Faces Maximum Penalty Hedlund Sentencing Today
Eugene R. Hedlund, 35, faces sentencing in District Court for kidnapping and rape of a Spirit Lake housewife in March. He was captured after a Spokane pursuit, later escaped from a state mental hospital, and could face the death penalty if convicted on the charges.
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Eugene R. Hedlund
Spirit Lake
Hedlund
Laswell
Priest River
Spokane
Washington
Bonner County
Idaho Hospital South
Blackfoot
Lansing
Michigan
Robert H. Wilcox
Dav Cogswell
Sandpoint
Mayor Receives Official Sandpoint Police Badge
At the Sandpoint City Council meeting Mayor Floyd Gray was presented with an official police badge engraved with Mayor. Police Chief George Elliot cited Gray as head of the city’s law enforcement and praised his leadership and support of the police department.
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Sandpoint
Floyd Gray
George Elliot
First Aid Class Scheduled in Junior High Annex
Registration for Standard and Advanced First Aid classes is set for Wednesday September 15 at 7 p.m. in the Junior High annex Room B. Instructor Jerry Myers will conduct the sessions. Classes are free to interested adults.
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Jerry Myers
Myers
Taxpayers Assn Endorses Expo 74 Funding Plan
Spokane Taxpayers Association endorsed a gross receipts tax on local businesses to finance Spokane's share of a 1974 world exposition. The failed $5.7 million bond issue prompted Mayor David Rodgers to seek a tax plan, with the group urging bond retirement within ten years.
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Spokane
UPI
Spokane Taxpayers Association
David Rodgers
Council Ratifies Hospital Agreement in Sandpoint
The Sandpoint City Council unanimously ratified an agreement with the Pend Oreille Hospital District to convey Lot Five, Block 17, Farmins Addition, to the city for a 99 year lease in exchange for funds to build a new enlarged hospital. Bonner General Hospital Inc. intends to construct the new facility on Block 17 and lease it back on a year to year basis.
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Sandpoint
Pend Oreille Hospital
Farmin
Bonner General Hospital, Inc
Bicyclist Collides With car injuring Sandpoint girl
Six year old Jimmi Lynn Campbell of Sandpoint suffered head and leg injuries after crossing SH 200 at South Boyer Avenue against a stop sign. Driver Michael Dreisbach 20 failed to stop in time. The girl was taken to Bonner General Hospital then transferred to Deaconess Hospital Spokane for surgery. She is listed serious.
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Jimmi Lynn Campbell
South Boyer Avenue
SH 200
C. E. Holt
Michael Dreisbach
Sandpoint
Campbell
Bonner General Hospital
Deaconess Hospital
Spokane
City Adopts U of Plans Ok s Fund For Beach Project
The City Council unanimously approved the University of Idaho study team general plan for City Beach improvements and the application for 50 percent matching funds under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act. Total cost is 60000 with 30000 federal share. city cash 20000 and services 10000.
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University of Idaho
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
Tay. .Kay
Ron May
University
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Bill O’donnell
Democratic Central Committee
Mary McFarland
Democratic Women’s Club
Northern Lights
Council
James Campbell
Church Street
U of Plans - Ok
Beach Committee
Wally Staglund
Staglund
Parks and Recreation
Waterways Commission
Jim Parsons
Paul Tillberg
First Avenue
Tillberg
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