Butte Bus Lines halts local service. district to run buses
Butte trustees voted 4-3 to reject bids from Butte Bus Lines and Jim Kraut Chevrolet on maintaining 25 new district buses, signaling the end of city runs. The district will run its buses with its own staff, arriving buses by Sept. 6, at a projected cost of 176,811 versus bids from rivals.
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Butte City Buses
Butte Bus Lines
Shirley Boldt
Montana Public Service Commission
Gordon Bollinger
Helena
Jim Kraut
Chevrolet
Butte Transit
Bill Milligan
Milligan
Butte
Jack Peterson
Belle Hammers New York as Hurricane Braces Coast
Hurricane Belle neared New York with 100 mph winds and 50 mile hurricane force reach. Forecasters warned the storm eye would cross eastern Long Island by midnight as rains flood coastal areas. Mass evacuations reduced coastal population exposure while residents and crews prepared for damage and relief operations.
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N.J
New Jersey
New England
New York City
North Carolina-Virginia Line
Pete Adis
Hudson River
Manhattan
Guy Lombardo
Jones Beach
New quake in China reports little damage
AP dispatch from Tokyo notes a strong new earthquake in Peking with no damage or casualties reported. Chinese media emphasize reconstruction after the July 28 quakes, while official casualty figures remain undisclosed despite foreign estimates of tens of thousands.
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Tokyo
Peking
China
Outhouse Comes of Age in Sanitized America
The piece chronicles the outhouse becoming a mainstream portable toilet, noting 650 companies renting about 150,000 units nationwide and a $100 million annual market. It highlights names for portable toilets and the shift from outhouse image to modern sanitation in public spaces.
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Washington Star
Washington
America
Woodstock
Houston
Gulfstream
Johns
Jiffy John
Sam John
Johnny
Don's John
Johnny Matic
Al-John
Turkey boosts army readiness amid Aegean tensions with Greece
Turkey placed units in advanced preparedness after Greece protested a Turkish survey ship in the Aegean. Athens reports similar measures for Greek contingents. State Department urges utmost restraint as tensions rise. Weather outlook: sunny warm through Wednesday with a high around 75.
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Ankara
Turkey
Greece
Aegean Sea
Athens
Thrace
Reek
Washington
State Department
In Lewisburg Prison Fatal Series Tied to Young Inmates
A six member board reports violent inmates and poor management fueled eight inmate killings at Lewisburg federal prison from 1974 to 1976. Six homicides occurred in housing units and five linked to homosexual activity, with guards fearing to patrol dormitories and staff failing to control a violence-prone population.
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Washington
Board of
Federal
Norman A. Carlson
Sixman Board
Lewisburg
Mother unable to recall details of fatal school bus crash
In Council Bluffs Iowa Jeanette James 39 recalls crash that killed her daughter Lucretia James 8 and two other children while 29 others were injured. She is hospitalized and state troopers assist as she faces memory gaps and questions about the events leading to the bus wreck.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Jeanette James
James
Neola
Tucson
Ariz
Willard
Underwood
James Wan
Grebabedl
Lucretia Page James
Marti
Roy Wachner
Air Force
Wachner
Supervisors
Avoca
Senate backs 104 billion defense bill amid slow House action
The Senate approved an 104 billion defense appropriation 82 to 6, deferring 1 billion for the first three B1 bombers until after February 1. The measure heads to conference with the House as timing for bomber purchases remains a key issue.
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Senate
Washington
House
Congress
Jimmy Carter
Appropriations Committee
Ford
Cancer risk rises with number of relatives study shows
Creighton University researchers led by Dr. Henry T. Lynch report that close relatives of cancer patients have higher odds of developing cancer. Among 4515 people, 8.9 percent with one relative, 16.2 percent with two relatives, and 27.4 percent with three relatives developed cancer, excluding skin cancer.
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Chicago
Creighton University Medical School
Omaha
Neb
Journal of the American Medical Association
Henry T. Lynch
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