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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1971
Page
2
An editorial compares the proposed $262.50 monthly rental for the arena to a low price offer for the Kaniksu National Forest, criticizing the deal as vastly undervalued and suggesting it ignores broader public value.
Prison uprising at Attica ends after four days with 9 hostages and 30 inmates killed, 1 hostage earlier dead, Governor Rockefeller ordering an investigation. Khrushchev buried in simple ceremony. McGovern’s Saigon meeting bombed. Nixon to push wage price freeze after November 13. Floods near Philadelphia kill 12. Edith devastates Louisiana coast. U.S. proposes UN Security Council seat for Communist China.
Hogs at Omaha steady to 25 higher with various weight classes listed. 50 sheep offered. Cattle and calves not on offer. Denver hogs up to 25. sow and barrow prices shown. lighter weights around 19.50. No other livestock reported.
Spokane mourns the death of former mayor and utilities commissioner Willard J. Duke Taft after a lengthy illness. He served 1945 to 1958 and later worked at Bon Marche. Survived by wife Kathleen a sister and three brothers. Funeral arrangements were pending.
Lucky Breweries will pay 50 cents per case of 24 Lucky bottles in Washington and northern Idaho and 12 cents per case for cans. President Peter N. T. Widdrington says the program aims to increase container recycling as volumes rise. Bottles go to Vancouver plant for washing and reuse. cans are sold for copper recovery. Residents may bring empties Fridays 2 to 5 PM at Madsen Distributors in Sandpoint.
A reader recalls frost on a windshield in Cocolalla and the trial of a wood stove in a cabin, praising its warmth and bread baking while lamenting frequent reloading. The writer jokes about stoves being feminine and muses on keeping up with old pioneer ways. A brief tax note reports wine tax revenue of 98,699 dollars in July and August.
An interim legislative committee urged reactivating the state's fire bill negotiating team to draft a uniform firefighting contract. Lt. Gov. Jack Murphy House Speaker William J. Lanting and Sen. Ray Rigby were asked to lead meetings to draft and submit contracts to federal firefighting agencies.
A call to readers to boost finances by selling unused goods through the Daily Bee classified section. It highlights practical steps to convert clutter into cash and encourages timely listings.
A UPI report from Brussels says Nixon policy will cut annual growth of European market exports by half, costing trade balance about 2 billion dollars yearly. Common Market exports would drop from 8 to 4 percent, with Kennedy round tariff cuts canceled and Japan to boost competition.
A blaze of undetermined origin destroyed the Rexburg Lumber Company sawmill in Rexburg causing about 500000 in damage. Firefighters from Rexburg and St Anthony plus sawmill workers battled the flames for three hours saving the planning mill offices and much lumber. Officials plan to rebuild but six months may be lost. The plant had just announced a 100000 expansion to cut pollution. The mill stood beside a railroad siding.
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