BODY FOUND
IN RIVER
Orofino, Ida.-The body of Paul A. Rhoades, 44, who was
injured in an automobile wreck Saturday night, was found in the
ice-clogged Clearwater River, one mile east of here Sunday. Sheriff
V.F. Holloway said Rhoades apparently had fallen in the river after
walking away from the wrecked car.
Holland Evening Sentinel, Holland Michigan
December 20, 1954
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DRIVING
LESSON ENDS IN DEATHS OF TWO
Orofino, Idaho, June 9-A driving lesson in a new car
ended in tragedy today as the car tumbled into Clearwater River,
carrying a man and his wife to their death.
The dead couple was identified as Nick Kovachevich, 58,
and his wife Jean, about 55, both of Orofino.
Sheriff Fred Pomeroy said Kovachevich obtained
permission to use one end of the Orofino Airport to teach his wife
how to drive.
Pomeroy said witnesses told him the car, with Mrs.
Kovachevich driving, headed off the airport strip, went across the
highway and continued on another 75 feet before plunging into the
river.
Both bodies were recovered.
Lima News, Lima Ohio June 10, 1956
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AUSTRIAN
SUCCESSFUL IN SECOND SUICIDE TRY
Orofino, Ida., Nov. 28-Ivan Zlovolic, 51 Austrian, was
dead today after his second suicide attempt.
The scene was the Orofino jail, where he hung himself
with his suspenders from the door frame. A previous suicide was
thwarted when he found the Clearwater river "too cold."
He was lodged in jail on a drunkeness charge.
Nevada State Journal, Reno Nevada November
29, 1936
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Orofino, Idaho, April
27-Five persons were burned to death, four of them small children,
in the explosion of a kerosene stove which destroyed a one-room
ranch house 13 miles east of here Saturday night.
The dead are Millard E. Sellers, 31, three of his four
children, Vickie 6, Danny 3, and an infant daughter, and George
Lindstrom, the infant son of a neighbor rancher.
Portland Press Herald, Portland Maine April
28, 1947
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