Girl Scouts Aid Lions Toy Drive Preview at New Farmin School
Twelve girls from Girl Scout Troops 43 and 202 posed for a preview photo showcasing aprons tote bags and books for the Toys For Tots project. The drive started in late November and ends Thursday with a Lions Club presentation at New Farmin School. Troop 43 has 22 members and Troop 202 has 29 members. dues in December fund new gifts for teens. Adult leaders are named for both troops.
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Sandpoint Lions Club
Michele Bopp
Torrie Nordgaarden
Darlene Nordgaarden
Debbie Koski
Tamera Watts
Cindy Goodlake
Nancy Watson
Diana Madsen
Alissa Creeger
Patty Brown
Bernadette Quebral
Kristi Gill
Sandpoint Lions Toys For Toys
Girl Scout
New Farmin School
Lions Club
Troop 43
Troop 202
Edw. Robinson
Jerome Neumann
Bill Gill
Charles Durand
Bomb on the Moon Suggestion Draws Debate
Geophysicist Gary Latham of Columbia proposes a small atomic blast on the far side of the moon to probe its interior via seismic waves. He notes political objections and a possible US-Russia joint mission, predicting a crater about five eighths of a mile wide.
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San Francisco
UPITD
Gary V. Latham
Columbia University
U.S
Latham
American Geophysical Union
National Academy of Sciences
Smokers Quit At Higher Rate In Late 1960s
A government survey shows about 2.5 million cigarette smokers gave up between 1966 and 1968. Smokers of all ages and both sexes quit, while 17 to 24 year olds with no prior smoking increased. The National Center for Health Statistics released the findings using Census Bureau data, noting 38 percent smoked in 1968, down from 1966 by five percentage points.
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Washington
UPD
National Center of Health Statistics
Census Bureau
Weather update cloudy with showers through Wednesday
Cloudy with a few showers of rain or snow through the period. Today a 30 percent precipitation chance rising to 70 percent tonight and Wednesday. Highs around 40 today and 35 on Wednesday with lows near 30.
Schweitzer Basin Opens With Limited Lifts Operating
Schweitzer Basin begins operation with Lift No. 1 Grandpa Bear and Lift No. 3 Baby Bear running to midway. Skiing on hardpacked snow is fair. hours 9 am to 4 pm daily. Snow tonight may bring all lifts online. three lifts run on weekends.
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Schweitzer Basin
Grandpa Bear
Midway
Baby Bear
Tot Breaks Elbow In Fall In Sandpoint
Tonya Howell six, daughter of Patty and Chet Howell Jr., of Sandpoint, is at Kootenai Memorial Hospital in Coeur d Alene with a fractured elbow after falling from a high chair while helping sister Larisa twenty months. The break is severe. her arm is in traction with a pin. The pin and traction are to be removed just before Christmas and the arm placed in a cast for at least three more weeks.
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Tonya Howell
Patty and
Chet Howell, Jr
Sandpoint
Kootenai Memorial Hospital
Coeur d'Alene
Tonya
Larisa
Patty Howell
Lewiston Annexes Orchards Making Fourth Largest Idaho City
Lewiston City Council voted to annex neighboring Lewiston Orchards ending a five year fight. The move raises Lewiston's population to about 24 300 placing it behind Boise Pocatello and Idaho Falls. A recall petition by Orchards residents was announced by Howard Jepson who leads the Orchards Community Project.
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Lewiston, Idaho
UPI
Lewiston
Lewiston Orchards
Idaho
Boise
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Orchards
Howard Jepson
Orchards Community Project
Jepson
Nézperce County
Elmer Heitman
Sherman
Sandpoint Varsity Beats Kellogg In Wrestling Meet
Sandpoint high school defeated Kellogg 33 to 21 in varsity action at Sandpoint Senior High Gym last Saturday. Individual results include several pins and decisions with Sandpoint leading the scoring. preliminary JV also favored Sandpoint 28 to 20. Sandpoint hosts Wallace tonight with weigh-ins at 6 p.m.
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Kellogg
Sandpoint Senior Highgym
Floyd Howard
Paul White
James Neumayer
Steve Dionne
Rick Larson
Marc Lyons
Rod Johnson
Mike Hook
Mike Larson
Kent Lyons
Joe Robinson
Kermit Mellong
Bruce Lindgren
Rod Moline
Allen Brown
Sandpoint
J.V
Wallace
Businessmen Ski Classes Set at Schweitzer Basin
Schweitzer Basin will offer businessmen skiing again this year with added incentives. Al Voltz reports on plans for Thursday classes starting Jan 8 and a Ladies Day on Jan 6, with rates of 15 dollars for six lessons for season ticket holders and 38 dollars for non-ticket holders. A junior skip school for children eight and under starts Saturdays and Sundays in January.
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Schweitzer Basin
al Voltz
Schweitzer
Elks Club
Voltz
Sandpoint
Duane D. Davis
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