UN Official Tours Tenex In Sandpoint Visit
Dr Jozef Swiderski of the FAO UN in Rome toured Tenex mill in Sandpoint to view the water board process used in exterior panels. He noted potential for low glue use and large boards with pilot plant testing in developing countries in Southeast Asia or North Africa. Al Parsons hosted the group. Multiply Development Corporation arranged the visit with Arnold Hean QC.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Jozef Swiderski
Rome
Italy
Pack River
Tenex
Water Board
Swiderski
Forest Industries and Trade
Southeast Asia
North Africa
Dr. Swiderski
al Parsons
Sandpoint
Multiply Development Corporation Ltd
Vancouver
B.C
Arnold F.C. Hean
Q.C
Hean
Roger Sayer
Swan Wooster Engineering Co
Lars Hartman
Jaake Peyry ,and Co
Helsinki
Finland
Yvonne Swiderski
BN Plans Hearing On Idaho Switching Yard Near Post Falls
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will review Burlington Northern Railroad plan for a Post Falls Rathdrum area switching yard at an Aug 14 hearing. About 300 residents have signed a petition opposing the yard citing noise and road impact. Commission President Harry Nock says it would be among BN’s largest yards in the West.
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Coeur D‘alene
UPI
Burlington Northern Railroad
Post Falls
Rathdrum
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
IPUC
Miners Return To Sunshine After Strike Ends
Nearly 400 hard rock miners return to the Sunshine Silver Mine in Kellogg Idaho after an 18 week walkout. Union members voted 113 to 72 to accept a new three year contract with a cost of living clause and an average pay increase of 70 cents an hour. Production restoration will take several months at the nation s largest and richest silver mine.
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Kellogg
Idaho
UPI
Sunshine
United Steelworkers
Man in Critical Condition After Live Wire Accident
A Boise man identified as David Quedens is in critical condition at Bonner County Hospital Sandpoint after touching a 2400 volt live wire while holding another. He was in a hydraulic lift bucket at the old Farmin School grounds cutting trees for Davy Tree Co under contract with Idaho First National to prep Second Avenue for a new bank building. Local witnesses Neal Cochran Steve Maxie and Ron Reese assisted in the emergency.
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Boise
Bonner County Hospital
Sandpoint
David Quedens
Quedens
Steve Maxie
Ron Reese
Davy Tree Co
Idaho First National
Second Avenue
Bank
Two Killed In One Car Crash Near Sandpoint
An early Sunday crash on Lakeshore Drive near Sandpoint killed two youths. Dean Messmore, 18, died later at Spokane Hospital after the car he drove struck a power pole and pinned two occupants. David Frederick Wilson, 18, died at the scene. Sheriff's reports cite excessive speed and driver error. The collision happened about five miles west of US 95 shortly after midnight.
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Lakeshore Drive
Dean Messmore
David F. Wilson
Bonner County
Bill Kearn
George Wood
Brian Timblin
Timblin
Bee Photo
Sandpoint
Route 1
Spokane
David Frederick Wilson
Sand Point
Messmore
Us, 95
Weather Outlook for Sandpoint Turns Warm and Breezy
Sunny and continued warm through Tuesday with gusty winds. Chance of rain near zero. Highs around 90, lows near 55 tonight. Tuesday also near 90 as conditions stay dry with bright skies.
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Sandpoint
Fire damages Williams home near Sandpoint
A fire at Donna Williams residence three miles north of Sandpoint on U.S. 95 caused extensive damage early Saturday. Firemen from Northside Fire Association arrived after a 4:30 a.m. call and had the blaze under control by 5:30. Firefighter Gary Tyler was injured cutting his hand on glass while pulling hose. Eleven people helped, including an unidentified logger, with cause blamed on heat tape plugged in by accident.
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Donna Williams
Sandpoint
U.S. 95
Northside Fire Association
Gary Tyler
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U.N
BN Switching Yard
Williams
Farmin
Bonner General Hospital
Kenneth Lunde
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