Judge Cleanses Block on Sunshine Tender Offer
UPI reports federal Judge Marion J. Callister dissolved a temporary restraining order and refused to grant a preliminary injunction blocking Great Western United’s tender offer to buy 2 million Sunshine mine shares in North Idaho. He found no irreparable damage or proof the Hunts could manipulate the silver market.
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Sunshine
Callister
Great Western
Hecla
Silver Dollars
Idaho
Silver Dollar
Texas Corporation
W.H. Hunt
Hunt
Boise
Hunts
KREM Will Air Frost Nixon Interviews In May
Spokane viewers will see the four David Frost Richard Nixon interviews on KREM starting May 4 at 7 30. KEZE veteran Ross Woodward and KREM program director Bill Hall secured rights from a New York distributor after initial hesitation. The broadcasts run May 4 12 19 and 25 at 7 30 p.m.
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Spokane
UPI
Inland Empire
David Frost
Richard Nixon
Radio Keze
Ross Woodward
Krem Television
Woodward
TV Guide
Frost-Nixon
KHQ
KREM
New York
Bill Hall
Syndicast
Wnow
Hall
Suspects Sought In Cheney Bank Robbery
Three suspects questioned in a Cheney Washington bank holdup fled as a dragnet spread across the Marshall area. Bloodhounds FBI agents and local officers traced a suspected getaway car after the 10 am robbery at Farmers and Merchants Bank. The bandits used a loan pretext, emptied teller cages, triggered alarms and pistol whipped a picnicker before fleeing. The search continued at night and was to resume the next day.
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Cheney, Wash
UPI
Cheney
Marshall
Spokane
FBI
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Investigator Sentenced For Distributing Heroin
In Phoenix UPI former Maricopa County public defender investigator Peter Martinez Brady 39 was sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and seven ounces sold. He received six years probation to follow the prison term. Co defendants Joseph Contreras 19 and Velia Contreras 39 faced separate outcomes with Contreras given youth corrections terms and Mrs. Contreras awaiting a dismissal motion.
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Phoenix
UPI
Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office
U.S. District Court
Carl Muecke
Peter Martinez Brady
Brady
Joseph Paul Contreras
Velia Garcia Contreras
Bell Gardens
Calif
Muecke
Contreras
Gaetan
James Dak
Cartwright
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S
Ted Noyes
Vernon Croaff
Husband Charged In Wife Death In Spokane Stabbing
Bradley T. King 37 of Spokane was charged with first degree murder after his wife Denise 29 was stabbed to death at the Heidegger Haus restaurant in the Shadle Park area around 6 30 p m Monday. Patrons subdued the suspect until police arrived.
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Spokane
Boise Man Charged After Suspect Grabs Revolver at Park
William M. Newell, 24, faces assault with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer charges after allegedly holding a loaded pistol on Boise police officer Rod Buttars at Julia Davis Park. Arrigned Monday he was ordered to return to court next Monday. Officer Buttars wrestled the 357 revolver from the suspect and placed him under arrest.
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Boise
API
William M. Newell
Newell
Rod
Buttars
Julia Davis Park
Worker Electrocuted While Retrieving Pipe in Boise
Dave Hudson aged 26 of Boise was electrocuted when a gust of wind blew the top of a pipe against a power line as he pulled pipe from a well at a Boise home. Ada County Sheriff's office says ambulance crews arrived minutes after the report but could not revive him. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a Boise hospital.
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Boise
UPI
Dave Hudson
Ada County Sheriff's Office
Hudson
Baise
Man Charged Over 117 Tax Returns Filed in Fraud Case
Chicago federal prosecutors charged Jon Tyrone Sharp with filing a false tax return and obtaining a $1,274 refund after he reportedly filed 117 returns seeking $134,550 in refunds. A handwriting expert linked him to the $1,274 refund and 26 other returns while authorities noted about $13,000 in refunds. Sharp, who previously served prison time for fraud against the government, used various phony names to file fraudulent returns. He was freed on 10 percent of a $6,000 bond.
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Chicago
UPI
Jon Tyrone Sharp
Sharp
U.S
Olga Jurco
William B. Lytton
Lytton
Treasury
Forest Service mulls summer fire plan at regional meeting
UPI reports a May 10 Salt Lake City regional meeting to decide new firefighting actions for national forests this summer. Idaho officials warn of a bad fire year as debris burning is restricted and contingency suppression programs may start early.
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Boise
UPI
Forest Service
Salt ‘Lake City
National Forests
Gordon Trombley
Idaho
Department of Lands
Trombley
Bureau of Land Management District
Priest‘Lake
Death Row Author Returns To Prison
Edgar H. Smith Jr., once dubbed the Death Row Author for his battle against capital punishment, is sentenced to life for kidnapping and attempted murder. He admits a New Jersey murder during trials, writes and campaigns for innocence, and his case drew figures like William F. Buckley Jr. into the debate.
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San Diego
UPI
Edgar H. Smith Jr
New Jersey
Smith
William F. Buckley Jr
California
Mic Orban
Fund Started In Boy's Death
A memorial fund was begun at Boise State University in memory of Steven White a 10 year old boy from Nampa who was stabbed to death near his home on February 14. The fund by Ronald Moran seeks to aid BSU students with school expenses.
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Boise
Jean
Boise State ‘University
Steven White
Nampa
Ronald Moran
BSU
Court strikes Illinois inheritance rule on illegitimate children
The Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision struck down an Illinois law allowing illegitimate children to inherit from mothers but not fathers. The ruling upheld federal immigration preferences for such children only if the parent is a citizen or permanent resident. Justice Powell rejected using illegitimacy to shape family actions and noted later cases limit its precedents.
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Ashington
UPI
Supreme Court
Illinois
U.S
Lewis Powell
Powell
Louisiana
Warren
Burger
Potter ‘Stewart
Sherman Gordon
Chicago
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Knife Point
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Manwah
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