Lumber Load Spills on Sandpoint Street
Approximately 6 000 board feet of lumber dumped onto the ground at the corner of Pine and Fifth Streets in Sandpoint when the cables holding the boards on the Louisiana Pacific truck broke. Driver Dick Howard of Priest River was transporting 2 by 4s from the Priest River mill to Sandpoint for planning. Cause of the cable failure was not determined.
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Louisiana- Pacific
Fifth
Pine
Pine and
Fifth Streets
Sandpoint
Louisiana - Pacific
Dick Howard
Priest River
Sandpoint Forecast Sees Clouds Scattered Showers
Weather forecast for Sandpoint notes variable cloudiness through Thursday with widely scattered showers. Gusty winds bring cooler days and a 30 percent rain chance through Thursday. today’s high near 80 and tonight’s low around 45, with Thursday’s high near 80.
Other Facilities May Answer JHS Overcrowding
Bonner County school board discussed alternatives for Sandpoint Junior High overcrowding. Superintendent Likens proposed two options: begin split shifts next year or lease other facilities with no return to a four day week. Farm addition for seventh grade won’t be ready until March 1, 1974.
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Sandpoint
Bonner County
E. Wayne Likens
Colburn School
Mitchell feared worse White House horrors in Watergate
Mitchell testified he shielded Nixon from the Watergate scandal fearing worse White House horrors that could endanger Nixon’s reelection. He described treason and high crimes linked to the presidency and noted his June 17 1972 decisions amid the Watergate arrests.
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Washington
WAPD
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
White House
Senate
Howard Hi
Baker
R-Tenn
Mitchell
Watergate
Annual Farm Tour Planned by Chamber of Commerce
The Annual Chamber of Commerce Farm Tour is set for Thursday July 12 1973. Buses depart the county courthouse at 9 a.m. Stops include A. E. Welch Christmas Tree Farm Dufort W.R. Woolsey Hereford Ranch Northside lunch by Cattlemen's Association and Cowbelles Ken Shreffler Dairy Center Valley Road.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. E. Welch
Dufort
W.R. Woolsey Hereford Ranch
Northside
Cattlemen’s Association
Cowbelles
Ken Shreffler
Center Valley Road
School Board Debates Transfers and Budget at Special Meeting
The board planned to discuss the facility future at 7 30 p m and tabled a transfer request for a Clark Fork student to Sandpoint High School until a special meeting with the student and parent, a Clark Fork teacher. They kept maintenance salaries, awarded coal and fuel bids, bought a $4078 42 Pontiac station wagon from Alpine Motors, granted a Bonneville Power Administration easement for Steward School, set a $870 option fee, and approved several teacher appointments including Barry John Priest Richard Gehring Richard Howell Marie Howell Kerry Forwood and Robert Pegg.
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Clark Fork
Sandpoint High School
Lee Lindgren
Alpine Motors
Pontiac
Bonneville Power Administration
Steward
Barry John
Priest
River
Richard Gehring
SHS
Richard Howell
SJHS
Marie Howell
Washington School
Kerry Forwood
Robert Pegg
Bicyclist in Critical Condition After Highway 2 Collision
An 18 year old Newport woman Barbara Orr is in critical condition at Sacred Heart Hospital Spokane after being hit by a car 3.2 miles east of Old Town on Highway 2. The driver Charles E Randolph of Sandpoint reported unable to stop as Orr swerved while a crow attempted to land on her head.
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Newport, Wash
Spokane
Sacred Heart Hospital
Old Town
Bonner County
Jim Culpepper
Barbara Orr
Newport
Charles E. Randolph
Star Rt
Sandpoint
Culpepper
Randolph
Supreme Court Intervention Irks Idaho Judge
U S Supreme Court has forced federal courts into cases Idaho state courts handle says Judge Ray McNichols. He claims federal judges in Idaho oppose the intervention and object to federal leadership into state judicial business.
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Coeur D’alene
Idaho
UPD
U.S. Supreme Court
Ray McNichols
Supreme Court
McNichols
Lions Bar-B-Que Benefit Promises Big Family Day
The Sandpoint Lions Club hosts a Beach Benefit Bar-B-Que on Sunday July 29 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Proceeds aid City Beach improvements with family activities, horseshoe pitching, bingo, tennis, water sports, dunking machine, sky diving exhibition planned, air show by Air National Guard, water skiing with kites, and tickets priced 2.50 for adults 1.50 for children under 12.
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Lion
Larry Barker
Sandpoint Lions Club
Spokane Sport Parachute Club
Air National Guard
John Burrows
Lion Club
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JHS
Lions Club
Jim, Garitenbein
Leonard Haugse
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