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From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID. 83864

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Sept. 18, 1966 – POLITICAL NEWS

State Sen. Cecil Andrus Tuesday was picked by the state Democratic central committee as the party candidate to succeed Charles Herndon, killed in an airplane crash Sept. 14.

Selection of a nominee turned out to be a showdown battle between the young Turks and the forces of the Democrat organization headed by Tom Boise of Lewiston who master-minded the successful primary campaign for Herndon. Andrus was endorsed by Sen. Frank Church whose support was regarded as a factor in the Andrus victory. Andrus, 35, is an insurance man in Orofino.

Herndon died before he could be carried by a stretcher from the mountain meadow where the twin engine light plane crashed in the Idaho primitive area near Stanley. Two passengers from Oklahoma also died. Only the pilot survived. While federal officials were not commenting, Chet Moulton, Idaho aeronautics director was saying that because the pilot was a newcomer to Idaho, from Oklahoma, he could not possibly have been familiar with the primitive area. Weather was also a factor. Herndon was en route to Coeur d’Alene.

Funeral services were held Saturday in Herndon’s home town of Salmon.

Meanwhile, U. S. Senator Frank Church, 42, became the youngest and also the first Idahoan ever named to serve as the United States delegate to the United Nations.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Sept. 18, 1916 – WANT A NEW BUILDING

Thirty-five patrons of the Sandpoint schools called on the board of education to protest the new order of things the board instituted in dealing with congested and crowded conditions of the high school. It was revealed that many small children who live but a few blocks from the high school building that they attended last term are now having to pass right by the high school and go to other buildings. T.L. Greer said, “I was under the impression that by living in town I could send my children to a city school, but under this new arrangement I am compelled to send them to a country school.” Mr. Greer’s children were scheduled for the Defenbach school (west of town), as were also many others.

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LOCAL PARAGRAPHS

Wm. Brubaker of Chicago arrived in Sandpoint Friday to arrange a reception for the “Prohibition Special,” which will arrive in Sandpoint over the G.N. tomorrow at 3:30. This special carries prohibition nominee for president, Ex-Governor J. Frank Hanly and for vice president, Ira Landrith.

W.E. Jaeger of the City garage states he has not been able to supply the demand for cars this season, but expects a carload of the new model Fords the last of the week. He says the new Ford is entirely different looking from the old one.

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