Sandpoint Police Officers Threaten To Quit Over Chief Firing
Five Sandpoint police officers threaten immediate termination of Holt and Piehl unless they are removed from duty. They warn they will work an emergency detail if forced to quit, amid an investigation into mismanagement and alleged irregularities including misused funds and confiscated merchandise following Chief George Elliot's firing.
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Sandpoint
Daily Bee
George Elliot
Elliot
Willard Piehl
Gene Holt
Piehl
Holt
Les Brown
Pfehl
The
Bee
Mary Anders
Bonner County
Bill Rice
Dave Hare
Jack Boothe
Dan Featherston
Dale Coffelt
Boothe
Featherston
Spokane
Snake River Steelhead Fishing Closed by Tri-State Panel
Idaho Washington and Oregon fish and game commissioners close steelhead fishing on the Snake River for Oct 8 to Dec 31 1974. Officials cite a total run under 9 000 this year about 30 percent of normal with nutrient-related water conditions at the dams. The ban covers the Snake River and tributaries to Deerk Creek Bridge near Whitebird and the Clearwater River to Memorial Bridge at Lewiston.
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Lewiston
Idaho
UPI
Fish and Game Commissioners
Washington
Oregon
Snake River
Tri-State Commission
Deerk Creek
Whitebird
Absentee ballots available in county clerk office
Absentee ballots for the November 5 general election are now available in the office of County Clerk Doris Kenney from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Doris Kenney
Prison Land Sale Stopped by Idaho Board Decision
The Idaho State Land Department moved to cancel a public auction of endowment fund land tied to the new 13 million prison complex south of Boise. Land Board members approved stopping the sale, with remaining members to decide later. The two boards had planned a swap and appraisal, and the attorney general’s opinion supported use of condemnation if needed.
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Boise
UPS
State Land Department
Endowment Fund
Idaho
Gordon Trombley
Land Department
State Land Board
Land and Corrections Boards
Board of Corrections
Land Board
Trombley
Attorney General
Burglary At Schweitzer Basin Cabin Stolen Guns And Stereo
About $2,000 worth of stereo equipment and firearms were taken from a Schweitzer Basin area cabin owned by Leon Lewis and lived in by Ralph Jones. Entry was gained by knocking down the front door. Missing items included three handguns two rifles two shotguns an amplifier a turntable a reel to reel tape player two speakers a cassette recorder a homemade tape player 70 records and tapes. Bonner County deputies are pursuing two leads in the investigation.
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Schweitzer Basin
Leon Lewis
Ralph Jones
Bonner County
Robert Wilcox
Jones
Bonner
Church Plans Rail Service for Idaho
Senator Frank Church announces a compromise plan to guarantee Amtrak rail passenger service to Idaho within four years. The proposal would require Amtrak to provide rail service to major metropolitan areas across the 48 contiguous states and to phase in the program over four years as conferees resume work on the Amtrak bill.
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Washington
UPS
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Gem State
Amtrak
Contiguous States
Senate
House
Paulsen enters Bonner County race as write in candidate
Sandpoint attorney James Paulsen announced his bid for Bonner County prosecuting attorney as a nonpartisan write in. He faces incumbent Dan Featherstone and Democratic nominee Lucinda Weiss in the November 5 election, criticizing past nomination handling and urging focus on felonies and serious cases. Paulsen is currently in Boundary County as prosecuting attorney on a short contract after moving from another state.
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Bonner County
Sandpoint
James Paulsen
Paulsen
Dan Featherstone
Lucinda Weiss
Democratic Central Committee
Miss Weiss
Glen Bandelin
Boundary County
Cornell University
University of Minnesota
Special Prosecutor Expected Tomorrow in Hofmeister Case
A Caldwell attorney is likely to be named as special prosecutor for the June Darlene Hofmeister homicide. District Judge Dar Cogswell said he is 99 percent sure the appointee will accept. if not, two other qualified attorneys will be approached. The move follows Idaho AG’s refusal to appoint a deputy. Republican Wayne Kidwell criticized the AG for delays and inaction.
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Darlene Hofmeister
Caldwell
Dar Cogswell
Featherston
Wayne Kidwell
Idaho
W. Anthony Park
Hofmeister
Kidwell
Kellogg
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