Doctor's Insurance Sold Days Before Pull Out Announced
Idaho doctors faced looming loss of Argonaut malpractice coverage as the insurer revealed it would cancel policies on June 1. IMA committees promoted Argonaut to reduce premiums despite warnings of financial trouble and rising triple- premium costs. A state bill to establish an underwriting association is moving through the legislature.
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Boise
Idaho Medical Assn
IMA
Argonaut
Idaho
Lewiston Morning Tribune
House of Delegates
Verne Reynolds
James Perry
Idaho Senate
Reynolds
the Tribune
Argonaut Insurance
Perry
Hank Gimmel
Land Planning Remains Sent After Committee Vote
The House Resources and Conservation Committee voted 10 to 9 to send Gov. Cecil Andrus land use planning package remanants to the floor for amendment. Rep. E V McHan substitution changes may for shalls in SB 1094, rendering the measure weaker and provoking possible gubernatorial retaliation. The Senate had earlier killed four bills after 50 days of deliberation.
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Jay Shelledy
Boise
House Resources & Conservation Committee
Cecil Andrus
E.V. McHan
R-Ketchum
Senate
Phil Batt
Wilder
Clifford Scoresby
Iowa
Sandpoint Approves 3.65 Million 1975 City Budget
The Sandpoint City Council adopted a 1975 appropriation totaling 3,650,710 with a March 31 public hearing set. The largest item is 1.4 million for sewage treatment plant construction and engineering. Other major allocations cover police, city buildings, water system operations, streets, and sewer projects.
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Sandpoint
Council
Three Sandpoint High Students Arrested in Marijuana Bust
City police conducted an undercover operation at Sandpoint High School leading to three 17 year old male students being charged with possession of marijuana. Officers observed them smoking in the parking lot during school hours. Two were arrested Friday, the third Monday. one suspect was caught inside the gym. All three ran from officers.
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Sandpoint High School
Dick Abbott
Abbott
Three Salt Lake City men held in Idaho creamery robbery
Three Salt Lake City men Steven Nelson Eddie Jenkins and Fred Mowrey were held by Coeur d Alene authorities in connection with an armed creamery robbery and weekend burglaries involving stolen drugs. Police said charges had not yet been filed. A shotgun was used in the creamery robbery and investigators linked the case to an earlier attempted service station robbery and two dentist office drug thefts. One suspect is also tied to a Washington deputy sheriff shooting March 1 near Jane.
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Pend Oreille County
Washington
Dennis Cossett
Jane
Wash
Idaho House Approves Highway Funding Compromise
The Idaho House passed a $2 million highway funding compromise bill and sent it to the Senate, amid a dispute over a Senate road funding measure. The session seeks to settle the highway funding for the 1976 fiscal year with priorities set by the Transportation Board.
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Jay Shelledy
Boise
House
Senate
Cecil Andrus
State Department of Transportation
John Sessions
R-Driggs
Transportation Committee
Sessions
Idaho
State Transportation Board
Ralph Gines
R-Nampa
Andrus
Weather Forecast for Coeur dAlene Sand Point
Variable clouds through Wednesday with a 30 percent chance of showers. Winds southwest 15 to 25 mph. High near 50 Wednesday and overnight low in the mid 30s.
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Coeur D’alene
Sandpoint
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Fairgrounds
Orville Heath
Bonner County
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