Butte ends private city bus service after school decision
Butte Bus Lines closed after 6 p.m. on Tuesday ending the privately owned city bus system once praised as the West's only. The Butte school board moved to operate 25 new district buses, costing the firm $37,000 in charter service and prompting the shutdown. PSC action on a requested fare increase is pending.
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Butte
John Sheehan
Sheehan
Jim Boldt
Boldt
Montana Public Service Commission
PSC
Gordon Bollinger
Helena
Bollinger
Montana Standard
Jimmy Shea
Walkerville
Shea
California
Boldt and Company
Fred Moulder
Butte Bus Lines
Moulder
Warm Springs report cites 17 violations at state hospital
Montana's Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors found 17 legal violations at Warm Springs State Hospital including a death possibly from improper medication. The 83 year old woman died days after receiving Thorazine though officials cite pre existing conditions. The report notes progress in care and staffing improvements but concerns remain over record keeping and possible negligence.
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Helena
Montana
Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors
Warm Springs State Hospital
Thomas L. Judge
Towe
Thomas Boland
Board of Visitors
Boland
Governor’s Office
Mattson
Northeast digs out from Belle's blow
Hurricane Belle weakened to a tropical storm over New England Tuesday night after brushing New Jersey and Long Island. Three people were killed in storm related incidents with additional fatalities reported in Vermont and Long Island as officials assess the damage from one of the region’s worst hurricanes since 1960.
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Associated Press
Belle
New England
Atlantic
New Jersey
Long Island
Connecticut
Barbara Chamberlain
Russell
Huntington
Carol Mayer
Wading River
Donna
Carolinas
Long
Trenton
Ella Grasso
Ford Veep List Grows With 13 Names Including One Woman
President Ford's potential running mates grew to 13, with seven senators two governors two ambassadors and two Cabinet members acknowledging requests for health and financial information. The lone woman named is James Buckley of New York who said aides contacted him.
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Washington
Ford
White House
U.S. Am
James Buckley
New York
Treasury
William Simon
Commerce
Elliot Richardson
Charles Ford
Experts test nickel carbonyl link in Legion outbreak deaths
In Pennsylvania hospitals 65 patients remain treated for Legionnaires disease like symptoms as scientists pursue nickel carbonyl as a potential cause. Dr. Sunderman warns tests will take days. 27 deaths have occurred and 155 total cases are recorded while officials note no new deaths recently.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
F. William Sunderman
Institute For Clinical Sciences
Philadelphia
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Sunderman
University of Connecticut Medical School
Denis Lucey
Health Department
Lucey
Granddad Hits Del Mar Bet on 8th Horse
Glendale California AP reports Stan Gilbert, a service station owner, bet $8 across the board on the 8th horse in the Del Mar 8 furlong race after his daughter gave him an 8 ounce grandson on the 8th day of the 8th month. The horse Today and sees won, netting Gilbert $80.80.
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Glendale
Calif
Stan Gilbert
Gilbert
del Mar
Mountain Nose Pushes Peanut to Pike's Peak Record
Tom Miller an 18 year old University of Colorado student claims the world record for pushing a peanut up Pike's Peak by the nose. He started last Thursday and reached the summit at noon Tuesday after four days four minutes and thirty nine peanuts.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Tom Miller
Pike's Peak
Miller
University of Colorado
Zoning for Spolar tract shopping mall recommended
Butte's Zoning Board of Ad justments voted to urge the city council to rezone the Spolar tract under Timber Butte for a proposed 7 million shopping mall. Developer Kenneth Cummings said the center could provide 300 jobs and be built in about 18 months. The Santa Rosa consortium detailed 280000 square feet across 23 acres, surpassing the 220000 square feet of Butte Plaza.
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Butte
Zoning Board of Adjustments
California
Kenneth Cummings
Spolar
Timber Butte
Cummings
Santa Rosa
Butte Plaza
Viking Mars Lab Faces Slow Clues On Life Search
Pasadena AP reports Viking scientists expect weeks or longer before deciding if Martian soil activity signals life or only chemistry. Dr Joshua Lederberg cautions provocative data but no firm conclusion yet. Norman Horowitz notes repeats may extend to Aug 23. Orgel terms it fancy chemistry with no life confirmed.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking
Mars
Joshua Lederberg
Lederberg
Norman Horowitz
Orgel
Salk Institute
AMA underpaid postage by up to four hundred fifty thousand
The AMA admitted to submitting false JAMA circulation reports to the Postal Service and underpaying postage for years. An Aug 13 1975 letter from AMA attorney Lee M Mitchell outlined potential criminal violations and recommended informing postal officials. The Postal Service has reopened its fraud probe, with AMA estimating underpayments between 299 000 and 450 000 dollars while no extra payment has been made.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Postal Service
AMA
AMA Legal Department
Lee M. Mitchell
Associated Press
Mitchell
JAMA
Journal of the American Medical Association
Joseph Breu
Chicago
AMA Board of Directors
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