Fire damages church annex in Sandpoint
Fire early Tuesday caused about 1000 dollars in damage to the annex of the Seventh day Adventist Church at Boyer and Main in Sandpoint. Clothing stored in a room was damaged. church main building was spared. Fire Chief Wade Brown said the blaze was likely from clothing stacked on an electric baseboard heater. paper boy David Arnold reported the fire promptly.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
Boyer and
Main
Sandpoint
Wade Brown
Brown
David Arnold
Two Dogs Shot On South Florence Street
Police investigated two separate dog shootings in Sand Point on South Florence Street Monday. Mrs Dean Evertt reported a .22 caliber shot dog around 10 p m and Pete Weatherford reported a Saint Bernard shot with a 410 shotgun. Both dogs survived.
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Dean Evertt
S. Florence
Pete Weatherford
South Florence
Senate approves American Falls Dam replacement plan
The Senate passed a bill to authorize the replacement of the American Falls Dam in Idaho. Introduced by Sen. Frank Church and Sen. James A. McClure, the measure permits non-federal financing for the $19 million project and moves to the House.
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Washington
API
Senate
House
American Falls
Idaho
Frank Church
D-Idaho
James A. McClure
R-Idaho
Trapped Submarine Victims Die From Cold Near Key West
Two men, Al Stover of Juno Beach and Clayton Link of Binghamton, were declared dead after being trapped 360 feet down in a 21 foot submarine near Key West for 31 hours. Archibald Menzies and Dr. Robert Meek were rescued in good condition. The sub, part of Smithsonian research, failed to surface amid debris from a scuttled destroyer 20 miles south of Key West.
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Key West
Fla
David Youngblood
al Stover
Juno Beach
Clayton Link
Binghamton
N. Y
Archibald ‘Jock’ Menzies
Vero Beach
Robert Meek
Santa Barbara
Calif
Mormons Credited With Keeping Welfare Down
Idaho DECS report attributes lower federal food assistance in counties with high Mormon populations to church led welfare efforts. The study cites Bear Lake Franklin Fremont Jefferson Madison Oneida and Teton counties as below 14 percent aid, while Boise and Benewah show higher aid rates.
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Boise
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
U.S. Senate Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
U.S
Citizens’ Board of Inquiry
United States
Idaho
James A. Bax
DECS
Bax
LDS Church
Bonneville County
Bear Lake
Franklin
Fremont
Jefferson
Madison Oneida
Teton
Butte
Caribou
Cassia
Clark
Gooding
Jerome
Lincoln
Minidoka
Twin Falls
Boise County
Benewah
Sub rescue captain guided grappling hook to free craft
The aluminum sectioned minisub had a viewing bubble and a rear crew of two men while Menzies reported the two victims alive at 11 15 am EDT Monday. He also directed rescuers in placing the grappling hook to free the sub from debris with no sign of panic aboard. Weather ahead in Sandpoint calls for partly cloudy skies with warm highs near 65 today and 70 Wednesday.
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Smithsonian Institution
Youngblood
Menzies
Meek
Link
Stover
Expo Finance Fight Looming Over Expo 74 Bonds
Spokane County residents form The Citizens Committee on Taxation to oppose county participation in Expo 74 financing. County commissioners consider issuing 2 million in councilmank bonds for the World Environmental Expo. Chairman Bill Allen has opposed the bonds.
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Spokane
UPI
Citizens Committee On Taxation
Bill” Allen
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