Ask your doctor and others about highway safety
A guest editorial urges readers to question doctors, lawyers, police, designers, and officials about rising costs, slow court cases, law enforcement, and car safety. It cites 56 400 auto deaths and 5 million injuries last year, plus rising fees, parts costs, and liability awards. It calls readers to write Secretary Volpe and demand safer streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Volpe
Transportation
Washington D.C
America
Agreement Reached On New One Year Construction Pact
Federal Mediator Henry Nichols says Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Carpenters Unions and associated general contractors reached a tentative one year labor contract. Terms will be subject to ratification by about 5 000 union members. no walksouts were reported as the old pact expired June 1. Union leaders oversee industrial highway dam and bridge projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane, Wash
Nichols
Farragut Invasion Recalled As State Leaders Reflect
The piece recalls Farragut protests and the Governor’s decision not to call in the National Guard. It notes no tombstones were left after the events and mentions complaints from Don Adams Gary Ingram and Gary Haman. Interviewed park staff praised health sanitation and cooperation with participants.
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Farragut
Altona
Cal
Louisiana
Kent State
National Guard
Troyed
Universal Life Church
Sandpoint
Hayden Lake
Coeur d’ Alene
Don Adams
Gary Ingram
Gary Haman
Protest Letter From Sandpoint Demands Action Against Beach Gathering
A Sandpoint Idaho reader laments a July 1971 beach gathering, labeling it immoral and urging local parents to protest to protect Christian values. The letter condemns politicians and calls for action to defend family and marriage amid reports from attending children.
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Sandpoint
Rome
Funeral services for Ada Mitchell Walker
Ada Mitchell Walker died July 7 at Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint after a life in Utah and Idaho. Funeral services set for July 10 at Moon Chapel with Bishop Earl Noble officiating and interment at Pack River Cemetery. She married Golden S. Walker in 1929 in Salt Lake City and moved to Sandpoint in 1945 to run a dairy farm. she was a member of the LDS Church. Survived by husband, four sons Joel, Lynn, Merrill, and Murray. two daughters Edith Squires and Kenneth Gibson's wife. 18 grandchildren. three brothers and five sisters. Memorials to Heart Fund.
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Ada Mitchell Walker
Moon Chapel
Earl Noble
Pack River Cemetery
Joel M. Walker
Salt Lake City
Lynn G. Walker
Libby
Mont
Merrill A. Walker
Sandpoint
Murray K. Walker
Spokane
Lloyd C
Edith) Squires
Keneneth L. (GodAnn) Gibson
San Lorenzo
California
Arthur Clarence
LeRoy Mitchell
Clearfield
Utah
J. William Child
Roy
John C. Mason
Wilford W. Steed
Sunset
Cleon C. Bullock
Mesa
Arizona
Clarence H. Flinders
Heart Fund
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Idaho
U.S
United Press International
Pete Thompson
Vietnam
Pend Oreille
Hope, Idaho
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TFC
Sodom
Gomorra
Farragut State Park
Woodstock
By Ken Miller
Elaine M. Miller
Sandpoint, Idaho
Thur
Dustin Hoffman
Panavision
Technicolor
Paren
Connie’s
Pres
Zachary Taylor
White House
New York
Fourth & Cedar Sandpoint, Idaho
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