Montana education enrollment climbs with MEA report
The Montana Education Association reports 1967 66 school year enrollment at 171 806 students up 2.2 percent from 167 984. Elementary enrollment rose 0.98 percent to 110 005 while secondary enrollment grew 4.6 percent to 61 801. Total revenue rises to about 135 million. average per pupil cost is 689. Teacher salaries lag national levels. Number of districts fell from 723 to 667. state funding share stands at 28.4 percent versus 40.3 percent nationally.
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Montana
Montana Education Association
National Education Association
Lincoln County
Libby
MEA
NEA
Teton Memorial Hospital News Highlights Admits and Births
Admitted patients include Toni Lussenden Choteau Lorena F Welch Augusta Mrs Margie Kapphan Choteau Lloyd Hodgskiss Choteau Magnus S Johnson Fort Shaw Nai Dean Enzweiler Choteau Grace Black Choteau Katie Kleinsasser Choteau A son born to Mrs Margie Kapphan Choteau A son born to Mrs Nai Dean Enzweiler Patients dismissed include Mrs Evalena Walley Choteau Mrs Mary Rathman Choteau Mrs Margie Kapphan and infant son Choteau
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Toni Lussenden
Choteau
Lorena F. Welch
Augusta
Margie Kapphan
Lloyd Hodgskiss
Magnus S. Johnson
Fort Shaw
Nai
Dean Enzweiler
Grace Black
Katie Kleinsasser
Evalena Walley
Mary Rathman
Army Pvt. Forrest receives new address and assignment in Vietnam
Pvt. David Forrest, son of Mr and Mrs Bill Forrest of Chateau, has served five months in Vietnam and now reports a new address at Edward D. Forrest RA19880764 E Co 26th Engr Bn CBT Americal Division APO San Francisco 96374. John P Little of Bigfork was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve at the University of Montana and awaits his next duty station after completing AFROTC and history degree requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Forrest
Bill Forrest
Chateau
Vietnam
Edward D. Forrest
E Co
26Th
Engr. Bn
Americal
APO
San Francisco
John P. Little
Bigfork
Air Force Reserve
University of Montana
Missoula
Lt. Little
Choteau High School
Choteau
Power to Host Ball Tourney Opens With Augusta Brady Clash
The Power Invitational basketball tourney starts January 5 with Augusta meeting Brady in the first game and Power facing Dutton in the second. Defending crown holder Dutton enters undefeated in conference play alongside Power while Brady has one loss. The event rotates among four schools each year.
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Augusta
Brady
Dutton
Power
Augusta Ellis
Russell Thompson
Brady Bulldogs
Richard Schwartz
Dutton Cardinals
Wayne Elser
Power Pirates
Mirl Gratton
Weather Summary for Week Ending January 2
Daily readings show highs from 45 to 2 degrees and lows from -15 to 21. Precipitation totals include 0.18 inches year to date versus 0.11 last year. The week closes with a high of 45 and low of -15 alongside January 2 measurements.
Social Security Tax Changes for 1968 and Beyond
Congress increased Social Security taxes in 1968 while repealing the federal stamp tax on real estate sales. The 4.4 percent rate remains, but the earnings ceiling rises from 6600 to 7800, potentially adding up to 52.80 for higher earners this year. By 1987 the maximum tax could reach 5.9 percent, with self employed at 616.20. The stamp tax collected 60 to 70 million annually and taxed 55 cents per 500 of value.
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U.S
Congress
Johnson
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Service
Montana wages on upswing in fiscal 1967
Montana's industries insured under the Unemployment Compensation Law recorded a total wage bill of 633.5 million for fiscal 1967, up 25.6 million from 1966. Gains occurred in six of seven major groups led by trade and manufacturing, with average earnings reaching 7,197 dollars in mining and 5,253 dollars overall across all UCC industries.
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Montana
UCC
Edgar H. Reeder
Reeder
Mrs Coffey to Be Honored at OES Chapter Meeting
Fidelity Chapter No. 18 OES will honor Mrs Marie Coffey at the next regular meeting at the Masonic hall in Chateau on Wednesday January 10 at 8 p.m. She will become a 50 year member of the order on January 9 the night before.
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George
Marie) Coffey
Fidelity Chapter
Masonic Hall
Chateau
Coffey
The
Star
Vital Statistics Marriage Applications and Annulments
A long list of marriage applications filed in Great Falls and surrounding towns including couples from Fairfield Choteau Dutton and more. The notice also records annullments involving Geraldine Johnson and Pamela Jean Klette.
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Paul K. Hayden
Great Falls
Mary Ann Boyce
Fairfield
Rudolph J. Scovil
Beulah K. Morris
Dennis Capps
Choteau
Alfreda Gray
Donald Jerome Shoquist
Geraldine Geisler
Coloma
Calif
Vernon Joseph Klette
Dutton
Pamela Jean Holm
Brady
Dave Leroy Stephens
Cecilia Townson
Thomas L. Lenihan
Jessie A. Downing
Charles Steven Forseth
Karen Annette Ward
Charles Gail Brewster
Sandra Lynn Lindgren
Lynn Dennis Nordahl
Maureen Ann Larson
Nicholas David Konen
Marlene Ruth Shannon
Cornelius John Dane
Katherine Marie Wilkie
Raymond James Erickson
Karen Sue Hurrie
Moncton
New Brunswick
Canada
Kenneth George Lee
Darlene Agnes Dale
Bert E. Oksness
Avis Lorraine Berg
Allen T. Owens
Colburn
Idaho
Kathleen Maloney
Jacob D. Wipf
New Rockport
Mary J. Hofer
New Rockport Colony
George G. Waldner
Mary P. Wipf
Richard T. Arensmeyer
Kathleen V. Wallney
Gary Lee Richem
Cynthia Marie’ Briggs
Conrad
Dolphin Smith
Betty Marie Morano
Quentin P. Hill
Power
D’arlene Love
Rudolph Lange
Dorothy May Finch
Rodney C
Geraldine Johnson
Creighton Johnson
Pamela Jean Klette Fom
MGGA urges farmers to pay wheat assessment at loan time
Glenn Jacobsen of the Montana Grain Growers Association asks wheat growers to pay the 4 cent per bushel wheat assessment when taking federal price support loans instead of waiting until sale. He says funding is needed for the Wheat Research and Marketing Committee to start operations and plan future projects.
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Reserve
Glenn Jacobsen
The
Montana Grain Growers Association
Montana
Wheat Research and Marketing Committee
ASC
Jacobsen
MGAA
Wheat Commission
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Teton Pass
Pvt
O.E.S
Vital Statistics
F. Steinbach
Minnie M. Steinbach
Maybelle Jane Kelley
Edith Cornett
Clarence Richard Allum
George Wilson Fuller
William Michael Grossman
John Magnus Johnson
Adalorata Menghini
Adolph Sigurd Saterlie
Martha Dorr Seufert
Grant Harmon Shoquist
Adrene May Gaghagen
Virginia M. Bennetts
Jack W. Bennetts
Bette Jo Smith
Robert G. Smith
Mary C. Kuster
Francis A. Kuster
Hugh White
Edna G. White
Beulah Irene Olson
Ewald A. Olson
Clarice J. Fish
Jack T. Fish
Arlene C. Kirk
Thomas L. Kirk
Marjorie M. Machen
Thomas O. Machen
Theresa Moon
Irwin R. Moon
MGGA
Rae Arte
Chateau Acantha
Bulldogs
Chateau Food
Foodtown
Bronko
Bronko Freestone
Libby French Fry
Hershey
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