Raymond Leon Stone (September 2, 1923 – June 17, 2013) was an American

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, educator and

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. He served as the Mayor of

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, for two consecutive terms from January 1986 to January 1994. Stone was awarded the Eisenhower Liberation Medal by the

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in 1988 for his part in the liberation of

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during

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, as well as the campaign by the city of Coeur d'Alene against local Neo-Nazi groups in the northern Idaho Panhandle.

Biography

Stone was born in Craigmont, Idaho, on September 2, 1923, to Myra and Elmer Stone. He became a drummer during high school. Stone graduated from high school in 1941 and enrolled in college in Lewiston State Normal School (present-day

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). However, he decided to leave college and enlist in the United States Army following the

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References

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