Mercury in Idaho fish prompts intensified testing plan
Idaho Fish and Game reports widespread mercury presence in fish across 18 waters with certain species and locations exceeding safe levels. A 1,450 fish sampling program from 73 sites will include water sediment and prey testing, aiming to complete before the fishing season while cautioning against consuming some St Joe River catches.
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Idaho Fish and Game Department
Arco
Coeur d’ Alene
Idaho
Clarkork
American Falls
Snake River
Hells Canyon
J. Irell O. Carver
Idaho Health Department
Idaho Panhandle
Priest
Pend Oreille
Coeur d’Alene
Chatcolet Lakes
Kootenai Clark Fork
St. Joe
South Fork
Upper
Prospector Creek
Avery
Peace Talks Boycotted by Hanoi and Viet Cong
Paris reports say chief Hanoi and Viet Cong negotiators again boycotted the Paris peace talks to protest Nixon era Viet Nam policies. The Saigon delegate was ill and U S Ambassador Bruce attended as the lone chief negotiator.
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Nixon
Vietnam
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U.S
David K.E. Bruce
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Romania
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
UPI
China
Bruce
Madame Binh
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen ‘van Tien
Thuy
Nguyen Minh Vy
Tien
South Vietjanam
Three Local Scouts Win Eagle Award for Sandpoint trio
Three Sandpoint boys Wayne Brown 18 Allen Largent 17 and Richard Largent 15 earned the Eagle Scout rank at a May 9 ceremony at Sandpoint Junior High School. The Selkirk District ceremony was led by Sea Explorer Ship No. 100 with sponsorship by Sandpoint Eagles Club. James Tinsman presented the awards.
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Sandpoint Junior High School
Selkird
Sea Explorer
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Selkirk
Sea Scouts
Chas. Wigton
Ray Porter
Sargent
Troop Ls
Sandpoint
Wayne Brown
Chester Brown
Allen Largent
Richard Largent
Don Largent
James Tinsman
Bob Gilbert
Shoshone
Brown
William Gee
Sargent Brothers
Ozzie Valliers
Ira
Bonner
Boundary
Kootenai
Benewah
Bonner County
Founder Morrisson dies a suffrage pioneer at 91
New London Connecticut UPI reports Mark Foulke Morrisson a founder of the National League of Women Voters in 1919 and a pioneer for women’s suffrage died Wednesday morning in Alliance Medical Inn at age 91. She helped Jane Addams establish Hull House in Chicago and organized a suffrage parade that influenced the 1916 Republican convention to adopt a suffrage plank.
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United Press International
New London
Welfare boom in Boston tops US cities
Boston reports 15 percent of its population on welfare, the highest rate among large U.S. cities, according to a Wednesday release from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. New York follows with 13 percent.
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Boston
UPI
United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New York
Wrestling Clinic Moves To JHS
The Sandpoint High School wrestling clinic led by Coach Chuck Schoonover moves from SHS to the junior high school this Saturday morning because the Bulldog gym is occupied by the town team basketball tournament.
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Wrestling Clinic
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SHS
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Finalists named for Idaho Sports Hall of Fame awards
The Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame finalists for the 9th Idaho Sports Banquet include North Idaho Team of the Year contenders Clark Fork High School basketball Lewiston Legion baseball Moscow High School basketball Post Falls High School track Coeur d Alene Lakers slow pitch softball and Coeur d Alene High School wrestling. Award finalists also cover coaches and Amateur Athlete of the Year with male and female nominees led by Nick Nead Jerry Dunne Paul Page Jim McGoldrick Tim Kampa Tim Reese and others. The banquet at the Convention Center in Coeur d Alene on March 17 will feature Murray Olderman and Larry Wilson attendance.
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Idaho Athletics Hall of Fame
Idaho
Convention Center
Coeur d’ Alene
North Idaho
Shirley Engelhorn
Larry Wilson
Rigby
Murray Olderman
Clark Fork
Lewiston Legion
Moscow
Post Falls
Coeur d’ Alene Lakers
Coeur d'Alene
Harold Walker
Ozzie Kanikkeberg
Genesee
Warren Shepherd
Plummer
Ron Karlsberg
Lewiston
Dwight
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University of Idaho
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McCall
Vicki Mallen
Nampa
Cindy Cook
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