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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1973
Page
1
Lake Pend Oreille stood at 2060.8 ft at 8 am on Sept 17 with outflow held at 12000 cfs through the weekend. Flows then eased to about 9400 cfs to match reduced upstream inflow while weekly inflow averaged 4800 cfs.
Idaho's land board approved supplying a state firefighting vehicle to the Naples Fire District for winter use. Naples officials had requested help citing the district's 14 mile wide area and the need for a second, backup truck during double emergencies. Governor Cecil Andrus called the move small in cost but large in protection for local residents.
The Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee will meet Wednesday September 19 at 12 noon in the Pastime Cafe. A report from the Christmas decoration committee and a session on energy conservation by Bert Leonard will be heard. All members are urged to attend and bring a fellow merchant.
The Idaho Traffic Safety Commission voted to submit a bill requiring motor vehicle inspections only at title transfer. James Blaine noted human factors in inspections and a low accident rate from faulty equipment. The panel also rejected eye protection or mirrored bicycle mandates for riders. Senator Reed Budge warned such laws could harass individuals.
Bonner County prosecutors order an audit into a suspected fund irregularity at the Assessor's office. HF Magnusson from Coeur d Alene handles the review, with a final report pending and a meeting set for September 19.
The six member Idaho state park and recreation board adopted a timber harvest policy to keep forests near their natural state. The vote occurred during a quarterly session at Maks Inn, Idaho, with harvests allowed only for disease or fire within a stand or for clearing a right of way. Commercial value of park trees would not determine removals.
First Security bank of Idaho will take possession of the former First Methodist Church property in Sandpoint on Oct 10 after purchasing it for 60 000. The bank plans a fall construction start on a four lot site while the Methodist Church buys the Seventh Day Adventist Church property at Boyer for 75 000 and will share the old building for a year.
At Stanford Medical Center Blaine Wixom 52 received the heart of Samuel Moore 29 a murder victim. Doctors led by Dr Norman Shumway performed the transplant keeping the heart beating with an electric pulse after Moore was fatally wounded last Monday.
Norma Strecker Bonner County Assessor leaves for Detroit for the passing of her father Lee Geisler in Detroit.
A 31 year old man from North Carolina attempted a bank robbery at a Bank of America in Los Angeles. He wore a stocking mask, brandished a revolver, and tried to force the door before being stopped by a security guard. He claimed banks in NC open at 9 but LA opens at 10.
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