Idaho declares five northern counties disaster area
Gov. Andrus signed a proclamation at 9 a.m. declaring Bonner Boundary Latah Benewah Kootenai Washington and Curtis counties as disaster areas under the governor and adjutant general. Flood evaluation led by Maj. Gen. Bennett with Brig. Gen. Trail conducting on scene work. Evacuations continued in Bonner County with Sandpoint hosting evacuees at the Community Hall and measures to prevent dam failure ongoing.
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Geoil D. Andrus
Idaho
Marion Davidson
Bonners Ferry
Daily Bee
Bonner County
George B. Bennett
Davidson
Doug M. Trail
Adjutant General’s
Coeur d’Alene
Adjutant General
Chris Carlson
Andrus
The
Carlson
Pack River Flats
Rapid Lightning Creek
Sandpoint
Sand Creek
Cocolalla Lake
W. L. Crawford
Bee
Bonner County Tax Valuation Rises Over Two Million
The 1973 assessed valuation totaled 30,582,749 up from 28,188,998 in 1972. Real taxes were 2,830,897.56 with 1,526,766.80 collected and 1,304,130.76 outstanding. personal taxes 117,240.63 with 99,546.59 collected and 17,694.04 outstanding. Real and personal abstracts show 15,141,316 and 713,825 respectively. Utilities and rail cars add 14,372,326 and 355,282 to the 1973 totals.
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Bonner County
Alice Nelson
Church seeks release of 69 documents on oil and anti trust
Sen Frank Church asks State and Justice to declassify 69 papers alleged to show Eisenhower and Truman administrations allowed oil companies to exploit Arab petroleum. He cites letters to Kissinger and Saxbe and requests ARAMCO and Exxon internal documents.
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Kim Willenson
Washington
UPI
Frank Church
Idaho
State and Justice Departments
Eisenhower
Truman
Church
Henry A. Kissinger
William B. Saxbe
Arabian American Oil .Co
Aram:co
Exxon Corp
State Department
Justice
Department
Schools Closed in Bonner County District
Bonner County School District No 82 will stay closed for the rest of the week. Superintendent Dr Wayne E Likens cited hazardous roads and flooding as the basis for the decision and noted recommendations from the Board of County Commissioners and the Transportation Supervisor.
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Bonner County
Wayne E. Likens
Board of County Commissioners
E. Wayne Likens
Likens
Knife threat forces victim to write check to juvenile
Mrs Stephen Van Horne of 317 S 2nd wrote a $40 check under duress after a juvenile threatened her with a knife. The incident was reported to police by the victim’s husband early last night.
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Stephen van Horne
S. 2Nd
Weather Update for Sandpoint Brings Diminishing Showers
Local flooding and showers are decreasing with cooler temperatures tonight and Thursday. Gusty southerly winds will lessen tonight as rain chances drop from 60 percent tonight to 40 percent Thursday. low tonight around 35 and high Thursday near 40.
Bonner County School District Rehires Attorney Amid Staffing Debate
At a special meeting the Bonner County School District kept Bandelin and Associates as its official attorney while delaying a decision on replacing six year Trustee Dr. William Morton. Dr. David Beeson dissented favoring a Priest River attorney. Weather concerns linger as district closes schools due to bad roads and the board moves Jan 28 to a regular instruction day.
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Bonner County
Bandelin
Morton
Gordon Cortes
Charles Bonar
Man Charged With DUI After Parking Lot Crash
Howard Ketchum of 503 Cedar was charged with driving under the influence after his car struck a parked vehicle owned by Darrel Elvester of 710 N 5th. Police reports say the collision occurred yesterday.
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Howard Ketchum
Cedar
Ketchum
Darrel Elvester
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Jack Leckner
Les Brown
Leckner
Popcycle Road
U.S
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