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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1977
Page
2
On the eve of Sandpoint High School's opening game at the Idaho State A-1 Tournament in Pocatello the piece honors the basketball team while urging equal recognition for other youth talents. It argues society rewards athletics more than academics and skills like 4 H and FFA, calling for balanced appreciation.
County residents debate an interim zoning plan affecting unplatted property and subdivision practices. A public hearing is set for March 25 at Sand Point Community Hall as officials review emergency measures tied to Allard Race Track and sewage treatment language.
State Water Sand Creek faces potential shortages for Sandpoint as the 4800-foot wooden intake line, laid 31 years ago, suffers air leaks and buoying. A new pumping station at the old city dock and a polyethylene intake line in a 2000-foot trench would align pumping elevation with the intake and stay below lake low levels, improving reliability.
Lana the linguistic chimp at Emory University’s Yerkes Primate Center is about seven years old and now speaks in Yerkish with over 100 words including basic math concepts. Researchers say she forms new sentences and can compare object quantities while teachers monitor her progress and compare with other apes.
Energy and food experts discuss gamma irradiation as a refrigeration substitute. West notes pharmaceutical use and cites Johnson & Johnson and Becton Dickinson spending about 18 million dollars yearly. Governments including Canada Japan and Israel show interest and the U S Army plans FDA action to permit large scale food irradiation. Potatoes wheat poultry and other foods are already approved in various regions with pilots in Holland and Israel.
The White House Council on Wage and Price Stability warned Friday that raising milk price supports could add hundreds of millions to consumer dairy bills and increase inflation. It urged serious consideration of cutting the support rather than boosting it, with costs varying by parity level and potential taxpayer impact around $300 to $600 million.
The column jokes about President Carter adopting zero based budgeting. It presents a catechism detailing metric and temperature analogies, asks if jobs must be justified, and imagines a fully zeroed budget extending to the presidency. It notes public apathy and debates in the Carter Ford Kissinger era.
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