Laclede to Build First Wagon Bridge Across Pend Oreille
A stock company is forming at Laclede to construct a toll bridge over the Pend Oreille River near the point. The bridge would be the first wagon crossing and is expected to boost Sandpoint business from the river’s south side. Compiled by The Bonner County Historical Society.
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Laclede
Pend d'Oreille
Pend Oreilla Printers, Inc
Church Street
Sandpoint
Idaho
United States
P.O
United Press International
Editors Call for Understanding Amid City Blackout Looting
The Post-Dispatch argues the Harlem and South Bronx looting stems from deep social and economic bitterness. It notes some acts were gangsterism while others reflected personal opportunism and economic revenge.
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St. Louis
Moscow Mall Groundbreaking Sparks Townie Satire
A columnist riffs on Moscow Idaho conflict over a Moscow Mall project. Chamber members favor downtown redevelopment while architecture students protest. The piece contrasts local loyalties, job prospects, and tax policy shifts that transformed Idaho main streets, ending with a call for measured community focus over ritual groundbreakings.
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California
Moscow Mall
Moscow Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Donald Ladinsky
Encino
George Riemer
Los Angeles
University of Idaho
Idaho
Moscow
Boise
Falls
Nampa
Caldwell
Pocatello
Lewiston
Washington Window Dissent in Carter White House
White House faces public airing of rifts as Andrew Young and Midge Costanza challenge Carter on abortion funding and policy. Carter tolerates some dissent while tightening control on leaks and maintaining broad access to Congress and public dialogue.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Carter
James R. Schlesinger
White House
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Senate
Helen Thomas
United Press International
Washington
Jody Powell
U.N
Andrew Young
Midge Costanza
Young
Costanza
Lyndon Johnson
Bill Moyers
Richard Nixon
Walter Hickel
Nixon
Pat Caddell
George McGovern
D-S.d
McGovern
LBJ
Idaho Senators and Rep Contact Addresses Noted
The text lists postal addresses for Idaho figures Sen Frank Church, Sen James McClure, and Rep Steve Symms in Washington D C. Church and McClure offices are on Russell Senate Office Building while Symms is in Longworth House Office Building.
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Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Russell Senate
Washington
D.C
James McClure
Washington, D.C
Steve Symms
Longworth House
Symms Warns of At Poll Voter Registration Risks
Symms argues that Carter’s plan to allow at poll registration invites fraud. He recounts ordering fake ID cards to show ease of abuse and cites Wisconsin’s 10 percent error rate. He urges advance registration to preserve one person one vote and criticizes prospect of 125 percent turnout.
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Augustus Hawkins
Lucien Hedzi
Joseph Gaydos
John Burton
Charles Rose
John Dent
Frank Thompson
President Carter
Robert Dornan
Rcalifornia
California
Congress
Bureau of Resident Identification
Wisconsin
Soviet Union
Carter
United States
Local Education Levy Urges Voters to Protect Idaho Schools
A Bonner County educator warns that federal control of schools could rise if local levy funds fail. A Pietsch urges support for the July 26 1977 levy to keep schools open, textbooks in use, and salaries and facilities stable, stressing community responsibility and timely voting.
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University of Idaho
Terrell Bell
U of S
Office of Education
Washington, D.C
Health and Welfare
Bonner County
Idaho
Whi
A. Pietsch
BCEA
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Frankfurters
Bonner Meat CO
Ala
The
Bonner County Historical Society
Waterbury
New York City
New York
Consolidated Edison
Sandpoint Daily
Pete Thompson
Mike Anderson
Herb Offermann
Perry Swisher
UI Architect
School of Architecture
Idaho State “‘University
Idaho Gate
Main Street
B&o
Couth
D. C
Symms
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