Forest Service grounds B-17 bombers after wing crack
Federal aviation officials ordered the U S Forest Service to ground 16 B 17 bombers after one plane sustained a minor wing fracture while dumping chemicals on a mountain fire near Porterville California. FAA planned precautionary X ray tests to check for a general defect in four engine planes.
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Porterville
Calif
UPI
Federal Aviation
U.S. Forest Service
Kern County
FAA
Forest Service
Boise, Idaho
San Gorgonio Mountains
Smith
Arizona
New Mexico
U.S
Salt Lake City
Utah
Weather Outlook for Sandpoint Area Through Tuesday
Variable cloudiness with little temperature change and light rain at times. Light southwesterly winds. Rain chance 50 percent through Tuesday. Highs near 75, lows around 50 each night.
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Sandpoint
Two Arrested For Burglary In Sandpoint Case
San Jose men Jerry Alvarado and Mario Gutierrez were arrested in Sandpoint after being found inside Jim Pucci’s car. Bonds set at 2500 dollars each as police state two knives were seen and a tape deck wire cut during the incident.
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San Jose
Calif
Sandpoint
Jim Pucci
Jerry Alvarado
Mario Gutierrez
Chuck Remson
Pucci
Remson
Sand Creek
78 year old Sandpoint man earns private pilot license
In 1965 Sandpoint, a 78 year old retiree Tom Moran earned his private pilot license after five months of lessons at Sandpoint airport with Chuck Currier. Moran soloed in a Cessna 150 and plans water landings in a J-3 plane with his son in law Dr Forrest Bird. Moran, a former electrical engineer, began flying after partial retirement and has historical ties to Sandpoint dating back to 1898.
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Tom Moran
Chuck Currier
Moran
Sandpoint
Currier
Lake Pend Oreille
Three Hurt In Auto Crash Near Sandpoint
A one car rollover on US 95 north of Sandpoint injured three people early Monday. The vehicle turned over in the road pinning a man beneath it and throwing another from the car. A female occupant was found inside. Victim names were not released.
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Sandpoint
US 95
Idaho Water Projects Pass
Washington approves House Appropriations action on a $4.7 billion public works bill for fiscal 1974. Included are Bureau of Reclamation requests for 13.045 million for lower Teton division and 2.573 million for East Green Acres Rathdrum Prairie Unit. Corps of Engineers funds total 8.4 million for Dworshak Dam and 7.2 million for Ririe Lake flood control. A 163 thousand loan to Salmon River Canal Co is approved.
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Washington
UPD
Nixon
Idaho
House Appropriations Committee
Bureau of Reclamation
Lower Teton
Teton Basin
Bureau
East Green Acres
Rathdrum Prairie
Corps of Engineers
Dworshak Dam
Ririe Lake
The
Salmon River Canal Co
Dean Dean III Testifies on Nixon Watergate Efforts
John W. Dean III testified that within three months of the Watergate bugging he told President Nixon of efforts to keep the scandal from the White House and that by March this year Nixon was willing to pay 1 million to silence. Dean fired April 30 as White House Counsel said the President did not realize the implications of his involvement. Ronald Ziegler offered no comment and said no Nixon news conference is planned.
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Calif
Ronald L. Ziegler
Dean
Body Found In Kelso Lake Near Sandpoint
The body of 63 year old Joseph A Rettke was recovered late Friday from Kelso Lake southwest of Sandpoint near Granite by Bonner County deputies. Rettke was unloading a boat when it slipped into the water and he drowned. His last known address was a motel near Careywood.
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Joseph A. Rettke
Kelso Lake
Sandpoint
Granite
Bonner County
Rettke
Careywood
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