Hip joint replacement brings advanced surgery to Bonner General
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jack Blaisdell joins Bonner General Hospital and introduces total hip replacement using powered instruments funded by the Hospital Auxiliary. The procedure, aided by Charmley’s plastic socket and a special cement, relieves pain and restores mobility with high durability. A dermatome for skin grafting will aid burn care and other surgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Picard
Bonner General Hospital
Jack Blaisdell
Sandpoint
Curt McEwan
McEwan
Blaisdell
England
Sir John Charmley
Charmley
Inland Asphalt wins Boise overlay bid for Granite Cocolalla project
Bids opened Tuesday in Boise for the Granite Cocolalla overlay with Inland Asphalt Co of Spokane submitting the low bid of 505 946 for the 7 35 mile project and likely to be awarded after bid checks. Second low bidder was L W Vail Co of Pasco Washington at 519 969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Neil Barrus
State Highway Department
Inland Asphalt Co of
Spokane
L W Vail Co
Pasco, Wash
Barrus
Driver and two passengers flee stalled car on Cedar Street crossing
A Sandpoint man Roy Edward Oliver and his wife Ruby along with Kenneth L. Simmet escaped unharmed when their car stalled on the Cedar Street railroad crossing and was pushed by an oncoming locomotive into a parked railcar causing about 700 dollars in damage. Oliver claimed a blocked view from a freight car prevented seeing the train. In separate incidents a school bus collision with a pickup caused minor bus damage and a separate single vehicle crash left Gary Frank Stevens and passenger Dell Sehanz with minor injuries after Stevens’ pickup ran off Dufort Road and rolled onto its side.
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Sandpoint
Cedar Street Railroad
Roy Edward Oliver
Sand
Taladhe Road
Richard O Knight
Gary Frank Stevens
Dell Sehanz
Stevens
Dufort Road
Unplanned Baby Girl Born En Route to Hospital
Gary and Randy Hollett of the Thama area welcomed a daughter named Jenny Ann. The birth occurred Saturday morning on Highway 95 south of Long Bridge as the parents rushed to Bonner General Hospital. The baby is reported doing well and the mother noted she was calm until the urgent drive began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Randy Hollett
Thama
Highway 95
Long Bridge
Gary Hollett
Bonner General Hospital
Hollett
Weekend thefts and vandalism strike Sandpoint area
Thieves stole a six horsepower outboard from a locked boathouse on Denton Slough and a lock was broken. A resident found a 12 foot aluminum boat and motor in the Pend Oreille River, reported stolen earlier. A burglary in Rapid Lightning Creek yielded 310 dollars in hardware including tools. Two Sandpoint service stations had windows broken by rocks late at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Supreme Court Orders Rockford Bay Zoning Appeal Heard
Idaho Supreme Court unanimously reverses a lower court ruling and remands the case involving Arnold E Holman George Gerdo and others against Kootenai County and Bennion to determine if service on the commissioners suffices to start an appeal of Rockford Bay peninsula zoning changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Board of Commissioners
Church Remembers LBJ and Presidents in Series
Lewiston Idaho UPI reports Sen. Frank Church praising Lyndon Johnson as a president with vast potential for success while noting domestic achievements were eclipsed by Vietnam. Church also offers candid assessments of Nixon Eisenhower Kennedy Ford and others, in a series for the Lewiston Morning Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Woodworking Fire
A Sunday morning blaze at the P and E Woodworking Shop in Sandpoint is officially suspected arson. Firefighters arrived after the 12 30 a.m. call and contained the fire within about two minutes, with investigators continuing the probe into the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P&e Woodporking
Sandpoint
Ken Lunde
Lunde
P&e
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Barry Goldwater
Sandpoint Park
Debbie Jeffries
Cliff Banks
Pine Street Park
Bee
Sandpoint & Vicinity
Chuck Currier
Sagle
Bonner County
Currier
LBJ
Co-Op
Jack Murray
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
Gerald Ford
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