Anaconda Co Plans Southeast Expansion and School Site Battle
Anaconda Co plans southeast expansion and has blocked School District 1 from using the old American Legion baseball field east of East Junior High. Trustees voted to place the school on district land near Whittier Elementary as mining operations threaten future site suitability. McKenzie showed maps claiming extensive company ownership in Wilson Park Daly and Northern Pacific additions and indicated buffer zones east of Garfield Street will separate mining from homes.
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Anaconda _ Co
American Legion
East
Allen McKenzie
Anaconda Co
Whittier
McKenzie
Wilson Park
Daly
Northern Pacific
Continental Drive
Maroon Star Signs with Bobcats in Local Move
The report notes a notable college star switching teams to join the Bobcats. Details on timing or new contract are not provided in the available text.
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Maroon Star
Bobcats
Voters Face Noon Deadline for Absentee Ballots
Absentee ballots must be filed by noon today for Saturday's school election where voters choose two trustees from five candidates for three year terms. A district special militevy request is postponed to May 1 due to a legal change.
Butte Weather Outlook Clouds Bring Snow Chance
Increasing cloudiness tonight with a chance of snow. Saturday will be cloudy and cooler. Temperatures today reach 50 with a low of 27. Weather map reference on page 11.
Warden backs staff but won’t condone prison strike
Montana State Prison Warden Jim Estelle expressed sympathy for the staff's cause yet refused to condone a strike. Sixty six of 145 employees remained on duty under a union agreement and exemption to guard and service 23 inmates. He argued the safety of many people depends on staff performance both inside and outside the walls.
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Jim Blodgett
Montana State
Deer Lodge
Montana
Jim Estelle
Estelle
Nixon lets Lt. Calley live in own quarters
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. walked from the Fort Benning stockade under presidential order pending appeal of his murder conviction. He moved to confined quarters with a single guard, ending confinement to stockade while maintaining custody.
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Nixon
Lt. Calley
FT. Benning
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning Stockade
Calley
Orwin Talbott
White House
Evel Knievel film crew visits hometown for location shots
Evel Knievel watched portions of the Hollywood production in his Montana hometown as George Hamilton plays Knievel and Sue Lyon skates for a scene at Homestake Lake. Actors include Hamilton and Lyon. George Brinckerhoff doubles for Hamilton. In the prison story, Warden Estelle oversees 16 guards per shift and a tight schedule as pay scales and a parole board delay affect inmates.
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William J. Clark
Standard
Evel Knievel
Hollywood
Fanfare Productions
Bob Knievel
Homestake Lake
George Hamilton
Sue Lyon
Knievel
Butte
Hamilton
Miss Lyon
George Brinckerhoff
Montana Tech
Reapportionment Bill Passes Amid Heavy Criticism
A compromise reapportionment bill cleared the legislature amid charges of unconstitutionality and Senate coercion. It moves toward one man one vote with districts about 22 percent off, sending the plan to Gov. Forrest H. Anderson after a 61 to 40 House vote and a 35 to 13 Senate approval.
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Helena
House
Senate
Forrest H. Anderson
Senate Blocks House Tax Plan Amid Party-Line Split
The Senate rejected ExHB40 30-24 after Democratic Leader Ozivi mocked the plan as a failed marriage of tax philosophies. In the House the measure passed 53-50 with two Democrats voting yes and one abstaining. The vote followed a split on a 2 percent sales tax proposal, with Republicans backing the sales plan and opposing the income tax hike. A later move to revive the bill stalled, leaving the reform in limbo.
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Senate
Dick Ozivi
John Lyon
House
GOP
Rudyard
LeRoy
Bud’’ Aspeing
Lewistown
Bradley B. Parish
Parrish
David F. James
D-Joplin
Ublican
George McCallum
Narada
John L
Luke”’ McKeon
D-Anaconda
Ozivi
Montana tax reform bill aims for flat income tax rate
Bill sponsored by Rep. Thomas Towe with four co sponsors seeks to simplify Montana income tax by applying a flat percentage of federal tax paid. The measure includes Republicans Matt Himsl Gary Marbut and Democrats Bill Christiansen and Robert Watt and aims to end fiscal impasse with potential revenue.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Star
Thomas Towe
Billings
Towe
Matt Himsl
Kalispell
Gary Marbut
Missoula
House
Bill Christiansen
Hardin
Robert D. Watt
State weighs court action as Boulder strike drags on
Fatigued staff at Boulder River School and Hospital plea for help as workers clock 12 to 18 hour shifts. A possible court order to halt the strike looms if wage-boost legislation fails in the Legislature. Gov Anderson and leaders seek employer assurances while unions pledge to hold firm.
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Lewis and Clark County District Court
Atty
Robert L. Woodahl
Attorney General’s Office
Warm Springs State Hospital
Ida Dickson
Legislative Council
Warm Springs
Union Rank and
James P
Lucas
Senate House
Forrest H. Anderson
Co op tax proposal sneaks into Montana legislature
A bill sponsored by Rep. Lloyd C. Lockrem and four Republicans plus five Democrats seeks to apply the corporate license tax to cooperatives. The measure targets patronage dividends of co-ops such as electric utilities and is estimated to raise about 350000 in the next two years.
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Robert
Joe Quilici
Butte
al Rosena
Anaconda
Lockrem
Bringin
Critics say oil politics shape Vietnam War policy in Saigon
Critics accuse U.S. oil policy in South Vietnam of steering Washington's Vietnam stance. They say American firms are nudged to develop Vietnamese reserves to aid Thieu Ky politics, while Saigon delays bids on offshore concessions. No oil has yet been produced and no drilling begins until licenses are awarded.
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Washington
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
New Left
Capitol Hill
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen
Cao Ky
Saigon
Thailand
Walter Levy
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