Missing ballots probe under way in city
City officials investigate the disappearance of 114 absentee ballots amid ongoing queries. Mayor Micone City Atty Geagan City Clerk Meagher and Police Chief Russell offered little new information as the probe proceeds and a canvass vote is postponed pending legal guidance from Atty. Gen. Woodahl. Precinct 3 B lacks 31 ballots and 3 A lacks 3 or 4.
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Mike Micone
William Geagan
Margaret Meagher
Bob Russell
Micone
Thane Mahe
Geagan
Larry Stimatz
Stimatz
Robert Woodahl
Woodahl
Bob Lee
Lee
Nixon clears way for new FBI chief
President Nixon accepted L. Patrick Gray’s request to withdraw as FBI director. Possible successors include Henry Petersen and William Matthew Byrne Jr. Gray cited the FBI’s need for permanent leadership at the earliest time.
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Washington
L. Patrick Gray
Federal Bureau of Investigation
White House
Henry Petersen
Justice Department
William Matthew Byrne Jr
U.S
Los Angeles
Gray
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Butte Teachers Union rejects board offer and hints at strike
With 400 members present the Butte Teachers Union rejected the latest offer from the Butte School Board. The union empowered its negotiating committee to call a strike if needed to resolve the impasse, while class will proceed Friday. A 7 p.m. negotiation is set in the Administration Building with Board Chairman Bob Vivian. The union cites wage gaps around 8 percent and disputes over seniority and hiring power as key sticking points, warning of continued bargaining deadlock and ongoing past practice disputes.
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Butte School Board
Bob Vivian
Ball Park
Butte
Board School
End of Wounded Knee siege after 37 days
The 37 day standoff at Wounded Knee, S D ended Thursday afternoon with negotiators from both sides signing an agreement at 3 30 p m mountain time to disarm occupiers starting Saturday. The pact sets up talks on treaty rights and a possible presidential commission while pending charges remain. Five people were wounded during the siege including Lloyd Grimm the U S Marshal for Nebraska.
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Oglala
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Kent Frizzell
Frizzell
AIM
Lloyd Grimm
U.S
Nebraska
Grimm
FBI
Mississippi floods inch toward record crest as lives lost
The Mississippi River floods claim six lives and threaten record crests as President Nixon orders the first peacetime Coast Guard reserve call-up. Over 4,000 displaced in Missouri and Southern Illinois. damage tallies top $41 million. Floodwaters cover seven million acres from central Missouri to below Vicksburg with levees reinforced.
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Illinois
Nixon
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Mississippi Valley
Vicksburg
Miss
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St. Louis
Hannibal
Cairo
Wholesale prices rise to record pace in March
The Labor Department reports the Wholesale Price Index jumped 2.2 percent in March, the largest monthly increase since 1951. Farm products and processed foods led gains with finished foods up 4.6 percent, while lumber and industrial commodities also hit record or near record rates. AFL-CIO President Meany criticized the surge amid Nixon's Phase 3 controls.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Housewife blocks payroll robbery in London
Five armed gunmen held up an East London payroll truck and fled with 16250 dollars after a housewife, 34 year old Jessie Burns, stood in front of their getaway car. She refused to move and a raider fired a shotgun blast at her face but she remained in place as the gang escaped.
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London
Jessie Burns
East London
Mrs. Burns
Absentee Deadline Today in School District 1 Election
Absentee voting closes at noon today with ballots due at the county clerk's Courthouse office. Polls open Saturday from noon to 8 for the trustee race featuring Robert Vivian Leonard Haxby James Grant and Hugh Dougherty.
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Robert Vivian
Leonard Haxby
Independent School Party
James Grant
Hugh Dougherty
Peoples School Party
Butte Weather Turns Colder With Heavy Snow Localized
A weather update reports colder conditions for Butte with locally heavy snow and windy conditions. The outlook lists temperatures near 45 during the day and 20 at night, with a weather map on Page 16.
Money cleaner than silverware in Memphis study
Memphis Shelby County health officials studied 150 dining spots and found $1 bills average 8,686 organisms per half side, fewer than knives and forks. Director Don Daffron said money is relatively clean despite microbiology expectations. The work examined bacteria spread by servers who handle cash and food.
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Shelby County
Memphis
Don Daffron
Daffron
Senate blocks North Vietnam aid without congressional approval
The Senate voted 88 to 3 to forbid reconstruction aid to North Vietnam unless President Nixon first secures specific congressional backing. The move aims to pressure the administration while signaling limited likelihood of future Hanoi aid, even as the broader budget and devaluation measures proceed in Congress.
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Alaska
Harry Byrd, Jr
Virginia
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