Public Lands fire crews fight multiple blazes near Cocolalla and Pack Rivers
Public Lands rangers report several fires along west of Cocolalla Lake and Pack River area burning across eight acres of grass and timber from garbage piles and old boards. Jordan warned winds complicate suppression and urged strict open burn controls with possible penalties.
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Marshall ‘eMilis
Jordan
Robert Géenen
Cocolalla Lake
Tavern Creek
Buck and Edna
Pack River
Mother Urges Carter To Allow Return Of Children
A Czechoslovak mother, Vlasta Gabrielova-Zludkynova, writes to President Carter asking for permission for her two children, living with relatives in the United States, to return home. She notes prior court orders and alleged kidnapping during transit to the airport, and cites past American rulings tied to Czechoslovak politics and human rights.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
UPI
Carter
United States
Rude -Prago
Thie
Vlasta Gabrielova-Zludkynova
Gabrielova-Zludkynova
San Bernardino
Calif
Gabrielova
Van Houten Granted New Trial in Manson Murders Case
Leslie Van Houten and Linda Kasabian are tied to the Sharon Tate and Leno LaBianca killings. A second trial was ordered for Van Houten due to alleged errors in the first trial. Kasabian testified about the Tate murders while Van Houten was not present at that scene.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Leslie van Houten
Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
Charles Manson
Linda Kasabian
Manson
Sharon Tate
Miss.Van Houten
Radio stolen from car in Sandpoint Sunday night
Sherry Blood of Forest Street reported her Citizens Band radio pried loose from under the dashboard of her car Sunday night. The Catalina 23 channel unit valued at 140 dollars was stolen.
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Sherry Blood
Forest Street
Sandpoint
Citizens Band
Driver Cited After Crash at Fifth and Cedar
Three cars were damaged at Fifth and Cedar around 7 p.m. Monday when a left turn allegedly went wrong. Elizabeth L. Chapman 17 was cited for failure to yield and for no valid license after her car hit Farris D. Fields 48, rolled into a third car driven by Richard Merrill of Sandpoint. Estimated damages were 200 to Fields, 750 to the third car and 450 to Chapman's.
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Fifth and
Cedar
Elizabeth L. Chapman
Farris D. Fields
Chapman
Richard‘Merrill
Sandpoint
Fields
Cabin Attack Near Wrenco Loop Overnight Range
Reported early spring gunfire struck a cabin near Wrenco Loop west end between March 24 and April 24. Beach markings near the cabin show a boat was beached nearby, with unknown persons possibly involved.
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Lee W
Paris
Spokane
Wrenco Loop
Four Men Sought on Felony Theft Charges Near Clark Fork
Four men were wanted on felony theft charges in Sanders County Montana. Deputies from Bonner County Idaho arrested the suspects just inside the Idaho state line near Clark Fork on April 21 and released them to Montana authorities.
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Montana
Bonner
Idaho State Line
Clark
Death Investigation Tentatively Closed
A Hoodoo Valley resident, 21, William Geaudreau, apparently shot himself with a .22 rifle near his parents on Hoodoo Loop Road Friday around 10:30 am. He was found by his father about 3 pm. Sheriff Guthrie said there is no note or sign of foul play and the case is tentatively closed as self-inflicted death.
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Hoodoo Valley
Hoodoo Loop Road
Bonner County
Mike Guthrie
William Cleaudreau
Geaudreau
Wayne
Guthrie
Button auction kicks off Sandpoint summer celebrations
The K and K committee hosts a button auction in the Pastime Banquet room on Friday April 29 at 7 30 pm with 500 numbered buttons. The top bid for button number one stood at 225 dollars from Sandpoint resident John Major. A high bidder trophy will be awarded for the special button. The Kamloops trout over Lake Pend Oreille pin is the 2024 design. Del Brown notes the event opens the summer tourist season as the kickoff for Sandpoint’s largest annual celebration.
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K&k Committee
Don Mitchell
del Brown
K&k
Mitchell
Brown
Haruki Hale
Sandpoint
John Major
Industrial Nations Cheer Energy Effort
Detlev Rohwedder of the International Energy Agency said industrial nations welcome the U.S. energy conservation push under President Carter but worry about plutonium use for nuclear fuel. He noted concerns over proliferation paths and urged allies to act while the United States shifts oil prices toward world levels.
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Paris
UPI
International Energy Agency
Detlev Rohwedder
States
IEA
Rohwedder
Carter
United States
Ethiopian Expulsion Ties Up U.S. Agency Staff Flights
All but a few staff of five U.S. agencies are to leave Ethiopia by Wednesday as Addis Ababa orders closures and protests Eritrean secession coverage. Six USIS staff and families depart, while 85 Americans fly to Athens and rest depart by charter. Some remain in select agencies. Kagnew base and Asmara consulate closed.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
UPI
U.S
U.S. Information Service
United States
Athens
American Military Assistance Group
U.S. Naval Research Group
USIS
U.S. Agency For International Development
Two Young Men Die In Separate Idaho Vehicle Crashes
Northern Idaho State Police report two separate Sunday fatalities. Darrell Lee Hylton, 418, of Naples, died when his car left the road near Bonners Ferry and he became pinned. Edward Scott Happer, 19, of Pine Creek, Shoshone County, died when his vehicle missed a curve and struck a tree near Barkerville. Janet Bilmes, 16, of La Yabra California, driver of the other car, was seriously injured.
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Idaho
Kaho
Darrell
Lee
Hylton
Naples
Bonners Ferry
Edward Scott Happer
Pine Creek
Shoshone County
Barkerville
Janet
Public Misled on Atomic Bomb Design Says Bethe
Dr. Hans Bethe of Cornell University says reports claiming undergraduates can design a bomb mislead the public by ignoring the difference between designing and building. He warns real risk lies in nonnuclear nations misusing reactors and fuel equipment to make weapons, and endorses Carter's delay of breeder reactors to curb proliferation.
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Washington
UPI
Hans Bethe
Cornell University
Bethe
Trustees State Meet at Farmin School Tonight
The Bonner County School Board will meet at 7 p m for a closed session at Farmin School, then go public at 8 p m. The agenda includes personnel requests early graduation requests and a building program change order.
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Bonner County
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