Midwest Storm Paralyzes Regions Halts Travel and Dispatches Deaths
A major snowstorm blankets the Midwest and Great Lakes as blizzard conditions close schools and airports. Dozens of cities report stranded travelers and accidents. at least one carbon monoxide death is tied to snowplow crews while tornadoes and severe weather strike Arkansas and Texas.
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United Press International
University of Nebraska
Miami
Midwest
Reno
Nev
Cotulla
Texas
Kansas
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Colorado Rockies
Illnois
Dane County
Wis
Douglas County
Neb
Chicago
O’hare International Airport
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Omaha
Donald Shoemaker
Interstate 80
Lincoln
Nebraska
South
Arkansas
Hollywood
Oklahoma Panhandle
Los Angeles
Weather Outlook for Sandpoint in Cold Spell
Sandpoint shows variable clouds and continued cold with a few snow flurries. Snow chances fall to about 40 percent tonight and Tuesday, with highs near 15 and lows around 0 to 15. From Wednesday to Friday expect scattered flurries, highs 15 to 25 and lows 0 to 15.
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Northern Idaho
Andrus Becomes Idaho Governor in 1971 Inauguration
Cecil D. Andrus was sworn in as Idaho’s 25th governor, urging a grand alliance against social ills and proposing a decade of rebirth. He highlighted mismanagement, poverty, education, and unemployment as enemies and urged unity to improve the state’s quality of life.
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Boise
UPD
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho
Young of
America
Andrus
Henry F. McQuade
Idaho Supreme Court
McQuade
Joseph McFadden
Supreme Court
Charles Gossett
Gossett
United States
Arnold Williams
Samuelson
Don W. Samuelson
Statehouse
Capitol Boulevard
Jefferson Street
Capitol
National Guard
Frank Church
Len Jordan
Boise State College
Boise High School
Sandpoint Reports 1970 Building Permit Records
Sandpoint city records show 1970 setting all time highs for building permits in residences commercial buildings and additions. Total permit value reached 982340 with 28 residential 5 commercial and 16 additions, aided by FHA funding and investment money into housing.
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Sandpoint City
Art Chubb
Sandpoint
Chubb
Wayne Goin
Big Bowl Today Schweffmer Basin Weather Update
Temperature reads 10 degrees at 7 30 a m with high overcast. Skiing is excellent. Two chairlifts and one T bar are operating. The area remains open daily.
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Schweffmer
Holiday Toll Nears 500 After New Year Holiday
United Press International reports highway fatalities mounted after the New Year weekend. A blizzard hit the Upper Midwest as weather delayed the final toll. 471 total holiday deaths were tallied including 403 in traffic and 39 fires. Texas led with 53 traffic deaths. California 38. New York and Indiana 23. Illinois and Michigan 20 each. Several states and D C reported no holiday traffic deaths.
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United Press
Council
Midwest
United Press International
Texas
California
New York
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Alaska
Delaware
Idaho
Maine
Montana
North Dakota
Vermont
District of Columbia
Brockway to Attend Ten Northern Idaho Counties Meet
James Brockway Bonner County Commissioner will attend a meeting of the Ten Northern Idaho Counties Commissioners Association in Moscow on January 7. He received notice from Gerald Engle president of the association. The group backs land law review reforms including multiple use of public lands and payment in lieu of tax.
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James Brockway
Bonner County
Northern Idaho Counties Commissioners’ Association
Moscow
Brockway
Gerald Engle
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Bobby” Jackson
H & R Block Company
N. Second Street
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Josephine McQuire
Bee Photo
Mra
Wayne Hook
Toys For Tots Center
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