Dean Of The Senate Honored In Death
Dean of the Senate and longtime leader of Southern conservatives Senator Richard Russell dies at Walter Reed. Nixon uses Air Force One to fly his body to Atlanta for 24 hours of state tribute at the Georgia capitol before a funeral at the Russell estate in Winder. A 12 car cortege honors him as Congress pauses.
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Nixon
Air Force One
Atlanta
State Capitol
Russell Estate
Winder
Russell
Washington
Adrrews Air Force Base
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
92Nd
Congress
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Russell Memorial Park
Grandmother Pushes Tougher Idaho Hunting Law
Mrs. Andy Hagel of Salmon demands harsher penalties after her granddaughter Karyn Prestwich, 7, was critically wounded by a hunter who says he mistook her for a deer. She calls current laws a farce and urges mandatory jail terms for shooting any person while hunting. The girl’s hospital stay is expected to last two to three months.
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Salmon
Idaho
UPI
Andy Hagel
Karyn Prestwich
North Fork
California
Karyn
Fragmentary quote on saving bystander from agony
A partial line discusses the idea that nothing is better than saving another innocent bystander from the same kind of pain or agony. The text centers on moral relief through rescue.
Realtors Plan Banquet Here
The Banner Boundary Board of Realtors hosts its fourth annual installation banquet on Saturday January 23 at 7 30 p m at the Sandpoint Elks Club. Social hour 6 30 to 7 30 followed by dinner and ceremonies with the Coeur d Alene Board and Shoshone County Board of Realtors. Don Kerby is master of ceremonies. Terry McMahon will install officers. The Moonlighters provide live music.
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Banner Boundary Board of Realtors
Sandpoint Elks Club
Coeur d’Alene Board of Realtors
Shosone County Board of Realtors
Don Kerby
Bonners Ferry
Terry McMahon
Northern District
The
Moonlighters
Sandpoint LEO Club opens free public ice rink tonight
The Sandpoint LEO Club announced a free public ice skating rink at the old fair arena building will be open tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. Weather permitting, the rink will also be open Saturday and Sunday.
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Sandpoint Leo Club
Rubella Immunization Clinics Planned by Panhandle Health Unit
The Panhandle District Health Unit schedules two Rubella clinics for children aged 1 to 12 who missed the fall session. Clinics run January 27 at Priest River city hall 2 to 4 pm and January 29 at the Bonner County courthouse Health Unit 2 to 4 pm. A 50 cent voluntary contribution per child helps fund the vaccine.
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Panhandle
Priest River
Bonner County
Poison weed blamed for mass sheep deaths in Utah Nevada area
Dr Wayne Binns of Utah State University traced the deaths of more than 1400 sheep on a remote winter range to halogeton a toxic desert weed. Analysis of stomachs and kidneys linked the fatalities to the plant with radiation ruled out as a cause.
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Antelope Valley
Utah
Utah-Nevada
Wayne Binns
Utah State University
Law Agencies Begin Crime Check Program in Bonner County
An accidental fire destroyed the Carl Dymack trailer home in Odin leaving the family homeless. Bonner County Sheriff Wilcox and local police announce a Bonner County Crime Check program inviting citizens to report crimes by calling Sandpoint Police 263-2114 or the Sheriff’s Office 263-3136 to add 15,000 eyes and ears for crime reduction.
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Carl Dymack
Odin
Bonner County
Sheriff’s Office
Wilcox
Paul Kemp
Whic
Northside Fire Association
Dymack
Sandpoint
George Elliot
Robert Wilcox
Idaho
Cpl
Harvey Biffle
Spokane
Washington
Sandpoint Cloudy Skies Bring Snow Showers and Winds
Mostly cloudy with occasional snow today and tonight. Partly cloudy Saturday with scattered snowshowers and gusty winds. Chance of snow decreases to 70 percent tonight and 60 percent Saturday. Highs around 35 with Lows near 25.
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Richard Brevard Russell
US Senate
Realtors
Eagles Lodge
Frank Warrer
Compton White
Lawrence Brisboy
John Jacobson
Bee
Sandpoint High Gym
Bulldogs
Kellogg - Wallace
Coeur d’Alene
Lewiston
Moscow
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