North Idaho National Forests to Consolidate Offices
Regional Forester Steve Yurich said Forest Service Chief John McGuire approved merging the Coeur d Alene Kaniksu and St Joe Supervisor Offices into a single headquarters in Coeur d Alene. The plan includes regrouping land use teams and personnel in St Maries and Sandpoint to improve efficiency and expand timber sales within environmental standards.
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Steve Yur‘ich
Missoula
Forest Service
John McGuire
North Idaho National Forest
Coeur d’ Alene
Kaniksu
St. Joe National Forests
Yurich
Agriculture Butz
North Idaho
Coeur d’Alene
St. Maries
Sandpoint
Northern
Idaho National Forests
Nezperce National Forest
St. Joe
Nezperce National Forests
Planners Table Rezoning Bid Delayed for Study
Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission tabled a bid to rezone a west of Highway 95 and north of Sandpoint parcel from Agricultural Suburban to Commercial. Owners Jim Hunt Emmett Marley and Paul Knaggs proposed a boundary to Sand Creek Bank but soil concerns urged retreat 50 to 100 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 95
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Jim Hunt
Emmett Marley
Paul Knaggs
Tom Wilson
Soil Conservation Service
Sand Creek Bank
Harry Shoemaker
Sand Creek
Shoemaker
K & K Button Auction Kicks Off Week in Sandpoint
The K & K button auction opens Friday at 8 p.m. in the Pastime Banquet Room with a no host cocktail hour. Public bidding starts during the 1973 K & K week as Anglers seek prizes racing toward a final banquet and awards at the Eagles on May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandpoint
Rishing
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Weekend
The nation moves clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. Saturday marking the start of daylight saving time. When changing clocks, set to 3 a.m. if advancing, and remember to fall back one hour in the autumn.
Pearl Island Donated to State for Recreation
An anonymous donor gave Pearl Island in Lake Pend Oreille near Hope to Idaho for recreation after her death. The 12 acre island was presented to the Idaho Parks and Recreation Board, which praised it as a potential state asset. The board also raised overnight camping fees in state parks to 3 dollars for sites with central toilets, 3.50 for sites with electricity and waste, and 4 dollars for full service sites.
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Pearl Island
Lake Pend Oreille
Hope
Idaho Parks and Recreation Board
Gray resigns as acting FBI chief amid Watergate dustup
Nixon accepts the resignation of Acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray I after reports he burned political dynamite documents tied to a Watergate conspirator. Ronald Ziegler says Nixon discussed it with Attorney General Kleindienst who spoke to Gray. Gray, 57, had hoped to become permanent FBI director.
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Jane Denison Washington
UPI
Nixon
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
Ronald L. Ziegler
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Identity of Indian Woman Found Dead at Husky Truck Stop
Deputies cannot identify a 45 to 50 year old American Indian woman found dead at a Husky Truck Stop near Cocolalla Lake. She died of a heart attack per an autopsy and had no ID. She stood about 5 feet 1 inch, weighed 140 pounds, with a chin scar and band on the left hand.
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Bonner County
Cocolalla Lake
David Hare
Hare
Diamond W
Coeur d’Alene
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U. S. Army
Farragut State Park
Jamboree Bank
Bee
Washington
Ziegler
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