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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1973
Page
2
The Sandpoint Daily Bee is published Monday through Friday excluding holidays by Pend Oreille Printers Inc at 310 Church Sandpoint Idaho. Legal notices appear on Tuesdays each week. Rate is $2.00 monthly. Editor and Publisher is Pete Thompson.
Bonner and Boundary Counties launch Life Skills Acquisition Program for handicapped youths aged 13 to 21. Starting Sept. 17 at 530 Pine St in Sandpoint, classes five days weekly during regular hours. Funded about 43 200 with federal and state support. Program director Gail Hanninen notes Living, Self help and Basic Skills plus remedial community coverage.
The Senate passed a revised $1.3 billion vocational rehabilitation program 87 to 0 after earlier Nixon vetoes, signaling White House approval likely. A Senate panel also endorsed a $185 million emergency medical services bill excluding plans to continue eight Public Health Service hospitals Nixon opposed.
Washington officials reject claims of Nixon paying no taxes in 1970 and 1971. Deputy Press Secretary Warren said the President and he have had discussions and would not comment further while asserting the issue is a private matter.
A dense listing of channels and programs outlines a full day of viewable content from morning CBS News to late night talk and movie broadcasts. Includes Today Show segments, soap operas The Doctors Another World Guiding Light and The Edge of Night, game shows Jeopardy Password and Password Plus, comedies Hogan's Heroes Brady Bunch and Sesame Street, and news and special reports across NBC CBS ABC channels.
Charles Steele 88 died September 13 at Sandpoint Manor. Born September 8, 1895 in Stillwater Pennsylvania he lived in Sandpoint area many years. Survived by brother Harry of North Everett Washington and niece Mrs J A Alexander of Everett Washington. Graveside rites at Pinecrest Memorial Park Monday at 1 p m with Rev Orval Haugen officiating.
Dora Swenson age 83 is reported to have died Thursday evening at Bonner General Hospital. Funeral services are pending at Moon Chapel reflecting her long residence in Sandpoint.
A Department of Agriculture update shows farm labor wages averaged $1.91 per hour in the summer of 1973, up from $1.75 a year earlier, as 5.1 million people worked on American farms in the week ending Aug. 25. The workforce included 3.5 million farm family workers and 1.6 million hired workers. Cash wages averaged $2 per hour for hourly paid workers in mid-July, up from $1.75 a year ago, while piece rate pay rose from 15 cents to $2.36 per hour.
The Baltimore Sun notes possible tax avoidance on President Nixon’s income from loans for California and Florida homes and a write off for private papers to the National Archives. Other White House sources say he paid taxes, but amounts are unclear.
A black male part lab and a black and white spotted female part terrier mix were picked up near the city beach. The numbers 263-5483 and City Hall are listed for contact with the Sandpoint City Pound Master about the dogs.
Wells Fargo Bank's 300 branches announce a quarter point rise in the prime lending rate to 10 percent, the sixteenth such increase this year for top corporate borrowers. Executive VP James K. Dobey cites monetary policy and inflation as drivers. Chase Manh asset bank says no change yet after raising to 9.5 percent on Aug 27.
Andrus noted Morgan withdrew his name as a candidate while the Attorney General's Office announced re signing of supervising agent John Cobley at the Pocatello Narcotics and Organized Crime Bureau. A year of leadership changes followed the dismissal of Chief Agent Tom Taylor and resignations of others, with a statewide program under review. Morgan urged transparency and destruction of his files, stressing his clean record and public service.
A federal grand jury resumes evidence in Maryland political corruption as secrecy increases with a fifth floor wing blocked. Baltimore County Executive Dale Anderson faces a 39 count indictment for extortion and bribery and is set to be arraigned, while Agnew ties and hotel rent remain under scrutiny and the panel weighs possible charges.
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