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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1971
Page
5
The Pentagon issued a draft call for 10 000 men to be inducted over the last three months of the year. Monthly average 3 333. First inductees to enter the Army mid October. This follows Nixon signing a two year extension of draft authority.
Congressman John Melcher D Montana and the National Parks Centennial Commission protested a plan to hold the Yellowstone centennial celebration outside the park near Grand Tetons National Park. Melcher said a Washington meeting addressed site selection with other commission members. Park Superintendent Jack Anderson warned the park cannot handle expected crowds.
Richland officials await a council decision on Rogers Brothers Co plans to build a $6 million frozen potato processing plant. The project could sit on 40 acres of Port of Benton land or 60 acres of city-owned property after approval by the Ecology Commission.
Senator Goldwater accused Senator Kennedy of exploiting POW families for a newspaper headline at a National League of Families convention. Kennedy defended criticizing administration delays, saying he might have negotiated in Paris if needed. The group pledged no settlement unless POWs are freed and MIAs accounted for.
Investigators press on in central Washington as about 20 witnesses are slated to testify this week in Judge Felix Rea’s court in Ephrata. Arson is listed as the cause for nearly 100 haystack fires in August that caused over 1 million dollars in damage in the Columbia Basin. A federal grand jury investigated the blazes for three months earlier this year but no charges have been filed. Local prosecutors say any action will come as indictments with comments held until then.
Spokane officials hope major demolition can begin this year to clear Havermale Island for Expo 74 ecological exposition. Minor demolition is underway on a 50 acre site where warehouses razed were bought with state and federal funds. Three railroads own most of the property and negotiations for transfer to the city are in final stages.
Stanley D Langworthy 35 with a Coeur d Alene address is jailed on a second degree kidnapping charge. He allegedly took a 13 year old girl from Spokane to Coeur d Alene and is held on $5 000 bond after a Wednesday arrest in Coeur d Alene.
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