Major mining firms target Granite County lands near Philipsburg
Exxon Corp led the filings with over 100 certificates of location spanning 20 acre parcels around Black Pine Princeton and Sunrise Mountain. AMAX and American Tungsten also filed numerous claims in Princeton Gulch Meadow Lakes and Garnet areas with Union Carbide holding claims across Granite County. Exploration for a molybdenum discovery in Flint Creek Mountains is underway with helicopter initial work and portable diamond drilling later moved along Little Gold Creek.
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Philipsburg
Granite County
Exxon Corp
Denver
Black Pine
Princeton
Sunrise Mountain
American Metal Climax
AMAX
Helena
Princeton Gulch
Meadow Lakes
Missoula
Garnet
Perry Knox, Kaufman, Inc
Spokane
Douglas Creek
Dunkleberg Ridge
Philipsburg Union Carbide
Forest Service
Exxon
Perry, Knox and Kaufman
Giles Walker
Flint Creek
Deer Lodge
Walker
Little Gold Creek
Deerlodge
Bob Damon
Fiery weekend deaths in fires across three states
Four elderly residents died in a Sebring boarding home blaze while two more perished in a Chicago apartment fire. Across Fall and Chattanooga, Tenn., blazes killed three and trapped residents as firefighters fought smoke and locked burglar bars. Sixty plus were injured or evacuated.
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Associated Press
Sebring
Fall
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chicago
Ken Haynes
Colorado flash flood kills 58 in Big Thompson canyon
A wall of water 12 to 15 feet high swept through the Big Thompson Canyon injuring and trapping campers and sightseers. National Guardsmen rescued hundreds as recovery teams counted 58 to 63 bodies and warned more deaths were likely.
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Loveland
Colo
Rocky Mountain River
Larimer
Robert Watson
Big Thompson
Watson
Thompson
Estes Park
Colorado
Associated Press
William Ritz
Canyon
County plans to cut payroll amid large unemployment funds
Silver Bow County proposes a 1976 77 unemployment budget of 63783 a record high led by 29500 for the road department up 1453 percent from 1975 76 A public hearing is set for Wednesday at 2 in the commissioners office Budget director Maureen Pasco cites layoffs as the cause and a pending dispute with the federal government over PSE workers unemployment benefits.
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Silver Bow
Road Department
Commissioners’ Office
Maureen Pasco
Butte Chamber of Commerce Tax Committee
Federal Public Service
Bill Kennedy
Tax Committee
Life on Mars riddle stumps Viking scientists
In Pasadena, Viking 1 probes press on with data suggesting possible living systems on Mars. Scientists urge caution and seek nonbiological explanations for oxygen signals before concluding life presence. The biology probe’s labeled release experiment also yields notable results.
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Viking
Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
Mars
Viking Robot Laboratory
Martian microbes in soil test may boost radioactive carbon signal
Scientists note that a Viking soil experiment shows higher radioactive carbon release than Earth microbes, suggesting possible microbial Martian life. But researchers caution many nonbiological explanations could fit the data, and further work is needed to confirm biology.
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Harold Klein
Viking
Mars
Earth
Foreign residents flee Beijing as quake fears mount
In Tokyo AP reports mass exodus of the foreign community from Peking after seismologists warn of a major quake. casualties from Wednesday’s quakes remain unknown while speculation places dead and injured in the tens of thousands. Kyodo cites warnings as diplomats and reporters begin departing.
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Tokyo
Peking
Japan
Kyodo
Last Americans Leave Vietnam After Mass Exodus
A group of 49 people mostly Americans and families flew from Saigon to Bangkok marking near end of U.S. presence in Vietnam once counting roughly 500000 soldiers. Four Americans remain in Vietnam as exodus proceeds led by UN authorities and Vietnamese officials pushing foreigners to depart.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Brooklyn
N.Y
Kes Sai
United Nations
U.N
Richard Hughes
Teresa Ann Reed
John H. Gay
Silver Bow County Fair Opens at Vigilante Grounds
The 30th annual Silver Bow County Fair starts Monday at the Vigilante rodeo grounds south of Butte. 4-H projects go to the old clubhouse and open-class projects to the new building with livestock at corral areas. Judging for open-class baked goods begins at 1 PM and 4-H registrations run 1–9 PM. horse show starts at 7:30 PM. Tuesday features judging, a bake sale, and Silver Bow Day for livestock entries.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
Rodeo
Yanks Enter Argonne Forest Amid WWI Warfare Echoes
The article recalls the Argonne Forest as a brutal battleground shaped by natural damage and human violence. It cites Verdun 1916 with 300,000 German casualties for 130 square miles, reflecting trench warfare’s brutal losses. It notes daily Allied and German casualties, and major 1916 battles like Somme and the mud of Flanders, highlighting Russia’s 1918 context.
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Argonne Forest
Verdun
Germany
Somme
Flanders
Russia
Whitehall Street Block Closes After Heavy Rain Flooding
A two hour closure on Whitehall's Legion Avenue followed a hard downpour causing water about two feet deep by 3:30. Police noted the flood, the block was shut from 3:30 to 5:30 to keep vehicles from pushing water into nearby businesses. no damage reported.
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Whitehall
Legion Avenue
Legion Block
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Bob Baker
Clarence Seay
Big Thompson River
Unifax
ESTES
Pars
Ft.collins
Oveland
Viet
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