Mounties Nab Murderer Dale Nelson in 41 hour manhunt
Dale Nelson, a part time logger from West Creston, was arrested after a 41 hour RCMP manhunt in the hills west of Creston British Columbia. Officers tied the suspect to a family massacre at the Phipps home and the disappearance of Cathy Phipps and Tracy Wasyk, with Nelson later detained and held for a murder charge.
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Dale
Merle Nelson
West Creston
B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Creston
Nelson
Here
Kootenay River
RCMP
Mareen McKay
Creston Rcmp
Alex Wasyk
Shirley Wasyk
Tracy
McKay
Wasyk
Phipps
Isabelle
Paul
Bryan
Kenneth
Cathy
Terrence Stewart
Stewart
Corp
James Barr
Essenbrook
British Columbia
Lake Pend Oreille Drawdown Plans Announced
Ken Coffman, project engineer at Albeni Falls Dam, says the Pend Oreille Lake drawdown begins now due to an exceptionally dry summer. Storage withdrawal is delayed to protect recreation, with lake level targeted at about 2060 feet by September 30, dropping roughly 0.1 foot per day.
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Pend Oreille Lake
Ken Coffman
Albeni Falls
Columbia River
Coffman
Lewiston Man Electrocuted at Potlatch Forest Mill
Lewiston electrician Cledith L. Scott, 49, died from an electrocution while working on a 12 000 volt power substation at Potlatch Forest Inc. in Lewiston He was tying into a power line in the paperboard finishing building and was pronounced dead at St Josephs Memorial Hospital.
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Lewiston
UPD
Cledith L. Scott
Potlatch Forest Inc
Scott
Potlatch
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
Two Car Accident Near Hope Cited Retired Officer
A retired officer, Thomas E. Gagin, 71, was cited for failure to yield after a Saturday morning two car crash three miles east of Hope. Samuel P. Wagner, 58, of Sandpoint, skidded 76 feet to avoid the collision. Wagner injured. Gagin injured but not admitted to hospital. Damage estimated at 700 for Gagin and 250 for Wagner.
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Thomas E. Gagin
Hope
Bonner County
Wagner
Gagin
Bruce
Imperial Beach
California
Bonner General Hospital
Thieves Hit Murphy's Bar in Hope Idaho
Two burglars entered Murphy's Bar in Hope Idaho through an unlocked rear door Sunday night and stole more than 250 dollars from two cash registers along with two bottles of liquor. Deputy Ernie Nagle found clear fingerprints at the scene and they are being processed for identification.
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Murphy’s
Hope
Idaho
Bonner County Sheriff’s Office
Ernie Nagle
Nagle
Ufe
Rate Change In Disability Pay Arrives
President Nixon signed the law increasing service connected compensation for disabled veterans effective July 1 1970. The 12 1/2 percent rise raises the 100 percent rate from 400 to 450 dollars monthly. Adjustment checks for July and August arrived in Sandpoint for some local veterans.
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Nixon
Congress
Sandpoint
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Coast Guard
Whiskey Rock
Spokane
Bee
Raymond John Phipps
Kaniksu National Forest
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