Legislative Report Sparks Tax Package Debate
A legislative report critiques the House Democrats for a 14 bill tax package aiming to raise 158 million for the biennium. It notes proposals to end the federal income tax deduction, raise income and corporate taxes, new sales taxes, and a state control bill on ranchers and farmers, with Gov. Anderson critical of tax structure handling. The piece urges Republicans to shape a budget without new taxes and calls out the ill conceived HB530.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest
HOUSE
Anderson
Copenhagen
Agriculture Commissioner
Carl M. Smith
Legislature Backwards Spending Mirrors Personal Budgets
The column criticizes how the Legislature passes funding before finding revenue, contrasts it with household budgeting, and notes actions on fish and game cards gun law age definitions and a constitutional amendment on voting age. It references Governor signing related to ballot decisions and cautions about winter headlight maintenance.
Information and Referral Center expands services to all ages
Great Falls based Information and Referral Center for Children with Handicaps expands to include adults and senior adults under a new title Information and Referral Service. Beginning Feb 1 the center will serve citizens of Great Falls Cascade County and 15 surrounding Montana counties with info on nursing homes convalescent care and other senior services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Ed Stocking
Center
Cascade County
Montana
Cascade
Teton County
Betty Swenson
Court House
Chateau
10Th Avenue South
Malone Elevated to Vice President of New American Simmental Assn
Jesse Malone, president of Cattlemen Jesse Malone, Chateau, officially became vice president of the American Simmental Association at its first annual Denver meeting on Jan. 10. The session drew 260 cattlemen from 27 states and two Canadian provinces and featured open herd book rules and performance data indexing. Charter memberships will be accepted until March 15. executive secretary address is 270 Country Commons Road, Cary, NL 60013.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Malone
Chateau
New
American Simmental Association
Denver
Colo
Travers Smith
Canadian Simmental Breeders Ltd
Cardston
Alberta
Dale J. Lynch
Ray Woodward
American Breeders Service
Miles City
Mont
Argentina
South Africa
Country Commons Road
Cary
Linda Teasley Dell Rowley Married in El Paso
Linda Teasley daughter of Mr and Mrs James Edgar Teasley of Clint Texas married Dell Vern Rowley son of Mr and Mrs Smoot Rowley of Chateau on Feb 1 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in El Paso Texas. The couple resides in El Paso where Rowley works as a Border Patrol man and attends the University of Texas at El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Teasley
Dell V. Rowley
el Paso, Texas
James Edgar Teasley
Clint
Tex
Dell Vern Rowley
Smoot Rowley
Chateau
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
el Paso
LaVon Cardon
Jean Lyon
Avard Smith
David Shelton
Daphne
Donna Albro
Choteau
James Denney
Alamogordo
N.M
Jim Akins
Beverly Akins
Dallas
Cecil Bilbro
Richard Nordhagen
Bill Nelson
San Carlos
Calif
Paul Beachem
Columbus
W. P. Reavis
Rowley
University of Texas At el Paso
U.S. Air Force Academy
Brigham Young University
Dutton Laboratories
Ysleta High School
Kappa Iota Sorority
Harold Bouma Named to Helena SBA Advisory Council
Harold Bouma of Bouma Post Yards in Choteau has been named to the Helena Montana Advisory Council for the Small Business Administration. He will join semi annual meetings to discuss local small business needs and SBA regional services in the Helena region. George B. Schotte, SBA Helena regional director, noted Bouma’s knowledge and interest in small business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Samuels
Small Business Administration
Washington
Harold Bouma
Helena
Montana
Samuels
Bouma
David Buchanan Receives Certificate for Merit
Seven USDA Soil Conservation Service employees in the Tri angle Area were recognized with certificates of merit and cash awards for outstanding performance in 1968. Dave F. Buchanan, a soil conservation technician at Chateau, received a merit certificate for sustained above average work in planning and applying engineering practices in the Teton district during 1967 and 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Soil Conservation Service
Triangle Area
Herman A. Kraus
Great Falls
Dave F. Buchanan
Chateau
Teton District
WMC Honor Roll Lists 2 From County
Western Montana College announces autumn quarter 1968 honor roll with 110 students and 31 perfect 4.00 GPAs. Undergraduates enrolled for 12 or more credits with GPA 3.33 or higher qualify, including Nancy Robinson Sasser and Joyce Anderson from Teton County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Western Montana College
Paul O. Picton
Teton County
Nancy Robinson Sasser
Choteau
Joyce Anderson
Fairfield
Tournament Tickets Go On Sale Monday
Reserved seat tickets for the divisional basketball tournament at Shelby go on sale 12:50 p.m. Monday Feb. 10 at the Chateau High School office. The tournament runs Feb. 27 28 and March 1. Season ticket holders may buy Feb. 14 15 on a limited basis then open to all on Feb. 15. Prices are 6 for season seats and 2 for student season seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Chateau High School
Chateau
Shelby Gymnasium
Montana Senate kills bill to abolish Sun River Game Preserve
The Montana Senate rejected a measure to abolish the Sun River Game Preserve home to elk and grizzly bears. Debate split Cascade County over whether Fish and Game should have full control of management, with supporters arguing abolition aids elk productivity and opponents warning of hunting impacts. Also notes visitors Mr and Mrs Robert James Taylor of Cut Bank visiting relatives in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Fish and Game
Sun River
Senate
Ozivi
Cascade
Helena
Montana
Cascade ‘County
Harry B. Mitchell
D Great Falls
Dick Dzivi
Fish and Game Department
Mitchell
Income Tax Returns Must Now Be Filed At Service Centers
The IRS directs Montana residents to file 1968 income tax returns with the Ogden Utah Service Center rather than the Helena district office. Direct filing speeds processing and improves service, per Nelson L Seeley district director. Taxpayers are reminded to include surcharge calculations on Form 1040 or 1040A and to add the 7.5 percent rate for 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Internal Revenue Service District
IRS Service
Ogden
Utah
IRS
Montana
Nelson L. Seeley
Internal Revenue
Oregon
Seeley
Internal Revenue Service
Couple returns from Mesa vacation and visits
Mr and Mrs Lester George returned Wednesday from a vacation in Mesa Arizona. They attended Montana Day in Mesa and visited Cha teau residents. They were guests of Mrs George's parents Mr and Mrs G O Stott and also visited George's brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Joe Briscoe and his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Dwight George and family at Tempe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester George
Mesa
Ariz
Montana
Chateau
George
G. O. Stott
Joe Briscoe
Dwight George
Tempe
Red Cross Appeals for Flood Victims in Southern California
The Teton County Red Cross launched an urgent appeal for funds to aid victims of nine days of violent rain storms and floods across ten southern California counties. About 7,400 evacuees were housed in 58 shelters as relief teams arrived, with thousands needing clothing, household goods, and home repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
American Red Cross Today
California
Richard Gordon
Red Cross
Gordon
Ed Schiller
Teton
The
United Fund
Southeast Asia
Los Angeles
Riverside
Orange
San Bernardino
Ventura
Santa Barbara
San Luis Obispo
Kern
Tulare
Fresno
Santa Clara
Sacramento
Marin
Sonoma
Humboldt
Shasta
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Legislative
Rep
Nels Hemstad Teton County, Dist
John Lyon
Chateau Food
del Monte
Foodtown
Botls
F. S
Carol Teasley
Kathleen Wilson
Albert Kenney
Hubert Hailes
David F. Buchanan
WMC
Robert James Taylor
Cut Bank
Mrs
Bob Taylor
Boypower
America
BOY Scouts
Choteau Acantha
R. C. Appeals For Assistance
Idaho
Alaska
Schiller
Robert Gronberg
Rich’s
Teton Pass
Taren, Fass
Ski Shop
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