BN to build Sandpoint Bridge in $2.7 million link project
Burlington Northern announces a 2.7 million connecting track bridge near Sandpoint as part of a 502 million Spokane area construction and relocation program. Willamette Western Corp. to build substructure for the 997 foot bridge over Sand Creek with ten piers, completion targeted July 1, 1973.
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Burlington Northern Today
Sandpoint
Spokane
Willamette-Western Corp
Portland
Ore
Robert W.downing
Sand Creek
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Washington
Idaho
Downing
Three millionaires paid no income tax in 1970
Rep. Henry S. Reuss cites a Treasury report showing three American millionaires paid no income tax in 1970 due to loopholes. He notes nearly 400 people with gross income of 100000 or more legally avoided any tax that year and urges President Nixon to back House tax reform introduced last week.
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UPI
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Treasury
Department
Reuss
Nixon
House
Arraignment Planned for Two In December Drug Raid
District Court in Coeur d Alene will hear Pat Keane 17 and Larry Kins 24 both of Sandpoint on drug charges linked to the December 16 raid led by Prosecuting Attorney Everett Hofmeister and Sheriff Robert Wilcox. Proceedings follow February 25 preliminary hearings with several charges held for advisement.
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Craig Rosener
Coeur d’Alene
Keane
Kins
Pat Keane
Larry Kins
Sandpoint
Everett Hofmeister
Robert Wilcox
Dar Cogswell
Newport Schools Close Over Mud Weather
Newport Washington district schools near the Idaho border remain closed due to mud and rain making roads impassable. Intermediate School District 101 Superintendent Van W Emilson says the closures will continue until Wednesday.
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Wash
Washington
The
Office of “Intermediate School District
van W. Emilson
Farm Award Winner Dies in Idaho
Pocatello updates report Gary L. Cordon 37 longtime Blackfoot farmer and 1970 71 outstanding farmer winner died Saturday at Bannock Memorial Hospital from a heart ailment. He had heart surgery in 1965 and 1968. Survived by wife La Verla and three children he was vice president of the Dee Pee Potato Co Blackfoot.
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Pocatello
UPD
Blackfoot
Gary L.cordon
Bannock Memorial Hospital
Cordon
la Verla
Deepee Potato Co
Boy Rescued From Ledge In Montana Mountain Rescue
15 year old Scott Craigie, resident of Malmstrom Air Force Base, became separated from 14 companions while hiking near the Missouri River in Wolf Creek. deputies and rescue team lowered him 200 feet from a rocky ledge to a road, after a daylong operation that followed a Sunday disappearance. He suffered possible broken ribs and knee injuries and was taken to Great Falls Hospital for treatment.
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Wolf Creek
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Great Falls
Scott Craigie
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Missouri River
Cascade County Sheriffs Office
PWP Week Proclaimed in Idaho Washington
Ray Porter announces that March 1925 is Proclaimed Parents Without Partners Week in the Pacific Northwest by Governor Dan Evans. Sandpoint PWP chapter invites single parents to join at a 7:30 p.m. meeting March 2 at Wagon Bridge Inn.
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Ray Porter
Parents Without Partners
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Pullman
Tri-Cities
Sandpoint
Porter
PWP
Wagon Bridge Inn
McGovern Wins Mock Democratic Convention at Gonzaga
In Spokane the Gonzaga mock Democratic national convention selected Sen. George McGovern as presidential nominee after three ballots by over 1,000 delegates from Pacific Northwest colleges and high schools. McGovern tallied 1 063 votes to 674 votes for Edward Kennedy. Shirley Chisholm was chosen by acclamation as running mate.
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Rep
Shirley Chisholm
New York
McGovern
Three Ponderay men bound over to District Court in burglary case
Donald E. Schilling 35 Gerald R. Shobe 19 and Robert H Sonny Schilling 36 waived counsel and were bound over to District Court on second degree burglary charges. Tools stolen from Bert Wilson Garfield Bay were found in a muddy pickup. Donald Schilling posted 100 bond and was released. the others remain held in lieu of 100 bond each.
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Bert Wilson
Garfield Bay
Donald E. Schilling
Robert H
Sonny’’ Schilling
Gerald R. Shobe
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