Prices rise in 12 cities as meat costs climb
A twelve city AP survey on March 1 and April 2 shows higher prices for hamburger meat frankfurters and eggs with butter easing. Frankfurters rose 7 to 34 percent in many cities and chuck meat climbed 5 to 11 percent while eggs advanced up to 21 percent. Milk and most nonfood items held steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cook
Associated Press
We of
Win Caban
Seattle
Buquerque
N.M
Atlanta
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Natio Association of Food Chains
Providence
R.I
Albuquerque
Detroit
Mississippi flood toll climbs toward 25 million dollars
The Mississippi River system floods reach 129 year crest levels with seven million acres inundated across Illinois to Louisiana. Damage includes 19 million in the Hannibal to Cairo stretch and over 4 million in public properties ruled by Illinois Gov. Daniel Walker.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Illinois
Louisiana
Hannibal
Cairo
Winfield
St. Charles
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Daniel Walker
Army
Vicksburg
Miss
City grapples with 114 missing absentee ballots
The Wednesday city council delayed canvassing election returns after discovering 114 absentee ballots missing from Tuesday’s vote. City Atty. Geagan and officials planned to consult the attorney general on potential impact and possible contest, while an investigation found no clues yet.
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Robert Woodahl
William Geagan
Woodahl
Ervin Holman
Mike Micone
Geagan
Bob Lee
Margaret Meagher
Gardens to open in May at Butte site
The Columbia Gardens will operate on a limited basis from Memorial Day to Labor Day this season after the Anaconda Co announced Feb 22 that mining plans and finances delayed a full opening. Rides, concessions, and events at the pavilion will be available. Civic groups and officials explored relocation and funding options as plans to preserve the gardens proceed.
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Columbia Gardens
Anaconda Co
Frank M. Manninger
Butte
Save
W.A. Clark
Butte Ski Club
Gregosa
Butte Weather Brief Scattered Showers Across Region
The forecast calls for scattered showers with mountain snow and a cooling trend. Today’s outlook lists 54 degrees in the city and 23 in the surrounding areas with a weather map on page seven.
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Butte
Strike vote to be held by Butte Teachers Union
The Butte Teachers Union will hold a strike vote Thursday afternoon amid an impasse in contract talks. Superintendent Ken Olsen seeks legal advice from county attorney and district adviser Larry Stimatz on possible injunctions and district recourse. The main dispute centers on money after an eight percent gap between board offer and teacher demand. Negotiations remain behind closed doors as offers and counterproposals are exchanged.
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Butte Teachers Union
Ken Olsen
Olsen
Larry Stimatz
Stimatz
Bob Vivian
Black Panthers alive and well Huey Newton declares
Huey P. Newton says the Black Panther Party is alive and in good shape as he promotes Bobby Seale for Oakland mayor. He notes 350 full members in Oakland, 2000 part time workers, and about 28 other chapters while stressing community influence and activism.
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Black Panthers Alive, Well
Huey Newton
NEW York
Black Panther Party
Huey P. Newton
Bobby Seale
Oakland
Calif
Newton
Panthers
Eldridge Cleaver
Admiral's son recalls POW life and fate
John S. McCain III described his capture in October 1967 and how North Vietnamese captors alternated brutal treatment with relief after learning his father would become a top U.S. commander. He said delays in medical care, a doctor brought by a guard, and later pressure tied to his father's rank influenced his prison conditions.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John S. McCain III
U.S
Pacific
McCain
Navy
Admiral
Cmdr
Everett) Alvarez
UM Coaches Fraud Trial Near End in Montana
In Missoula Utah, two University of Montana coaches face a fraud trial in U.S. District Court. Judge Ray McNichols said progress is toward a termination date as the trial enters its third week with only two witnesses remaining and little detail from either side.
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Missoula
Mont
University of Montana
U.S. District Court
Ray McNichols
Boise Idaho
Senate fights over budget control and impoundment limits
The Senate approved a Democratic package to cap the federal budget and curb presidential impoundment powers in a 70 to 24 vote. A separate budget ceiling passed 88 to 6 as amendments to the dollar devaluation bill loomed. The House backed a rural electric and telephone lending program 317 to 92, rejecting a Nixon flexibility plan 244 to 162 and adding a North Vietnam aid ban.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sam Ervin
House
Nixon
United States
John R. Rarick
D-La
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Rarick
North Vietnam
Peacepipe talks falter as Wounded Knee blockade persists
Negotiations to end the five week Wounded Knee siege stalled after the final point in militants demands remained unresolved. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kent Frizzell said only one or two minor legal points blocked a signed agreement, with a sixth round of talks slated. AIM attorney Ramon Roubideaux left for Rapid City after the session. Richard Wilson, elected Oglala Sioux Tribal President, backed the pact but his council had set up a village blockade to halt deliveries.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Asst
U.S
Eee Frizzell
AIM
Ramon Roubideaux
Roubideaux
Rapid City
Frizzell
Richard Wilson
Wilson
Election results and plans across county races и
Pages detail 6-Area results, Anaconda prisoner escape, Gallatin County school elections, Bobcats signing Uplands, and studies on school consolidation with focus on named districts and parties.
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Gallatin County
French family defends father's coffin in siege at manor
In Saint Nauphary France Jean-Louis de Portal 21 and his sister Marie Agnes 22 have held off police since Feb 23 guarding their father Baron Leonce’s coffin in La Fumade estate amid a 70 year motto and a criminal dispute over property value. The siege left one gendarmerie officer wounded and the baron dead last week. Police allow supplies and mail while Jean-Louis refuses burial of his father.
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Paris
de Portal
Jean-Louis de Portal
Marie- Agnees
la Fumade
Saint Nauphary
de Portals
Anna Niekulwiska Portal
LaFumade
Oldric de Portal
Toulouse
Jean-Louis
Woman Dies of Injuries After Triple Fatal Car Crash
Mrs. Leatha Marley of 514 Alder Anaconda dies in Bozeman hospital after a one car crash south of Three Forks that killed her husband William 44 and son William 7. Their daughter Madeline 10 walked for help as the car rolled at the Battleman Railway crossing. Survivors include her father Thomas D. Mears Sr. and Thomas D. Mears Jr. of Billings. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Leatha Marley
Anaconda
Three Forks
William
Bozeman
Marley
Madeline
Battleman Railway
Willow Creek Road
Thomas D. Mears, Sr
Thomas D. Mears, Jr
Billings
Dokken- Nelson Funeral Home
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Standard
Montana
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Bobcats
Uplands
Leonce de Portal
Bor
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