Labor wooing youth to vote against Nixon in 1972
Washington AP reports organized labor leaders courting young voters for a large turnout to oust President Nixon in 1972. AFL-CIO political director Al Barkan urged focus on education health housing and wages while avoiding divisive issues. A youth conference discussed registering soon-to-be 18 year olds and tactics such as leaflets and events.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Nixon
al Barkan
Barkan
Matt Reese
Reese
KTTS
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Stemwinder
Chicago
Labor Federation
Hubert H. Humphrey
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Montana Tech hosts charity turtle dash for cerebral palsy
Montana Tech and local groups stage a turtle dash on April 24 with proceeds going to the National Cerebral Palsy Foundation. The winner advances to May 2 at The American University in Washington, D C. Brekhus and Gless coordinate entries and rules for a charity race featuring terrapins.
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Montana Tech
Turtle International
Washington, D.C
American University
National Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Mel Brekhus
Brekhus
Elmer Gless
Department of Biology
Montana
Dick Shoup
Soviet Jews show population decline in decade census
Moscow reports 1970 census shows Jews as the only major Soviet nationality group shrinking since 1959. The 1959 count was 2,268,000. by 1970 the number had fallen. The article notes broader youth political organizing and labor movement context amid the conference discussions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Last in series by Rick Foote reports on town event
Rick Foote closes his final piece in a series as he chronicles a local town event with observations from residents, officials, and the event's impact on the community.
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Rick Foote
Nixon says some US forces must stay in Asia until POWs freed
President Nixon told editors that some American troops must remain in Southeast Asia until prisoners are released and South Vietnam can defend itself. He emphasized total withdrawal as the goal, with no residual American force, and defended his review of Lt. William L. Calley Jr. case.
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Washington
Nixon
Southeast Asia
U.S
Vietnam
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
South Vietnam
CBS
NBC
Mutual Broadcasting
White House
Emmett Dedman
Chicago Sun- Times
Daily News
William B. Dickinson
United States
William L. Calley Jr
Prisoners Caught Fast Near Deer Lodge
Powell County deputies recaptured three minimum security escapees from Montana State Prison four hours after their walkaway. Charles L. Beck Leslie G. Wright and William P. Scott were found miles south of Deer Lodge and placed in disciplinary cells pending district court felony charges. News event coincided with a visit by 25 community leaders from five Montana cities highlighting prison conditions.
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Deer Lodge
Powell County
Montana State Prison
James Estelle
Charles L. Beck
Butte
Leslie G. Wright
Fort Belknap
William P. Scott
Montana
Eye and ear screening for Butte children today
Children aged 3 to 6 will be tested for vision and hearing at Emerson McKinley Whittier and Webster-Garfield schools in Butte. District nursing director Al Paxton says about 1300 children will be screened before school begins. Parents should bring their youngsters to the nearest screening site. Tests run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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al Paxton
Emerson, McKinley, Whittier
Webster-Garfield
Western businessman cites deadly massacre near Dacca
An unnamed Western businessman says Pakistani troops burned bamboo huts at Shantinegar near Dacca and machine-gunned Hindus, claiming 500 villagers were killed. He reported the massacre occurred as refugees fled east Pakistan.
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Beirut
East Pakistan
Shantinegar
Dacca
Rain Dancers Help Strike Texas Drought Breakthrough
Indian rain dancers from Oklahoma led by Chief George Watchataker performed at a Wichita Falls shopping center at 10:30 a.m. The 17 minute later thunder and then a torrential downpour followed as about 500 spectators fled for shelter.
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Wichtia Falls
Tex
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma
Texas
George Watchataker
Credit card law eases theft risk
Washington AP reports a new credit card law limits holder liability for lost or stolen cards. Many issuers cover losses themselves, but some require advance notification. If notified, liability is capped at fifty dollars. without notice, no liability.
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Washington
Associated Press
Sheldon Feldman
Consumer Credit
FTC finds widespread noncompliance with notification rules
Federal Trade Commission division notes broad failure to notify cardholders about new liability limits. American Express says billing inserts carry the notice and back-page liability cap of 50 dollars. Some accounts without recent bills miss the notice due to mailing costs and inactive status. Bank of America cites cost as a barrier to notifying its 2 million California holders, though new recipients will be informed.
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Federal Trade Commission
Consumers Union
American Express
San Francisco
Bank of America
BankAmericard
California
Puzzled Noxon community reacts to teen death and suspect
In Noxon Montana Sanders County officials pursue motives behind the shooting and burning death of 16 year old Mike Taylor. Brian Mercer 18 a former honor student and star athlete faces first degree murder charges filed late Thursday evening. The body was found Wednesday afternoon prompting a wide local investigation.
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Noxon (Ap
Montana
Sanders County
Brian Mercer
Noxon High School
Mike Taylor
NOXON
Early day druggist Bill Fagan dies at 93
William F. Fagan Sr., a Meaderville pharmacist and Montana’s oldest registered, died in Dillon after a career spanning Gillette Wyoming Des Moines Iowa and Butte Montana. Born February 23 1878 in Cascade Iowa he earned the state board license and built Fagan’s Pharmacy later retiring in 1960.
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William F. Fagan Sr
Fagan
Meaderville
Montana
Dillon
Cascade
Iowa
Nebraska
Pharmacy College
Des Moines
Wyoming
State Pharmacy Board
Fagan’s Pharmacy
Gillette
Fagan Pharmacy
Anaconda
Sparrow’s Drug Store
Butte
Toler’s Drug Store
Schara wins election after county recount by 15 votes
Commissioner ruling confirms Jack Schara as winner of the April 3 School Dist. 1 trustee race by 15 votes after a recount of 44 challenged ballots and 82 disputed ballots in Precinct 33-A. Jaula Murphy may contest. Stimatz says recount not a contest proceeding and custody of ballots remains with the county.
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Lewis T. Poole
Standard
Jack Schara
Lawrence G.stimatz
Board of County Commissioners
Jaula Murphy
Jim Murphy
Schara
Stimatz
St. Ann
Murphy
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Duryea
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Pacifica
Calif
Pope Paul
Labor
Canada
Sweden
Butte Weather
The
Philadelphia Bulletin
Sylvan Meyer
Miami News
Otis Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Frank Cormier
Eugene V. Risher
United Press International
Dickinson
Chapman
Boy
Bill Fagan
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