Butte Vo-Tech funding faces mill levy vote and cuts
Butte Vo-Tech faces state law levy limits to avoid a budget cut, with $755 761 in state aid suggested. The budget committee trimmed requests and redirected $262 000 in federal revenue sharing while proposing salaries for dozens of local officials. Freebourn urged commissioners to support the levy, noting the center serves over 2 500 adults and welcomes 16 to 70 year olds.
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State General Fund
State Board of Education
Freebourn
Tom Judge
Butte-Silver Bow
Butte Vo-Tech
Micone
Butte
Vo-Tech Center
Harry Freebourn
Montana
Mike Micone
Council
Gus Gustafson
Job picture holds with small July unemployment dip
Washington AP reports July unemployment at 6.9 percent, matching May, with total employment down 118000 and 6.7 million unemployed. President Carter signs a $1 billion youth work program to place 200000 youths in park and forest projects as economists note slower growth.
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Washington
Labor Department
Julius Shiskin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Carter
Civilian Conservation Corps
Shiskin
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Mountain Moods special edition to preview Montana sports
The Montana Standard marks its fourth summer edition this Sunday focusing on individual recreational opportunities. The 32 page free insert covers activities from hiking and biking to boating and orienteering with guides to start new sports. Copies will be in The Standard and at tourist facilities.
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Montana Standard
Standard
Pam Swiger
Energy tone shifts as public education urged on consumption
Bishop at the Western Regional Environmental Education Council conference urges a moral shift in energy use. He cites Carter and Schlesinger promoting conservation not as stagnation but as a path to jobs and better living. Four solution paths are technology education regulation and incentives. Weather note included.
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Helena
White House
Jim Bishop
Bishop
Carter
Congress
Damental
James Schlesinger
Western Regional Environmental Education Council
Rocky Mountain
Pacific States
Department of Energy
Ralph Waldo) Emerson
Schlesinger
Old swing returns to Gardens II after theft
Columbia Gardens Foundation reports a single cowboy swing stolen during moves to the Beef Trail site has been anonymously returned. The caller admitted the theft and coordinated its return, saying the swing was readied by someone inspired to help the Gardens restoration.
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Columbia Gardens II
Beef Trail
Columbia Gardens Foundation Board
Old Gardens
Foundation
Airport officials upset about budget clash headline
Airport officials protest proposed budget as budget talks stall. Shrine game stakes highlighted with winning seen as secondary to financial concerns. Pistol Pete linked to a $700000 pact while Rockwell bosses beat a B1 decision. Mining City TV guide notes Anaconda rodeo opens tonight at seven. Butte vital stats and obituaries listed. computers may shift household appliances. British doctor proposes death pill.
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Rockwell
Butte Area
Soviet envoy argues oil and nuclear energy to lead future supply
Soviet UN official Dr. Valeriy Ovcharenko told a Butte audience that energy scarcity is financing, not resources, with oil and nuclear power expected to dominate over coal. He cited a $1.541 billion funding need to 2000 and noted oil prices likely to stabilize.
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United Nations
Valeriy Ovcharenko
UN Center For Natural Resources
Butte
Jimmy Carter
Ovcharenko
MHD Research Institute
United States
U.S
Israel
Japan
West Germandy
Jerry Plunkett
MHD Institute
Moscow
Energy Engineering Institute
Plunkett
MHD
Paul Anderson
Vernon Griffiths
Montana Tech
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Siberia
Soviet Union
Imperial College
London
Stanford University
Natural Resources Forum
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Queenie Lynch
Pat Hagel
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Don Peoples
Art Korn
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Huck Finn
Colleen Tutty
Dusty
Ottawa Boys and Girls Club
Unifax
Chester Steele Park
Barbara Miller
Richard Kaudy
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