McGovern selects Eagleton as running mate in Miami Beach
George McGovern names Missouri Senator Thomas F. Eagleton as his vice presidential pick at the Democratic Convention in Miami Beach while Nixon aides seek to exploit anti McGovern sentiment. The selection prompts late bid for party unity as old guards resist and Jackson Wallace factions remain unreconciled.
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Miami Beach
UPI
George McGovern
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Nixon
Border State
Senate
Edmund S. Muski
Harvard Law
Eagleton
Edward M. Kenney
McGovern
Kennedy
GOP
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Rogers C. B. Morton
Old Guard
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M
Jackson
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Ilinois
California
Break-in at 219 Club in Sandpoint details missing coins
Police report states the 219 Club in Sandpoint was burglarized early morning, about $130 in coins missing. The break-in occurred through the back door and was reported at 3:15 a.m. by owner Dale Jackson. Under investigation.
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219 Club
Sandpoint
Dale Jackson
Smylie Pushes Timber Tax Incentives After Idaho Campaign
Republican Senate hopeful Robert E. Smylie urged a tax incentive program to promote full use of timber harvested in the West. He spoke in a city interview after campaigning and planned more events in Coeur d Alene. Smylie called for fast amortization of plant investment and increased federally funded forest utilization research. Attila the Hun is noted in the text as a misprint and not part of the political item.
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Senate
Robert E. Smylie
West
Idaho
Coeur d’ Alene
Smylie
Boy, 14 Shot In Wallace Murder Arraignment
Michael Hayes 17 of Mullan arraigned in Magistrate Court on first degree murder charges in the Wallace killing of Stuart Gray 14. Hayes held without bond after a night time shooting near a grocery store as two juvenile groups argued. Hayes surrendered to police about midnight.
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Michael Hayes
Mullan
Stuart Gray
Hayes
James Towles
Gray
Mullen
Shoshone
Dick Magnuson
Magnuson
Platform Too Stris, Committee Says
A Democratic platform committee representative told Ada County Democrats that the Miami Beach plank on foreign policy makes too strong a commitment to Israel. Jess Seward and Violet Harris spoke to Democrats outside the Idaho Capitol Building.
Bonner County School District to seek ten mill plant levy
The Bonner County School District No. 82 board approved a motion to place a ten mill five year plant facilities levy on August 29 from noon to 8 pm. Trustee V A Verhel opposed citing dissatisfaction with prior spending. The meeting also covered needs assessment, bids for fuel, a grant for a concrete slab project, playground equipment loan, staff changes, and dues decisions.
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Bonner County
Board of Trustees
V.A. Verhel
Verhel
A.D. Luke
State Department of Education
Luke
Standard, Oil
Continental
Elsman
WIM
Union
Bargain Supply
Priest River Pta
Southside
Lorraine Gause
Sandpoint Jr. High
Susan Puckett
Lincoln
Holly Alridge
Farmin
Barbara Anderson
Washington
Kenneth Surby
Ronald Morrison
Priest River High
Janie White
Priest River
Idaho School Trustees Association
National School Board Association
Wayne Likens
Bill Morton
Sun Valley
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Robert Smylie
Gary Abbott
Pack River Properties
Morton
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Attila
Streis
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