Avalance damages lift at Schweitzer Basin
Schweitzer Basin suffers lift damage after a controlled avalanche blast by Ski Patrol Director John Jaeger. The blast destroyed top sections of chairlifts and knocked out four towers, with no injuries reported. Engineers may take a month to restore service, aiming to reopen chairs five and six after Christmas and chair two after January 1.
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Schweitzer Basin
John Jaeger
Sam Wormington
Here
Worming
Wormington
Bar Robbed At Gunpoint West Of Meridian
Three masked robbers forced the Black Cat Inn staff to the floor and fled with about $300 after a Tuesday night gunpoint robbery three miles west of Meridian. No injuries were reported and the getaway car went east on Highway 30. One suspect stood around six feet tall and 200 pounds, the other two were described as slightly shorter.
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Meridian
UPI
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Ada County
Larry Broadbent
Black Cat Inn
Highway 30
Jack C. Allen
Gunport
Allen
Broadbent
Bank robber ruled mentally incompetent in Idaho case
Federal Judge Ray Mc Nichols ruled Virgil E. Clampitt 28 Yakima Washington mentally incompetent to stand trial on a bank robbery charge. Clampitt is accused of robbing the Idaho First National Bank at Eagle of 4644 on November 29 while pretending to hold a gun on assistant manager J C Cole. A Boise psychiatrist said Clampitt cannot understand court proceedings or assist in his defense.
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Boise, Idaho
UPI
Ray McNichols
Virgil E. Clampitt
Yakima
Wash
Clampitt
Idaho First National Bank
Eagle
J. C. Cole
State liquor chief denies plan to remove wine from stores
Idaho liquor chief Bill Webster refutes rumors that the state will drop table wine from state liquor stores. He notes table wine sales ceased only where local option allows grocery store sales, and liquor stores will keep stocking it where county option bans grocery sales.
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Bobe Cpd
Idaho
Bonners Ferry Youth Nominated to Military and Air Force Academies
Senator Frank Church announced nominations of Idaho youths to the Military and Air Force Academies. Air Force nominees include David Faber Bonners Ferry Steven Franklin Coeur d Alene Robert Ross Boise Peter Whitby Boise William Roe Weiser Bold Thomas Malad Walter Wells Fruitland. West Point nominees include Michael Edwards Caldwell Ronald Fullmer Kimberly Jeffrey Grover John Hutchison John Rovera Craig Weathers Boise John Jaskot Pocatello John Legerski Mountain Home Orval Porritt Fagle and David Warnick Moscow.
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Washington Cupd
Frank Church
D - Idaho
U.S
Air Force
Church
Naval Academy
Air Force Academy
David B. Faber
Bonners Ferry
Steven Ronald Franlkin
Coeur d’Alene
Robert William Ross
Peter Kevin Whitby
Boise
William Kevin Roe
Weiser
Bold J. Thomas
Malad
Walter Clyde Wells
Fruitland
Military Academy
West Point
Michael Vernon Edwards
Caldwell
Ronald Keith Fullmer Kimberly
Jeffrey Lawrence Grover
John Andres Hutchison
John Gerald Rovera
Craig R. Weathers
John Joseph Jaskot
Pocatello
John Patrick Legerski
Mountain Home
Orval Whitley Porritt
Fagle
David C. Warnick
Mosc
Officials Seek Young Pilot In Spokane Joyride
Spokane law enforcement seeks a young pilot who flew a twin engine Cessna 310 from Spokane International Airport at 12:45 a.m. over downtown causing a minor panic and a power outage before landing back at the airport at 1:05 a.m. and vanishing.
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Spokane
Ypi
Washington State Patrol
Spokane International
Superintendents Endorse Funding Plan for Schools
The Idaho Association of Superintendents backed increased funding for current public school programs and public kindergartens. The plan calls for a $10 million rise for school programs and $3 million for preschool in fiscal 1973, approved at a two day meeting sponsored by the State Department of Education.
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Boise
UPD
Idaho Association of Superintendents
State Department of Education
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Toys For Tots
Bonner County
Bee Photo
Jaeger
Bill Webster
Air Academy
Public School Legislative Task Force
Professional Standards Board
Professional Practices Committees
Vocational Education Department
Department of Education
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