‘It was senseless violence and destruction’
In 1986, a Federal Building maintenance worker searched for damage after windows in the structure were shredded by a bomb blast.
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On Sept. 29, 1986, in a same-day story, the Coeur d’Alene Press reported on the Coeur d’Alene bombings.
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In 1986, a pipe bomb, planted by white supremacists, shattered the back wall of “Father Bill” Wassmuth’s (inset) parsonage.
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In 1986, Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Frank Premo addressed local and national media after the bombings.
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In 1966, Charles “Charlie Brown” Miller is shown outside his bar in the Fort Grounds.
In 2001, Coeur d’Alene High athletic director Larry Schwenke (left photo) awarded Peter Hoorelbeke with a plaque in recognition of a benefit concert by Pete’s Classic Rock All-Stars. The band attracted 1,200 fans to North Idaho College and raised $15,000 for a CHS activities complex. Pete played the drums and sang.
In 1966, the four sets of fifth-grade twins at Central School were (bottom to top, from left): Jeanine and Jarine Steele, Mikelyn and Michele Lunceford, Marlin and Marvin Tisdall, and Kathryn and Julie McCullough.
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In 1991, Gil Yates, president of the Coeur d’Alene Lions Club, displayed light bulbs that his group sold door-to-door.
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In 1981, farmer Ken Renner of Carlin Bay is shown with the carcasses of Black Angus cows that were killed by lightning.
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“Father Bill” Wassmuth was on the phone with a friend when the bomb went off.
On Sept. 15, 1986, shortly before midnight, white supremacists placed a pipe bomb, rigged with shrapnel, in a trash can near the back door of Bill’s parsonage.
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