Grants for Area May Get Federal Aid From EDA
North Idaho towns and Bonner County may receive up to 2.627 million dollars in federal EDA grants as part of a national 4 billion distribution. The figures, announced by Senator Church and others, are planning targets and not final allocations. Local projects include Sandpoint water mains and lagoon work, with final decisions expected in July.
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Sandpoint
Bonner County
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Frank
Church
Idaho
Sand Warren
Magnuson
Dwashington
Washington, D.C
Sand Creek
St. Maries
Lewiston
Kellogg
Coeur d' Alene
North Idaho
Bonner
Boundary
Benewah
Nez Perce
Shoshone
Kootenai
North Idaho College
McClure Presses Forest Timber Reform to Aid Housing Goal
Senate remarks by Idaho's Jim McClure urge reform of national forest timber management to raise available lumber. He argues housing targets of 26 million units in ten years are unattainable without more timber and cites proposed cuts from 13 to 10.2 billion board feet and growing mill shortages.
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Washington
Idaho
Jim McClure
Senate
United States
McClure
Northern Rockies Pest Action Council Heads Sandpoint Field Trip
The Northern Rockies Pest Action Council plans a June field trip in Sandpoint to study white pine and blister rust issues, forest regeneration after the 1967 fire, and insect and disease problems on federal state and private lands. A business meeting will be held June 23 at 1 pm at Edgewater Lodge.
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Northern
Sandpoint
Edgewater ‘Lodge
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Washington
Inland Asphalt Plans Long Bridge Phase Two Work
Inland Asphalt Co. of Spokane emerged as the apparent low bidder at 276,491 dollars for the second phase of the Long Bridge renovation this summer. Merle Harding of Idaho Transportation Dept. said prep begins by end of June and finishes by September with deck repair painting railing and an asphalt overlay plus 26 joint replacements on the U S Highway bridge.
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Inland Asphalt’ Co
Inland
Merle Harding
Idaho Transportation Dept
Coeur d’ Alene
Harding
Kamloops Angling Stakes Big Trout Record Amid Rumors
The Kamloops fishing scene centers on Lee Riddle’s 18 lb 40 oz Ram as the benchmark for a $1,000 prize, while rumors swirl of larger catches. Thursday brought several notable catches including Rex Allison's 12 lb 14 oz Ram at Camp Bay and multiple heavy fish at Sunset Beach Resort and Granite Point, with observers noting intense excitement and kamloops fever among anglers.
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Rex Allison
Kamloops
Sharon
Bill Groth
Roy Nickola
Lee Riddle
Hope
Windy Point
Sandpoint
Camp Bay
Roy
Nickola
Bottle Bay
Allison
Black Jack
Daily Bee
Pete Thompson
Pacific Power and Light
Portland
Yakima
Cliff Cowley
Cowley
Sunset Beach Resort
Garfield Bay
Creston Stover
Kam
Granite Creek
Bio Rebel
Ken Johnson
Granite Point
Mac Squid
R.B. MacDonald
Garfield-Kilroy
Lucky Louie
Jack Wheeler
Kilroy
Russ Sala
Wayne Hawkins
Holiday Shores
Eddy Ruberg
Walt Ruberg
Keith
Sandpoint Marina
Judy Ebbett
Dolly
Rapala
Bell Opposes Appointment of Special Prosecutor
Attorney General Griffin Bell rejects appointing a special prosecutor to probe alleged South Korean payoffs to congressmen. In a May 19 letter to Senator Robert Dole he says there are no allegations against the attorney general or other officials and no White House involvement, promising expeditious thorough investigation without deadlines. Rep. Flynt and Sen. Baker had urged a Watergate style probe.
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Washington
APD
Griffin Bell
Bell
Set
Robert Dole
Dole
Senate
Howard Baker
John Flynt
D-Ga
House
Ethics Committee
White House
Carter weighs fate of B1 bomber amid secrecy signal
President Carter told lawmakers he will go into seclusion to decide on building the B1 bomber but two congressmen say he is leaning toward approval. Reps. Drinan and Dellums cited new secret information and noted Defense Secretary Brown’s support as factors in Carter’s forthcoming “lonely decision.”
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Wesley G. Pippert
Washington
UPI
Carter
Congressional
Robert Drinan
D“Mass
Ronald Dellums
Dcalif
White House
Pentagon
Drinan
Dellums
CIA
Harold Brown
Brown
Noxon Man Shot Early Thursday At Home
George Mercer a 23 year old Noxon Montana man was shot in the abdomen after answering a knock at his door just after midnight He was transported by Noxon Ambulance to Sand Point and is listed in satisfactory condition at Bonner General Hospital Sanders County officials said little about the incident Sheriff A H Cheney Thompson Falls identified Mercer as the wounded man and noted the weapon used.
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Noxon
Montana
Bonner General Hospital
Sanders County
A.H. Cheney
Thompson Falls
George Mercer
Mercer
Sandpoint
Grant Approved for Garfield Bay Sewer Project
Senator Frank Church's office announced a $118000 grant from the Farmers Home Administration to the Garfield Bay Water and Sewer District south of Sandpoint. The funds finance construction of a sewer collection and treatment facility.
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Frank Church
Farmers Home Administration
Garfield Bay
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Lake Pend Oreille
City Hall
Dave Easton
Penait NO
GAKO
Bee
Pest Action Council
Sandpoint Area
Carl Haywood
Nafpac
P.O. Box
Rae
Riddle’s
Thompson
Dickerson Kokanee
Fred Eggers
Bert Lasswell
Garfield
Amy Overhoulster
Denton Slough
Rod Bristol
Garfiel
Jerry Bristol
Grant
Sandpoint & Vicinity
North
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