Sandpoint Named Host for 1972 Eagles Convention
Sandpoint delegates to the Idaho State Eagles Convention in Boise won several awards. Sandpoint Aerie No 589 received the Award of Merit for journalistic excellence in the Sandpoint Eagle Newsletter. The 1972 convention will be hosted by Sandpoint according to past president Frank Warrer.
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Sandpoint
Idaho State Eagles
Boise
Eagles
Sandpoint Eagles
Frank Warrer
Eagles Press Association
Sandpoint Aerie
Break-in at Art Boyle’s Jewelry Store
Police investigated a reported break-in at Art Boyle’s Jewelry Store in Sandpoint on Friday. Officers Dale Munson and Gene Holt said thieves smashed rear window glass to enter and stole two watches and an AM FM radio. Back door left unlocked as suspects fled.
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Art Boyle
Sandpoint Weather Outlook Through Thursday
Partly cloudy and warmer through Tuesday with widely scattered showers and possible afternoon and evening thundershowers. Rain chance 40 percent through Thursday, highs near 80, lows around 45 each night.
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Sandpoint
Bayview to be guarded during Universal Life Church Picnic
Sheriff Stanley Johnson and County Commissioner Don Adams assured Bayview residents that police protection will be provided and a sheriff’s substation will be set up in Bayview on the lakefront for emergencies during the three day Universal Life Church Picnic. They said naval personnel would guard the Navy Ship Research and Development Center Test Facility while helicopters from the National Guard would airlift medical emergencies from Farragut Park during the Fourth of July weekend.
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Kootenai
Stanley Johnson
Don Adams
Bayview
Universal ‘ Life Church
Farragut State Park
Johnson
Lake
Pend - Oreille
Johinson
Naval
U.‘S. Navy
Universal. . Life Church
Adams
Coeur d’Aléne
National’ Guard
Tadio
Veteran WWI veteran Harry Hupp to lead Sandpoint Fourth
Sandpoint’s July 4 parade will feature Harry Hupp, 83, a World War I veteran, as Grand Marshal. He will head the traditional parade, highlighting one of the city’s most distinguished veterans.
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Sandpoint
Harry Hupp
Reverend Dies After Electrocution During Baptism Service
New Orleans UPI reports Reverend Edward Klein of the Seventh Day Adventist church was electrocuted while speaking at a baptism. He died an hour later at a local hospital. The obit notes his Army service in 1918, long residence in Sandpoint, Idaho, and leadership roles in local business, police, and civic life.
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New Orleans
UPI
Edward Klein
Klein
Hupp
France
Grand Marshall
63Rd Coast Artillery Regiment
Edna
Sandpoint
Lewiston
Youth Killed In Crash At Thama Rocks
Melvin R. Bain 19 died when his car left U.S. 2 east of Priest River and plunged 85 feet to the railroad tracks near Thama Rock Cuts. Passenger James P. Bohan 19 of Cranbrook suffered severe lacerations and was listed satisfactory. State Patrolman Don Fiedler said excessive speed and construction area caused the loss of control. investigation continues.
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Cranbrook
Melvin R. Bain
Thama Rock
Don Fiedler
U.S. 2
Priest River
Fiedler
James P. Bohan
Bain
Moon Funeral Home
Sandpoint
Wheeler Elected Pres. Assn. Cities
Ralph Wheeler of American Falls was elected president of the Association of Idaho Cities at Burley. Garis Robinson of Burley and Larry Merk of Moscow were named first and second vice presidents. The group backed laws on magistrate court uniformity, municipal and electric cooperative relations, Amtrak expansion, year‑round county airports, and equal property tax collection, while rejecting a one‑cent gas tax for road building. State Senator Wayne Kidwell defended last session’s gas tax diversion to cities.
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Burley
UPI
Association of Idaho Cities
Ralph Wheeler
American Falls
Wheeler
Garis Robertson
Larry Merk
Moscow
Idaho
AIC
Wayne L. Kidwell
Boise
State Highway Department
Kidwell
Sesson
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Humbird Lumber Co
Bonner County
Big Lake
Thama Rocks
B.C
U.S.2
Amtrak
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