Swiss Traveler Makes Stop At Sandpoint On Trip
Hans Wespi the Swiss forestry student is touring North America by Greyhound Bus on a 30 000 mile summer trek carrying a backpack He flew from Luerne Switzerland to Vancouver then headed east and south camping and fishing along the way He is in Sandpoint after traveling from Spokane bound for Canada and points West
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Hans Wespi
Greyhound
Hans
University of Zurich
Switzerland
Luerne
Vancouver
B. C
United States
Sandpoint
Spokane
Canada
Haas
U.S
North America
Shrine Benefit Auction Draws Strong Local Support
Val O Donnell announced the Panhandle Shrine Club and Panhandle Nile Club joint benefit auction at Glenns Auction Barn on GN Road northwest of Sandpoint drew strong attendance. Proceeds aid Shrine hospital causes. thanks voiced to donors and volunteers Glenn Eggers and staff for their support.
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Val O’ Donnell
Panhandle Shrine Club
Glenn
GN Road
Sandpoint
Panhandle Nile Club
Shrine Hospital
Lee White
James Breinich
Bonner County Tax Appeal Gets Approval
Boise reports the State Tax Commission approved requests by Bonner County and the cities of Caldwell and Nampa to exceed last year’s tax revenues by more than four percent under House Bill 304. Some districts were dismissed for lack of information. Appeals must be filed by July 13.
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Boise
UUPI
Luther SL Passmore
State Tax Commission
Bonner County
Caldwell
Nampa
Passmore
Bingham County
Gem County
Commission
Idaho
Weather Outlook with warm temps and showers
Fair today and tonight with partly cloudy Friday and afternoon thundershowers. Warmer with a 10 percent rain chance today and tonight, rising to 20 percent Friday. Highs near 80 today and 85 Friday, lows around 55 tonight.
Distinguished Flying Cross To Local Man
Lt. Leslie B. Gropp of Kootenai Idaho received the Distinguished Flying Cross for action with the 119th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam. He was a warrant officer and helicopter pilot at the time, and his family now resides at Fort Walters Texas. Mrs Gropp, formerly Sherry Kay Remmers of Sandpoint, is his wife.
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Leslie B. Gropp
U. S. Army
Clinton Gropp
Kootenai
Idaho
119Th Assalt Helicopter Company
Viet Nam
Gropp
Fort Walters
Texas
Sherry Kay Remmers
Bill Remmers
Sandpoint
Editors Group Hears Fish Talk At Snake River Conference
Lewiston Idaho editors hear Ray Oligher of the Walla Walla District Corps discuss nitrogen supersaturation and the fish kill on the lower Snake River. He notes most spring chinook passed Little Goose Dam and cites potential $1 billion loss to fish and a $10 million lawsuit threat from Inland Empire Steelheaders.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Little Goose
Snake River
Ray Oligher
Walla Walla
Washington State Fish and Game Department
Inland Empire Steelheaders Association
Corps
Oligher
Columbia River
John Day Dam
Columbia
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Weiser
Spokane, Wash
Georgianna Moon
Jeff Westford
Priest River
Sheriff's Office
AEC
Washington
UPI
House
Appropriations Committee
Atomic’ Energy Commission
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