20 Years Ago

From the Lewiston Tribune

Aug. 23, 1989

Nez Perce County voters Tuesday rejected a bond levy to build a new jail, the third time in 11 years they have done so.

Bill Barkshire is the new men's club champion at the Clarkston Golf and Country Club. Barkshire defeated last year's champ, Chad Cherry, 6 and 5 Sunday to win the title.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Huey P. Newton was shot to death Tuesday in the same troubled neighborhood where he co-founded the militant Black Panther Party 23 years ago to protect blacks from police violence. He was 47.