U S Transport Dept waives welding fixes for Alaska pipeline
The Transportation Dept ruled not to force fixes on three welding defects at the Koyukuk River crossing and declined waivers for repairing 31 other welds. Deputy Secretary Barnum said repairs would cause environmental damage and that most welds were acceptable or already examined, with 34 of 612 pending welds already repaired.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation ‘Department
John W. Barnum
Koyukuk River
Barnum
Alyeska
Transportation Department
Sandpoint Hit and Run Damages Betzy Benson Car
A hit and run in Sandpoint damaged Betty Benson’s parked vehicle by about 300 dollars in the 200 block of Lake Street. No injuries were reported in a separate accident Wednesday on Highway 200 and Washington Avenue in Oldtown. Ella Marie Murphy of Newport, driving east on Highway 200, failed to yield while turning onto Washington Avenue, colliding with Daniel Lee Konbright of Usk. Each car suffered about 500 dollars in damage.
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Sandpoint
Betty Benson
Benson
Lake Street
Washington Avenue
Oldtown
Bonner County
Washington ‘Avenue
Murphy
Daniel Lee Konbright
Usk
Dog Pound Disinfection Keeps Canines Safe After outcry
After Mayor Ed Eitzman ordered immunizations for all Sandpoint dogs, no new deaths have been reported at the pound. Of 45 dogs seized November 1 from Laura Wilson’s residence, 31 died from disease. now, remaining dogs receive vaccines and anti bacterial baths as lime and deep sand treatment continues under Poundmaster Tom DeMers. A county worker and tractor support weeklong measures aim to finish by week’s end.
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Ed Eitzman
Laura Wilson
Colburn
Eitzman
Don McCormick
Tom DeMers
DeMers
Burglaries Reported in Priest Lake and Sandpoint
Burglars stole a chainsaw and an antique rocking chair from Hila Moe’s Priest Lake cabin during the weekend worth about 400 dollars. Unknown intruders also broke a rear window at Glenda Laird’s Hobby Store on North First Avenue between 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9:35 a.m. Friday. a metal screen blocked entry.
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Priest Lake
Hila Moe
Bonner County
Glenda Laird
First Avenue
Sandpoint
Pilot Found Dead After Youth Leads Rescue Team to Wreckage
Civil Air Patrol and Idaho authorities found the Piper wreckage on Greenhorn Mountain near Sandpoint three miles northwest after a 16 year old guided rescuers. Pilot Steven C. Warner 30, from Olympia was killed. A three and a half day search involved CAP volunteers from Boise and Walla Walla with NTSB investigators en route.
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Greenhorn Mountain
Sandpoint
Larry Lundin
Idaho Division of Aeronautics
Skip Pixley
Idaho Army National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Spokane Army, National Guard
Bonner County
Steven C. Warner
Tumwater
Olympia
Deer Lodge
Mont
Ed Nordgaarden
Pleasant Valley Road
The
Daily Bee
Angie
Missy
Dave Denton
Spokane
Nordgaarden
Sheriff’s Office
841St Medical Detachment
Spokane Army
Idaho Aeronautics Board
Safety and Information Division
Lundin
Mike Guthrie
Clark Fork
Cabinet Gorge
Montana
National Transportation Safety Board
CAP
Boise
Walla Walla
Piper
Sandpoint Municipal
Mandatory Death Penalty to Be Decided by Court
Supreme Court will decide if Louisiana and other states may apply mandatory death penalties in police killings. The case involves Harry Roberts, sentenced for the slaying of patrolman Dennis McInerney in New Orleans, with broader questions about consistency and discretion in capital punishment.
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James A. Kidney Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Louisiana
New
Orleans
Lousiana
North Carolina
Texas
Georgia
Florida
Harry Roberts
Dennis McInerney
Roberts
Garland R. Rolling
Rolling
Officers Begin Search For Missing Hunters In Spokane
Stevens County sheriff officers launched a ground search for five Spokane hunters who failed to return home on schedule. It was unclear whether they became lost or delayed. The group includes Pat Flanagan Al Christiensen and Christiansons three teenage sons. They were traveling in a 1969 four wheel drive camper truck.
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Spokane
UPS
Stevens ‘County Sheriff's Officers
Stevens County
Pat Flanagan
al Christienson
Christianson
No Permit Needed For Christmas Tree Cutters
In northern Idaho Panhandle National Forests residents may cut their own trees this year without permits but with limits of one tree per family and no more than two per carload. In eastern Washington Colville National Forest trees cost $1 with a permit from the Spokane US Forest Service.
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Coeur -D’alene, Idaho
UPI
Panhandle National Forests
Idaho
Colville National Forest
Washington
US Forest Service
Spokane
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Alyeska’ Pipeline Service Co
Sandpoint & Vicinity
Dog Pound
Bee/Ken
High Court
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