Sandpoint Poundsmaster resigns leaving dog control in limbo
City poundmaster Tom DeMers has resigned effective April 1 and will take two weeks of leave. Danny Lee may assume dog control temporarily under CETA funding while the council decides whether to contract the job to a local security service. Notices will be posted in City Hall to guide residents.
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Sandpoint
Tom DeMers
The
Daily Bee
DeMers
Larry Sterling
Sterling
Gene Holt
Holt
Tom
Danny Lee
CETA
Lee
City Hall
Water Office
Tax meeting draws 115 Bonner County residents
About 115 area residents attended a Sandpoint meeting at Sandpoint Junior High to discuss Bonner County property taxes. Speakers included James F Rea and Rev Richard Butler who criticized county officials and warned of regional planning threats while residents debated tax freezes and fair assessment.
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Sandpoint Junior High
Bonner County
James F Rea
Posse Comitatus
Rea
Boise
Jack Williams
Idaho Citizens For Repeal of
Bill Denman
Seattle
Williams
Kootenai County
Marshall
Richard Butler
Idaho Citizens For Repeal of Forest Practices Act
Marshall Jim Rea
Bee
Creech Sentenced to Die for Idaho Double Slaying
Thomas Eugene Creech was sentenced by Fourth District Judge J. Ray Durtschi to death by hanging for the November 1973 murders of John Wayne Bradford and Edward Thomas Arnold near Donnelly Idaho. The ruling follows psychiatric testimony that Creech understood proceedings and was not mentally ill.
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Robert van Buskirk
Boise
UPI
Thomas Eugene Creech
Fourth District
J. Ray Durtschi
Creech
Wallace
John Wayne
Bradford
Edward Thomas Ar
Nold
Donnelly
Idaho
Raymond Snowden
Garden City
Bruce O. Robinson
Nampa
Durtschi
Michael Estess
Karl Humiston
Estess
Hamiston
Lewiston
Carol Spaulding
Glenns Ferry
Arnold
Miss Spaulding
Cascade
Gun Control Bill Advances in House Committee
The House Crime subcommittee approved a bill to ban the manufacture sale and importation of cheap handguns. It moves to the Judiciary Committee with penalties for firearm related federal crimes and stricter dealer licensing and waiting periods. The plan targets "Saturday night specials" while not affecting the existing 40 million handguns owned. A national handgun tracing center would monitor transactions. First offenders face one to ten years and repeat offenders two to twenty five years.
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Washington
UPI
House
Judiciary ‘Committee
House Crime Subcommittee
Judiciary Committee
Robert McClory
R-Ill
Beekeepers Move To Oust President In By-law Change
North Idaho Beekeepers Association debates a by-law to bar any beekeeping supply dealer from Club leadership. Al Bomba, the region's major supplier, faces potential removal if the measure passes after two readings. Met**z and Carey push for the rule amid claims of conflicts of interest. Members voting split with no negative votes. some threaten to quit. Next meeting set for April 16 at the Washington Water Power room.
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North Idaho Beekeepers Association
al Bomba
Gus Metz
Metz
Bomba
Harold Hennes
Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene
North Idaho
Ralph Carey
Bonner County
Washington Water Power
City Awarded 38850 Grant For Water Upgrades
The City of Sandpoint received a federal grant of 38850 to upgrade and expand water treatment facilities. The money will cover 75 percent of total costs alongside a prior 1224000 grant. Also funded today was 12000 for the State Health and Welfare Water Supply Program Development.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Jim McClure
Coeur d'Alene
Ruthie Johnson
State Department of Health and Welfare
Andrus proposes lay member for Idaho Supreme Court
Gov Cecil D. Andrus urged interviewing lay persons for the Idaho Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Henry F. McQuade. He said the public deserves a non attorney to serve and will seek council recommendations before naming a successor. He noted Idaho law does not require court justices to be bar members.
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Andrus
Joseph J McFadden
Judicial Council
Idaho State Bar
Supreme Court
Idaho
State of
Bar
Dust-Laden Rains Hit Area
Dust from the Columbia Basin swept into Washington and Idaho causing slick roads and dust laden car finishes. Winds reached 92 mph in the Tri Cities while gusts of 50 to 70 mph were reported in Spokane and northern Idaho. A fatal crash near Richland killed three people as a station wagon collided with a tractor trailer amid the blowing dust.
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Jim Benson
University of Idaho Experimental Station
Sandpoint
Columbia Basin
Benson
Washington State
Yakima
Tri-Cities
Washington
Spokane
Idaho
Tri Cities
Othello
KORD
KONI
Richland
Walla Walla
Joseph Lucci
White Swan
James Weasentail
Kenneth Scabbyrobe
Andrus vetoes bill on state water plan oversight
Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus vetoed a Senate bill requiring legislative approval of the State Water Plan. He argued it intrudes into the executive branch and would strip the Idaho Water Resource Board of its constitutional duties. He said the amendment created a board with powers to develop a unified water policy and that only the legislature should change laws.
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Idaho
Veto Could Hit Idaho Water Oversight Hard
Idaho lawmaker J Ward Chatburn blames Gov Andrus veto for stripping legislative review of the state water plan. He warns such action could have far reaching effects on agriculture and water supply in Idaho, noting the legislature’s oversight authority and the water lifeblood role for farmers.
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Albion
Idaho
UPI
J. Ward Chatburn
Cecil
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City Poundmaster
Sandpoint Daily
Oregon
William Joseph Dean
Astoria
St Mark’s Episcopal Church
Sandra Jane Ramsagoog
Salem
Imichael Thompson
Lucci
Water Resource Board
Legislative Branch
D. Andrus
Chatburn
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