Fire destroys new Cocolalla home and most belongings
Investigating Officer Jerry James reports a weekend blaze in a newly built Cocolalla house started by a fire in a chimney crack. The fire, used to dry the damp building used for furniture storage, destroyed the home and over half the Tarpley family’s personal items with no injuries reported. Forest Service response was unavailable and no fire equipment was in service.
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Cocolalla
Jim Tarpley
Jerry James
James
Forest Service
State Forest Service
Tarpley
Munson Addresses Youth Press Freedoms at Idaho Conference
J F Munson told Sandpoint High School journalists that press freedom and civic duty go hand in hand. He praised eight students who started an underground paper and urged students to use freedom responsibly as elders and students learn from their errors. Robert W Chandler of the Bend Bulletin warned against hostile rhetoric while defending frank journalism.
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Munson
Sandpoint ‘High School
Sandpoint
Robert W. Chandler
Bend
Oregon
Bulletin
Sigma Delta Chi
Agnew
Chamber of Commerce
Chandler
Idaho Allows Wine Sales In Groceries On County Option
Governor Cecil D. Andrus signed a bill permitting the sale of table wines in grocery stores on a county option basis. The measure defines table wines as non fortified wines up to 14 percent alcohol and becomes effective July 1. It requires county commissioners to issue licenses or voters to approve via election. The signing also included bills on land exchanges, inmate furloughs for family illness, cottage site sanitary standards, civil defense consolidation, a tort claims act, and college delegate rights to state conventions.
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Boise
UPI
Cecil D. Andrus
Andrus
Dworshak Dam
State Health Department
Weather Outlook for Sandpoint
Mostly cloudy through Tuesday with occasional rain today and tonight and showers Tuesday. Expect rain occasionally mixed with snow and gusty winds.
SHS Cedar Post Earns Superior Rating At Idaho Conference
Sandpoint High School's Cedar Post earned an All-State Superior rating at the University of Idaho press conference last weekend. It was one of six printed papers awarded superior. the staff won five other awards and placed highly in editorial and feature writing.
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Sandpoint High School
Cedar Post
University of Idaho
Idaho
SHS
Christy Whittaker
Sue Hanson
Bob Hamilton
Miss Sandpoint Contestants Karla and Sandra Rainey
Karla, eight years violinist and choir member, performs Close to You at the Miss Sandpoint Pageant on April 10. She is a high school senior at Sandpoint High, sponsor Beta Sigma Phi, aims to be a language teacher, and attends Eastern Washington State College after high school. Sandra Rainey, senior, pianist, speaks Spanish and French, co leads the Foreign Language Club, plans to study at the University of Idaho and in France, sponsored by Sandpoint Kiwanis, and wishes a teaching career.
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Karla
Carpenters
Sandpoint
Clarence E., Stilwell
South Second Avenue
Eastern Washington State College
Beta Sigma Phi
Sandpoint Senior
Foreign League
Sandra Louise Rainey
Sandpoint High School
Sandra
Francis
Andean Rainey
S. Boyer Street
Sandpoint Kiwanis Club
University of Idaho
France
Miss Rainey
Ponderettes
Pen ‘Club
Ways and Means
Leo Club
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Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce
Bill Nordeen
Wayne Goin
Chamber
Goin
Walla Walla, Wash
Pacific Power and Light
Bill
Office of Civil Defense
Adjutant General
SHS Cedar Post
Miss Sandpoint
Karla Stilwell
Sandrea Rainey
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