Utilities warn of rolling blackouts over energy crunch
Pacific Power and Light officials said a seven to ten percent cut in electricity use may trigger mandatory curtailment to prevent multi day blackouts. Bob Smith and Bert Leonard spoke at a Sandpoint luncheon with civic leaders urging reduced consumption to lessen impacts.
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Pacific Power and Light
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Washington
Montana
Idaho
Bert Leonard
Sandpoint
Pp&l
Local Man Credited With Saving 5 Lives
Del Brown of Sandpoint and two Washington men were credited by the Washington State Patrol for saving the lives of a Spokane family of five trapped in a camper after an accident on Highway 395 north of Spokane. Mrs. Edmund Jackson, 36, was forced off the road by an unidentified driver. The camper overturned, veered back onto the highway, sideswiped a southbound vehicle and rolled over again before exploding. Brown arrived to find bystanders not aiding the occupants.
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Washington State Patrol
del Brown
Sandpoint
Washington
Spokane
Edmund Jackson
Highway 395
Here
Brown
the Bee Today
Inquest Rules Drowning an Accident at Coco Lalla Lake
Bonner County coroner Dale Cof pronounced the death of Richard H. Van Horn on Coco Lalla Lake Aug 3 accidental after a coroner's jury heard testimony. The collision involved a Clary family boat towing a water skier and a second boat carrying Van Horn and his grandson Randy Mensching during the mid morning incident near the dock area.
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Bonner County
Dale Coffelt
Richard H. van Horn
Cocolalla Lake
van Horn
Victor David Clary
Clary
David
Randy Mensching
Randy
Bill Kern
North Idaho Forest Lands Closed Amid fire danger
State Land Commissioner and Regional Forester close all forest lands in North Idaho to entry due to critical fire danger. Entry allowed only by permit with exceptions for residents traveling to homes. Bear and mourning dove season starts September 1, but hunting access remains banned until conditions improve and closures lifted.
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Idaho
U.S. Forest Service
Voters Approve Five Mill Levy For School District
Unofficial results show Bonner County School District No 82 passing a five year five mill levy starting September 1973 with 739 yes votes out of 1025 cast, 72.1 percent, meeting the two thirds requirement. 286 voting no. A previous August 1972 levy renewal earned 78.4 percent in a 1,897 vote total.
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Bonner County
Cady & Pier Appoint Dave Wall General Manager
Cady & Pier Inc announces Dave Wall will assume day to day operations as general manager. Frank B. Evans remains in a leadership role to support growth, while no other personnel changes are planned. Wall, former Ford Division business manager in Seattle, will relocate with his wife Ruth and two children Mark and Terri to Sandpoint.
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A. H. Pier
Cady & Pier, Inc
Dave Wall
Wall
Frank B. Evans
Evans
Spokane
Sandpoint
Seattle
Ford Motor Company
Ruth
Mark
Terri
Cady and Pier, Inc
Frank Evans
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