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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1976
Page
4
Montana farmers seeded 3.2 million acres of winter wheat last fall for 1976 harvest, 3 percent more than last year, with potential production about 92.8 million bushels or 12 percent below the 1975 record. Weather, pests, and disease could still change final output. nationwide 1976 winter wheat acreage reached 57.2 million acres, 2 percent above 1975.
The article explains a year round anniversary registration system for motor vehicles starting in 1976, with ten monthly periods January through October. Vehicles must register by the anniversary month 25th, with grace days, and status penalties for late registration. Owners may register twice in 1976 with proration and will receive color coded tabs and decals.
The 1976 licensing plan assigns an anniversary month to most vehicles based on the last digit of the 1875 plate. After the January to February 15 initial period, owners will follow a charted schedule aligned with the last digit, while some vehicles remain on a 12 month cycle.
Ray Porter a longtime Montana businessman died Tuesday December 16 at his home in Yucaipa California at age 88 Funeral services were held December 18 at Emmerson Bartlett Yucaipa Chapel Interment in Hillside Memorial Park Porter born in Idaho operated general stores at Bynum and Neihart Montana linked with Dyke Silver Mining Co and a Great Falls hardware store He owned Porter's Motel at East Glacier Montana and worked as a traveling advertising novelty salesman Survivors include his wife Vila daughter June Francis Brennan four grandchildren and three great grandchildren William R Richter County Extension Agent warned readers about carbon monoxide risks and safety steps in a separate note
Hog numbers on Montana farms declined 24 percent from a year ago with 145 000 head on farms in December. Breeding hogs fell 11 percent to 25 000 head and market hogs dropped 26 percent to 120 000. Fall pig crop totaled 115 000 head, down 27 percent, with 16 000 sows farrowed. Nationally, Dec 1 inventory was 49.6 million, down 10 percent. U S spring and fall crops also fell.
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