City Council Approves Police Grant Application
The Sandpoint City Council, 41 voting, approved applying for a Law Enforcement Assistance Administration grant to hire two officers and buy a patrol car. Critics cited fairness to other departments and ongoing understaffing while officials noted grant shares drop over three years and that local funding would be needed after year three.
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Sandpoint
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Emma Lou Hook
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Andrus Opposes Revised Idaho Potato Futures Contract
Idaho Gov. Cecil D. Andrus voiced strong opposition to a proposed revision of the Idaho potato futures contract at a CFTC hearing. He warned of loss of the Idaho potato identity and urged no new contract until there is clear grower and processor backing. Leo Melamed of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange supported price insurance benefits and defended Idaho’s image in the plan.
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Boise
UPI
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Washington
Commission
Leo Melamed
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Melamed
The
Washington D.C
Frank Church
Melameda
Fieldwork Wraps Up on Bonner Deputies Probe
An independent investigation into allegations against Bonner County Deputies Michael Guthrie and Andy Anderson is completed, but a final report will not reach Prosecutor Gary Finney until next week or later. Guthrie and Anderson remain suspended with pay. Guthrie criticizes the move as political, while Anderson declines comment.
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Bonner County
Neil Custer
Idaho Attoreny General’s Office
Sandpoint
Michael Guthrie
Andy Anderson Anderson
Guthrie
David Hare
Gary Finney
Custer
Finney
Anderson
Missing Fisherman Victim Of Apparent Heart Attack
Garfield Bay resident Ray McMurray 63 was found dead in his blue and white fishing boat near Evan Landing on Lake Pend Oreille, last seen Friday. Officials say all indications point to a heart attack with no foul play. final cause pending doctor’s review.
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Garfield Bay
Lake Pend Oreille
Evan Landing
Bonner County
Jerry Hatch
Ray McMurray
Waterways
Harry Mitchell Mitchell
McMurray Fnday
Sheriff's Office
Dale Coffelt
McMurray
Coffelt
Gordon Sundquist
Mitchell
Hope
Sundquist
Radiation Contamination After Hanford Chemical Explosion
A chemical explosion at the Hanford plant blew out a hood panel and contaminated eight to ten Atlantic Richfield workers with americium. No atmospheric release occurred, and decontamination followed standard procedures. The cause is under investigation.
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Richland, Wash
UPI
Hanford Atomic Reservation
Washington
Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co
Hanford Environmental Health Foundation
Hal Lirndberg
Atlantic Richfield
Lindberg
Hanford
Arson Suspected In Sandpoint House Fire
Fire at 1107 Walnut Sandpoint Saturday night caused several thousand dollars damage to an unoccupied home gutted from the kitchen area about 11 pm. Fire Chief Wade Brown suspects arson and seeks aid from the State Fire Marshall's arson investigator. Two trucks and 16 men responded, 10 volunteers. The home, built about a year ago, is owned by Mrs. Charles Sommerfeld. No other homes were nearby.
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Larry Sterling
Hook
Sterling
Walnut
Sandpoint
Wade Brown
Charles Sommerfeld
Brown
Ford sympathetic to full restitution for Teton victims
Rep George Hansen says President Ford favors full restitution for Teton Dam collapse victims. Hansen, after meeting Ford and Interior Secretary Kleppe in Yellowstone Park, briefed them on the Teton Dam Reparation Bill during a flight to Washington.
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UPI
George Hansen
Idaho
Ford
Teton Dam
Hansen
Yellowtone Park
Thomas Kleppe
New Teton Dam
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