Hollywood party greets Knievel film crew in Butte
The Follywood party of 45 including producer Joe Solomon and director Marvin Chomsky arrived by Western at noon after filming in Butte. Evel Knievel and Sue Lyon were welcomed with gifts from the Chamber of Commerce as four Montana Tech athletes presented miners’ helmets to the cast and crew.
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Hollywood Movie Company
Evel Knievel
Sue Lyon
Knievel
George Hamilton
Vincent Micone III
Butte
Mike Micone
Mrs. Knievel
Follywood
Joe Solomon
Marvin Chomsky
Western
Hamilton and Company
Miss Lyon
Chamber of Commerce
Montana Tech
Don Heater
Mike Vandaveer
Brad Gunderson
Mike Thurman
Hamilton
Solomon, Chomsky
Jim Hawkins
Scotty Warden
Hollywood
Montana state workers strike cripples five facilities
More than 1,000 state workers went on strike across five Montana facilities including Deer Lodge Boulder River School and Hospital and Galen State Hospital. The walkout followed bargaining stalemate over Ex HB19 financing and wage provisions with leaders optimistic about a conference committee path once key language is resolved.
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Montana
Montana State Prison
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Deer Lodge
Boulder River School and Hospital
Galen State Hospital
George Hammond
Council 9
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes Union
Warm Springs State Hospital
Afl-Cio
Hammond
James P. Lu
Montana House mulls income sales tax plan to break impasse
In Helena the Republican majority moves a 1 percent general sales tax and a 10 percent income tax rise to generate about 28 million over two years. The plan aims to fund the School Foundation Program and cut local property taxes, but faces Senate rejection and GOP defections.
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Helena
House of Representatives
James P. Lucas
Senate
Dick Ozivi
D-Great Falls
James Murphy
R-Kalispell
House
Lucas
School Foundation
Forrest Anderson
Pensions Fall Short for Most Workers Senate Study Finds
A Senate subcommittee study shows only a small fraction of private pension plan participants ever receive benefits. Many workers lose all vesting rights by leaving before retirement, with 5 percent of the 5.2 million who left since 1950 gaining any benefits. Another survey finds vesting plans offer better outcomes for some, but overall few workers receive pensions.
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Washington
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D.N.J
Javits
Williams
The
Ans
Calley Sentenced to Life at Hard Labor in My Lai Killings
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was given life imprisonment with hard labor by a military jury for the My Lai massacre, with dismissal from the service and forfeiture of pay. The verdict sparked nationwide telegrams urging clemency, while Calley began serving in the Ft. Benning stockade pending automatic appeal.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Calley
George Latimer
Ft. Benning Stockade
Butte School Board Candidates Reviewed
Page 8 summary notes the review of school board candidates in Butte with brief profiles and questions highlighted for voters. Page 14 discusses county road abandonment plans and public input sought. Page 18 previews Dodgers and Pirates favored in upcoming coverage. Page 22 reports Eisenhower silver dollar minted and circulated.
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Butte
Eisenhower
Kissock Picked To Lead County Board After Chair Resigns
Lucille C. O Leary resigns as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners but stays as a four year commissioner. She nominates Joe A. Kissock to head the board with both voting ayes while Earl Holman abstains. O Leary cites confusion and difficulty at the table as the reason for stepping down.
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Lucille C. O Leary
Board of County Commissioners
Joe A. Kissock
Kissock
Earl
Si’”” Holman
Reapportionment advances in Montana plan compromise
Senate and House reapportionment committees agree on a bipartisan compromise to keep the legislature at 55 senators and 104 representatives with redrawn district lines based on the 1970 census. Yellowstone Cascade Missoula and Flathead counties gain seats while four rural representatives move to urban districts.
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Arthur Hutchinson
Helena
Senate
House
Jean Turnage
R-Polson
Yellowstone County
Cascade County
Missoula County
Flathead County
Hoffa Parole Denied as Teamsters Leader Faces Long Term
The U S Parole Board denied parole to James R Hoffa the Teamsters president after a full review of his case. Hoffa remains in Lewisburg jail serving a 13 year term for jury tampering and mail fraud. His term as president expires in July with no clear path to reelection.
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Washington
U.S. Parole Board
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Parole Board
George J. Reed
Hoff
James Neagles
The
Rufus King
Morris Shenker
St. Louis
Teamsters
Lewisburg
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamster
Nixon
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New York Times
Neil J. Lynch
D-Butte
William H. Bertsche
D Great Falls
Penn Central Railroad
Bertsche
Butte Weather
Vietnam
U.S
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
America
Latimore
German Uruena
Madrid
Dodgers
Pirates
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