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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1977
Page
6
Rep George Hansen introduces a bill for a national advisory referendum on the Panama Canal Treaty with the 1978 General Election as the voting date. He says Congress should heed the public vote to guide treaty decisions and cites strong mail and White House opposition.
Boise attorney and Democratic AG candidate Mike Wetherell blasted Wayne Kidwell for chasing headlines with a suit by Kidwell and three other states to block the Panama Canal Treaty. The Supreme Court refused the case for filing flaws, Wetherell said Idaho wasted tax dollars on a questionable action.
Champion International Corp. announced a rebuilt North Fork Sawmill will resume operation before spring near Salmon Idaho. The plant will produce 2 million board feet annually of random length Ponderosa Pine and Douglas Fir for shipment to Darby Montana with about 36 workers and a $500000 payroll. Chips and sawdust will go to Hoerner Waldorf mill in Missoula Montana for fuel or pulp.
Idaho Public Instruction Superintendent Roy Truby announced that 1978 Teacher of the Year nominations are being mailed to local districts. Finalists will be notified by October 25, with nominees chosen for exceptional classroom skill and community leadership. The winner will represent Idaho in the national contest.
Forest officials warn campers to expect cold nights and possible tap water shortages at higher elevations. Several Cascade campgrounds are closed while Sawtooth area provides open sites. Water is scarce in backcountry areas and should be treated before drinking. Stanley Creek Road closes for oil work. Community sponsors thanked for Bonner County Fair support.
The federal government filed a U S District Court suit in Boise to reclaim Heyburn State Park from Idaho. The Justice Department claims the state breached a 1911 patent by leasing cottage sites within the 7,800 acre park, violating the covenant the land remain a public park. The case names Idaho and 189 leaseholders, with Judge Marion Callister consolidating it with a prior action. The Coeur d Alene Indian tribe pushed the suit, aiming to create an Indian National Park centered on the Cataldo Mission with a visitor center administration building and two campgrounds.
For the second time in five months a Spokane County Superior Court Jury found Gaiety Theaters and Roger Forbes innocent of exhibiting obscene motion pictures. The films cited were Count The Ways Danish Pastry Behind the Green Door and Evil Ways of Love. The jury deliberated two days after about a week of testimony.
Ketchum City Manager Jim Jaquet said funds are budgeted this year for a bicycle path linking to the county path from Hailey to Ketchum. The plan envisions extension to Bellevue and includes 50 percent federal matching funds.
Lucille Craige, 65, of Cumberland Ohio, died at Riverside Hospital amid four other confirmed central Ohio Legionnaires cases including one fatality. Health officials report ongoing investigations into common exposures as the outbreak, the worst since last year’s Philadelphia event, unfolds with multiple patients remaining hospitalized.
Columbia Basin farmer Lee Throff aged 63 was given a 20 year prison term for the shotgun death of trespassing hunter Glenn Carpenter aged 20 on his Pasco, Washington property on October 2. Throff argued the shooting was accidental while Carpenter’s brother testified it was not.
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