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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1976
Page
2
The annual Radios Auction at the Elks Club in Sandpoint boosts March of Dimes fundraising with goods donated by Idaho Nu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and local merchants. Tonight is the final bid night with phone lines 263 7525 263 7526 and 263 7527 open for contributions and bids.
Washington insiders caution against quick endorsements as no clear front runner has emerged in 1980. Mayors governors and labor leaders weigh risks of brokered conventions while Republicans revisit early Ford backing and Reagan speculation. Endorsement dynamics echo 1972 1976 patterns.
Today's schedule lists Captain Kangaroo at 8:00, The Price is Right and Gambit at 9:00, Love of Life, Search for Tomorrow, and Dialing For Dollars noon to 1:30, soap operas All in the Family and Guiding Light afternoon slots, followed by movies and game shows. CBS Late Movie features The Manhunter, with Mike Douglas, The Neighbors, Rhyme and Reason, and daytime dramas such as All My Children and Ryan's Hope. evening programs include Misterosers, Olympia, and Our Story on KSPS-TV Channel 7 plus late news and specials.
Val O'Donnell 66 died in a one car crash on Granite Hill. Born June 19 1909 in Granite Idaho he moved to this area in 1947. He married Anna M Schuets May 5 1934 in Coeur d Alene. He managed Woods Division of Josyth Manufacturing & Supply until retirement in 1972. Survived by wife Anna, daughter Colleen Bumgarner Moscow, three grandchildren, two sisters, two brothers, and a step mother. Funeral at Moon Chapel January 22. Interment Pinecrest Memorial Park. Memorials to Shriners Crippled Children Hospital Fund.
Police log notes $150 stolen from a Safeway refrigerator unit on Monday. Sheriff's log reports two cars stolen Monday but recovered nearby, and a Samuels man reports a chain saw stolen between January 10 and 14 valued at about $360.
Emery Peterson of Portland Tank and Pipe Co began work on an 80 foot wooden tower for Humbird Lumber’s water system. The 39 by 39 foot base will support a 100000 gallon tank with automatic electric pumps. It provides mill water and fire protection as part of independence from city works. A January 1906 incident at William Doyle’s saloon saw a fire with gasoline and a burned hand, quickly contained.
Kenney reports street beside Memorial Field slated for an asphalt walkway and water line work at field ends. Reduced federal revenue sharing funds shrink the Road and Bridge budget by 16981 dollars, with an estimated 301000 expected for 76 adding to 73000 on hand. Revenue sharing funds mostly support the Sheriff’s Department budget totaling 82549 dollars.
Denise D. Zipperer of Sandpoint pleaded guilty to third degree arson after admitting she hired two men to burn her car for insurance money. She received two years probation with restitution to the insurer and a suspended judgment. Another Sandpoint case saw Jon D. Mason receive a two year probation for marijuana cultivation after jail time.
Bonner County faces delays in a five year reappraisal mandated by the Legislature. Assessors, understaffed, weigh hiring outside fee appraisers at potential cost of 100000 and losing staff. Land values lag due to past mass appraisal and local conditions.
Spokane researchers from Washington State University hunt ancient air in museums ships and junkyards to detect natural fluorocarbons before man made aerosols. They sample sealed containers from before 1930 and test for contamination to understand ozone impact and old air chemistry.
Boise UPI Sen Lyle Dobbs chair of the Local Government and Taxation Committee said he hopes by Wednesday the panel will decide if a public hearing is needed on Gov Cecil D. Andris land use planning bills. Several members reported requests for a hearing, but Dobbs noted he has received only one such phone call.
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