Montana power struggle edges into special session
Montana Gov and Judge clash over fiscal control as interim Finance Committee withholds flood relief funds and faces potential removal from budget process. House and Senate leaders, and Sen. Mansfield, weigh political leverage in a heated confrontation over University millage and unanticipated funds.
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Harlem
Francis Bardaneuve
Capitol
Montana
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Judge
Legislative T
Ryrk
Legislative Finance Committee
Bardanouve
Montana Supreme Court
University
High Court
House
Senate
Committee of Power
Michael G. Billings
Billings
House Appropriations Committee
County pay dispute stalls agreement amid looming strike
MPEA and Silver Bow County Commissioners edge toward compromise on Duane Johnson's proposals but no deal. Union warns 130 courthouse staff will strike at 6 a.m. Tuesday if unresolved. Johnson notes a roughly 30 dollar monthly wage gap above county offer while deputies seek 880 monthly with 40 monthly rise in January and 125 clothing allowance. commissioners resist January raise.
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Johnson
Hoffa to meet Mafia figure day before disappearance
AP reports Hoffa planned a Wednesday meeting with Anthony Provenzano and Anthony Giacalone to settle a feud dating to prison days. Investigators pursue leads as Hoffa remains missing after not receiving a medication.
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Lake Orion
Mich
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Associated Press
Anthony
Tony
Hoffa
Tony Jack” Giacalone
Provenzano
Lewisburg
Team
N.J
Two Burglary Suspects Found Breathing in Funeral Home
Fresno police arrested two men after finding Sterling McCoy 18 hiding in a hearse and Stephen Cooley 19 in a body cart with vinyl covering at the Sterling Funeral Home during a motel burglary investigation.
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Fresno
Calif
Sterling McCoy
Sterling Funeral Home
Stephen Cooley
Wedding Party Drowns Near Mangla Dam
A boat carrying thirty four wedding guests capsized at a lake near Mangla Dam south of Islamabad. Officials reported all aboard drowned after the accident during the celebration.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Mangla Dam
Here
Oklahoma Democrat Seeks Square Dance as National Dance
Rep. Ted Risenhoover of Oklahoma introduced a resolution to declare the square dance the national dance of the United States after a Library of Congress report found no official national American dance.
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Washington
Ted Risenhoover
Okla
United States
Library of Congress
Variable clouds and showers stay with mountains
The forecast notes variable cloudiness through Monday with scattered showers over the mountains and mild temperatures. Outlook today 70 and 42. Weather map Page 14.
Great Falls Man Wins Record Parimutuel Payoff At Track
Clarence D. Justice of Great Falls cashed a $2 parimutuel ticket for a record 9876 payoff at the State Fair. Track announcer Norm Amundson said it was the largest parimutuel payoff in the state's history by a wide margin. Justice won on the Big Q bet covering the ninth and tenth races with the only winning ticket among 159 possible winners before the final race.
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Great Falls
Clarence D. Justice
Norm Amundson
Justice
Northwest pilots threaten strike over contract dispute
The Air Line Pilots Association says it will strike Northwest Airlines at 2 a.m. Monday if contract disagreements remain unresolved, as mediation efforts continue.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
Northwest Airlines
The
National
Robbers steal 2.2 million in gems from Hatton Garden
Four masked gunmen raided the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Co in London early Saturday taking gems worth about 2.2 million dollars. They bound seven staff, spent about 30 minutes inside, then fled in a car. About 60 thousand dollars worth of stones were found scattered on the floor. No injuries were reported.
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London
Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Co
Deaf Center Aims to Help Deaf Americans Access Justice
A new Center for Law and the Deaf opens in Washington to model access for 1.7 million deaf Americans. It will push for on call interpreters, specialized communication gear, and improved police and public service accessibility nationwide. Agnes Foret notes deaf individuals are often overlooked in emergencies and legal proceedings.
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Washington
George W University Law School
Gallaudet Co
Glenn A. Goldberg
Center For Law and the Deaf
Goldberg
Agnes Foret
Detroit
World Federation of the Deaf
U S to Launch Viking Mars Probes in Ambitious Apollo-Scale Mission
NASA plans an $1 billion dual Viking mission launching Aug 11 and Aug 21 to Mars. The two 2,400-pound mobile labs will search for life using landers and orbiting ships, relaying data to Pasadena mission control.
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Fla
Mars
United States
Viking
Red Planet
Space Agency
A.H. Lavender
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Sean
Mariner 9
Chryse
Mare Acidalium
Viking Mission Control
Jet Propul Labatory
Pasadena
Drought and protests hit France as wine supply feared
Paris faces possible water shortages amid six week drought while Languedoc wine growers protest Common Market rules. Police used tear gas to clear demonstrators who blocked roads and damaged rail pylons on the Toulouse Montpellier line.
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Languedoc
Mediterranean
France
Europe
Brittany
Corsica
Angouleme
Limoges
Normandy
St.Laurent-Les-Eaux
Loire Valley
Loire
Toulouse
Montpellier
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