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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1969
Page
3
Gov Samuelson proclaims cleaner air week Oct 19 25 urging a year round campaign to reduce air pollution. The five member Idaho Public Utilities Commission, chaired by Robert Montgomery of Pocatello, reports industry compliance with regulations and plans a further hearing on proposed tariff increases.
Morris Carlson of Twin Falls chairs the Governors Advisory Council on Comprehensive Health Planning. The group will meet in Boise at the WICHE regional office to review a proposed Idaho health facility state plan aimed at ensuring access to health services for every resident.
The Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing in Coeur d Alene on November 18 to review General Telephone Company of the Northwest rate increase request. An earlier hearing ended July 1 with a request to file a late tariff exhibit.
Fourth District Judge Alfred C. Hagan fined Wanek Stein of Boise $1,000 after he pleaded guilty to obstructing police. Prosecutor Ellison Matthews said Stein had information withheld from police hindering a burglary investigation. The judge called the act a breach of trust given Stein's standing in the community.
Idaho state police are instructed to use portable scales to deter overweights, contradicting board hopes for a 1967 policy change. Board leaders plus Gov. Samuelson previously ordered removal of roving ports of entry, signaling a shift in enforcement strategy.
In January 1967 a figure took office and reportedly redirected roving port patrols. Mills Tuesday stated portable scales were kept in vehicles reassigned to patrol duties and were available for use.
The University of Idaho College of Forestry Wildlife and Range Sciences asks local sportsmen to help conduct a deer drive on Saturday in the 800 acre Hatter Creek wildlife enclosure near Moscow Mountain. The drive supports a three year study to gauge how many deer can be removed while keeping a healthy population. Dr Richard R Knight says participation would let hunters reconnoiter closed areas and view white tailed deer before hunting. During deer season Nov 1 to Dec 7, 10 to 12 hunters per day will be allowed in the enclosure.
Senator Edward Kennedy called for an immediate U S announcement of a Vietnam troop withdrawal plan aiming to end ground combat by 1972 with air and support forces to follow. He urged the move to pressure Saigon and Hanoi for a political settlement and to signal seriousness in Paris talks. In Finland, about 29 thousand cars sold in Q1 1969, up 13.5 thousand from 1968, with total registrations above 900 thousand and a forecast of 80 thousand cars for the year.
North Vietnam’s Xuan Thuy accused President Nixon of contempt for the nationwide moratorium at the Paris peace talks. Ambassador Lodge defended the U S bargaining stance while noting troop withdrawals and reduced bombing as steps toward ending the war. The report also cites India’s 1968 foodgrains output at 95.6 million tons, with losses from pests.
Moscow horticulturist W H Snyder urges taking geranium cuttings now for blooms by late May. Use three inch cuttings in a dry rooting mix of clean sand or vermiculite, sterilize sand, avoid hormones, and plant in well drained loam once roots form. Pinch buds by late March and set out after last frost, around late May or early June.
Hank Soar, once a standout football player, caught a 25 yard pass in 1938 to help the New York Giants beat the Green Bay Packers 23 17 for the World Football Championship.
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