Carter orders 20 percent cut in wheat acreage for 1978
President Carter weighs world food shortage against U.S. grain surpluses and backs a 20 percent wheat acreage reduction next year while expanding grain reserves to include corn and other feed grain. White said loans for corn and other feeds rise to $2 and $2.25 for wheat, with no clear consumer impact.
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Washington
Carter
John White
White House
U.S
White
Congress
House Senate
Bob Bergland
Soviet Union
Nixon
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Montana seeks bids on unused educational TV gear
State officials auction a full 1975 transmitter setup and related equipment after dissolving the Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission. Sealed bids due by 10 a.m. Oct. 28. Equipment includes a Harris Interphone BT-50H transmitter worth 217,670, plus an installation kit and a TAH100HM antenna, all unused from a canceled project.
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Helena
Montana
Educational Broadcasting Commission
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wyoming
Salt Lake City
Canada
Curt Wheeling
State Communications Division
Wheeling
Broadcasting
Harris-Interope Gates
Gifted program finds home at Emerson School
Butte school trustees moved to settle district program placements before the new year. The elementary gifted program will be housed at Emerson School while the Margaret Leary kindergarten program stays intact despite concerns. The plan to move the auto mechanics class to McKinley was dropped. Trustees also approved a needs assessment and a study on potential new high school.
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Butte
Emerson School
Margaret Leary
McKinley
Supt
Joe Sicotte
Sicotte
R. J. Shutey
Emerson
Shutey
Council backs ordinance curbs and licensing changes
Butte Silver Bow commissioners Monday night moved to prohibit firemen from moonlighting and to drop the $10 annual license fee for journeymen electricians and plumbers. The action came amid claims of discrimination and concerns over off duty conduct, with protests from Ed Heard and union electricians Carroll and Driscoll, while the uniform building code was advised for Sept. 7 approval. Weather notes and references to page 9 follow.
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Butte-Silver Bow
Chris Carroll
Ed Heard
Heard
Carroll
Ray Driscoll
Dan Mahoney
Antismoking Campaign Aims At Junior High Smokers
Houston psychologist Dr. Richard Evans reports a study of 750 students showing immediate health hazard messaging plus media- awareness and refusal skills reduces smoking. After 10 weeks, 31 percent had smoked prior to the program, compared with a control group with no instruction.
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San Francisco
Richard Evans
University of Houston
Evans
Houston
Mining City TV Guide Promises Evening Schedule
Compromise sought on youth court dominates local headlines as Brock breaks a stolen base record in a related sports note amid a busy broadcast slate.Street market reports lift Wall Street as trading sessions open with gains and optimism.
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Wall Street
Brock
Meany and Udall question Lance Meany qualifications director
AFL-CIO President George Meany said Bert Lance is not qualified to be budget director and Rep. Morris Udall urged Lance resign. The White House defended Lance noting no action worthy of removal, while Robert Strauss supported the President. Meany called Lance clumsy on finance and Udall pressed for resignation to avoid embarrassment.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Bert Lance
Morris Udall
Lance
White House
Carter
Robert Strauss
Udall
Jody Powell
Elvis Body Theft Plot Foiled at Forest Hill Cemetery
Police captured four men during a stakeout at Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis after a chase on Monday. Three were charged with trespassing. one was released for lack of evidence. Investigators said a plot to steal Elvis Presley’s body and ransom it was unlikely to succeed due to the required heavy tools and the 900 pound casket.
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Memphis, Tenn
Forest Hill Cemetery
Elvis Presley
Memphis
Presley
Forest Hill
Enrollment declines at Butte Central High School
On Monday the 1977 78 school year opened with 578 students at Butte Central High School, 31 fewer than last fall's 609. Principal Father John McCoy cited tuition increases and families moving away as the main reasons, noting current tuition structure differs by family size and grades.
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Butte Central High School
John MecCoy
McCoy
Butte Silver Bow faces revenue share funding cut
Four local groups may lose support from a $1.2 million revenue sharing budget after a Montana attorney general opinion. The ruling bars private non profit and religious or benevolent groups from receiving funds, prompting possible reallocation of about $83,000. Chief Executive Mike Micone will wait for the copy of the opinion before acting.
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Montana
Butte- Silver Bow
Butte-Silver Bow
Greely
Great Falls Tribune
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