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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1973
Page
3
A group purportedly from Big Timber harassed a Chicago woman and her family while she waited at a service station. Her car crash near Livingston killed six, including the woman's daughter and granddaughter, with several others injured. The editorial urges confronting prejudice and teaching brotherhood to prevent such incidents.
Community notes recount a weekend of home repairs with storm window screens, then reflect on a fatal October crash on Highway 10 near Big Timber. The piece praises local responders and families who offered shelter, urges road improvements or warning signs, and laments a poor Halloween pumpkin crop.
Letters to The Editor condemn a harassment incident at an Exxon gas station in Big Timber that left six people dead. The author links the violence to the aggressors and urges a welcoming, safer approach to strangers of all races.
The Dig Timber Pioneer issue from October 18 1973 notes 85th year no 5 with staff including Larry Lowary Wayne Tichenor and Sharon Mclees. The Pioneer is published weekly on Thursday and enters second class mail in Big Timber Montana serving Sweet Grass County since 1888.
A compendium of brief items recalls early 1900s school terms, Stone Barn Annex livery service, Lyceum lectures, and district teachers. It notes 1923 homestead proof, motor company formation, high school carnival profits, ruby anniversaries, and a cattle train to Chicago. Also covered are a U.S. Senate campaign stop, a post office mishap involving a boy, Jaycees officers, deer hunting early in town, and a Halloween dance at the Dugout with 24 attendees.
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