Bypass Action Explores Depot Status for Route 95
Former Idaho governor Don Samuelson seeks an on site review by federal and state highway agencies to allow the U S 95 bypass around Sandpoint to proceed. Dr Merle Wells says the National Advisory Council must authorize the inspection after FH A request.
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Idaho
Don Samuelson
Federal Highway Administration
State Department of Highways
Burlington Northern Railroad
Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce
Bill Watkins
Samuelson
National Historical Register
Merle Wells
Idaho State Historical Society
Idaho Department of Highways
Wells
National Advisory Council For Historic Preservation
National Advisory Council
Bonner County First to Require Flood Insurance for New Loans
The HUD flood program makes Bonner County eligible with Sandpoint joining March 26. Builders along Lake Pend Oreille shores and rivers such as Rapid Lightning Creek must obtain flood plain insurance to secure mortgages. Insurance caps are $35,000 for single family homes and $100,000 for other buildings at a subsidized 25 cent per $100 rate.
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Bonner County
Sandpoint
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Lake Pend Oreille
Sand Creek
Memorial Field
Rapid Lightning Creek
Rescue of Mayaguez Crew Powers Through Koh Tang Fight
UPI reports a 14 hour battle near Koh Tang left at least two Americans dead and several captured as Marines and Air Force crews evacuated the battered assault force. Missing include six Air Force personnel and eight Marines. President Ford ordered air power to drive off Cambodian gunships as Marines recaptured the Mayaguez.
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Helen Thomas
UPI
White House
Washington
USS
Koh Tang Island
Mayaguez
Pentagon
Air Force
Coral Sea
Gulf of Siam
Henry A. Kissinger
Ron Nessen
Ford
Koh Tang
Gulf of Thailand
Kidwell urges Corps to limit Idaho water control
Idaho Attorney General Wayne Kidwell urged the U S Army Corps of Engineers to keep hands off Idaho waters. He argued the state and local agencies should regulate navigable waters and beds, opposing federal expansion and supporting alternative two limiting jurisdiction to navigable waters and headwaters with no permit for small dredge disposal.
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Kidwell
Army Corps
Idaho
Boise
UPI
Wayne Kidwell
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Engineers
Army Corps of Engineers
State
State Land Board
Bid Opening Set Tonight for Priest River School Addition
Bids for the Priest River school addition will be opened tonight at 7 p.m. at a Bonner County School Board special meeting at the Administration building. The Stidwell Junior High final inspection, originally scheduled for 6 p.m., has been postponed.
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Priest River
Bonner ‘County
Stidwell
Church lauds rescue as Mayaguez crew returned unharmed
Senator Frank Church expressed immense gratitude that the Mayaguez crewmen were returned to their vessel unharmed and the ship and cargo recovered intact. He thanked the marines and pledged full support for President Ford's crisis management.
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Washington
Frank Church
Mayaguez
Ford
Church
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