Ten Million Looted From Nice Societe Generale Bank
Thieves tunneled into the Nice Societe Generale branch vault over the weekend and stole an estimated 10 million dollars from safe deposit boxes. They used a 25 foot sewer tunnel, welded doors from inside, and left wine bottles and food scraps in the vault. Police suspect weeks of planning as alarms failed and no guards were present.
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Brand
Societe Generale
Maurice Laure
Paris
Egypt Withdraws from Olympic Team Over Political Controversy
The Egyptian team withdraws from the Montreal Games after failing to appear for a morning basketball game against Italy. COJO confirms full team withdrawal amid rising political tensions. Don Haldeman wins shot with 190 of 200 to earn U.S. gold. a Hungarian swimmer Gabella Verraszto recovers after a medical incident but misses her heat by 0.0005 seconds. COJO reports 95 countries participating, 349 athletes and 121 officials with withdrawals not including Egypt.
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UPI
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Italy
South Africa
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Souderton
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COJO
Louis Shantigny
Taiwan
School Reopening Sparks Race Riots in South Africa
Police fired teargas to break up crowds of rioters who set fires near Witbank as black schools reopened. Rioters, mostly youths, dispersed from black townships and Indian suburbs with police patrolling Soweto and Alexandra. No casualties were reported and authorities said the situation was under control.
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South Africa
UPS
Witbank
Middelburg
Transvaal
Jimmy Kruger
Community Notices July gatherings and registrations listed
Registration for Red Cross free swimming lessons begins July 26 at City Hall with a July 23 signup. Many events follow including Senior Center macrame July 22, Martha Chapter 34 OES picnic July 25 at Riley Creek, Bonner Extension Council July 26, and Senior nutrition meals at Denny's Cafe weekly. Also summer driver education starts August 2 at $100, plus various club meetings, bake sale cancellations, and a pro life slide talk July 22 at Sandpoint United Methodist Church.
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All Eastern Star
Crusade of Life
Sandpoint United Methodist Church
Boyer and Cedar
Stella Heimbigner
Ford Nears Magic Number On GOP Nomination
President Ford's campaign claims 16 more GOP delegates bringing him to within 11 of the first ballot win. Jim Baker says Reagan backers dispute the count while noting Hawaii and Mississippi remain uncommitted and could push Ford over the top this week.
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UPI
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Ronald ‘Reagan
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South Carolina
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Willard Forbes
Calvin Smith
Portsmouth
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Hawaii
Mississippi
White House
Underground Evangelism film to be shown at Southside Church
An Underground Evangelism event screens To Russia With Love at Southside Community Church on Wednesday July 21. The film depicts border crossings and Christians risking life to smuggle Bibles to Russia and worship in underground meetings behind the Iron Curtain. No admission charge. an offering will be collected. Public invited.
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Southside
Iron Curtain
City council urged to act on building permit case
Judge Cogswell ordered the city to decide on the permit within five days after receiving a planning and zoning commission report. Featherstone pressed that the court could compel enforcement. Brown said council members must read his annual reports to notice inaction.
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Feds Weigh Re Insurance Plan for Swine Flu Aid
The administration backs a possible federal re-insurance scheme to shield the swine flu vaccination program from lawsuits. Dr Theodore Cooper said funds could be set aside to insure against claims with unused money returned to the government. Details are being drafted as hearings loom and insurers balk. President Ford insists the mass immunization will proceed, with or without congressional help.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House
Cooper
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Obituary Carl Gustaf Carlson 85
Carl Gustaf Carlson 85 died at home Friday July 16 born June 21 1891 in Sweden to Karl and Stina Karlsson immigrated to the United States in 1907 living in Nebraska and Wyoming before settling in Sandpoint in 1940 He married Margaret Schultz in Fargo ND worked in lumber cedar and construction in Alaska retired 1956 He was a member of 100 F Lodge No 54 Survived by his wife and many nieces and nephews Funeral at Moon Chapel Wednesday July 21 at 2 00 p m Pastor Don Hippe officiating graveside Pinecrest Memorial Park with Odd Fellows rites
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Stina Karlsson
Sweden
United States
Nebraska
Wyoming
Sandpoint
Margaret Schultz
Fargo
North Dakota
Alaska
Margaret Carlson
Moon Chapel
Don Hippe
Bonners Ferry
Oddfellows Lodge
Pinecrest Memorial Park
Former US official warns India plutonium output for weapons
Herbert Scoville Jr former assistant director of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency warns that an Indian atomic power plant produces enough plutonium each year to build 10 to 20 nuclear weapons. He opposes further US uranium sales to India in a Nuclear Regulatory Commission proceeding.
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Jim Anderson
Washington
UPI
U.S Disarmament Agency
India
Herbert Scoville Jr
US Arms Control and Disarma
Ment Agency
United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Distributors Buys Various Bottles And Cans Near Sandpoint
A Bull Jones Distributors spokesman said the business will pay cash for a wide range of beer bottles and aluminum cans beyond Heidelberg bottles. Accepted are Olympia Hamms bottles 35 cents per case Olympia Hamms quarts 12 cents per case Tuborg tall exports 60 cents per case all stubbies 35 cents per case and all brands of aluminum cans 12 cents per pound.
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Heidelberg
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Hamms
Tuborg
Mutiny by Ugandan Troops Threatens Amin Regime
Kenya's Daily Nation reports over two battalions of Ugandan soldiers mutinied against Idi Amin since Sunday and fortified barracks while preparing for clashes with loyalist forces. The 12,000 strong army has faced prior unrest with no independent confirmation.
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Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Daily Nation
Kampala
Amin
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