Boxing coach Karl Berg dies after car crash near Hayden Lake
Sandpoint boxing coach Karl Rudolph Berg, 72, died Friday at Kootenai Memorial Hospital from chest injuries after his Volkswagen was broadside by a car driven by 77 year old Alice Sweat at Rimrock Road. Berg’s wife Flossie sustained a broken arm. Sweat faces charges including failure to stop. Berg, born 1905 in Germany, had a long boxing and business career in the Sandpoint area. Funeral services set for July 20 in Sandpoint.
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Karl Berg
Hayden Lake
Berg
Kootenai Memorial Hospital
Sandpoint
Karl Rudolph Berg
Volkswagen
Sheriff’s
Post Falls
Sweat
Peter and
Barbara Berg
Rhinegenheim
Germany
Arizona
Texas
Sandpoint High School
Sandpont
Bonners Ferry
la- Price Superette
Here
Humbird Lumber Co
EDA Corrects Idaho Public Works Grants
Washington reports the Economic Development Administration corrected grant errors in Idaho for 44 local governments. Total allotted nears 29.83 million with Sandpoint receiving 2.14 million and Bonner County 487 thousand. Errors blamed on a faulty computer.
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EDA
Idaho Public Works
Washington
The
Economic Development Administration
Idaho
Jim McClure
McClure
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Idaho Republican
Hopeful Governor Candidate Visits Sandpoint
Republican candidate Butch Otter visits Sandpoint today as guest of the Bonner County Republican Central Committee. He attends a no host luncheon at noon at the Edgewater Lodge, as the first to announce his campaign for Idaho governor.
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Butch Otter
Idaho
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Republican Central Committee
Otter
Edgewater Lodge
Lion's Beach Feed July 31 Weekend at Sandpoint
Lion's Beach hosts a July 30 31 weekend with Crazy Daze and a Lion's Club Barbeque from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Leonard Haugse Bill Martin and Roger's M&J Bakery staff prepare the meal priced three adults and 1 50 children 12 and under. Bonner County Historical Society stages Gay-90s arts crafts and music at the beach both days.
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Crazy Daze
Lion’s Beach
Sandpoint
Lion’s Club
Leonard Haugse
Bill Martin
Roger’s
M&j Bakery
Sandpoint Street Sale With Sky Dive And Flyover
Merchants offer sidewalk specials and Crazy Daze bargains in a yearly event. Paracenter of Athol mounts an exhibition sky diving water jump while a kids swimming race, town band concert, horseshoe pitching contest, jet fighter flyover, and Washington Air National Guard Band appearance thrill attendees. Don’t miss this community spectacle.
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Sandpoint
Paracenter of
Athol
Washington Air National Guard Band
Fire Fighters Battle Weekend Blazes Across Dover and Nearby Areas
Westside firefighters stopped a garage fire from spreading to three houses in Dover Saturday night. The blaze, likely caused by welding in Don Blackmore's shop, destroyed a garage workshop and $5 500 to $6 000 worth of tools. Westside volunteers and a Public Lands crew fought an earlier 600 square foot grass and brush fire above the Dover Mill. Separate incidents included a trailer house fire north of Granite Hill and a grass blaze near U.S. 95.
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Westside
Dover
Northside
Don Blackmore
Blackmore
Buz Watts
Watts
Dover Mill
Public Lands
Granite Hill
U.S 95
Sandpoint
Eldon Hinberg
Oklahoma
Gas Rationing Smeared by Proposed Gas Tax Increase
Washington Congress may include a 3 to 4 cent per gallon gas tax as part of Carter's fuel plan. Chairman Thomas Ashley says partial adoption is possible while deregulation of natural gas prices is reexamined. Rationing remains a distant possiblity if cuts fail. Boise hunt permit drawing set for Aug 1 with about 94,000 applicants. computer-assisted draw planned.
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Thomas Ashley
Dohio
House
Ad Hoc Energy Committee
Carter
Ashley
Cbs-Tv
Face the Nation
House Commerce Committee
Commerce and Ways and Means
Congress
Ways and Means
Boise
UPI
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Weekend Arrests Sweep Bonner County With Nine Taken In
Bonner County over the weekend saw at least nine arrests including four for suspected drunk driving. Others faced charges of marijuana possession under 21, illegal alcohol consumption by a minor, auto theft, reckless driving and speeding, and an assault in a citizens arrest. Bonds were commonly set at 300 dollars with releases following.
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Bonner County
Mike C. Deerwester
Newport
Brad S. Booth
Sandpoint
Edwin H. Lee
Spokane
John D. Randolf
Gary D. Stewart
Walla Walla
Stewart
Mark Truby
Priest River
Timothy Tucker
Kootenai
Bons
Steven L. Wyckoff
Americans Return Home From North Korea Helicopter Incident
Flag draped coffins carry the bodies of three U S soldiers killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down near the Demilitarized Zone. The remains flew from Kimpo to Travis with a Yokota stop while Gen. Vessey and officials attended a memorial in Seoul. The sole survivor, CWO Glenn Schwanke, was reported in good condition in Seoul hospital.
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Paul Shin
Seoul
South Korea
UPS
North Korea
Kimpo
U.S
Richard Sneider
Lee Saeho
Glenn Swanke
CWO
Joseph A. Miles
Washington, Ind
Ronald E. Wells
el Paso
Tex
Robert, C. Haynes
Dodge City
Kan
Bonner County 4 H Team Wins State Horse Judging Title
Bonner County senior division 4 H horse judging team won first place at the state meet in Burley, scoring 1 700 points and earning a trip to Albuquerque August 6. Team members Laurie Tibbs Kim Lewis Barbara Tibbs and Janice Woods led a dominant finish over 40 teams. Laurie Tibbs also won senior individual honors with Lewis second. Funds needed to cover about 800 more dollars for travel with local groups asked to donate via the Extension Office or the Love and Tibbs households.
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Bonner County
Burley
Laruie Tibbs
Kim Lewis
Barbara Tibbs
Janice Woods
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Laurie Tibbs
Lewis
Dallas
Denver
Urbana
Ilinois
4-H
Marianne Love
Bill Love
Harold Tibbs
Ridley Cited After Car Skids Off Sagle Road
Kirk D. Ridley 21 of Sandpoint was cited for failing to report an accident after his car skidded off Sagle road about 1 a.m. Sunday three miles east of U.S. 95. Deputies say the vehicle swerved, skidded over gravel, crossed the pavement, struck a dirt bank, with $500 damage and no injuries.
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Kirk D. Ridley
Sandpoint
Sagle Road
U.S.95
Ridley
Two Spokane Women Injured In U S 2 Collision
At about 11 30 p m Saturday two Spokane women were hurt when a car driven by Lorana J Pugh 27 struck a stopped vehicle driven by James L Ward 48 Newport sending his car into oncoming traffic and forcing a third vehicle off the road. The Pughs sustained cuts and bruises and were taken to Newport Hospital by Priest River ambulance. Damages were estimated at 1500 dollars to Pugh s car and 900 dollars to Ward s vehicle.
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Spokane
U.S. 2
Oldtown
James L. Ward
Newport
Lorana J. Pugh
Ward
Lorana
Joan Pugh
Priest River Ambulance
Newport Hospital
Pugh
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