Community Meeting Notices and Local Events Summary
Local groups list summer activities and meetings in Sandpoint and Bonner County. Vacation Bible School August 13–17 at the Kootenai Church, for ages 4–14. Bonner County Fair Board meet August 15 at the fairgrounds. Hope Old-Timers picnic August 19 at Sam Owen Park. Women’s Caucus August 15 at 7 p.m. and Bonner County Daily Wives August 17 at 1 p.m. WWI Barracks August 14 at VFW Hall. Yard sale August 14 by Sandpoint cheerleaders. Patricia Tuttle CS speaks August 13 at Community Hall. Hits and Misses bowling by-laws meeting August 20 at WWP room. Sandpoint Social Club August 14–15 events. No Sandpoint Senior Citizens meeting August 17 due to bus tour to Canada. Social Security rep visits August 14, 10 a.m.–12 noon, at Senior Center.
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Canada
Coeur d’Alene
The
Social Security Administration
Sandpoint
Senior Citizen’s Center
Pine
Four Forgotten Cubans tied to Watergate scandal revealed
Four Cuban former CIA operatives discuss their roles in the Watergate era in a Rockville detention center interview. Eugenio Martinez Bernardo Barker and others describe missions tied to Ellsberg files and alleged Soviet connections, with hints of White House involvement and national security aims.
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Jon Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Eugenio Martinez
Cuba
Martinez
Washington
Rockville
Bernard Barker
White House
E. Howard Hunt
Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg
Democratic Party
Watergate hush money paid to defendants and families details
Report cites $460,000 paid to Watergate defendants and lawyers, with only about $14,000 reaching Cuban defendants and $13,000 to their first attorney. Individuals like Sturgis and Gonzalez face financial ruin while top aides traveled freely. Cuban families seek defense funds. rumors of Kennedy assassination involvement debunked.
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Watergate
Henry Rothblatt
Frank Sturgis
Virgilio Gonzalez
Eugenio Martinez
Clara
Miami
Sturgis
Jan
Martinez
Dominick
Gonzalez
Daniel Schultz
Kennedy
Dallas
Berlin Hijack Threat Tied to Teen Return Case
A female caller warned of hijacking if 17 year old Ingrid Brueckmann was sent back to East Germany. Pan American flight from Tempelhof to Hamburg was recalled, searched, and delayed two and a half hours before continuing. The threat referenced Berlin court action over the murder case and the girl’s June escape claiming self defense against alleged molestation.
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Hamburg
Berlin
Ingrid Brueckmann
East Germany
Commodities to be distributed at Old Bonner County Fairgrounds
Commodities will be distributed at the Old Bonner County Fair Grounds from 9 am to 4 pm on August 15 and 16. Applicants may file at the Department of Environmental and Community Services Riverside Building in Sandpoint. Bring containers or boxes for pickup.
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Bonner County Fair Grounds
Department of Environmental and Community Services
Riverside
Sandpoint
Baker refuses interim Watergate report in Senate panel
Sen. Howard Baker Jr. says he will not sign an interim report if colleagues draft one from phase one of the Watergate hearings. He argues a partial report risks prejudging proof and cites White House tapes as a help to fact finding rather than to the report itself.
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White House
John Wilson
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Watergate
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Senate Watergate Committee
Baker
U.S. News and World Report
Nixon
Andrus to Promote Idaho Potatoes in TV Ads
Gov Cecil D Andrus will star in three television commercials for Idaho potatoes during the 1973 74 marketing season. Gordon C Randall Idaho Potato Commission executive director says the ads will run in fourteen top markets with Foote Cone and Belding directing.
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Boise
Elections Set for Bonner Soil Conservation District Board
Elections to fill three four year terms on the Bonner SCD board will be at the County Fair exhibitor booth Friday Aug 24 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Voters must be registered and ballots will be used. Nominating petitions require ten signatures and may be obtained at the Riverside Building SCD office. Polling officers are Virginia Wood Bob Bandy and Jim Judge.
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Bonner Soil Conservation District Board
SCD
Ed Hamshar
Idaho Soil Conservation District
Priest River
Jim Wood
Box 34
Samuels
Jim Judge
Sagle
Soil Conservation District
Riverside Building
Virginia Wood
Bob Bandy
Edgemere
Hamshaw
Gene Littlefield
Lawrence Smith
John Sater
Sandpoint
Thomas Tauber
LaVerne Stolz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kootenai Church
Bonner County Fair Board
Sam Owen Park
Womens Caucus
Washington Water Power Building
Bonner County Daily Wives
Washington Water Power Auditorium
WWI
VFW
Lake Street
Presbyterian Church
Patricia Tuttle CS
First Church of Christ Scientist
Idaho
Sandpoint Social Club
IWA
Senior ‘Citizens
East River Stud CO
Kootenai
Reneta Deere
By Jack Anderson
Feature Senheate Inc
Bob Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Grand Jury
Andrus
Weisz Dance Academy
Kristie Weisz
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