Senators Back Highly Accurate Silo Killer Missiles
The Senate held a secret session on Pentagon documents and approved development of highly accurate Minuteman missiles. Debate over liberal amendments to a 21.8 billion weapons bill continued, with McIntyre arguing missiles could trigger earlier Soviet retaliation.
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Warren L. Nelson Washington
UPI
Senate
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Sen
Thomas J. McIntyre
Dn.h
Armed Services Research Subcommittee
Air Force
McIntyre
Capitol Hill
Culebra
United States
Beach Opens Amid Vandalism and Repairs in Sandpoint
City clerk Dave Easton confirms Sandpoint Beach is officially open though vandalism hampers work. Parks boss Bob Lindsay notes crews spend half their time cleaning up broken bottles and garbage. Lifeguards are on duty as youths swim while Public Works head Jack Leckner begins installing a new beach divider with speed bumps.
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Sandpoint City Beach
Dave Easton
Easton
Bob Linsday
Public Works
Jack Leckner
Geothermal Taps Opened On State Lands
The Idaho State Land Board ended a year of debate by opening state leases for geothermal energy exploration on a first come basis. Gov. Cecil D. Andrus cast the tie breaking vote against prioritizing early applicants, granting 60 days for filings. The vote rejects earlier preemption proposals.
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Boise
State Land Board
Cecil D. Andrus
Land Board Approves Rules on Lakes and Streams
The Idaho State Land Board voted 4-1 to regulate beds waters and airspace of navigable lakes and streams despite attorney opposition. Sam Kaufman Boise attorney for Lake Coeur d Alumni Lakeshore Property Owners Association warned the rules could trigger extensive litigation. He said Deputy Attorney General Matthew Mullaney wrote the rules and led hearings.
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Richard Charnock Boise
UPI
State Land Board
Sam Kaufman
Boise
Lake Coeur d'Alene
Kauf
Man
Kaufman
Mullaney
Idaho Board
Department of Water Administration
Weather and legal debate temper Sandpoint forecast
Partly cloudy weather in Sandpoint with a high near 80 and a low around 50. Separately, Kaufman and Mullaney clash over regulatory authority, arguing over rules for navigable waters and stream beds under state law.
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Sandpoint
Idaho faces $300000 yearly babysitting bill under new wage rule
Howard Jamieson of the Idaho DECS said federal officials require full time babysitters to earn at least 1.90 per hour, potentially pushing daily costs above 20.00. He urged private day care expansion and proposed raising the current 3.50 daily babysitting fee to 5.00 to foster more centers.
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Boise
UPS
Idaho
Howard Jamieson
Idaho Department of Environmental and Community Services
DECS
Jamieson
Sandpoint approves street sealing bid and dog pound plan
The Sandpoint City Council awarded an 11 830 bid from Sandpoint Asphalt Protection and Treatment Co for sealing 84 500 square yards of streets this summer. Intersections and the downtown area will be done separately. The council also moved to build a new dog pound near the sewage treatment plant, weighing donated land options and prefabricated steel construction for future relocation, while seeking a temporary facility for dogs in the interim.
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Sandpoint
Sandpoint Asphalt Protection and Treatment Co
Archie Yaeger
Peak Paving Co
Pend Oreille
Bob Kalb
Kalb
Dave Roberts
Roberts
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