City Council Allows Church Sale to Oddfellows in Zoning Issue
City council overturned planning commission and approved a conditional use permit for the First Baptist Church property at Pine and Euclid to be sold to the Lakeshore Land and Investment Co. for the Oddfellows. Mayor Brown supported the sale despite zoning concerns, noting future commercial changes in the area and potential use by Head Start or church groups. A petition from nearby residents and comments from church representatives framed the approval.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
First Baptist Church
The
Oddfellows
Pine and
Euclid Streets
Les Brown
Lakeshore Land and Investment Co
Brown
Ozzie Vallieres
Harvey Biffle
Benoit
Jeanie Sherman
Tire Thefts Plague City
Sandpoint police investigate a rash of tire thefts with seven tires stolen and several attempts reported. Two tires and wheels vanished from a Lakeshore Motors used car lot, four tires were taken from a new car inside an Evergreen Ford garage on Sept 7, and one tire was stolen from Cochran's service station on Sept 2. Police report all fires were new and no leads exist.
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Sandpoint
Gene Holt
Lakeshore Motors
Evergreen Ford
Holt
Cochran
General Tel Donates To Bonner County Museum Fund
General Telephone Company of the Northwest gave a generous check to the Bonner County Historical Society for the museum building fund. Dennis Roubicek presented the gift to society president Bud Moon during a luncheon, noting rapid county growth demands preservation of local history.
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Bonner County
General Telephone
Sandpoint
Bill Watkins
Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce Traffic Committee
Burlington Northern Railroad
Roubicek
Watkins
Bonner County Historical Society
Bud Moonright
Dennis Roubicek
General Telephone Co
Bee
Ford weighs broad pardons for Watergate defendants
President Ford is reviewing possible pardons for all Watergate defendants. White House spokesmen said he remains confident in his decision and unshaken by public backlash following the Nixon pardon.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
White House
Symms and Smith press for federal agency cuts at Idaho meeting
About 75 people at Sandpoint Community Hall heard Rep. Steve Symms and GOP senatorial hopeful Bob Smith warn that shrinking federal agencies is essential to avoid an economic and political crisis. Symms decried HEW and other agencies, urged phasing out parts of EPA and OSHA, and proposed using tobacco tax revenue to fund state programs as he advocated a limited government.
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Steve Symms
Bob Smith
U.S
Sandpoint
Symms
Smith
Outdoors Unlimited
Idaho
California
South Dakota
Washington, D.C
Congress
EPA
OSHA
Social Security
HEW
Special Prosecutor Appointment Delayed In Hofmeister Case
Bonner County seeks a special prosecutor or special assistant attorney general to continue the July 16 strangulation death probe of June Hofmeister, 41, of Sandpoint. District Judge Dar Cogswell, out of town until next week, must rule after Featherston petitioned for appointment.
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June Darlene Hofmeister
Sandpoint
Bonner County
Dan Featherston
Featherston
Everett Hofmeister
Gary A. Finney
Dar Cogswell
Caldwell
C. Robert Yost
Head Start Program Saved by City Council Approval
Head Start in Sandpoint appeared saved after the City Council granted a conditional use permit allowing sale of the First Baptist Church to the Oddfellows. Head Start volunteers credited the decision for preventing program closure due to lack of suitable space.
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Sandpoint
First Baptist Church
Oddfellows
Head Start
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Bud Benoit
General Tel
Bulletin
Boise
Lynn Thomas
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