Grassman Program Starts Kickoff Promotes Agriculture
The Grassman of the Year program held a Sandpoint breakfast with Hugh Hough urging broader public involvement and education on ecology and environmental improvement. Dave Tidwell emphasized telling the true story of land industries while Ray Deley was named chair for 1971 with judging starting May 1.
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Sandpoint
Hugh Hough
Hough
Ensemble
Bonner County
Shoshone
Dave Tidwell
Idaho Department of Public Lands
Tidwell
Ray Deley
ASC
Deley
the Grange
Farm Bureau
Idaho Cattlemen’s Association
Association of Idaho Soil Conservation Districts
Idaho Power Company
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Raynold Davis
Beat Bee
Teen Confesses to Murder in Bizarre Shooting and Arson
Brian L. Mercer, 16, is jailed on $50 000 bond in Sanders County after confessing to killing a schoolmate Michael E. Taylor 16 found shot ten times and burned on a gravel road near the Noxon Rod and Gun Club. Taylor was laid to rest in Whitepine Cemetery after services at Trout Creek Community Church.
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Noxon
Brian L. Mercer
Sanders County
Michael E. Taylor
Taylor
Noxon High School
Whitepine
Trout Creek
Young Taylor
Noxon Rod and Gun Club
E. Edgar Taylor
Taylors
Brian L Mercer
Self
Mercer
Snider
Robert Woodahl
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Morrison
Gilbert Wagner
White Cane Days drives fund Lions Eye Bank in Seattle
Sandpoint Lions will canvas downtown streets and shopping centers in Friday and Saturday April 232245 as part of the third annual White Cane Days drive in Washington and northern Idaho. Proceeds fund the Lions Eye Bank at University of Washington Hospital in Seattle and a building program for the Piano Tuning School for the Blind in Vancouver and a Seattle dormitory for blind students. Gene Chamberlain, drive chair, notes the Eye Bank has funded over 100 corneal transplants since its 1969 establishment.
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Sandpoint Lions
Washington
Idaho
Lions’ ‘Eye Bank
University of Washington ‘Hospital
Seattle
Eye Bank
School For the
Vancouver
Gene Chamberlain
Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday Across Nation
Daylight saving time returns this Sunday with clocks moving ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Most states observe the change, while Arizona Hawaii Michigan and Indiana stay on standard time under the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The lost hour in spring is recovered on October 31 when clocks fall back.
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Washington
UPI
Arizona
Hawaii
Michigan
Indiana
Idaho Board Denies Accrued Leave Payment Test Set
Idaho's Board of Examiners rejected 2 1 along party lines a request by seven former Gov Don Samuelsons aides for cashing accrued leave. The move prompts a potential court test on whether defunct administrations can be paid accrued leave, with Gov Andrus opposing and Attorney General Park urging denial. The action also directed actions on court budget transfers and other administrative items.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Board of Examiners
Don Samuelson
W. Anthony Park
Pete T. Cenarrosa
Park
Cecil D. Andrus
Supreme Court
Fish and Game Department
Salt Lake City
Department of Law Enforcement
Boise State College
Statehouse
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Grassman
Andrus
Ane Notestine
C.F. Gough
Douglas Bean
Evelyn McCampbell
Hazel Keefer
Edward W. Sawyer
Jerry Hill
Williams
Personnel Commission
Cenarrusa
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