County Hosts Bicentennial Celebration at Bonner Fairgrounds
A capacity crowd gathered at the Bonner County Fairgrounds indoor arena for the county Bicentennial observance. Idaho Bicentennial Commission director J. Meredith Neil presented an official Bicentennial flag to Commissioner Jim Brockway as First District U.S. Rep. Steve Symms urged citizens to study the Declaration of Independence and history to rekindle republican ideals.
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Bonner County Fairgrounds
Bonner County
J. Meredith Neil
Idaho Bicen
Tennial Commission
Jim Brockway
First Dist
U.S
Steve Symms
Symms
Idaho Bicentennial Commission
Bonner County Fair near average exhibits with uptick in outdoors displays
Bonner County fair exhibits run about the same as last year with crafts fruit and berries up while garden vegetables and apples dip due to a late cold season. 4-H participation remains near record levels as all fair booths fill. Outdoor displays include a U S Army recruiting station Snow Groomer farm machinery and new pickups and trailers from several dealers.
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Bonner County
Raynold Davis
Davis
U.S. Army
Priest River
Art Jasmine and Sons
Sagle
Steve Wood
Group Hears Idlewood activists seek repeal of forest acts
About 65 people met at Sandpoint Community Hall to hear Jack A. Williams describe Idaho State’s reply to a suit challenging the Forest Practices Act and a second suit against the Land Use Act. Williams anticipated a default judgment due to a late Attorney General reply and pledged to refile if needed.
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Dave Finkelnburg
Idaho
Williams
Democrats Predict Idaho Senate Gain and Upset Possibilities
Rice, Idaho Democratic Party chair, told Edgewater Motel gathering that the party could gain the state Senate and possibly unseat Republican congressmen Symms and Hansen. She urged targeted races, emphasized voter registration in northern Idaho, and praised Senate Church while noting Ford’s vulnerability on the economy in 1976.
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Deckie Rice
Idaho Democractic Party
Edgewater
State Senate
Steve Symms
George Hansen
Hansen
Symms
Rice
Senate
Ford
Idaho
Frank Church
Libby Dam Dedication Set With U S and Canadian Leaders
Physical arrangements are ready for the Sunday dedication of Libby Dam on the Kootenai River in Northwest Montana. President of the United States and the Canadian ambassador will attend the 12 30 p m ceremony to mark completion and energize the first of eight hydroelectric generators. The $480 million project took six years to build by the Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District as part of an international treaty program for the Columbia River basin. A day of entertainment begins at 10 a m with the Libby All City Band and Treasure Tones of Libby, plus the Kimberly Pipe Band from British Columbia, drawing thousands to the site.
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Libby
Kootenai River
Montana
United States
Seattle
Army Corps of Engineers
Canada
Columbia River
Treasure Tones
Kimberly Pipe Band
Kimberly
British Columbia
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Andrus
Cecil Andrus
Democratic
Democratic Party
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