One Of A Kind Rail Tester Visits Sandpoint
A unique Plasser and Theurer track testing rail car visited Sandpoint on Monday night after a radiator failure. The prototype vehicle, brought by four Austrian men including Franz Egliseer, measures track gauge, elevation, riding qualities and other parameters. It has logged about 6000 miles in the United States and has sold units to the US, Morocco and West Germany.
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Plasser-Theurer, Inc
Lenz
Austria
Sandpoint
Plasser and Theurer
United States
Franz Egliseer
Reinhart Wallhofer
Manfred Mayrwoeger
Morocco
West Germany
Navy Man of the Year Candidate Sean Garvey Visibly Honored
Sean Garvey, a seven year Navy veteran and Vietnam War recipient, is a Machinists Mate 1C candidate for the Armed Forces Men of the Year. He lives in Spokane with his wife Judy Ann and three children and is active in the Navy recruiting basketball team and local sports. A luncheon at the Ridpath Hotel will honor nominees from all branches during Military Appreciation Week. Final winners will be announced in May before Armed Forces Day.
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Navy
Garvey
Assumption Roman Catholic Church
Francis
Spokane
Judy Ann
Armed Forces
Ridpath
Armed Services Committee
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Dover to Study Sewer Proposal for Community District
A Dover area sewer district covering Dover Syringa Heights and Rocky Point weighs a $594 400 system with up to $200 000 bond debt. Nortec Engineering of Portland studied the project and a town meeting is set for March 1 at 7 30 p m in the Dover Community Hall. State Health official Jack Ross and Farm Home Administration representative Ray Brock will discuss health questions and financing.
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Dover
Syringa Heights
Rocky Point
Sandpoint
Nortec Engineering
Portland
Oregon
Nortec
Sewer District Board of Directors
Bill O’donnell
Dover Community Hall
Jack Ross
The
Ate Health Department
Ray Brock
Farm Home Administration
E.P.A
Farm Home
Lawmakers Agree on 155.5 Million General Fund Budget
Boise leaders report House Republicans and the Senate back a 155.5 million general fund budget for fiscal 1974. Rep. Russell Fogg cites a consensus to avoid using federal Revenue Sharing funds for ongoing programs. Gov. Andrus proposed 170 million with federal money and tax relief.
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Boise
UPD
House
Senate
Russell Fogg
Idaho Falls
GOP
Joint Revenue Protection Committee
Cecil D. Andrus
Fogg
Idaho Ten Districts Face Immediate Education Funding Cuts
Gov. Cecil D. Andrus announced ten Idaho school districts will see reduced federal funding effective immediately amid Nixon cost cuts. Affected districts include Idaho Falls 91 Grand View 192 Salmon 291 Idaho Falls Junior 93 and others with total cuts totaling 15276 dollars. Andrus warned even small reductions can be substantial for small budgets.
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Boise
Idaho
Cecil D. Andrus
Andrus
Nixon
Idaho Falls
Grand View
Salmon
Glenns Ferry
Meadows Valley
Boundary County
Blaine County
Cascade
Shooting Under Investigation In Kootenai Feud
Bonner County deputies and prosecutor Dan Featherston investigate the Monday night shooting of Myrtle McCarr in Kootenai. McCarr is in serious condition at Bonner General Hospital after a 9mm exchange with Ingvold Hoiseth. three shots from the weapon and one from a 25-35 rifle were fired. Featherston cites a neighborhood feud over property boundaries as a possible motive.
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Bonner County
Dan Featherston
Kootenai
Myrtle McCarr
Robert Wilcox
Bee
McCarr
Bonner General Hospital
Local Firm Awarded Fed. Bldg. Contract
Pend Oreille Excavating Co. of Sandpoint receives the subcontract for all general work on the federal building project, marking a key award for the local firm.
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Fed. Bldg
Pend Oreille Excavating Co., of
Sandpoint
Weather Update and Construction Start for Sandpoint Project
Sandpoint weather stays mostly sunny through Thursday with light winds and fog in the mornings. The R C Hedreen Co Seattle announced a $26 300 contract for excavation on the Sandpoint Federal Building, with work to begin Monday foundation work for a temporary office structure led by owner H A Sturgess Pend Oreille Excavating.
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Sandpoint Federal Building
R.C. Hedreen Co
Seattle
H.A
Doc) Sturgess
Pend Oreille Excava
Hedreen Co
Sturgess
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Sean Garvey
Bill Garvey
Sandpoint Senior High
Lewis and Clark High School
Sean M. Garvey
Featherston
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