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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1973
Page
5
Commerce Department estimates real growth near tripling in 1972 from 1971 with GNP at 1,152.1 billion. Stein calls 1972 a remarkably good year as inflation stays low and fourth quarter growth surges, signaling possible stronger expansion in 1973.
Thousands pour into Washington for Nixon second inauguration with festive displays and Nixon pins. Antiwar protests loom as 2,000 soldiers stand by and Rep. Bella Abzug leads precursor protests. Events include Smithsonian reception for Agnew, Kennedy Center salutes, and concerts by Bernstein.
City Council introduces a resolution to legalize prostitution in industrial areas with regular medical checks. Sponsor Alvin Frankenberg argues legalization would cut crime curb venereal disease fight police corruption and ease court overcrowding. He says prostitution has long existed.
In Indianapolis a six week old boy underwent a rare operation to remove the fetus of an identical twin from his abdomen. Surgeon-in-chief Dr. Jay Grosfeld led the Riley Hospital team describing the procedure as similar to tumor excision.
Idaho faces ongoing wrong way crashes on Interstates and divided highways with 3 deaths in 1971 and 8 in 1972. Officials launch a state wide review of interchanges with added signing pavement arrows and improved markings, plus police information reports to curb incidents.
Former Idaho representative Helen McKinney of Salmon urged the House State Affairs Committee to make it a misdemeanor to publish or distribute election material without source identification. She cited a Taxpayers' Advisory Board pamphlet used in her district during the August primary that claimed to rate legislators but did not.
Nearly 100000 gallons of dirty waste oil spilled from a Port Petroleum Co tank into the Oakland Estuary and San Francisco Bay amid rain. Police say vandalism caused valves to open and oil flowed into storm drains and waterways, prompting Coast Guard cleanup efforts and booms.
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