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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1976
Page
6
Idaho Attorney General Wayne L. Kidwell filed Sunshine Act charges against 16 legislative candidates for filing their fifth campaign finance reports after the October 4 deadline. Each candidate faces a civil penalty up to 250 dollars if found guilty. Names span districts 1 through 34 including Jeppesen Brink McCann Black Stephenson Wallace Kitchen Branson Holm Olmstead Baker Roberts Miner Willmore Scouten Baum Leese and others.
A Idaho Statesman telephone poll of 739 voters shows President Ford ahead of Democrat Jimmy Carter by 15.5 points, up 3.5 points since September. Independents comprise more than half the sample with 24 percent undecided. In Congress, incumbent Steve Symms leads Ken Pursley and George Hansen leads Stan Kress, both with sizable undecided shares.
Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus led a South Carolina barnstorming tour for the Democratic ticket. Speaking in Charleston Rock Hill Columbia and Greenville he urged voters to back Jimmy Carter promising economic fixes and accountability in the White House.
An 18 member search committee appointed by the US Board of Regents will use an evaluation form to judge about 170 applicants for University of Idaho President Ernest Hartung’s successor. Printed forms go out Oct 25 with candidate info due Nov 15 and full reviews by Dec 7.
Governor Cecil D Andrus announces eight more members to Idaho Statewide Health Coordinating Councilraising total to 30. The council mirrors the Idaho Health Systems Agency Board and will share meetings to cut costs and expand local planning support across six subarea councils.
Former Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith calls voters to cast write in ballots if unhappy with Jimmy Carter or Gerald Ford. She sees it as a golden opportunity to express preference for direct primary nomination over the convention system.
Astronaut Donald Slayton predicts a joint Soviet American ship to Mars could launch within eight to ten years before 2000. He spoke with two Russian cosmonauts Aleksey Leonoye and Valery Kubasov at an International Astronautical Federation meeting in Anaheim.
A draft environmental impact statement outlines a proposed 230 to 234 kilovolt transmission corridor over about 250 miles from Hunt Idaho to Oreana Nevada. The BLM invites 45 days of comments and schedules a Reno public hearing on November 16 with draft copies available at Boise Shoshone Burley BLM offices and libraries in Boise Burley Twin Falls and Idaho State University.
In Terlingua Texas new landlord Paul Vaughn hires many officers to guard the annual chili cookoff and charges vendors. The six man band and the PA operator were arrested for late night noise. Officials say this will be the last chili cookoff in the ghost town. Albert Agnor from Marshall won for farkleberry chili and the main prize. Second place went to Keyna White from Houston with Red Bawls finishing third.
Theodore Wadano le a 16 year old Christian Brothers Academy football linebacker was struck by a lightning bolt on a rain soaked practice field in Syracuse. He was given mouth to mouth resuscitation and heart massage by staff before breathing on his own after about 50 minutes. He remained in critical condition with burns at Crouse Irvin Memorial hospital.
The FDA will require brochures and labeling warning that progestins used for uterine bleeding can harm a fetus if taken in early pregnancy. Brands cited include Delalutin Duphaston Norlutate Norlutin and Provera. Commissioner Schmidt says actions target inappropriate use while preserving other medical uses.
State Auditor Joe R. Williams announced third quarter distribution totaling 6,302,857. Counties receive 4,283,539 from Highway Users Revenue and cities 2,021,317 from Excise Tax funds. Ada County and Boise lead shares. Placerville and Clark County record the lowest.
Snow swirled over mountains into the Plains and upper Midwest as a storm dumped up to four inches in places like Bozeman Montana and Marquette Michigan. Temperatures hit near freezing with frost spreading from Arkansas to Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle.
An advertisement touts Carter's Little Pills as a tiny easy to swallow laxative for constipation. The print claims double ingredient action with a specially coated formula that releases in the lower tract for gentle temporary relief. 1976 Carter-Wallace, Inc.
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