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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1969
Page
3
Charles Skinandore 27 died in a one car crash near Chubbock, western Pocatello, when his vehicle struck a highway divider on the U S 191 State 15 interchange and slammed head on into a tree. The Gem State highway toll rose to 243, 14 more than a year ago.
State police and Valley County officers plus volunteers search the Tamarack Creek area near Yellow Pine for John W. Gramlich Sr. 72, Crescent City, last seen Thursday about 1:30 p.m. by a hunting companion.
Idaho legislators may be asked to approve a city income tax after a Saturday meeting in Boise. Association President Paul Wise of Lewiston said a one per cent tax on all workers inside city limits would be optional and limited by statute if the plan passes. He added the tax would target nonpaying residents.
The board urges two cent gas tax hike with revenue sharing for counties and cities and no real property tax funds for road work. Directors back legislation for 100 percent state financing of public schools. Wise says relief for property taxpayers could follow.
Worsley, executive director of the Idaho Department of Employment, has been elected to a two year term as region six vice president. Gov Don Samuelson announced the selection during the Interstate conference committee's 33rd annual meeting which studies and finalizes state manpower program positions.
Boyd E. Pond of Boise is appointed transmission engineer for Idaho Power Co. succeeding Currie N. Teek who retires after more than four decades with the firm. Teek, Kuna native and University of Idaho graduate, headed the transmission unit for over 20 years. Pond, from Filer, Idaho, is a 20-year Idaho Power veteran and former transmission planning engineer.
Boise ID The Gem State secretary of commerce and development denied reports that he is against tourism. Albert Minton said he supports promoting all Idaho attractions to boost the economy and outlined the department four fold mission including tourism promotion. He spoke at a State Planning Council meeting in Twin Falls last week.
Merle W. Allen of Boise Veterans Administration Center will become director of the Nevada VA center on November 2. He will be replaced by Loryn Kopan, who returns to Boise from Fort Harrison Montana. Kopan previously directed the Boise center from 1958 to 1968 and held roles at Cheyenne Wyoming and Boise centers earlier in his career.
United Press International reports a fiberglass reinforced plastic bathtub with floor level design and outward opening door, sealing gasket, fitting average bathrooms. Also notes Blazon fabric coordinate from Acrilan bonded to acetate tricot, an ironwearing woollike wash fabric, and Salton Inc. electric juicer with pitcher and mini cup for large and small families. Fantasticks Industries offers adhesive wearables for glasses and skin.
A UPI report outlines factory built housing as the answer to rising costs and shelter shortages. It highlights the Wilmot Road Project in New Haven, a $3.3 million modular development by Alan Glen and Paul Rudolph, and notes plans for more modular high rises and mixed use communities, with cost savings of 15 to 25 percent.
Nine people aged from five months to fourteen years were killed when a Bessemer and Lake Erie freight train hit their compact sedan at a marked crossing near Conneautville, Meadville. The driver Huey D. Hamrick 39 Lucille Schrader 34 and Franklin Do Moats 23 were identified among the victims.
Faith Prior of the University of Vermont Extension Services urges proper loading and hot water for dishwashers. She recommends 145 to 160 degrees for bacteria control and using dishwasher specific detergent to prevent suds and clogs, noting soft water yields best results.
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