Grant mixup clouds Priest River High project funding
Local officials dispute a claim that Bonner County No. 82 won $850,000 for Priest River High School phase two. The tentative grant allegedly targets Clark Fork instead, with final decisions due by mid January.
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EDA
Seattle
Clark Fork
Priest River
New Hope-Clark Fork
Price
Idaho
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Dave Easton
Easton
Lou
Vermeer
Baldy Road
Idaho lieutenant governor successor debate heats up
Attorney General Wayne L. Kidwell outlined two possible lines for Evans when John Evans becomes governor later this month. Evans could appoint a lieutenant governor or resign to trigger succession rules, with court action likely to settle the issue. A selection committee nears its final recommendations as Moon prepares for Evans’ inauguration and Andrus heads to Washington for federal briefings.
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Richard ‘Charnock Boise
UPI
John Evans
Wayne L. Kidwell
Kidwell
Evans
Cecil D. Andrus
Marjorie Ruth Moon
Andrus
Washington, DC
Capital Hill
John Hough
Chris Carlson
Joe Nagel
Boise
Seizure of 3 Pounds Heroin Ties Multi-State Ring
Federal officers in Spokane announced the seizure of three pounds of nearly pure heroin valued at 1.8 million and the arrest of five men in Spokane Fort Worth and Los Angeles on charges of importing and possessing the drug. The ring involved Thai nationals and stems from a four month investigation into an organized smuggling operation.
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Spokane
Wash
Los Angeles
Fort Worth
Tex
Loriery Gongyin
Monthien Pramual
Andrus Meets With Kleppe In Washington
Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus met with Interior Secretary Thomas Kleppe in Washington for a cordial discussion. Wayne Kidwell praised a court ruling as protecting individual liberty against broad agency power. Andrus planned courtesy calls on Senate Interior Committee members before resigning as National Governors Conference chair.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas Kleppe
Idaho
Cecil Andrus
Jimmy
Carter
Andrus
Capitol. Hill
Senate ‘Interior Committee
Burglary Hits Cedar Street Garage On New Year Eve
Police report the Cedar Street Garage was burglarized between 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday with a padlock pried from the door and five paint guns plus a grinder taken. Value not estimated. In another incident at Connies Cafe, Dale C. Gier, 19, of Albuquerque, was arrested for leaving without paying. he escaped while en route to the sheriff, was recaptured, and charged with an escape misdemeanor before being released on $50 bonds.
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Cedar Street
Steve Reese
Connies Cafe
Gier
Bonner County
Stevens Nominated to Fill Kenops District 82 Vacancy
Kenops resigns as Banner County School District 82 trustee and nominates Blaine Stevens of Pack River Cutoff Road to fill the vacancy. Stevens, a silviculturist with the Sandpoint Zone, recently transferred to a District Ranger post in the Selway Ranger District Nez Perce National Forests. He is an active community figure, having served as a scout master for 18 years and coached both softball and pony league baseball. The board has not yet set procedures for filling the seat. any resident of zone three may apply before Kenops term expires July 1, 1977.
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Darrel
Kenops
Blaine ‘Stevens
Pack River
Silviculturist
Selway
Nez Perce
National’ Forests
Stevens
Wayne Likens
Isuperintenden
Plaid Crashes Near Sandpoint In Highway 20 Incident
An 18 year old Larry E Plaid of Bonners Ferry drove a pickup off state highway 20 one mile east of Sandpoint. He failed to negotiate a high speed turn and struck marker posts a fence a mile sign post rail cars and tore off a railroad switch causing $4500 track damage. Occupant Steve Dyke 20 treated for cuts and bruises. Driver claimed no brakes on front wheels.
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Larry E Plaid
Bonners Ferry
Sandpoint
Idaho
Steve Dyke
Opferman Guilty Of Assault In September 1975 Case
Joseph P Opferman of Cocuialla was found guilty last week of assault with a deadly weapon against neighbor Arley D Lawrence following a September 1975 altercation. He claimed self defense. A .22 caliber pistol was involved. Sentencing pending. The offense carries up to five years imprisonment and a $5 000 fine or both.
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Joseph P. Opferman
Cocuialla
Arley D. Lawrence
Opferman
Lawrence
Lentil Shipment Sets Inland Empire Record to Algeria
About 7,000 tons of eastern Washington lentils are en route to Algeria, the largest single lentil sale from the inland empire. The $4 million deal was arranged by the D. J. Irvin Co. of Spokane after negotiations in Paris three months prior. Irvin also reported selling 1,000 tons of dried peas to Algeria.
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Spokane
UPS
Washington
Algeria
Inland Empire
D.J. Irvin Co
Irvin
Paris
Man Saves Son Then Is Rescued From Cold Lake
Allen Sprague 46 saved his nine year old son Terry after the boy fell through the ice on Granite Lake west of Spokane. Sprague then fell in and was rescued by Medical Lake Fire Department volunteers. He suffered extreme hypothermia with a body temperature of 85 upon recovery.
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Spokane
UPS
Allen Sprague
Terry
Granite Lake
Here
Sprague
Medical Lake Fire Department
Spokane Woman Dies in Accidental Gunshot Incident
Elaine Hunt, 27, of Spokane, died from an accidental gunshot wound after tripping over a loaded .22 rifle in her bedroom. Police said the weapon, kept for intruder protection, discharged hitting her chest.
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Spokane
UPI
Elaine Hunt
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James McClure
Dale Price
Economic Development Division
Panhandle
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Church
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Jimmy Carter
Fidaho
Bee
Mike Dalen
Senate
Republcan
Phil Batt
Wilder
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Ball
Supreme Court
Tribuna
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Bangkok
Harvey
Golden Triangle
Thailand
Burma
Laos
DEA
Kleppe
UPD
Wayne’ Kidwell
U.S. District Court
Sarring Occupational Safety and Health ‘Administration
National Governor's Conference
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Dukakis
New England
Bay State
Interior’ Department
Bill Bowman
Dale C Gier
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Plaid
Man Saves
Son
Sandpoint & Vicinity
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