Power Outage Cause Found
A faulty conductor on a 110000 volt line between Sandpoint Idaho and Cabinet Gorge Dam caused a Wednesday power outage. Washington Water Power Co officials said they had not yet determined the exact cause of the conductor failure. Major communities affected included Ione and Newport Washington Sandpoint Idaho Troy and Libby Montana with about a substation’s worth of power lost across a wide area. Hospitals invoked emergency generators during the outage.
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Spokane
UPC
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Washington Water Power Co
Ione
Newport
Sandpoint
Troy
Libby
Mon
Cabinet Gorge Dam
Walter Diesem Set as Kiwanis District Lt Governor
Walter F. Diesem USA Retired Army Colonel will be installed as Kiwanis District Lt Governor in a Monday noon ceremony at the Pastime Panhandle Room. The outgoing lieutenant governor Chris Taft of Bonners Ferry resigns for personal reasons. Diesem retired in Sandpoint with wife Glen and has two grown sons living in New York State.
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Sandpoint Kiwanis Club
Walter F. Diesem
USA
Kiwanis
Panhandle
Sandpoint Kiwanis
William Watkins
Chris Taft
Bonners Ferry
Taft
Diesem
Sandpoint
Glen
New York State
Japan Car Makers Halt U.S. Dealer Expansion
Tokyo based Nissan and Toyota announced they will stop expanding their U S dealer networks amid potential U S import restrictions. Nissan notes 920 U S outlets. Toyota reports 881 outlets as of August. both firms began U S sales in the early 1960s with rising volumes in 1969 and 1970 UPI report.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
United States
Katsuji Kawamata
Nissan Motor Co
Datsun Autos
Toyota Motor Company
America
Nissan
Toyota
ISLA Shareholders To Get Returns
The Idaho Savings and Loan Association liquidation will pay a 12 percent return to its shareholders by December 15 from the final sale to Western National Corp of foreclosed real estate. The company held about 2.5 million in assets, plus funds from collections and investments, adding to the 46 percent previously paid in 1967 and five percent earlier.
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Boise Cupid
Idaho Savings and Loan Association
Idaho
Tom McEldowney
Robert Barbour
Western National Corp
Spokane Sniper Shooting Leaves One Dead Four Wounded
Witness Thomas C Brass 24, railroad worker and former college football player, recounts how a sniper wounded him and killed another near St Aloysius Church in Spokane. He described the moment the passenger window exploded and the ensuing police confrontation as he hid in his car.
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Spokane
Vpd
Thomas C. Brass
Brass
University
St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church
Soti
Dallas Tower
Robert Schrader
Shareholders to receive 21 percent from 1969 funds
Remaining funds to be disbursed by McEldowney and Barbour include money from Continental Life and Accident Co Boise from the sale of assets consisting of outstanding loans. Total to 21 percent, not 12. Checks for distribution to about 14,000 shareholders to begin by December 1.
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McEldowney S and Barbour
Continental Life and Accident Co
Boise
Idaho Water Board Votes To Enter Teton Dam Suit As Amicus
Idaho Water Resource Board votes 6 1 to join the Teton Dam litigation as a friend of the court rather than as a full defendant, despite opposition. A Boise hearing is set for Nov 22 as the board weighs practicality against potential conflicts of interest and precedent.
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Lindy High Boise
UPI
Idaho Water Resource Board
Teton Dam
Smilar
Interior Department
Idaho
Boise
Scott Reed
Coeur d’Alene
Reed
John F. Strieff
Lewiston
Department of Interior
Amicus Curiae
Olmstead
Phillip Barber
of Idaho
Palisades Project
Barber
Teton
Streiff
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Fourth and
Pine Streets
Oden
Kootenai
Steve McNearney
Industrial Supply Corp
WWP
Maurice Hatch
Hatch
Manis Kiwanis
Dist
Japans
Isla
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