Samuels Pushes Joint Shop Plan With Ed Britzman
Samuels criticizes delays in a proposed city county school district shop project citing 270 miles of roads in District Three. He urges a Clark Fork location and notes district workers handle bookkeeping and watchman duties at no county cost while warning the negative county budget and tax collection concerns.
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Henry Samuels
Ed Britzman
Samuels
Sandpoint
Clark Fork
Miles
Consolidated
Insurance Head Opposes Special Session on Malpractice
Idaho Insurance Commissioner Monroe Gallaher fights a push by the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association led by Gov. Cecil Andrus to convene a special session over malpractice insurance for physicians. Argonaut policy cancellations loom as lawsuits seek limits and a joint underwriting plan.
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Gallaher
Idaho Congressman Hansen Cleared of Campaign Finance Wrongdoing
UPI reports Rep George Hansen of Idaho says he was exonerated on intentional wrongdoing in reporting campaign finances after pleading guilty to two federal misdemeanor charges. He was fined 2000 dollars and had his two month prison sentence replaced by a fine. He and his wife Connie arrived in Boise and face a criminal trial involving Mel Morgan and Rose Marie Bowman, while Hansen pursues a 2 million civil suit over alleged wrongful credit reports.
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Boise
UPI
George Hansen
Idaho
Hansen
U. S
George Hart
Connie
Washington, D. C
Mel Morgan
Pocatello
Rose- Marie Bowman
Morgan
Bowman
Dogs Stolen In Burglary Across County
Burglars at separate county sites took items over several days including three dogs and dog food from the city pound. Poundmaster Demers noted no forced entry. Other losses included three radiators from equipment at the Clagstone asphalt pit and a trailer at Lee Hays.
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Here
Tom Demers
Les Peak
Clagstone
Robert Wilcox
Sandpoint
Lee Hays
Man Injured In Accident On Dufort Road
Frank R. Hamilton 43 of Sagle was injured when his vehicle went off Dufort Road 12 miles southwest of Sandpoint. Police say he crossed the center line and skidded 110 feet, then went 40 feet to leave the road, traveled 210 feet parallel, crossed a steep embankment and barbed wire fence.
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Frank R. Hamilton
Sagle
Dufort
Sandpoint
Idaho
Hamilton
Man Arrested For Possession Of LSD
Daniel D. Thacker, 19, Sandpoint, was arrested by Bonner County deputies on a charge of possession with intent to deliver LSD. He was taken at Second and Cedar streets after information he transported the drug from Moscow to Sandpoint. A search warrant was executed. 57 hits of LSD and about 1.5 ounces of marijuana were found. Three deputies participated in the arrest.
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Daniel D. Thacker
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Robert Wilcox
Wilcox
Thacker
Second
Cedar Streets
Moscow
County to Receive Low Income Housing Funds
Bonner County will receive 15 housing units funded from an $800,000 HUD grant to the state. County officials have yet to locate the site, with plans due to HUD within 90 days. Eligibility tops at $4,250 income and seniors 62 plus receive priority. BCHA will set criteria. The grant provides jobs as well as housing amid tough economic times.
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Bonner County
Jim Osman
Bonner County Housing Authority
Osman
Citizen Advisory Council On
BCHA
Sunshine Law Enforceme nt Scrutiny At Hearing
A Boise hearing on the Sunshine Act enforcement drew lobbyists and officials debating the act’s scope and reporting forms. Secretary of State aides noted most rules mirror Washington state while critics argued the law targets lobbyists, not citizens, and questioned registration aims.
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Richard Charnock Boise
UPI
Ben Ysursa
Secretary of State
Ira L. Craven
Caldwell
Canyon County Board of Commissioners
Ysursa
Rgistrtion
Usursa
Craven
Mary Mech
Boise
Mech
Statehouse
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Eitzman
Andrus
James F. Scott
First Presbyterian Church
Virginia Wood
Bonner Sail Stewardship Committee
Washington State
Washington
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