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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1977
Page
1
Sandpoint Mayor Ed Eitzman issued a proclamation praising the Bulldogs after a 48-44 overtime win over Moscow earned them a spot in the Idaho A-1 High School Basketball Tournament in Pocatello. The statement lauded the team and wished them continued success toward the state championship.
Sandpoint High advances to the Idaho A-1 State Basketball Tournament at Idaho State University after a 48-44 overtime win over Moscow. Senior guard Kevin Downard scores a game high with 25 points as coach Al Jacobson earns praise for rebuilding the program. The Bulldogs meet Highland in the opening round at Pocatello with the eight-state field set for next week.
Idaho lawmakers reviewed a 3.2 percent sales tax plan to replace an eight mill levy, with debate on equity for low income residents and overall tax shift implications. The committee sent the bill back for a technical fix before possible floor action.
Idaho's Department of Employment reports January unemployment at 6.4 percent seasonally adjusted, with Bonner County at 17.5 percent and Boundary County near 11.7 percent. Weather and drought influence wages, industry shifts, and prospects for a low water year, while ski resorts suffer from little snow and power concerns loom over future electricity availability.
Senator Frank Church met with Northern Regional Forester Robert Torheim and Dr. Roger Bay in Washington to review USFS land use planning for Idaho’s National Forests. They focused on roadless areas, Rainy Day and Mill Creek units, wildlife data needs, and pledged cooperation to finalize plans quickly for Northern Idaho.
Idaho Congressman Steve Symms accuses Congress leaders of hiding behind a parliamentary ploy to justify a new $5,000 taxpayer dip just one week after a $13,000 annual pay raise. He cites HR28 as propaganda and notes limited floor amendments, calling it a take it or leave it ethics package.
A Mexican man Jiovany Carletti was arrested by Bonner County deputies and handed to a U S Border Patrol officer as an illegal alien after sleeping in a resident’s car and hitchhiking north on Highway 95. In Rock Island Illinois an abandoned baby boy was found in a car parked at First Baptist Church near Eugene Field School after the Mosley family returned from a volleyball game.
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