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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1976
Page
3
Thousands of black schoolchildren in Soweto walked out of classes in a wave of protest. The demonstration marked continued unrest in the township near Johannesburg as students voiced demands over schooling and government policies.
In Soweto near Johannesburg, teachers and officials report walkouts that disrupted nearly all township schools after a week of unrest, arson, and stone throwing. Four schools were set afire overnight. a suspected arsonist was fired upon and fled. Police noted no immediate incidents after the boycott and organizers remain unidentified. The violence followed June riots over Afrikaans language policy, which left 176 dead and over 1,000 injured in a broader crackdown across Johannesburg and Pretoria.
A dense batch of public meetings social events and classes across Bonner County and surrounding towns. Highlights include sewer district budget talk at Wagon Bridge Inn. 4H dog obedience at Bonner County Fairgrounds. SDA church nightly lectures. parish smorgasbord at St Joseph's. Song of Praise singers at Calvary Baptist Church. Full Gospel breakfast. Idaho horsemanship test at the fairgrounds. 1976 fairbooks pickup. Eagles Ladies Auxiliary potluck. Panhandle Rodeo Association work party. blood pressure clinic. social security outreach. macrame and painting classes at the Senior Citizen Center. bake and rummage sales. Nazarene puppets Sunday school program. nutrition meals in Priest River. Friday meals in Clark Fork. Bonner Builders bake sale. August meetings for Bonner Builders and Priest River Promoters. Westmond Old Timers picnic. Bottle Bay Water and Sewer District meeting. Rocky Mountain Rovers field trip details.
The Justice Department charged Dun and Bradstreet with false credit reports used in 13 federal home mortgage transactions before March 1972. FHA insured loans suffered $314,755.85 in losses as defaulted mortgages triggered insurance claims. The government seeks double damages under the False Claims Act.
In Glacier National Park a second body was recovered from the wreckage of a November Beechcraft crash. Officials identify the remains as Kathy Lee of Coeur d'Alene, with Donald Donovan also recovered earlier. Both bodies were taken to Browning for identification.
President Ford, Henry Kissinger, and Bulent Ecevit gathered in the Oval Office for a college reunion style meeting. They recalled meeting nearly two decades ago at Harvard where Kissinger taught and Ecevit studied, as they discussed Cyprus Turkey and Greece.
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