Hecla Silver Output Drops After Sunshine Mine Fire
Hecla Mining reports 4.4 million ounces of silver produced in the year, down from 6.3 million the year before, due to Sunshine Mine fire that halted seven months of output and cost 91 lives. The Fantasticks at North Idaho College was canceled for March 22 to 24.
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Wallace, Idaho
UPI
Hecla Mining Company
William H. Love
Love
Sunshine
Hecla
Fantasticks
North Idaho College
Idaho Legislature rushes to adjourn amid tax relief funds
Boise lawmakers push to finish the first regular session with a midweek adjournment goal. Bills moving include 6.1 million in tax relief, higher grocery tax credits, and reduced school levy limits. Also on tap are budgets for junior colleges and law enforcement, plus several regulatory and safety measures as FAA issues Idaho National Guard airspace rules.
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Boise
UPD
Idaho
House
Senate
Land Board
Highway Department
American Falls
API
Federal Aviation Administration
Idaho National Guard
FAA
Indians Help Build Ships For U S Navy
Seventy eight Indians work in a community owned plant at Allowe Oklahoma building shelving bins racks and grating worth 1.5 million dollars for five 39 300 ton landing and helicopter assault ships at Litton Industries In Miss Pascagoula Mississippi The Northeast Oklahoma Community Development Association organized the project with federal aid and local stock purchases of five dollars a share to offer relief in job starved communities including Allune where oil employment vanished after the Oolagah Dam flood.
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Allowe
Okla
UPD
Oklahoma
U.S. Navy
Litton Industries
Ingalls Yard
Pascagoula
Miss
Northeast
Allune
Oolagah
Dollar Firmness Deepens as Gold Drops on Float News
European markets reacted to West Germany’s 3 percent mark revalue and seven Common Market members abandoning dollar pegs for the first time in 29 years. The planned joint currency float drew cautious responses as Volcker and aides met to shape a broader monetary package, including dollar support and deflationary U.S. policy. Gold slipped in London and Paris while the dollar firmed in Paris and West Germany, with mixed moves across Zurich and Brussels.
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Brussels
UPD
Europe
West Germany
Hubert Trost
Vienna
Paris
Pierre Uri
United States
U.S
the Treasury
Paul A. Volcker
Volcker
London
Zurich
Proxmire Calls to Abolish Military Draft
Senator William Proxmire proposes legislation to end the military draft as the government plans a shift to an all volunteer army. He criticizes the Selective Service System for maintaining 925 offices and 4,340 staff while no one is being drafted and questions a $55 million budget for next year.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
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Sandpoint
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