Nixon Held Hostage Claim Sparks Western Governors talk
Oregon Governor Tom McCall accuses Ronald Reagan of pressuring President Nixon at the Western Governors Conference. McCall says Reagan wields influence from California to extract federal concessions on welfare and rural legal aid, urging relief for Nixon and an end to hostage politics.
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Jackson Hole
Wyo
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Tom McCall
Oregon
Reagan
McCall
California
Paul N. McCloskey
R-Calif
Couple Dies After Ignoring Sign At Yosemite Waterfall
Victor Vega 21 and Kathy Alvarez 16 from California ignored a danger sign and fence at a 375 foot Yosemite waterfall. They posed for a photo when Vega slipped and both were swept away and died. Ranger Quist notes repeated sign violations and limits of safety measures in the park.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
UPI
Victor Vega
Kathy Alvarez
Vega
Kathy
Torrance
Miss Alvarez
Compton
Upward Bound
Loyola University
Los Angeles
Larry Quist
Bayview Teen Uninjured After Wreck Near Kelso Lake
Shiraz Fatehali Vira a 22 year old foreign exchange student from Bayview escaped injury when his car left Granite Kelso Lake Road struck a tree about one mile east of Kelso Lake He told Officer Bill Rice the loss of control followed striking a loose rock on the roadside and his vehicle suffered about 500 in damage
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Granite-Kelso Lake
Kelso Lake
Shiraz Fatehali Vira
Bayview
Bill Rice
Vira
Disabled American Veterans Chapter Holds First Sandpoint Meeting
The newly chartered DAV chapter in Sandpoint met at the Community Hall on July 6 and elected officers led by Commander Andy Dolconte and Sr. Vice Commander Jim Putnam. The next meeting is scheduled for Aug 3 at 7:30 p.m.
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Disabled American Veterans Chapter of
Sandpoint
Andy Dolconte
Jim Putnam
Norman McCalley, Jr
Everett Hofmeister
Harold Dailey
Elmer Jacobson
Stan Blackwenn
D.D
Yellowstone visits dip as trash problem lingers
Yellowstone National Park reports a six percent drop in visitors this season while trash and littering persist. Richard Heigel, a park visitor-use specialist, notes bears remain a risk but incidents have fallen with new ranger programs. no formal study yet to identify causes.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
UPI
Wyoming Wilderness
Richard Heigel
Mammoth
Park
Heigel
Yellowstone
Police Foil Cookie Caper at Imperial Baking Co
Police in St. Louis say they caught a group of boys who scaled a 10 foot fence with barbed wire to reach the Imperial Baking Co roof and enter through a ventilating shaft for a feast. They raided the bakery for years and held cookies found nearby as evidence.
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ST. Louis
UPD
Imperial Baking Co
Idaho Traffic Toll Reaches 140 in 1971 Crises
The Idaho traffic toll rose to 140 with two deaths reported Sunday. Thomas Howell 26 and Lt Anthony died from July 1 Fremont County collision. Ray Munns 42 died in a train collision near Hamer seven miles north on Camas Road. Last year’s toll was 153.
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Idaho
United Press International
Gem State
Thomas Elmore Howell
Anthony
Idaho Falls
Fremont County
Howell
Robert D. Orne
St. Anthony
Orne
Ray Brindley Munns
Hamer
T.J. Harper
Munns
Camas Road
Estes released after six-year parole from swindle case
Billie Sol Estes walked free after serving a little over six years of a 15 year sentence for a multimillion dollar fraud involving farmers finance firms and politicians. Parole conditions bar promotional activity and silence was urged by his wife as reporters were kept away from the El Paso area.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sole Estes
Estes
The
Esteses
Leavenworth
Kan
Sandstone
Minn
la Tuna
Sandpoint Library seeks paperback book donations
The Sandpoint City Library appeals for donations of paperback books for aged and disabled residents. Readily useful and in demand, these books support local community access and reading for homebound patrons.
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Sandpoint City
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Dustyne Hope ‘Anderson
Richard Hollars
Reagan - McCall
Billie Sol Estes Free
Pecos
Swingle
West Texas
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