Will Be Back Says Church Group Plans Picnic Return
Universal Life Church Bishop Bill Diffenbacher said the USC will seek a new site in a state park for next year’s picnic. The Farragut State Park event drew 15 000 youths over the Fourth of July weekend and officials called it a rock festival in disguise. He cited security improvements, vehicle placement, drug control, and vendor oversight as priorities and noted few drug traffickers.
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Wash
UPI
Universal Life Church
Bill Diffenbacher
USC
Farragut State Park
Idaho
Diffenbacher
Coeur d’Alene
Sandpoint Driver Improves After Gas Truck Crash
William Cook a 37 year old Sandpoint driver critically injured when his Petro liane Kootenai Gas Company truck rolled over on U S 95 near Bonners Ferry June 2 is listed improving after brain surgery. He had been unconscious for almost two weeks and has regained consciousness though remains in intensive care at Sacred Heart Hospital Spokane.
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Bonners Ferry
William Cook
Cook
Petrolane Kootenai Gas Company
U.S. 95
Sacred Heart Hospital
Spokane
Two Cited In Accident Here
A Sandpoint youth Guy Dawson age 15 escaped injury in a single car crash on Spirit Lake Road four and a half miles south of Dufort Road. The vehicle owned by John M Evans drifted toward the shoulder and overcorrected into a ditch. Dawson was cited for operating a vehicle without a driver's license and the car owner was cited for permitting an unlicensed operator to drive.
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Spirit Lake
Dufort Road
Dawson
John M. Evans
Interrogations Continue in Stabbing Death of Max Ludlow
Boise police detectives questioned witnesses connected to retired military man Max Ludlow 48 found with a heart knife wound in his Olympic Hotel room Tuesday night. Ludlow’s death was reportedly preceded by a beating and no motive is yet established.
Earthquake Hits Chile Causes Casualties and Blackouts
A minute long quake rocked Chile's Central Valley causing power and communications outages in many cities. At least 65 killed and 100 injured with regional deaths reported in Valparaiso Santiago Villa del Mar San Felipe Quilpue Illapel San Antonio La Ligua Quillota Los Vilas Olmue. Aftershocks continued into dawn.
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UPTI
Chile
Valparaiso
Villa del Mar
San Felipe
Quilpue
Illapel
San Antonio
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Quillota
Los Vilas
Olmue
Batt resigns from Sandpoint Police Department
Sandpoint officer Seth Batt, 41, announced his resignation today effective Saturday July 10. Batt served 2 1/2 years as a full-time officer and leaves to take a higher paying job in the construction industry. He is married and resides in Sandpoint.
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Seth Batt
Batt
Weather in Sandpoint Clouds and Showers Through Saturday
Sandpoint sees considerable cloudiness with scattered showers through Saturday. Temperature little changed with a 50 percent precipitation chance. Highs today and Saturday near 70, lows tonight around 50.
Driver Cited After Collision In Sandpoint
Emma Lou Hook 45 complained of injuries after a two car accident Thursday noon at Fourth Avenue and Poplar Street. Hook was cited for expired license and failure to yield. Michael N Howell 21 of Moscow Idaho drove southbound. Hook westbound. Officer Art Bourassa investigated. Hook taken to a local physician. Vehicle damage undetermined.
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Emma Lou Hook
Fourth Avenue
Poplar Street
Hook
Michael N. Howell
Moscow
Idaho
Howell
Poplar
Sandpoint City
Art Bourassa
Miss. Hook
Andrus Heads to Western Governors Conference
Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus will travel from Boise to Jackson Hole Wyoming to attend the Western Governors Conference. He will present and moderate an open forum on future highway programs and funding before returning to Idaho.
No Lawsuit Yet In Sperry Rand Issue
Idaho officials report no decision on lawsuits against Sperry Rand over the Univac 494 contract cancellation. State and Sperry Rand met with no new agreements as the investigation continues.
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Boise
UPD
Idaho
Clarence D. Sutter
Sutter
Robert Lenaghen
Univac
IBM
Sperry Rand
Lenaghen
Chester Graham
State Auditor’s Office
Suiter
Division of Management Services
Motorcyclist Uninjured In Sagle Accident
A Sagle youth, Donald Parker, 19, escaped injury after losing control on a gravel curve on Sagle Road seven miles east of U S 95. Deputy Sheriff David Hare said he was examined at Bonner General Hospital and released.
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Donald Parker
Sagle Road
U.S. 95
David Hare
Parker
Bonner General Hospital
Idaho Toll Hits 138 in 1971 Traffic Deaths
United Press International reports Idaho's 1971 traffic toll rose to 138. Boise woman Judith Wilson, 23, died in a 4 am one car rollover near Cascade while en route to Montana. DeWayne Horne, 27, of Cambridge, died when his logging truck plunged into the Payette River on Highway 17.
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United Press International
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Boise
Cascade
Payette
Judith Wilson
Great Falls
Mont
DeWayne Horne
Cambridge
Ewald Kramer
Rambeau Logging Company
Valley County
Merton Logue
Christine
Jason
Cascade Hospital
Cathy
Horne
Payette River
Danskin
Highway 17
Armstrong Funeral Today Famed Jazz Great Louis Armstrong
In New York musicians and Corona residents gathered at a red brick Congressional church for the funeral of Louis Sachmo Armstrong. The 1 p.m. service was televised to 16 European nations via Telstar. Crowds of 200 plus stood behind police barricades as Lucille Armstrong and Lillian Hardin attended the private farewell at the chapel.
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UPD
Corona
Congressional
Louis ‘‘Sachmo
Armstrong
Telstar
Lucille
Lillian Hardin
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