Nixon relaxes China embargo and broadens trade moves
President Nixon announced a relaxation of the 20 year embargo on trade with Communist China and four related steps to ease contacts. He said exports would be limited to nonstrategic items while currency controls would be loosened to allow dollar payments.
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Nixon
China
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Chou En Lai
Warsaw
Cambodia
Ziegler
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National Userroks Council
Soviet Union
U.S
The
of the Treasury
Mansfield seeks hearings on abolishing ICC and land return
Sen. Mansfield urges early hearings on bills to abolish the Interstate Commerce Commission and reclaim land granted to railroads to spur passenger and freight service. He objects to Railpax and notes Montana deserves continued passenger routes, urging retention of both east west lines for minimal service.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montanan
Secretary of Transportation
John Volpe
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Volpe
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Railpax
Magnuson
Congress
ICC
Montana
Phantom stripper disrupts Twyford night traffic
In Twyford England motorists face 3 am delays as a curvaceous mystery teenager disrobes by moonlight and poses for passersby along village lanes. The sightings have draws crowds and raised safety concerns in the farming community.
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Twyford Twyford
England
Twyford
Library honors famous murders in new exhibit
Washington notes recount the Beauchamp case and other early American murder trials. Jereboam Beauchamp and his wife Ann are buried together after his execution for poisoning and stabbing. Ann died by her own hand in his dungeon cell. The tale appears in a Library of Congress display on American murder trials 1678 1830.
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Washington
Jereboam O. Beauchamp
Ann
Frankfort
Kentucky River
Library of Congress
Thomas M. McDade
Solomon P. Sharp
Kentucky
Ann Cooke
Virginia
Page headlines recap from Montana papers
Page 6 notes cool weather preserves heavy snowpack while Page 11 reports Schara's lead at two dozen in a school recount. Page 14 marks spring arrival in Gallatin Valley with elk sightings and Page 19 lists twelve teams in MSU rodeo.
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Gallatin Valley
Elk
MSU
Married priest excommunicated in San Francisco
The Rev. Robert F. Duryea was excommunicated and removed from his post after church authorities found he had been married for nearly seven years. Duryea, 49, led St. Peter's Church in Pacifica and held roles in local priest groups. Parish leaders defended his effective ministry and urged reconsideration of celibacy rules.
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San Francisco
Robert F. Duryea
Paul
Father Duryea
Priests’ Synod
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Pacifica
Priests Split on Birth Control Bans and Clerical Marriage
Two surveys by the National Opinion Research Center and Loyola University Chicago find a majority of U S priests oppose the church ban on artificial birth control and favor priestly marriage. Despite unrest, priests show high personal morale, and only about one in five would marry if allowed. Findings to be presented at the spring Detroit bishops meeting April 27 29.
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New York
Prt
Detroit
New York Times
National Opinion Research Center
University of Chicago
Anaconda charged with disciplinary layoffs
Six defendants including The Anaconda Co face Section 41-1108 charges in Deer Lodge County District Court. The affidavit alleges Hastie and Shriner received four and three day layoffs for leaving without permission after overtime work on March 11 1971. Superintendent Hurlburt criticized overtime workers and warned discharges for not continuing to work.
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Anaconda Co
Montana
Deer Lodge County
Edward Yelsa
George Hurlburt
Hod Groff
Ed Hamel
Victor Vanisko
C. J. Parkinson
Patrick Hastie
Roy Shriner
Delbert Shepard
Mike Sestrich
Hastie
Shriner
Anaconda Reduction Department
Anaconda
MSU Faces Budget Crunch Hit by State Funding Gap
Montana State University Bozeman confronts a campus wide financial crisis as the Legislature stalls funds for the state university system. Officials warn the honors program and masters in applied science faces cuts, with low enrollment cited as a key reason, amid student and faculty concern.
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Montana State University
Bozeman
Rick Foote
Standard
Montana
Irving Dayton
MSU
Dayton
Witty Takes On Taxes From Historical Figures
In a humorous pastiche, Russell Baker cites Shakespeare Jefferson Caesar Louis XIV Franklin and others on taxation. The piece jokes that government levies mirror daily life through satire and playful misquotes.
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Louis XIV
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