NorthwestMarch 25, 2006

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From the Lewiston Tribune

March 25, 1986

LOS ANGELES -- "Out of Africa," the brooding epic of a Danish woman's life in colonial Kenya, won seven Oscars including best picture Monday, while " The Color Purple" suffered a stunning rejection, losing all 11 awards for which it competed.

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Lewiston City Council Member L. Bud George announced Monday he will challenge fellow Democrat Paul L.C. Snider for his Nez Perce County Commission seat.

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The city of Clarkston will send a stone tablet to Long Beach, Wash., for inclusion in a park being constructed there to honor explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

A statue of the two explorers will mark the spot where Clark carved a message on a tree 180 years ago, Long Beach officials said in a letter to the Clarkston City Council.

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From the Lewiston Tribune

March 25, 1966

More than 300 science exhibits are on display at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds as the annual Lewis-Clark Math and Science Fair begins.

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate has authorized $750,000 for a vice president's house on Massachusetts Avenue. Vice presidents have always provided their own homes.

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Bright sunshine and a high temperature of 70 degrees drew a few hardy young people to the Clarkston beach yesterday afternoon.

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