Irrigan man bound over in Spokane murder case
Edward D. Palmer of Irrigan Oregon, 21, was ordered bound over for trial in 1st District Court on first degree murder charges in the stabbing death of Opal Marie Almanza, 58, found near her campsite on Samuck Road property owned by Palmer’s parents. Milton W. Tarter, 35, faces slaying charges with a trial date not set. Magistrate Quentin Harden delayed ruling on Tarter. Prosecutor Gary Finney said no trial date for Palmer was set.
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Irrigan
Oregon
Spokane
Samuels
Quentin’ Harden
Opal Marie Almanza
Palmer
Samuck’ Road
Milton W. Tarter
Harden
Tarter
Borner County
Gary Finney
Forest Service CETA era cutbacks cut ranger positions
The Sandpoint Ranger District faces about four permanent jobs after cuts. Over the past two years 70 to 96 positions were lost when CETA funding ended. Temporary and summer staff filled trails and recreation sites, with 39 recent hires and five more expected.
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The
Forest
Helen Mellor
Melior
Forest. Service
Timber Bidding Interest Active on Idaho Lands Timber Sales
High bidding interest shown on three recent Idaho Department of Lands timber sales in May. Pack River Co won 2 450 M board feet on Miller Creek TSA 173 near Twin Lakes with 193 919 25 bid. Louisiana-Pacific Corp won two sales Careywood Improvement and Big Creek White Pine.
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Idaho Department of Lands
Mike Reed
Department of Lands
Carey Wood
Big Creek
Pack River Company
Twin Lakes
Pack River
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Careywood Improvement
Careywood
TSA
Idaho
Priest River
ASCS to Require Acreage Report from Bonner Farmers
ASCS will require Bonner farmers to report wheat and feed grain acreages as farm bills consider set aside rules for 1978. Farmers must report by July 1 before harvest. failure to report may render no planted acreage and affect 1978 benefits. County ASCS will start accepting reports and will spot check for accuracy.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
George Anderson
ASC
Congressional Agriculture Committees
Bil
Anderson
K&K Schedules Daily Button Draw During Week
The K and K Committee will draw a K&K button daily during K&K Week at the K&K museum in K&K Square between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Winners receive $5 cash, with eight finalists to be honored at the June 11 awards ceremony at the Sandpoint Eagles Lodge. Five hundred buttons were sold or auctioned for the festivities.
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K&k. Committee
K&k
Sandpoint Eagles Lodge
Nuclear Power Plant Visitors Center Opens in Idaho Falls
In Idaho Falls the visitors center at the world’s first nuclear power plant will open June 15 at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Exhibits explain how electricity was generated at Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1, a registered national historic landmark. The center will operate seven days a week through September 15.
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Idaho
Falls, Idaho
Resolution to block Cuba recognition and trade
Sen. Robert Dole announced he will introduce a Senate resolution opposing diplomatic recognition of Cuba and easing the U S embargo. The measure asks Cuba to release imprisoned Americans, pay 2 billion dollars for confiscated property, withdraw forces from Africa, and renew anti hijacking and Guantanamo Bay security assurances.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Dole
Senate
US. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Soviet constitution tightens rights and enshrines party role
An officially prepared Novosti review of the draft constitution indicates expanded liberties on paper but new limits on rights, with the Communist Party confirmed as the guiding force. The draft stresses duties to safeguard the socialist state and public order, and extends compulsory education by two years.
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Charles P. Wallace
Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Kremlin
Novosti Press Agency
Ngvosti
Novati
Rainfall Above Average In May In East Washington Idaho
May brought above normal rainfall to eastern Washington and northern Idaho with Wallace Idaho reporting 4.6 inches, two inches above average. Yet overall yearly water remains 14 inches short, snowpack is depleted, and voluntary 10 percent usage curtailment may be required to avoid electric cuts.
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Washington
Idaho
Washington Water Power Company
Donald L. Felgenhauer
WWP
Wallace
Clark Fork
Spokane River
Felgenhauer
Awarded First June Baby Check Presented to Hanson Family
Wayne and Wanda Hanson received a $20 prize for the first baby born in June at Bonner General Hospital. Deborah Hanson weighed seven pounds one and a half ounces, born Wednesday June 1. Donations came from Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce, M and J's Food City, and Bonner County Dairy Wives.
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Deborah Hanson
Debbie Gornick
Hanson
Bonner General Hospital
Wanda
Wayne Hanson
Sandpoint
Wayne
Wanda Hanson
Bonner County
Tyke
Deborah
Chamber of Commerce
M&J’s Food City
Sandpoint Baseball Back In Legion Tournament Return
Sandpoint returns to American Legion baseball this summer after a one year layoff. They will join a four team tournament Sunday at Coeur d Alene. A full preview with insights from Sandpoint Coeur d Alene Moscow and Kellogg coaches appears on page five.
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Sandpoint
American Legion
Coeur d’ Alene
Moscow
Kellogg
Stidwell Students Launch Rocket Science Day
Stidwell Junior students across eighth and seventh grades staged a mass rocket project. The event featured rockets built from toilet paper tubes and balsa wood, launched from school grounds with some failures and others reaching 300 to 500 feet at 300 mph. Materials were supplied by The Hobby Shop in Sandpoint which donated a three foot rocket.
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Stidwell Junior
Cape Canaveral
Stidwell
Sandpoint
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Edward D. Palmer
Nse
K& K
Bee
Brian Mae
U.S
Castro
Africa
Carter Administration
North
Stidwell Science
Bea
Mike Dalen
Stidwell Junior High School
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