Montana Public Service Commission Accused of Unauthorized Consulting
Commissioner Shea alleges the Montana Public Service Commission approved about 7400 in consulting bills without full five-member consent and received a 2700 bill and a 50000 proposal without at least one member’s knowledge. The bills, mostly to James A. Stewart of Glasgow, include 161 hours at 40 per hour plus travel and filing costs. Shea says he learned of these records while reviewing the books and questions potential bidless arrangements.
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Helena
Montana Public Service Commission
James A. Stewart
Glasgow
Commission
Gordon Bollinger
Stewart
Standard State Bureau
James Shea
Walkerville
Shea
Bollinger
Tom M . Billings
George Turman
Missoula
P. J. Gilfeather
Great Falls
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
State settles liquor strike with guarded wage gains
Montana state and the Retail Clerks Union announced a ratified contract covering 260 clerks at 146 state liquor stores. The deal preserves prestrike salary levels while adding overtime and duty-pay improvements, plus a guaranteed minimum of three hours pay for off day duty. Budget director Michael Billings says costs align with the would-be prestrike offer, though lost profits and unsold liquor from the strike remain uncalculated. Negotiations were mediated by Rep. Duane Johnson as terms were hashed out through Wednesday morning. The strike began August 12 and ended with the agreement.
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Lonnie Mayer
Missoula
Retail Clerks Union
Michael G. Billings
Billings
Duane Johnson
D-Missoula
Convicts Face Hanging Under Montana Conspiracy Claims
Two former lawyers, Lavon Bretz and Merrel Cline, are charged with five counts of conspiracy and solicitation to commit deliberate homicide under Montana’s 1974 inchoate offenses code. A possible death sentence could result if convicted, a point noted by law professor William Crowley.
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Helena
Robert Woodahl
Lavon R. Bretz
Great Falls
Merrel Cline
Kalispell
Bretz and
Cline
William Crowley
University of Montana
Crowley
Montana Criminal Law Commission
FTC proposes rules to curb funeral industry abuses
The FTC accuses funeral homes of overcharges and body snatching and releases rules to force itemized pricing and forbid embalming without family consent. The move targets the 2 billion dollar annual industry and includes a consent order with Service Corp. International to repay overcharges.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Roar at Jerusalem Wall
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton sparked a near riot at the Wailing Wall causing pandemonium as police and fans battled for access. They held a news conference where reporters failed to force a remarriage question despite the actresses expressing frustration at the disruption to worshipers.
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Jerusalem
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Avital Mossinsohn
Mossinsohn
Miss Taylor
Burton
Kissinger flies to Egypt with pact optimism grows
Secretary of State Kissinger travels to Egypt with a revised disengagement accord eyed for quick start. President Sadat says strong chance of initiation Sunday or Monday as PLO criticizes the deal and Israel eyes swift completion. Kissinger warns Congress may veto stationing technicians at surveillance posts. drafts note recognition of Bab el Mandeb as a waterway.
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Jerusalem
Burtons
Henry Kissinger
King David Hotel
Kissinger
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Kisssinger
Congress
U.S
Secretary of State
Israel
Bab el Mandeb
Red Sea
Charitable judge costs Missoula city revenue
In Missoula Montana Judge Richard Volinkaty let traffic offenders donate to charities instead of paying fines. Councilman Fred Thomson estimated the policy costs the city 1000 to 2000 dollars weekly as police issue fewer citations. The council noted traffic fines fund law enforcement and view the policy as reducing deterrence. Councilwoman Jackie McGiffert criticized offenders' charity donations as letting them off.
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Missoula
Richard Volinkaty
Fred Thomson
Council
Judiciary Committee
Volinkaty
Jackie McGiffert
Kelso man wins by yellows line in night court
Gene Babler challenged an illegal parking charge in Kelso Municipal Court claiming a creeping yellow line extended overnight. He pleaded guilty but the judge dismissed the charge after a police witness noted the freshly painted line near his car.
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KELSO
Wash
Gene Babler
Babler
Ronald Huntington
Burglars Take Tibetan Relic Box From Zen Philosopher’s Widow
Sausalito police report a thief stole a turquoise brass relic box from the Zen philosopher Alan Watts widow Jane Watts says the box held three bone fragments and Tibetan legend claims a fatal curse. Watts authored The Spirit of Zen and The Way of Zen and was cremated after his 1973 death.
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Sausalito
Calif
Alan Watts
Jane Watts
Watts
Coors beer auction in DC uncovers corpse tied to sale
In Washington the police auctioned 640 cases of Coors beer moved from California in a refrigerated truck along with the embalmed body of Robert L. Hamilton, 32, who died of a suspected overdose. Investigators say relatives planned to re sell the beer despite liquor rules. A retailer bought 300 cases at eight dollars per case and hoped to resell at eight ninety five.
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Washington
District of Columbia
California
Alexandria
Robert L. Hamilton
Ee Ae Ean Sewee
of Ee Funeral Home
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Walter Hinick
Arthur Hutchinson
Feds
J. Thomas Rosch
FTC
Bureau of Consumer Protection
United States
Rosch
National Funeral Directors Association
Association
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Albuquerque
N.M
Thomas Clark
Miami Beach
Clark
Liz Taylor
Liz
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Palestine Liberation Organization
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