Energy Cooperation Highlighted At Libby Dam Dedication
President Ford and Canadian energy minister Donald S. MacDonald opened the Libby Dam hydro project in Montana. They pledged ongoing cooperation on energy while Canada plans to ease oil and gas exports, noting the U S must compensate with domestic resources. Ford warned of rising energy vulnerability and the need for self sufficiency as turbines were begun in the dam’s first phase.
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Libby Dam
Mont
UPI
Ford
Donald S. MacDonald
McDonald
Libby
Montana
Canada
United States
Middle East
Andrus May Seek Gas Tax Increase
Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus signaled plans to ask the legislature to raise the motor fuels tax to avert road program cuts. He noted 1977 revenues fall short by about 18 million, and prefers fuel tax hikes over higher vehicle registration fees. He also discussed a possible third term and potential Senate bid.
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Boise
UPI
Cecil D. Andrus
Andrus
Idaho
Transportation Board
Senate
James McClure
GOP
Dick Smith
R-Rexburg
H. Dean Summers
Endowment Fund Investment Board
Youth Hurt In Accident Involving Multiple Wet-Weather Crashes
A Sandpoint youth, Russell E. Watts, 19, remains in intensive care at Sacred Heart Hospital after a Saturday collision on State Highway 200 west of Sandpoint. Watts was ejected when his car struck Frank C. Shorts’s vehicle from the oncoming lane during a failed passing attempt.
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Spokane
Russell E. Watts
Sacred Heart Hospital
Frank C. Shorts
Cascade Locks
Oregon
Here
Idaho State Patrol
Watts
M.J. Kuntz
Nelson
B.C
Shorts
Syringa Heights Rd
Bonner General Hospital
Richard E. Platt
Heron
Ellen L. Johnston
College Place
Washington
U.S. 95
Siem Honored by Brown Daughters in Montana
Four Brown daughters praise former Sandpoint officer Paul Siem for attempting to arrest their father Gerald Brown after he drove away in Colburn. Brown later was hit by a truck minutes after release and Siem resigned following a coroner inquest into the incident.
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Montana
Colburn
Sandpoint
Paul Siem
Siem
Gerald Brown
Brown
Wolf Point
Donita
Sharon Brown
Beverly Miller
Lewiston Morning Tribune
Richard Abbott
Oliver Held Over For One More Week
Oliver the musical at the Actors and Playwrites Theater in Sandpoint was extended for three more shows after selling out seven performances. Director Robin DuCrest said 400 people were turned away over two weeks and urged reservations for Thursday through Saturday at the old Fairgrounds venue. Tickets ranged from 1 to 3 dollars.
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Dave Finkelnburg
Oliver
Sandpoint
Playwrites
Robin DuCrest
DuCrest
Actors and Playwrites
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Anthony C. Kehle III
Katherine L. Reynolds
Kootenai
Kehle
Boyer Rd
Betty P. Garrison
Troy
Dawn L. Kear
Garrison
U.S. Highway 95
Siem Is
Family of Brown
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