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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1971
Page
2
The Sandpoint Daily Bee, January 15 1971 edition, published Monday to Friday by Pend Oreille Writters, lists legally notices to be published Tuesdays each week. Subscription rates shown and contact details given for Idaho readers.
Editorial notes that mercury contaminated fish in the Snake River demonstrates local pollution. It urges broad support for antipollution laws at local, state, and national levels to prevent further environmental harm.
Idaho House Committee on Local Government approved a bill allowing cities to adopt uniform ordinances by reference, potentially saving municipalities thousands of dollars by using statewide codes such as motor vehicle and liquor laws. The panel also moved bills on annexation notices within 10 days, temporary housing for minor children, a one mill levy, and plats vacating.
Moscow reports Lunokhod 1 completed a 600 yard lunar traverse then paused during the two week lunar noon. Ground control notes the high sun reduces television contrast and complicates navigation while Lunokhod has covered about 3205 yards overall.
Moscow reports Russia expects passenger aircraft by 2000 to be ultra fast and computer controlled. It will travel anywhere in two hours, according to Tass quoted engineers including Alexei Tupolev.
Local VFW basketball game scheduled for tonight has been canceled. No reschedule information provided.
Senator Stuart Symington urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to hasten rate hearings and authorize fare increases to prevent a potential airline collapse. He compared airline distress to the Penn Central bailout and cited rising costs and a recession as factors, insisting CAB fare increases are essential to cover growing expenses.
President Nixon said he disliked the unusual cold and rain at La Casa Pacifica during a San Clemente visit. He noted California had not seen such weather since 1913 and hinted at a Florida trip soon, denying attendance at the Miami Super Bowl despite ally Bebe Rebozo's efforts to secure seats.
President Nixon described applause as signaling listening not agreement during a 22 minute talk at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Cornhuskers Coliseum where the audience clapped once. He predicted more interruptions at next week's State of the Union to Congress saying they will not carry meaning.
A WWII artillery shell embedded in peat used as fuel exploded at the Kirovsk thermoelectric station in the Leningrad area, killing four workers. The peat came from a battle zone, per Soviet skya Rossiya. The piece also covers Idaho ambulance training and road safety notes from local officials.
The Republican National Committee plans to name two cochairmen to support Sen. Robert J. Dole as national chair. Thomas B. Evans Jr. and Mrs. Tobin Armstrong would share the post, with Evans handling daily operations at headquarters. Nixon urged the move during a conference call as Dole was chosen to lead.
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