Food Stamp Abuse Focus of Bonner County Letter
Bonner County Council seeks Department of Agriculture action to urge merchants to check identification when food stamps are used. Ron Beacher reports 331 new applications last month in the county with nearby totals for Kootenai and Shoshone counties.
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Bonner County
Dept. of Agriculture
Spokane
Department of Agriculture
North Idaho
DECS
Ron Beacher
Kootenai County
Youth Sought In Idaho Desert
United Press International reports nearly 300 searchers scoured 220 square miles of rugged sagebrush near Arco Idaho for 11 year old Jeff Hodgson son of Cylde and Mrs Hodgson of Pocatello. He disappeared Monday night during a survival course with 13 youths and a guide. The course was sponsored by the Idaho Department of Environmental and Community Services. Hodgson had a sleeping bag.
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United Press International
Idaho
Arco
Atlanta
Boise River
Jeff Hodgson
Cylde Hodgson
Pocatello
Idaho Department of Environmental and Community Services
Sandpoint Pulp Mill Venture Touted by Japanese Paper Group
Jim Brown of Pack River Company says no firm conclusions yet on a joint Sandpoint pulp mill with Japan's Poyo Pulp Co. Nihon Keizai Shimoun claims a 300 metric ton per day plant, $50 million cost, equal ownership, construction in late 1975 with all products exported to Japan. Brown calls the figure inflated and says talks began three years ago.
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Jim Brown
Pack River Company
Poyo Pulp Co
Japan
Sandpoint
Nihon Keizai
Pack River
Poyo
Brown
Idaho board member urges tax hike to raise teacher pay
Janet Hay of Nampa urges both higher taxes and program cuts to lift public school and college faculty salaries to competitive levels with neighboring states. She supports salary parity across levels, while noting a need to address funding and inflation. The board approved 26 scholarships worth 1500 each for post secondary education, with more for academic applicants.
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Richard Charnock Caldwell
Idaho
UPI
Idaho Board ‘of Education
Janet Hay
Nampa
Sandpoint
Munson
May
Weather Update for Sandpoint Warm Through Friday
Sandpoint forecast calls for fair and continued warm conditions into Friday with southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain chance under 10 percent. Tonight's low around 55, high on Friday near 85.
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Nihon Keizai Shimoun
Poyo Company
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Fish and Game Department
LaVerne Rogers
Highway 95
Rogers
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