Committees Will Study Senior Citizen Funds in Sandpoint
Bonner County officials weigh a 20000 request for the senior center to defray part of a 71000 project cost. Mayor Les Brown says city funds are unavailable while senior leaders plan a county request for 30000 more before April. An joint finance committee review is set amid questions on feasibility and impact. A city records audit by Magnuson Co. found books in order.
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Bonner County
Les Brown
Burt Herrin
Senior Citizen Board
Sandpoint
Brown
Ed Blitzman
Herrin
H. F. Magnuson Co
Chuck Schoonover
Idaho House Approves Record School Funding Measure
The Idaho House passed 63 to 7 a 91.6 million dollar appropriation for the 1974-75 schools year with 70.6 million from the general fund, a 12 million dollar increase. Conservatives attempted to delay, seeking tax relief before approving the bill.
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Jay Shelledy
Boise
Idaho House of Representatives
Senate
PBS
Idaho
Idaho taxwriter warns of lockout as budget panel oversteps
Idaho's chief taxwriter accuses the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee of overstepping into tax authority. He warns he may lock his doors for the rest of the session as talks center on liquor surcharges and funds for the Alcohol Safety Action Program. Senator High counters that the actions are appropriations from the liquor fund, not a tax bill.
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Boise
Cohol
Larsen
Richard High
Twin Falls
Joint Budget Committee
Streakers Arrested in Priest River Night Crackdown
Two young Priest River men were arrested and charged with indecent exposure after being spotted streaking through Main Street. They were pursued by police, allowed to retrieve clothing from a parked vehicle, and released after posting $25 bond each.
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Main Street
House Speaker Blocks Tax Bill Tactics
During a debate on the education bill Otter pressed for tax relief but Speaker William Lanting ruled the motion out of order to avoid indefinite postponement. Otter claimed 23 allies in his bloc and spoke to the Daily Bee after the session.
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Butch Otter
R-Caldwell
William Lanting
R-Hollister
Otter
Lanting
The
Daily Bee
Sandpoint Fatal Crash Corrected Details
The Daily Bee corrects yesterday's report on the U S 2 collision west of Sandpoint. Peter G Berghan 27 of Sandpoint drove a westbound vehicle while William F Kennedy 27 also of Sandpoint rode the eastbound motorcycle. Kennedy died from the crash.
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Sandpoint
U.S. 2
Peter G. Berghan
William F. Kennedy
Kennedy
The
Daily Bee
City Council Nods '74 Budget For Sandpoint
Sandpoint City Council approved a 1974 budget of 2,886,300 a rise of over 500,000 from 1973. A public hearing is set for March 25 at 8 p.m. in the council chambers. The increase funds sewage treatment and collection facilities through federal and state aid, with no tax levy change.
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Sandpoint
Council
Dave Easton
Bud Benoit
Benoit
Weather outlook for Sandpoint with storms through Wednesday
Variable cloudiness with showers and afternoon thundershowers in Sandpoint. Southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph and gusty showers. Rain chance 70 percent tonight, 60 percent Wednesday. Low tonight 35, high Wednesday 0.
McClure seeks moratorium on congressional pay raises
UPI reports Senator James A. McClure of Idaho introduced the Fiscal Accountability Salary Act of 1974 proposing a pause on pay raises for Congress until deficit spending ends. He ties inflation to executive spending and argues restraint would remove the need for a pay increase and protect lawmakers from inflation.
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Washington
UPI
James A McClure
Ridaho
Congress
McClure
Two Charged With Burglary In Oldtown
First degree burglary charges filed against Joe Sherman 18 and a 15 year old juvenile after police arrested Monday night at Pik Kwik store in Oldtown Idaho. Deputies responded to a burglary in progress, found one suspect under a porch near a ventilator fan with cut wire mesh, interior search found no trace of the second subject, guns found nearby, and the incident ended when officers called the other suspect to come out.
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Priest River
Pik Kwik
Oldtown
Idaho
Joe Sherman
Bonner County
Jim Culpepper
Newport Sheriff's
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