covered about 400 yards. The airliner was en route from Moscow to Prague.
Benjamin Spock, doctor and former presidential candidate, says his party may have lost the 1972 election but is gaining new support. He notes Nixon’s landslide victory hides his unpopularity and predicts voters drifting from the Democrats toward the Peace and Freedom line as the Democrats move right.
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