Wheels fly off truck damage railroad crossings near Cocolalla
A Pasco Washington truck lost dual wheels on U.S. 95 south of Cocolalla injuring a passing 60 car freight and damaging three railroad crossings plus a sidecar rest area. The incident occurred near milepost 22 between Cocolalla and Athol. Extent of freight damage and track loss was not yet estimated.
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Cocolalla
Sheriff’s Office
Pasco
Wash
U.S
Milepost 22
Athol
Mayor Floyd Gray installed as head of Idaho Cities
Gray avida. Gray avida. Mayor Floyd Lp Grey of Sand Point was installed Saturday as the new president of the Association of Idaho Cities during the group's three day convention in Coeur d Alene. Gray, manager of the Washington Water Power Co. at Send this point served AIC three perced session. The AIC North Shore Convention Center hosted the event. Main speaker at Friday banquet was Dre Lynn Rodney, professor and chair of the department of recreation and park management at the University of Oregon.
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Floyd
Lp Grey
Sandpoint
Association of Idaho Cities
Coeur d’ Alene
Gray
Washinton Water
AIC
Aciavdet
Shore
Lynn
Rodney
The
University of Oregon
Nixon weighs vote age bill during retreat stay
President Nixon is expected to decide this week on extending voting rights to 18-year-olds, moving to lower the voting age from 21. The bill would also extend the 1965 Voting Rights Act for five more years as Congress considers the measure. Nixon and his wife received gifts for Father’s Day from their daughters Tricia and Julie.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Cleareo Congress
Maryland
Sybuntain
Ada
Swn
Ct A
Aeelcts
Sercent
Mrs. Brated
Correction in Lifesaving Credit Omitted in Bee Story
Mrs Bill Woolsey reached the scene at an island off Frey Creek before sheriff rescue units arrived. Her quick action was instrumental in saving the California youth from near drowning Friday, correcting the Daily Bee report.
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Daily Bee
California
Bill Woolsey
Sheriff’s Office
Frey Creek
Eagles Gather At Convention in Wallace Idaho
Two Sandpoint residents were elected to state posts at the Eagles Annual State Convention in Wallace last Wednesday. Keith Booth was chosen Inside Guard of the Idaho Fraternal Order of the Eagles and Mildred Fox will serve as Trustee for the State Auxiliary. Ernest Wycoff of Moscow will be the next term’s President. The three day event ended with a banquet and trophy presentations, including Sandpoint unit Aerie 589 receiving the Edward Christenson Trophy for Airial Joint Activities.
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Sandpoint
Eagles
Wallace
Keith Booth
Idaho Fraternal Order of the Eagles
Mildred Fox
Moscow
Idaho
Ernest Wycoff
Aeiie
Edward Chistirison
Aeriel
Elusive snake outwits fire crew in England garden
Volunteer fireman Rich ard Page found a three foot snake in his garden and placed it in a box in his car. At the fire station the snake vanished and despite attempts including a smokebomb to flush it out the reptile eluded capture. The next day the head appeared near a pocket in the car door then the snake slipped away again. Page eventually put the stake in a sack and drove off, but the snake was gone when opened.
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Thetford
England
UPI
Richard Page
Joose
Brucellosis Free Status Certifies Boise Region
Twin Falls County becomes the 43rd Idaho county certified brucellosis free with Oneida County awaiting inspection. The program, in effect since 1938, aims to prevent cattle abortion and protect a livestock industry worth about 100 million dollars annually. Meanwhile the U.S. Weather Bureau logged 114 degree highs in Needles, California, with lows of 42 in Michigan's Alpena Lansing and Pellston.
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Boise
Twin Falls County
Idaho
Department of Agriclture
A. P. Schneider
Animal Industries Division
Oneida
New York
West Coast Students Trek By Bicycle
Fifteen students and a chaperone from North Mercer Junior High School Mercer Island Washcycled through Sandpoint on a cross country ride toward New York City. They started June 12 from Mercer Island and plan to reach New York by August 10 before continuing to Boston then west via Canada.
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Mercer Island
Washington
Sandpoint
New York City
Walt Mauldin
Dennis Early
Mike Evans
Frances Call
Andy Rue
David Heston
Carl Malmfeldt
Laura Dassow
Brian Gribble
Dave Dunnington
Nancy Bolger
Kathy Horrigan
Mary Strachota
Anne Simpson
Gail Stevens
Washinton
North Mercer Junior High School
Wash
Miss Call
Highway 2
Logan Pass
Glacier National Park
New York
Boston
West Coast
Canada
Miss. Call
Brauner Says No Easy Vietnam Solution
Democratic candidate Bill Brauner told a Boise TV station there is no simple fix to Vietnam. He cites errors in Southeast Asia by U.S. and other governments and argues for protecting remaining troops and an orderly withdrawal if elected, challenging Rep. James A. McClure in November.
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Boise
UPD
Bill Brauner
Vietnam
Brauner
Southeast Asia
U.S
James A. McClure
Red Cross Holds First Inland Empire Division Meeting
A 15 member Red Cross group met over two days at Sandpoint North Shore lodge to discuss division goals and procedures. Volunteer consultants from Yakima Walla Walla Meton Lewiston Tri Cities and Spokane assisted as staff positions from Spokane Fairchild and others were outlined. Sandpoint was highlighted as the focal point with ongoing chapter fund drive and plans for a stronger water safety program across the area.
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Red Cross
North Shore Lodge
Sandpoint
Inland Empire
Yakima
Wash
Walla Walla
Red “Cross
Ard
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