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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1973
Page
1
Portland report says the Northwest power crisis persists as Bonneville Power Administration notes modest reservoir gains from new resources and higher streamflow, but storage still below normal and full recovery depends on reaching normal reservoir levels.
A no injury car train crash occurred at the Boyer U S Highway 2 intersection Monday at 9 p m according to Sandpoint Police Department. Driver Ruby K Kimball Rt 1 Sandpoint failed to observe an oncoming Union Pacific freight train. Engineer Thomas J Osburn Spokane was this report states.
The City of Sandpoint signs an agreement with Idaho First National Bank to buy a portion of the old Farmin School lot for a $85,000 cash payment. The deal closes Jan 15, 1974, funding delayed until the interim budget is approved Jan 14. The 175 by 300 foot parcel will adjoin a new bank facility by IFNB Sandpoint.
A fire from a third floor girls restroom gutted the 60 year old Burley Junior High in Idaho. More than 700 students evacuated unharmed as flames and 20 to 30 mph winds fed a three story blaze. Firefighters from nearby Rupert contained the fire after noon. the building was lost and personal belongings on upper floors were mostly destroyed.
Cloudy conditions persist in Sandpoint with occasional rain tonight and Wednesday and mountain snow. Winds remain brisk with a 40 percent precipitation chance. High near 45 Wednesday. low around 30 tonight.
The city plans a parking lot on Block 4 funded from federal revenue sharing funds. City Clerk Ken Hackworth says there will be no tax increase. The council has not decided which form of controlled parking to implement.
Idaho federal programs coordinator Joe Nagel cites a National Governors Conference report indicating federal officials consider an oil rationing plan. He says a Special Advisory Committee warns the winter crunch will be worse, and Gov. Cecil Andrus created an energy office under Public Utilities Commissioner Robert Lenaghen.
Idaho official James A. Bax of the Department of Environmental and Community Services announces a halt to agency news releases. He defends the move as a long studied change aimed at reducing media use for political impact and says no jobs will be lost.
Nixon prepares for talks with Golda Meir at the White House as part of efforts toward a Middle East settlement. Secretary Kissinger and Soviet envoy Dobrynin to join sessions at Camp David and the White House, with Ismail Fahmi also meeting the president. The aim is lasting Middle East peace amid cease fire tensions. In York England a separate incident reports Allan Denney fined $25 for punching Doreen Liversidge, a policewoman.
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