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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1975
Page
3
A constitutional amendment to allow Senators to serve four year terms failed in the Idaho Senate by a 27 to 5 vote and moves to the House. Sen. H. Dean Summers of Boise said 1976 odd numbered district candidates would be first to gain four year terms, with even districts following in 1978.
Police investigate a fire causing about $1,000 damage to an Idaho Falls apartment. Investigators say stacks of alcohol-soaked material were ignited. A man ran from the building as the alarm was raised. A second residence contained similar materials but was not set afire.
Wallace Idaho junior high teacher Robin Stanley aims to raise support for a memorial honoring miners in the Coeur d Alene mining district over the last century not only those who died in the 1972 Sunshine Mine fire. He plans to approach clubs and groups to back the project.
Gov. Cecil D. Andrus criticized the Interior Department environmental impact statement for duck hunting, saying all proposed alternatives would harm the resource. He spoke at a Portland hearing on the draft amid a New Jersey lawsuit settlement and urged preserving current migratory bird regulations.
Idaho Democratic official James Donart opposes Gov. Andrus land use plan, saying it lacks planned unit development, has vague variance definitions and allows special use permits. Senate passed three of seven bills. Donart doubts opposition will sway votes, calling for prior public input to fix technical issues.
Bill Walton contends the search for his friend Jack Scott is part of an FBI effort to hide its failure to locate Patricia Hearst and two SLA members. He says the FBI has tried to discredit public figures and asserts Scott and Micki lived in his Portland home last year, with evidence linking Scott to Hearst and the SLA case. The FBI notes no warrants or charges against Scott, while a Pennsylvania grand jury nears possible indictment.
Donald Schlopy an unemployed Kane shipping clerk and father of three placed an Erie Times ad offering to sell one human eye for transplant for 5000 dollars or best offer. He faces 4000 dollars in debt and seeks money to pay debts and buy a used mobile home as his wife left four years ago.
Boise report says House Republicans caucused to draft an appropriation for the Highway Improvement Fund. After 11 holdouts agreed to amend a road appropriation for cities and counties, Democrats voting as a bloc would deliver enough votes to pass the measure. Leadership then moved to a compromise.
A Philadelphia doctor reported at a San Juan conference that 41.9 percent of breast cancers found in 10 000 women aged 45 to 64 were too small to feel. He noted early detection by physical examination plus thermography detected about 70 percent of early cancers. The overall breast cancer incidence was 6 per 1 000 screened.
The February 1975 regional log lists Donald Leroy Crisman charged with possession of a deer out of season with a 300 dollar fine, six months jail suspended and license revocation. Kenneth Lee Eginton cited for fishing without a license with a 15 dollar fine. Burglary reports include Nick Zaklan's Garfield Bay summer home burglary. Melvin D Brown arrested for aggravated assault. Ralph Kirkpatrick’s Priest Lake cabin burglary with losses including clocks and radios.
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