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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1977
Page
2
Chicago report notes doctors wives across the nation paint immunization words on school playgrounds to remind parents to vaccinate. Mrs Chester Young of the AMA auxiliary cites generation gaps in immunization and urges renewed responsibility, with AMA TV campaign using hopscotch imagery.
A federal grand jury indicted former Democratic Rep. Richard Hanna of California on bribery and mail fraud charges tied to the Korean influence buying scandal on Capitol Hill. The case names co conspirators Tongsun Park Kim Hyung Wook and Lee Hu Rak, cites Hanna’s alleged $60 000 to $70 000 in profits and over $100 000 from Park, and notes Hanna’s residence in Fayetteville Arkansas while Park remains abroad. The indictment carries multiple counts with a potential 27 years in prison and $51 000 in fines.
Hijackers threaten to blow up a West German jetliner with 91 aboard and force landing in Dubai. They demand release of 13 terrorists from German Turkish jails plus 15 million dollars, with a Sunday deadline. Negotiations by Dubai officials and Bonn government continue as hostages receive food and water.
The House voted 331 to 70 to approve a 4 cent per gallon inland waterway tax on barge operators starting Oct 1 1979 rising to 6 cents Oct 1 1981 to fund federal river projects including Locks and Dam 26 replacement. The plan faces a Senate conference and possible veto by President Carter.
NATO remains committed to tanks in central Europe as armored threat from the Warsaw Pact grows. The U S and West Germany expand potent fleets with the XM 1. critics debate antitank missiles but planners warn against a Maginot Line approach. An epic Carbon Edge exercise centers on tank tactics as helicopters with TOW missiles emerge as mobile antiarmor threats.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Dean Rusk testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee renewing strong support for the Panama Canal treaties. They argued the agreements grant expeditious passage for U S ships and preserve U S rights after Panama assumes control in 2000, despite calls that the language is ambiguous.
President Carter learned that the Agriculture Department did not sponsor a national display at a Cologne Germany food fair last summer. Officials said trade shows for foreign buyers shifted to trade-only events and hotel ballrooms, with costs and sales estimates cited for various exhibitions.
Spokane educators in the Central Valley district voted to defy a Superior Court ruling that declared the strike illegal and issued a temporary restraining order. Extracurricular staff were ordered to return to duties, allowing football games to proceed as scheduled for the district's two high schools.
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