City council faces punitive damages in Sandpoint water case
A court ordered Sandpoint to pay 5000 in punitive damages to Molstead and others denied water service. Former Mayor Lester Brown and six council members were named as defendants and must cover 3500 in punitive damages plus fines. The city paid the total 3500 as a lump sum from an out of city water fund after December 17 ruling.
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Brian Moe
Sandpoint
Lester
Brown
Ed Eitzman
Eitzman
Emma Lou Hook
Hook
The
Bee
Lester Brown
Ozzie Valliers
George Harper
J. C. Benoit
Edna Spearman
Roger Hanlon
Hanlon
Prather
Molsteads
Pickup Plunges Into Lake Pend Oreille
A pickup towing a six horse trailer fell from Long Bridge into Lake Pend Oreille in a freak early Thursday incident. No injuries reported as Cynthia Barnes swerved into Orville Bagley causing the crash. all six horses were walked off safely. The vehicles were damaged beyond repair and the truck was later lifted from the water.
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Long Bridge
Lake
Pend Oreille
Sandpoint
Cynthia Barnes
Priest River
Orville Bagley
Wilbur
Lake Pend Oreille
Andrus Disclosure Reveals Idaho Governor's Assets
Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus disclosed total assets of 127455 with liabilities at 19840 in Senate Interior Committee filings. Mining stocks totaling 107615 in Sunshine Mining Silver Syndicate Silver Buckle Mines and Placer Creek Mining are all in northern Idaho. he plans to divest within six months amid a Sunshine Mine strike.
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Jay Shelledy
Cecil D. Andrus
Senate Interior Committee
Carter
Department of Interior
Idaho
Sunshine Mining
Placer Creek Mining
Norther Idaho
Andrus
Leo Drulitz
Interior
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Interior Committee
Sunshine
Piper, Jaffrey & Hopwood
Ife
Bonner County Forms Search and Rescue Unit
The Bonner County Search and Rescue Unit was organized in December under the sheriff alongside ten field members and seven honorary members. An upcoming Jan 25 meeting at Ponderay City Hall invites volunteers to join or support fundraising plans to buy a bloodhound and cover costs. Officers include Captain Steve Herndon and Lieutenants Jack Russell Mel Pound, with Jim Miller as radio communications officer.
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Bonner County
Miller
Seaches
Ponderay City Hall
Uni
Steve Herndon
Jack Russell
Mel Pound
Citizens Band
Law Director Under Fire For Comment About Legislative Rumors
Boise Idaho. House State Affairs Committee questions Law Enforcement Director John Bender over remarks about rumors of bootlegging and possible legislative wrongdoing. Bender defends reporting rumors to a reporter saying he aimed to show lawmakers how ridiculous talk of a grand jury investigation was.
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Richard Charnock Boise
UPI
House State Affairs Committee
John Bender
Bender
John Reardon
Rboise
Reardon
Lyman G. Winchester
R-Kuna
Gary Ingram
Codur d'Alene
Joint Finance Appropriations Committee
Wth
Walter Yarbrough
Grand View
State Affairs Committee
Yarbrough
Carter Inauguration Begins Carter Calls for Humility Justice
Jimmy Carter took the oath as 39th president in a simple ceremony before about 150000 watchers. He urged Americans to pursue humility mercy and justice as the nation enters a new era. Vice President Mondale also took the oath, and Ford attended briefly before departing for California.
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Georgia
Carter
Warren Birger
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Walter F. Mondale
George Washington
United States
Ford
Nelson , Rockefeller
California
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Union
Rosalynn
Lillian
Billy
Amy
Schweitzer Basin Reports Fair Skiing Conditions
Schweitzer Basin lodge reports 35 inches of snow and 27 degree clear day. Resort spokesman notes chairs 1 and 3 and T-bar 3 are operating. He cites hard packed snow as main issue and calls for sun or more snow to soften. Schweitzer’s record snowfall is 38 inches.
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Schweitzer Basin
Schweitzer
Thieves Strike in Sandpoint Car Break-In
Robbers broke into Philip Kipke’s car in Sandpoint on Tuesday night at about 10 p.m. at Third Avenue and Cedar Street, stealing a 23-channel citizen’s band radio and a $90 ski jacket.
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Philip Kipke
Sandpoint
Third Avenue
Cedar Street
Educator Bill Rhodes Dies in Coeur d'Alene at 59
William C. Rhodes a well known Coeur d'Alene educator and former broadcaster died Wednesday at Kootenai Memorial Hospital He was 59 Rhodes taught at Coeur d'Alene High School and built a notable broadcasting career in Lewiston Spokane and Coeur d'Alene during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Coeur D’alene
William C
Bill’’ Rhodes
Kootenai Memorial Hospital
Coeur d'Alene
Rhodes
Coeur d’Alene High School
Lewiston
Spokane
More Bodies Found in Barcelona Naval Collision
Frogmen recovered two more bodies of U S servicemen in the Barcelona harbor disaster raising the death toll to 48 with one still missing. The Navy launch carrying sailors and Marines collided with a Spanish freighter and sank in the harbor trapping many beneath the vessel.
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Barcelona
Spain
U.S
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the Bee
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