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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1970
Page
2
Legal notices appear every Tuesday in the Sandpoint Daily Bee published by Pend Oreille Printers Inc. The publication hours and contact details are listed, noting subscription rates and the Riverside location at 310 Church, Sandpoint Idaho 83864.
UPI reports in Helsinki that the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks are progressing in a calm, purposeful atmosphere. Officials describe cautious optimism for a possible agreement amid deep mutual distrust from the cold war and huge nuclear stockpiles. International estimates put global nuclear arsenal around 50,000 megatons, enough to annihilate humanity multiple times.
Irish customers abandon bank visits as 700 banks shut on April 30 triggering a nationwide strike. Creditors' lines fail to form with cashing of checks totaling billions since the stoppage began. Bank officials brace for impact as pubs shops and supermarkets face uncashed checks and uncertain balances through the new year.
In a fall meeting the UPI report says 224 to 8 votes, Catholic bishops declare abortion morally murder and urge Catholic hospitals and staff to refuse to perform or assist with abortions, asserting the unborn child has a civil right to life.
UPI reports that welfare families increasingly live in cities and are more often fatherless. The Nixon administration noted welfare spending rose to 12.8 billion dollars with 12.6 million people on rolls, predicting further doubling by 1975 and urging passage of its reform bill stalled in the Senate.
Firefighters controlled a blaze at 2:39 a.m. damaging the old Raymond Building and Simon Oil Co warehouse. Three fire trucks and 23 men fought the fire with cause and damage undetermined. The city has recorded seven major fires in two years, with nearly three million dollars in total damage. In Vidalia Louisiana five die in plane collision with a third survivor hospitalized.
Detroit police and zoo officials report a group of youths tore down the fence separating Bertha the polar bear from her newborn cubs and five pregnant bears. Bertha killed her own cubs in fright after the intrusion, despite zookeepers' efforts to stop the trespass.
This Saturday Sandpoint gains cultural uplift as a new art gallery and decorating studio named Pine Tree opens at 433 Pine Street. The venture blends art display with interior decorating, aiming to serve both cultural and practical needs without being a pure commercial outlet.
The Cooks Irene and Bill open a house gallery on Pine Street in Sandpoint displaying Irene’s paintings, Idaho artists, and Justyne H. Anderson seascapes. A weekend tour invites residents to view color works, including a noted bathroom mural, with the aim of fostering local culture and dialogue about art.
A Commerce Department official warned that American workers could lose up to 30 billion dollars in wages yearly by 1975 if Congress fails to curb cheap textile imports. The proposed bill would set mandatory quotas on wool and synthetic textiles and shoes, subject to possible voluntary deals with Japan and others.
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