21 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1977
Page
1
Amid the Johnstown deluge rescuers labor in rubble filled streets. National Guard ambulances and Red Cross teams aid hospitals as power and water fail. Authorities fear toll will rise while looting and curfews complicate relief efforts.
The Loggers Celebration concluded with Dennis Clark of Sandpoint taking the first prize a radar range and Lee Warmer of Spokane winning the second prize a 12 foot cartop aluminum boat.
CIA Director Stansfield Turner will testify next week on newly released MKULTRA documents detailing drug and behavior experiments during the 1960s. The hearing, chaired by Sen. Inouye, will review material describing university involvement and prisoner participation, with a note of possible improper payments to a private institution.
Citizens will attend hearings on July 28 and August 2 at City Hall to discuss proposed park development beside War Memorial Field and the Historical Society museum. The plan, led by Doug Ward with Vern Bromgard and others, aims for a quiet family oriented area with trees water and new amenities while avoiding crowds.
The Art Show expands into a full environment with patron figures and moving sculptures by Robert Helm and artworks by Edward Kienholz. Guests in Hope savor champagne as Kienholz promotes an eclectically dense gallery with a studio and living space for artists in residence.
Doug Road reported to the sheriff’s office early Wednesday that a 12 foot Crestliner boat disappeared in the Pend Oreille River likely due to wind and waves.
A grass fire shortly after noon Wednesday burned a 12 by 12 foot section of grass on an empty lot at the corner of Superior and Division Streets. Cause unknown. firefighters cited extremely dry conditions as fueling the dry grass beneath new growth.
Chief Larry Sterling says several unclaimed bicycles are at the police station. Owners may retrieve them if the bikes are properly identified.
Idaho voters approve the national beef referendum with 75.5 percent support. Lloyd Brown of the State Agriculture Soil and Conservation Service notes the self taxing beef promotion program needs national approval to take effect and expects results by late Thursday or early Friday.
A Tokyo based Taiyo Fishery Co spokesman said the Zuiyomaru recovered a two ton creature off Christchurch New Zealand in late April. The body appeared to have a long neck and bat like wings with some scientists suggesting a dinosaur or Loch Ness type monster.
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