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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1976
Page
2
Published Monday through Friday excluding legal holidays. Oreille Printers Inc at 310 Church Street Sandpoint Idaho 83864 lists subscription rates two dollars and fifty cents per month for the United States and home delivery. Phone 263.5151 mailing
Idaho lawmakers weigh power plant siting as Senate approves a bill opposed by utilities. The discussion centers on Rathdrum Prairie and Pend Oreille River valley as potential sites with western states curbing new coal plant growth. House stance seen as crucial for timely passage.
Senator James McClure asks his campaign to return a $100 contribution traced to Phillips Petroleum Company. The donor believed funds came from an employee PAC. Slack admitted corporate funds funded the Dec 7 1971 dinner ticket, prompting the review.
A compact rundown of evening broadcasts across channels listing programs such as Ironside Sesame Street Hogan's Heroes News Scene Eyewitness News and primetime staples. Featured items include Good Times Adam-12 Bewitched and Jigsaw along with late news and movie broadcasts.
A Sandpoint parent rebuts a claim that all good teachers have left, praising local educators as among the finest in the USA. The letter acknowledges overcrowded classrooms and low pay but thanks teachers for dedication and care across three area schools.
A reader laments the low priority of funding for local schools, urging support for a bond to avoid overcrowded, failing conditions. The letter warns against treating education as a commodity and likens underfunding to an experiment that blinds students to escape options, calling for action to protect the community’s youth.
Boise lawmakers entered day 60 of the 43rd Idaho Legislature second regular session with critics predicting adjournment between March 13 and March 20. Leaders differ on final day as highway funding issues loom while salaries and expenses shape pressure to wrap up. If adjournment occurs March 20 it would be the third longest in state history, tracing back to 1890.
Albert Illi is cutting a large tree on the old Holmes place north of Troy. The stump is six feet through and the felling will yield 15 to 20 cords of wood.
A reader questions Mr Verhei’s dedication to students and taxes, challenging his stance on school bond funding and mill levies. The letter argues for immediate pay-as-you-go funding to ease crowding, improve facilities, and support vocational training while stressing today’s need for better education and student safety.
Idaho lawmakers indicated a possible six million dollar general fund surplus beyond the 10.9 million forecast. Income tax gains boosted the outlook, with highway needs and debt repayment to the state endowment fund among priority uses.
More than 200,000 Spanish workers walked out in Guipuzcoa and nearby areas amid protests over four deaths in Vitoria. Major plants and docks were idle, including U.S. owned sites such as Westinghouse General Electric and Dow Chemical. Police clashed with demonstrators in Bilbao and Madrid as unions demand government action to halt bloodshed.
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