Bonner General Hospital Performs New Hip Replacement Technique
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jack Blaisdell leads a new hip replacement program at Bonner General Hospital aided by the Hospital Auxiliary funding. The operation uses a nitrogen powered set of instruments and Charmley’s high density polyethylene socket material to reduce pain and restore mobility, with four successful implants to date.
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Polly Picard
Bonner General Hospital
Jack Blaisdell
Sandpoint
Curt McEwan
McEwan
Blaisdell
England
Sir John Charmley
Charmley
Inland Asphalt bids lead for Boise Granite-Cocolalla overlay
Bids opened Tuesday in Boise for the Granite-Cocolalla overlay project with Inland Asphalt Co of Spokane offering $505,946, likely to win the contract after bid checks. Second low was L W Vail Co of Pasco at $519,969. Barrus notes peat formation under the road causes warping and plans include leveling and new asphalt over existing surface.
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Boise
Neil Barrus
State Highway Department
Inland Asphalt Co of
Spokane
L W Vail Co
Pasco, Wash
Barrus
Long Bridge
Driver and passengers escape as car stalls before oncoming locomotive
A Sandpoint man Roy Edward Oliver and two passengers Ruby Oliver and Kenneth Simmet fled their stalled car on Cedar Street railroad crossing as an oncoming locomotive approached. The car was pushed down the tracks into a parked railcar causing about 700 dollars in damage. Oliver claimed poor visibility due to a parked freight car. In separate incidents a school bus collided with a pickup causing 700 dollars damage to the pickup and 150 to the bus, and Gary Frank Stevens and Dell Sehanz escaped injury when Stevens’ pickup rolled on Dufort Road after leaving the curve and striking bark chips.
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Sandpoint
Cedar Street Railroad
Roy Edward Oliver
Sand
Taladhe Road
Richard O Knight
Gary Frank Stevens
Dell Sehanz
Unplanned Birth Near Highway 95 Delivers Girl Jenny Ann
Mrs. Randy Hollett says her second child arrived Saturday just before noon as Gary rushed her to Bonner General Hospital from the Thama area. The baby girl Jenny Ann is reported to be doing fine.
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Gary
Randy Hollett
Thama
Highway 95
Long Bridge
Gary Hollett
Bonner General Hospital
Hollett
Thieves and vandals strike Sandpoint area over weekend
Hope resident Harold Kiebert reported a six horsepower outboard stolen from a locked boathouse on the Denton Slough after thieves broke the boathouse and motor locks. Greg Greene found a 12 foot aluminum boat and motor in the Pend Oreille River, with the craft reported stolen earlier and Greene planning retrieval. David Nesbitt said burglars took 310 dollars in hardware including a dial block and tackle and 400 feet of plastic pipe. Two Sandpoint area service stations reported windows broken by rocks late at night.
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Harold Kiebert
Hope Area
Denton Slough
Kiebert
Greg Greene
Fish Hatchery Road
Sandpoint
Sherff
Pend Oreille
Greene
Rapid Lightning Creek
David Nesbitt
Nesbitt
A&w
Algoma Payless
Bay Appeal Heard Over Rockford Bay Zoning Spat
Idaho Supreme Court orders a hearing on a zoning appeal filed by Arnold E Holman and others against Kootenai County and Bennion entities over Rockford Bay peninsula development. The high court says serving the notice on the county commissioners suffices, reversing dismissal and remanding for further proceedings.
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Boise
UPS
Idaho
Supreme Court
First District Court
Rockford Bay
Lake Coeur 'd Alene
Cheif
Joseph McFadden
High
Arnold E Holman
George Gerdo
Kootenai County
Irving H. Bennion
Richard
Bennion
Benpoint Properties
Bennions
Planning and Zoning Commission
Church Sees LBJ as President With Great Potential
Lewiston Idaho UPI reports Sen. Frank Church recalling Lyndon Johnson as a president with great potential for success. He praises Johnson's intellect while noting Vietnam obsession overshadowed domestic achievements. Churchill discusses Nixon Eisenhower Kennedy Ford and other presidents in a series of Tribune articles.
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Lewiston, Idaho
UPI
Frank Church
Lyndon Johnson
And
Richard Nixon
Church
U. S. Senate
Lewiston Mornings Tribune
Johnson
Vietnam
Nixon
China
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
John F. Kennedy
Arson Suspected in Sandpoint P and E Fire
Arson is officially suspected as the cause of a Sunday morning fire at the P and E Woodporking Shop in Sandpoint. Firefighters, led by Ken Lunde, arrived after reports at about 12 30 am. The blaze began in pallets beside the building and spread to the front before crews contained it in about two minutes. Investigation continues.
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P&e Woodporking
Sandpoint
Ken Lunde
Lunde
P&e
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Barry Goldwater
Stevens
Dufort Road
Sandpoint Park
Debbie Jeffries
Cliff Banks
Pine Street Park
Bee
Sandpoint & Vicinity
Chuck Currier
Sagle
Bonner County
Currier
Board of Commissioners
LBJ
Co-Op
Jack Murray
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
Gerald Ford
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