High-Sites Shows Shift in Guns Policy and Demographic Facts
The note highlights Britain raising gun registration costs from 70 cents to seven dollars and cites population trends such as a New York City sized birth rate every 39 days and world growth in 1968. It also details Montana waterway units including the Smith River and Missouri River wild sections, a Democratic dinner June 26 honoring Mansfield and McCormick, and UM’s Doctor John J. Taylor as Outstanding Teacher of the Year with 1500 dollars in awards.
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New York
France
Spain
Montana
Smith River
White Sulphur Springs
Hound Creek
Cascade
Missouri River
Yellowstone River
Flathead River
Flathead Lake
Rock Creek
Missoula
Hunters urged to mail fall big game licenses by July first
Officials report that hunters aiming for moose sheep goat or antelope this fall must submit applications by July 1. Through 1968 the state department logged over 34 000 special license requests and about 2 500 have been received so far this year. Independent Review from Litchfield Minnesota argues higher education has shifted from privilege to widely accessible, while noting campus unrest slows progress. The General Services Administration says the Deadman Gulch to Lolo Hot Springs telephone line sale was awarded to Mountain States Telephone for 2960 dollars for 30 circuit miles.
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General Services Administration
Deadman Gulch
Lolo Hot Springs
Missoula
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Helena
Big Timber Rodeo Among 500+ Annual PRA Approvals
A reader notes that in 1968 the Rodeo Cowboys Association approved 521 rodeos across 52 states and four provinces with prize money totaling 3.7 million dollars. Professional cowboys have earned more than 50 million in 16 years while critics say the Great Society reforms fail to close the gap and let corruption flourish.
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Rodeo Cowboys Association
K and K Construction to Renovate Missoula Post Office
A $36 400 repair and improvement contract was awarded to K and K Construction Co of Tooele Utah for work at the U S Post Office and Court House in Missoula. Short Stop Mrs Jim Schneider and her son Mike visited Big Timber en route to Townsend to see her parents and noted plans to visit again around July 6 with family in Big Timber.
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K&k Construction Co
Tooele
Utah
U. S. Post Office
Court House
Missoula
Jim Schneider
Mike
Big Timber
Townsend
Children Wise Beyond Years Prompt Parents Talk
The piece notes that children today show wisdom beyond their years and advises parents to schedule any heart-to-heart talk before the child’s sixth birthday to avoid later misunderstandings.
Singers Fall Short in Loudness at Community Concert
A number of performers at the city concert struggled with pitch and timing, producing uneven vocal performances and drawing mixed reactions from the audience. Some artists appeared off key while others delivered clearer tones, reflecting a variance in the evening's talent.
Five Day Break for Hospital Superintendent Lois Williams
Lois Williams superintendent of Community hospital took a five day break last week. She accompanied Mr and Mrs Raymond Hoem to Casper Wyoming where Hoem refereed at a rifle shoot. They left Thursday and returned Monday.
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Lois Williams
Raymond Hoem
Casper
Wyo
Savchenko Visits Columbus Diamond Jubilee
Mr and Mrs George Savchenko of Vida Oregon arrived last Friday to visit Mrs Vik and Mr Vik and to attend the Columbus Diamond Jubilee. He met former students and their children and plans to attend summer school after returning home where he teaches music in the school system.
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George Savcheko
Vida
Ore
Oscar Vik
Savchenko
Savchenkos
Local Notes and Social Items From Montana Towns
Visiting Old Friends Mrs R J Wright of Almeda California arrived Monday and is visiting her old friends Mrs Olga Petersen and Mr and Mrs G O Schultz who were neighbors in the Howie country The Wrights were friends of former Pioneer proprietors Jerome and Williams They are leaving tomorrow for home Attending Range Tour Sweet Grass county ASCS office will be closed Monday and Tuesday June 28 and 24 Don S Tetlie office manager Jennie Snyder clerk and county committeemen will attend a range tour in Wheatland and Meagher counties Attended Wedding Mrs Lynn D Thornton and Dr Robert Carlstrom were married Thursday June 12 at 8 p m in the First Baptist Church in Bozeman They will be at home in Bozeman where Carlstrom is a professor and plant pathologist at Montana State University Mrs O A Fallang and Mr and Mrs Dennis L Beer attended the wedding Squad Receives Award William Donald Iii son of Mr and Mrs William H Donald Jr of Melville was a member of the best drilled random squad in the ROTC unit receiving awards at Shattuck School Faribault Minn Employed At Hospital Miss Linda Beck student nurse at St Vincent s hospital in Billings is home for the summer months and will work three days a week at the Community hospital
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R. J. Wright
Almeda
Calif
Olga Petersen
G. O. Schultz
Wright’s
Howie Country
Sweet Grass County
ASCS
Don S. Tetlie
Jennie Snyder
Stuart Moore
George Clayton
Gilbert Upland
Wheatland
Meagher
Lynn D. Thornton
Robert Carlstrom
First Baptist
Bozeman
Chicago
Carlstrom
Montana State University
O. A. Fallang
Inlaw
Dennis L. Beer
William Donald III
William H. Donald Jr
Melville
Shattuck School
Faribault
Minn
Linda Beck
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Billings
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Pioneer
Washington Hilton Hotel
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
John McCormick
University of Montana
John J. Taylor
Board of Equalization
Montana Fish and Game Dept
Frederick J. Marsh
Rhode Island
Marsh
Legion Club
Beans Tronrud
Independent Review
Litchfield
Nixon
Asia
America
Bill Mather
Jim Battin
Bill Masher
Congress
Vote Mather
Elizabeth E. Iglehart
National Women’s Republican Club
American Legion Hall
Mather For Congress
Iglehart
Billy Graham
Washington, D.C
Big Timber American Legion
Pol
Norm Starr
Swift
Hills Bros
Family Scott
Usda Choice
Pierce
California
Welchaid
Tastewell
Betty Crocker
Quikut
Stainless Steel
Atbren
PUREX
Wisconsin
Colby
Longhorn
Independent Wholesale Grocers, Incorporated
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