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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1973
Page
1
The Lake Pend Oreille fleet returns to the water as the Navy launches a barge on the lake. The event signals renewed activity for the naval unit and its mission on the calm waters.
Spokane Police and Spokane County Sheriff’s officers destroyed narcotics worth over 60 thousand dollars in the Public Safety Building incinerator. The seized drugs from 1972 include hundreds of pounds of marijuana amphetamine LSD and paraphernalia such as pipes needles and spoons.
Sandpoint reports considerable cloudiness and continued cold through Saturday with occasional snow. Winds are light as a 40 percent chance of snow tonight and 30 percent Saturday. highs near 20 and a low around 5.
United Press International reports Schweitzer Basin in Sandpoint Idaho has one half inch new snow with skiing very good and six chairlifts and one T bar operating daily. Mt Spokane shows four inches new snow and skiing very good with two chairlifts and one rope tow today, plus three chairs and three ropetows running Saturday and Sunday, open seven days and nights weekly.
A Burlington Northern tank car carrying the grain fumigant Telone burst near Heron Montana spilling about 15 000 gallons. Most leaked onto frozen ground away from the Clark Fork River and remaining 5 000 gallons were to be transferred under Dow Chemical supervision. Officials from BN Montana and federal environmental agencies monitored the scene.
Idaho State Auditor Joe Williams says a proposed bi monthly payroll change is delayed, pending legislation and education, plus new equipment installation in the treasurer’s office. Treasurer Moon plans equipment ready by Jan 25. employees express concerns about monthly pay contracts and lending costs.
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