Annexation Plan Opposed by West Side Residents
About 120 residents near Sandpoint voiced opposition at a Planning and Zoning hearing on expanding city limits to include roughly 600 acres west and north of current lines. Officials cited higher taxes, water and sewer controls, and questions about city needs.
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Sandpoint
H.D. Smith
Baldy Road
Wade Brown
Larry Sterling
Brown
Dave Easton
Marlin Green
Ed Bjitzman
Planning and Zoning Commission
Doug Ward
Jack Leckner
Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission
Hunt
Sandpoint High School
North Idaho College
Weatherwatch for Sandpoint and Vicinity Brief Update
Partly cloudy conditions persist with a chance of showers Saturday. Southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation risk 10 percent tonight and 30 percent Saturday. High today 4, low tonight 30, expected high Saturday 45. Northern Idaho forecast stays cool with periods of rain or snow and daytime highs in the 40s. Overnight lows in the 20s to 30s. Yesterday's high 45, low 22 with no precipitation recorded. Sunrise 6 37 a.m. Sunset 4 27 p.m.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Ex CIA Chief Helms Freed Fined In Chile Election Probe
Ex CIA director Richard Helms receives a $2000 fine and a two year suspended sentence with one year probation after pleading no contest to withholding information at a congressional hearing about covert U.S. efforts to influence Chilean elections. Judge Parker decries Helms as acting in disgrace while stressing accountability to Congress. Defense notes Helms argued secrecy and oath constraints during Feb and Mar 1975 Senate testimony.
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ED Rogers Washington
UPI
CIA
Richard Helms
U.S
Chile
Barrington Parker
Helms
White House
Rex Granum
Parker
Congress
Edward Bennett Williams
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.N. imposes arms embargo on South Africa
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a comprehensive arms embargo on South Africa’s white minority government. The measure, effective immediately, bans arms sales and related equipment to Pretoria, with 148 UN members required to follow the order.
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U.N
South Africa
United Nations
UPI
U.N Security Council
Council
Steve Biko
Pretoria
Sandpoint Candidates Seek City Council Seats
Ron Hunt and Bert Lines campaign for four year council posts in Sandpoint. Hunt criticizes high budgets and calls for restraint, traffic fixes, and cautious annexation. Lines ties to past leadership, opposes excessive taxes, favors a highway bypass, and warns of job losses as mills close.
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Ron Hunt
Bert Lines
Sandpoint Council
Brian Moe Bee
Sandpoint
Emma Lou Hook
Hunt
Lines
Cady and Pier Ford Co
Evergreen Ford
Forest Ave
Highway Department
Pine Street
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Weatherwatch
Sandpoint Jr Academy
Lectood
Solid Line
Limis Ch
Frapasca Area
Rhodesia
Kurt Waldheim
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Kootenai
Bert
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