Teamsters Strike Halts Silver Bow County Work Over Tax Issue
Sixty percent of county employees are affected as 19 Teamsters Local 2 members walk off at noon over a tax withholding dispute. The board faces a possible retroactive tax to federal authorities while negotiations stall over a 48 cent per day wage proposal. Road crews report progress with five miles of blacktopping completed this season and further resurfacing planned.
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Silver Bow County
Teamsters Union Local 2
Teamster
Holman
Robert W. Sparks
Lucille O'Leary
Teamsters
Hurricane Camille Hammers Western Cuba Coast
Hurricane Camille struck western Cuba with 115 mph winds and heavy rains. Residents fled lowland areas in Pinar del Rio as floods triggered evacuations. Fidel Castro's government dispatched medical teams to Guane La Coloma and Alonso Rojas while the storm moved toward the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
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Miami
Camille
Cuba
Isle of Fines
Gulf of Mexico
Havana Radio
Pinar del Rio
Fidel Castro
Guane
la Coloma
Alonso Rojas
British troops enter Belfast amid sectarian violence
British army units moved into Belfast at night to separate Roman Catholic and Protestant gangs amid two days of intense fighting that left six dead and more than 175 injured. Troops set up barriers on Falls Road and patrolled with helicopters overhead as fires raged and riots spread to multiple areas.
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New York Times
John M. Lee
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Catholic Falls Road
Londonderry
Shankill Road
Falls Road
Shields
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
Broadway
Mansfield begins Asia fact-finding swing from Manila
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana arrived in Manila to begin a fact finding tour of Southeast Asia. He plans meetings with President Ferdinand Marcos and Foreign Secretary Carlos Romulo and will visit Indonesia Burma Cambodia and Laos spending two to three days in each country.
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Manila
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Southeast Asia
Philippine
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Carlos P. Romulo
Mansfield
Indonesia
Burma
Cambodia
Laos
Boys State Opens With 530 Registrants At Dillon Montana
The Montana American Legion Boys State opens on the Western Montana College campus in Dillon with a record 530 young men registered. Director Ted Hazelbaker leads a nine day program featuring a sports schedule, general assembly and a highlight talk by C. L. Kay of Lubbock Christian College.
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Dillon
Montana
Montana American Legion
Boys State
Western Montana College
Ted Hazelbaker
General Assembly
Hazelbaker
C. L. Kay
Lubbock Christian College
Lubbock
Tex
Gile Mitchell
Weather outlook and forecast notes
The forecast notes cloudy and cooler conditions. Day's outlook lists highs around 80 and lows near 45 with a brief note that weather tables appear on Page 2.
Montana expands job services for blind residents
Montana broadens its vocational rehabilitation program for the blind with 62 people rehabilitated in 1968 69 by the Division of Visual Services. The agency offers job placement, mobility training, and new district offices in Helena Billings Great Falls Missoula Miles City and Glasgow opening Sept 1.
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State Division of Visual Services
Helena
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Miles City
Glasgow
Montana
Honka
Western Air cuts two Montana flights immediately
Western Airlines, rebounding from a four week mechanics strike, will discontinue two Montana trips 5 and 6 at once rather than wait for the September 6 date. Spokesmen in Great Falls and Butte said the flights are canceled now and will not resume when regular service begins within a week. The strike ended after negotiations and a new three year contract raises top wages from 4.21 to 5.60 dollars.
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Associated Press
Western Airlines
Montana
Great Falls
Butte
Army keeps grip on Beret officer
In Saigon the US Army refused to release one of eight Green Berets charged with murdering a Vietnamese. The decision cited the seriousness of the alleged offense. The Green Beret’s civilian attorney Maj. Thomas C. Middleton Jr. of Jefferson South Carolina said officials in Vietnam and the CIA were involved.
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Saigon
Green Berets
Green Beret
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson
S.C
Vietnam
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
West Yellowstone climber rescued from Mount Jackson
A youthful climber identified as Robert Johnstone of Detroit was rescued late Thursday from Mount Jackson near West Yellowstone. Ranger Rick Anderson led a three man team to the scene and reported the climber was unharmed. The article also references a separate legal matter involving military personnel and a cover name used on an official charge sheet.
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West Yellowstone
Robert Johnstone
Detroit
Mich
Mount Jackson
Johnstone
Rick Anderson
State newspaper prizes awarded
The Sidney Herald Liberty County Times and Western News won top prizes in the Montana Press Association contest announced at Billings during the 57th annual convention. The Sidney Herald earned first in typographical excellence. Liberty County Times led general excellence under 1,500 circulation and Western News topped over 1,500 circulation. A photography seminar opened the morning session. Strand Hilleboe presided at the banquet amid further photography discussions.
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Billings
Sidney Herald
Liberty County Times of
Chester
Western News of
Libby
Montana Press Association
MPA
Northern Hotel
Liberty County Times
Western News
Strand Hilleboe
Billings Gazette
Ethics win as Montana press bans sponsor funded events
The Montana Press Association votes to end sponsor paid social hours and luncheons at conventions. The board approves a policy requiring the association to finance all future functions, though this year’s event remains funded by sponsors. Editor Paul Husted calls the move overdue and right for public trust.
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Jerry Holloron
Standard
State Bureau
Billings
Montana Press Association
Association
Paul Husted
The
Miles City Star
Transwestern Life Insurance Co
Montana Power Co
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Milwaukee
Tri-County Fair Deer Lodge Weekend Schedule Highlights
The Tri County Fair closes Sunday in Deer Lodge with grandstand exhibits opening at 9 am and a full program including parades 4-H and FFA exhibits horse and livestock shows and Inland Empire Shows. Free barbecue at 12:30 pm, Flathead Indian Show at 1 pm, jackpot team roping and barrel racing through 3:30 pm, then 4-H dress revue at 7 and Cindy Bardine Revue at 8.
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Tri-County
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Philipsburg
Granite County
Future Farmers of America
Inland Empire
Mammoth Street
Fairgrounds
Cindy Bardine
Billings Youth's Dog Survives Golden Gate Bridge Leap
Rip the 6 year old 80 pound Labrador retriever leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco while playing with owner Tom Bonogofsky 19 of Billings Montana. The dog survived the fall landing on an anchorage balcony 70 feet below and remains paralyzed in hind legs and tail. Vets hold hope for some recovery with treatment as Bonogofsky and bridge attendants transported the dog to safety on a stretcher.
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San Francisco
Billings
Mont
Golden Gate Bridge
Rip
Tom Bonogofsky
Anchorage
Bonogorsky
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Teamsters Union Health and Welfare and Employes
Sparks
Mark P. Sullivan
United
Florida
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Mos
Ft. Griswold State Park
Groton
Conn
Asia
Charles Stauffer
Dale Tash
Frank Hazelbaker
Frank Hull
Dick Sietsema
George Marinkovich
Duke Gilbert
Walter Delaney
Jim Corr
John Wilkerson
Terry Hazelbaker
Army
Beret
By Richard Pyle
W. Yellowstone
George W. Gregory
Cheraw
S.S
Military Court of Appeals
Washington
Middleton
Robert B. Rheault
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Special Forces
Long Binh
Gregory
Chu Yen Thai Khac
Mountain Bell Telephone Co
Husted
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