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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1972
Page
6
The Acantha invites community leaders to submit brief constructive guest editorials on subjects of general interest. Target readers include local officials and group heads. Publication remains at the editor’s discretion.
Guest editorial recalls hunting era in the Sun River drainage with 4000 hunters, notes the 1913 Sun River elk preserve and its preservation of about 1200 elk remnants. It criticizes the State Game Commission move to abolish the preserve and applauds Commissioner Jack Cohn for defending elk resources urging legislature to keep the refuge.
The piece argues about 18,000 railroad firemen kept on payrolls despite diesel trains eliminating duties. It notes unions resist replacements, cites strikes, and calls labor concession the most favorable in view of railroads’ financial troubles like Penn Central. It warns bigger reforms unlikely and marks limited progress.
The U S Chamber of Commerce argues that welfare use by striking workers harms the public by raising costs and inflation. It says taxpayers bear a predicted 300 million next year, while prices rise due to settlements and unions shift burdens onto government funds. It urges unions to fund member support during strikes and seeks to keep collective bargaining free from government interference.
Mrs. Mary Smith was honored at a birthday party Saturday afternoon at her daughter Mrs. Bernice Van Setten's home in Farmington. Seventeen relatives and friends attended, with list of local attendees including Edith Torgerson of Polson and the McIntyres from Glasgow.
Lists of patients admitted and discharged at Teton Memorial Hospital and names still in hospital. Admitted include Joseph LaRance Donna Barrett Michael Johnson Thomas Johnson Patricia Otness Anne Hughes Clara Arthur. Discharged include Angela Clark Ricky Schwartz Victor Maxwell John Gernaat Geraldine Pleton Dolly Carrier Judy Gollehon Valerie Isakson Patricia Otness. Still hospitalized include Jorgen Hollo Freda Johnson Harley Yeager Eugene Foster Wallace Murdock Nick Vlinker Cornelius Kooyman Adellia Lame.
National Geographic Society reports a bronze spar cap recovered from Rhine River mud proves Romans operated warships in Germany about 1,700 years ago, indicating Roman naval presence beyond Gaul and Britain.
Kent Mosher of Augusta, a freshman in agricultural business, represented Montana State University at the Northwest Community College Rodeo in Powell Wyoming. He won first all around and second in bareback riding and bulldogging, while MSU and several Montana colleges sent riders. Mosher is the son of Mr and Mrs Roland C Mosher of Augusta.
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