Voter turnout nears county record for Sandpoint election
Sandpoint records 1 009 registered voters ahead of Tuesday elections with polls open noon to 8 p m at the fire station. Mayor Floyd L Gray seeks re election unopposed while four council seats include incumbents Les Brown Al Abromeit Bill Lindt and challengers Ron May Earl Charlton Ozzie Vallieres Clem Yeakel plus write in votes anticipated.
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Hackworth
Floyd L. Gray
Les Brown
al Abromeit
Bill Lindt
Ron
May
Earl Charlton
Ozzie Vallieres
Clem
Yeakel
Prison Long Tunnel Escape Probe at Idaho State Prison
Investigation continued into a 40 foot tunnel found at Idaho State Prison. Convicts reportedly worked months to dig and had planned a break on Sunday night but authorities halted the plan after the tunnel was discovered. Seven or eight inmates were held in segregation.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho State’ Prison
Gem
Supt. of Corrections
Glen Jieffes
Bulldogs End Season with 29 6 Loss to Lewiston
Sandpoint high school Bulldogs meet Lewiston in the final football game of the season. Lewiston scored 20 points in one quarter, the Bulldogs' lone standout quarter, as the final score settled at 29 to 6. Coach Ken Beaudoin praised the Bulldogs' efforts and fighting spirit despite the defeat. After a week’s rest, school sports shift to basketball.
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Sandpoint “High School
Bulldogs
Lewiston
Ken ‘ Beaudoin
Wells
Twins Win Halloween Window Painting Contest First Place
David and Doug Jones led more than 60 entrants to win first in the Halloween Window Painting Contest sponsored by VFW Post 2453 and auxiliary. Tammy Chappell took second, Scott Lange third amid about 400 participants in Friday’s parade.
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David
Doug Jones
VFW Post
Tammy Chappell
Scott Lange
Danny Lewis
Rob Stoicheff
Knight
Cammy Woods
Hunchback
Dean’ Seibert
Michélle ™ Bopp
Jodie Brown
Patti Brown
Carolyn Greenwood
Linda Palmer
Kristi Gill
Mike Perry
Jeff Baker
Kim Lewis
Billy Bopp
Jennifer Calkins
Carol Maher
VFW
Lloyd Kester
Leonard Leonard
Lake Level Drop At Albeni Falls Dam Plans
Pend Oreille Lake stood at elevation 2054.2 feet as Army officials reported. Current plans aim to lower to 2051.0 feet in November with a drawdown of about two tenths of a foot per day.
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Albeni Falls
Pend Oreille Lake
Elgie Skellenger
Athol
Kyle Bates
Kelso Lake
Ernest E. Brennecke
Post Falls
Jack Pine Flats
Priest River
Sherman Funeral Home
Newport
Coeur d’Alene
Tom West
Newport Community Hospital
High Court Considers Bond Vote Case
Idaho Supreme Court takes under advisement a challenge to a state law restricting general obligation bond voting to real property owners. The case cites U S Supreme Court rulings and questions the law’s conformity with the Fourteenth Amendment. Legal arguments cover retroactivity and voter eligibility amid a bond issue of 805000.
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Boise
UPD
Idaho
Supreme Court
Leon R. Weeks
Nampa
Ernst G. Muench
Lloyd Taylor
Canyon County
U. S. Supreme Court
Dean Miller
Caldwell
Defendai
Cecil Hobdey
Gooding School Board
James Hargis
Hobdey
Hargis
Muench
Taylor
State Supreme Court
Weeks
Mueney
sContending
U.S. Supreme Court
Kramer
Cipriano
Miller
United States
Weather Update Indicates Clearing Fog and Cooler Temps
Fog clears early today with clearing skies by afternoon. Tonight and Tuesday bring considerable cloudiness and cooler air. Rain chances 20 percent today and 10 percent Tuesday. highs around 45 and low 30.
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Dlown Dean Seibert
Sandpoint
Ken Hackworth
Twins
High Court
Napier
Gene Napier
U.S. Forest Service
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