Electrical Shock Claims Life Of Sandpoint Official
Larry Wahlgren 46 assistant forest warden with the Idaho Dept. of Public Lands in Sandpoint died Friday from an electrical shock while extinguishing a spot brush fire east of town. The injury followed a power line ground contact after a transmission pole cross arm broke. Wahlgren, a 1969 hire and former Air Force major, was two miles east of the Pack River Bridge near State Highway 200 when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Wahlgren
Dept. of Public Lands
Sandpoint
Here
Robert Wilcox
Wahlgren
Washington
Walhgren
Dept. of Lands
Brush
U.S. Air Force
Pack River Bridge
Hofmeister Bond Set At 5000 In Murder Case
Everett Hofmeister Jr. faced a 5 000 bond in Sandpoint District Court on a first degree murder charge linked to his wife June Hofmeister's July 1974 death. He pled not guilty and offered extradition waivers while agreeing to sheriff processing before bonding. A venue change request was deferred to August 15, along with four motions to dismiss the indictment. Bond posted Friday.
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Everett Hofmeister, Jr
Sandpoint
Edward Lodge
Hofmeister
Washington
Bonner County
June
Lodge
Idaho
Spokane
Tom Mitchell
District Court
Doris Kenney
Bond
Autopsy Set Tomorrow In Pend Oreille River Death
A 29 year old Fort Saskatchewan man Dale Mohr is scheduled for an autopsy tomorrow after his body was recovered Saturday from the Pend Oreille River near Springs Point. He and a 15 year old Cranbrook girl were in a boat that ran out of gas and Mohr attempted to swim ashore at about 1130 p.m. Friday. Mohr was wearing a life preserver when his body was found at 942 a.m. Saturday. Sheriff and coroner provided details.
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Fort Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Pend Oreille River
Springs Point
Dale Coffelt
Bonner County
Cranbrook
Pend Oreille
Robert Wilcox
Idaho Tax Saving Plan Likely Unconstitutional, AG Says
Idaho Attorney General Wayne Kidwell issued a 27 page opinion noting that a 1975 legislature approved program letting state employees defer salary to reduce federal income tax probably violates the state constitution. The act clashes between title and body over a 25 percent contribution limit, suggesting the plan could be null and void if challenged.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
Wayne Kidwell
Joe Williamis
Martell L. Miller
Department of Administration
Williams
Miller
Robert M. Johnson
Impact Study On Bypass Ordered In Sandpoint Idaho
The Idaho Department of Highways will start an environmental impact statement on a 1.5 mile U.S. 95 bypass affecting the old Burlington Northern train depot in Sandpoint. The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which has blocked earlier attempts to clear it for the bypass.
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State Dept. of Highways
Burlington Northern
Idaho Transportation Board
Federal Highway Administration
Transportation
Darrell Manning
Bonner County
Two city projects begin to employ twenty workers total
Four workers started a $25,000 city hall reconditioning project funded by a Title X grant through the Soil Conservation Service. A separate four man crew began clearing a roadside park tourist information center site at the north city limits along U S Highway 95.
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Soil Conservation Service
City Hall
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University OF Idaho
Library Dept
Moscow
Washington Water Power Co
Thomas Frost
Coffelt
Mohr
Fairgrounds
Raynold Davis
Lions Club Panhandle Rodeo Association
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