Sandpoint Daily publication and contact details
Sandpoint Daily published Monday through Friday by Pend Oreille Printers Inc at 310 Church Street Sandpoint Idaho 83864. Subscription rates are 2 50 per month to any point in the United States Home delivery 250 per month Phone 263 5151 mailing address P O Box 579 Incorporating United Press International and other local news sources Pete Thompson publisher Bill Stewart editor.
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Pend Oreille Printers, Inc
Church Street
Sandpoint
Idaho
United States
P.O
United Press International
Idaho Eyes Land Use Planning in Next Legislature
Governor Andrus pushes for regional impact reviews and local subdivision control as part of a broader land use plan. The Idaho movement seeks repeal of planning laws, but the Idaho Tomorrow program shows public support for protecting quality of life through planning despite opposition.
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Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho
Social Security Tax Hike Affects Millions Next Year
The article notes a 5.85 percent Social Security payroll tax for earnings above $14,100, extended to all earnings up to $15,300 in 1976 with $895.05 due per worker and equal employer contributions. It compares past and future bases and mentions potential Congress action to adjust benefits with rising costs.
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Social Security Fund
Congress
Eugene Register-Guard
Wheat Growers Push for Higher 1976 Price Support
Jerry Rees of the National Association of Wheat Growers says the group will urge the administration to raise the 1976 wheat price support to about 50 percent of parity, around $2.34 a bushel, up from $1.37 for 1975, to aid orderly marketing but avoid excess production. The NAWG plans to press at its Jan. 18-22 convention in Billings Montana as officials weigh whether to set the loan rate at the target price or near parity.
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Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
Jerry Rees
National Association of Wheat Growers
NAWG
Billings
Mont
Rericatturs Department
Rees
Administration
Ford Names Woman Ambassador To Britain
President Ford selects Anne L. Armstrong a former White House counselor and Republican official to be the U S ambassador to Great Britain. If confirmed she would be the first woman in the post, succeeding Elliot L Richardson who returns as secretary of Commerce.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Anne L. Armstrong
White House
Republican Party
U.S
Great Britain
Senate
Armstrong
Court of St. James
Elliot L. Richardson
Richard M
Nixon
Defense
Sign Post A Disaster In Boise Water Tank Overflows
A road crew in Boise pounded a steel sign post into the ground and severed a telephone line and a water pressure cable. The Boise Water Corp. reservoir overflowed as city county dispatchers switched to walkie talkies for about two hours to communicate with police and Ada County deputies.
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Boise
UPI
Ada County Sheriff's
Boise Water Corp
Harris Sue Over SLA Publicity Leaks
Harris and Emily Harris, linked to Patricia Hearst, sue federal and local officials for 30 million alleging a propaganda campaign and leaks to prejudice jurors. They cite 11 state charges from a 1974 SLA crime spree and say trials are to start soon, with Hearst delayed to San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Harrises
Miss Hearst
Corps To Study Goose Flats Project At Omak Lake
NESPELEM Washington UPI The U S Army Corps was approved to conduct a feasibility study on an 860 million Goose Flats Project to turn Omak Lake into an 18000 acre reservoir that could yield two million kilowatts. The Colville Indian Tribe owns the lake and would share power revenue if built.
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Goose Flats
Okanogan
Rufus Woods Lake
Lake Roosevelt
Grand Coulee Dam
Contractors Overcharge Government 1.1 Billion, GAO Finds
The GAO reports defense and space contractors overcharged the U S government 1.1 billion over 25 years ending June 30 1974. 526 contractors had 4 572 excess profit instances averaging 270 000 each. Most firms earned under 10 million annually and did business mainly with the government.
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Washington
UPI
General Accounting Office
GAO
Albion man tossed from pickup in Highway 27 crash
Warden Goodman 22 of Albion escaped serious injury after his pickup rolled 1.5 times and pinned him briefly Sunday near Albion. Deputies say he tried to pass another vehicle and veered left into a borrow pit then swung across the road. His brother Burt and two others lifted the truck off his legs. He was treated and released from Cassia Memorial Hospital.
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Albion
Idaho
UPI
Warden Goodman
Cassia Memorial Hospital
Cassia County
Goodman
Borrow
Pie in the Face Brings Charges in Jaycee Meeting
Ellensburg Washington UPI Jerry Tucker a Jaycee president filed charges of disorderly conduct against Ronald L McGuffin after he was struck in the face with a lemon meringue pie during a statewide Jaycee meeting. McGuffin said two men hired him for twenty dollars and fled as police stopped his escape.
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Ellensburg
Wash
UPI
Washington State Jaycees
Jerry Tucker
Edmonds
Ronald L. McGuffin
McGuffin
Tucker
Jaycee
Stolen Flag Recovered for Grieving Father in Idaho
Scotty Main of Coeur d'Alene, whose son Tom died in an auto crash, had donated the flag that draped his son's coffin to an American Legion post. The flag was stolen but Joe Bardin Jr. tracked down youths from Washington and returned the flag, restoring the grieving father's cherished memento.
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Coeur D’alene
Idaho
UPI
Scotty Main
Main
American’ Legion
Tom
Scotty
Coeur d’Alene Press
Joe Bardin, Jr
Washington
Teamsters Seek Near Ten Dollar Hour Wage in 1976 Talks
The Teamsters join other unions in bargaining a new three year national freight agreement covering 450 000 truckers as current wages sit around 7 11 an hour. They seek a 1 per hour raise in year one and 75 cent hikes in years two and three plus an unlimited cost of living escalator. William G McIntyre of Trucking Employers Inc calls the demands excessive given economic conditions. Frank Fitzsimmons voices optimism.
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Washington
UPI
Teamsters
William G. McIntyre
Trucking Employers Inc
Frank Fitzsimmons
Snow and Ice Closes Idaho Highways Across State
Idaho highways are covered by snow and ice with chains advised on mountain passes. Reports from the state transportation and law enforcement agencies detail icy spots and snow drifts on major routes including U.S. 95 from Mesa Hill to New Meadows, Interstate 90 sections, U.S. 2 and U.S. 30 corridors, and several state routes from Boise to Idaho Falls.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
State Departments of Transportation and Law Enforcement
U.S. 95
Mesa Hill
New Meadows
Whitebird Hill
Culdesac Hill
Moscow
Bonners Ferry
Horseshoe Bend
Banks Canyon
Round Valley
U. S. 19
Lookout Pass
U. S. 12
Orofino
Kooskia
Lolo Pass
Idaho City
Lowman
Jerome
Burley
Cotterell
Utah Line
U. S
Carey
Idaho Falls
Twin Falls
Shoshone
Hailey
Lost Trail Pass
Grasmere
Nevada Line
Raft River
Pocatello
Dubois
Monida Pass
West Yellowstone
McCammon
Wyoming Line
Woman Held In Shooting At Newport Hospital
Stella West, 65, was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a shooting that left a 70-year-old priest River man with a .22 caliber gunshot wound. The victim, Mr Arthur West of HooDoo Valley Rd, was treated at a Newport physician then moved to Newport Community Hospital. Bond for West has not been set.
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Priest Riverman
Newport Community Hospital
Banner, County Sheriff's Office
Stella West
Arthur West
HooDoo Valley Rd
Newport
Bond
Burglary and Arson Suspect Sentenced in District Court
Edward L. Driscoll, 29, was given concurrent terms of 13 years for first degree burglary and 4 years for third degree arson in district court. The crimes involved break ins at the Chateau and other sites, with about $2000 and two pistols taken. The auto arson case centered on a fire October 14 off Baldy Road.
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Edward L. Driscoll
First District
Driscoll
Sandpoint
Chateau
Trails End
Arrow Tie Mill
Baldy
Denise D. Ziperer
S. Euclid
Terry M. Poelstra
Box 89
Cocclalla
Ziperer
Pollstra
Break in door window reported at Marion residence
Vonne Kay Kindel of 516 S Marion reports a door window broken while she was shopping. No interior item was disturbed. About 100 damage to a General Telephone truck downtown after a hit and run incident last Friday. Ken Pratt of 329 St Clair reports a CB radio valued at 160 stolen from his car parked at Schweitzer.
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Vonne Kay Kindel
S. Marion
Ken Pratt
St. Clair
Schweitzer
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