Anaconda Co agrees to 73600 penalty for sulfur oxide violations
Anaconda Copper Company will pay 73600 to the state for 108 alleged federal sulfur oxide standard violations at the Anaconda smelter from Oct 1976 through Aug 1977. The agreement includes a year-long upper air study, emergency plan updates, and a temporary exemption while pollution controls improve. The company denies violating ambient standards and pays to settle disputes without admitting guilt.
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Doctor’s cancer vaccine work gets NBC feature push
San Diego physician Dr. Virginia Livingston Wheeler says NBC’s Roy Neal segment on a potential cancer vaccine is a good start but needs broader national exposure before approval. She notes 15 years of patient treatment and laments NIH and American Cancer Society funding gaps hindering full development of the vaccine. The Montana Standard earlier traced her 1972 followup on early century experiments linking a bacterium to cancer and CG hormone production.
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Montana Standard
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Livingston Wheeler
Montana
Scientist cites bacteria as a mammalian hormone source
Livingston Wheeler argues that a microbe can produce a mammalian hormone. She identifies a bacterium related to the tuberculosis culprit, tubercle bacillus, and begins treatment with injections of vaccine for that organism, noting patients often improve. Page 14.
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Wheeler
Feds to inspect 1800 high hazard dams nationwide
President Carter announced a major dam safety push aiming to inspect 1,800 high hazard non federal dams by September at a cost of 15 million dollars. The plan follows the Toccoa Falls Georgia collapse that killed 38 people and a broader trend of dam failures since 1972.
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Montana lists 128 high hazard dams in state
Montana dams are categorized by the Army Corps of Engineers into high, significant, and low hazard. Sen John Melcher says 128 dams are high hazard, 192 significant, and 1,190 low. The classifications focus on property and people below, not structural safety. Montana has 1,559 non federal dams and 24 listed for priority inspection, 14 of which are high hazard.
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Montana
Water Resources Division
Army
Merrill campaign hinges on Yukon gold rush plan
Merrill K Riddick of Philipsburg declares he will trek to the Yukon to stake mining claims and renew licenses in hopes to fund his 1980 Puritan Epic MHD presidential bid. He touts 70 year old Yukon gold finds and oils potential, planning claims near MacKenzie River and Alberta tar sands. The candidate warns energy crises can be solved by drilling and magnetohydrodynamics while open post offices in Butte await holiday mailings.
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Fla
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United States
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Butte
Merrill
Employment up as November jobs surge despite kept unemployment
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 950000 rise in total employment in November bringing year over year gains to 3.9 million while the unemployment rate slipped only to 6.9 percent. Julius Shiskin cited puzzling figures but noted a 12 month employment gain, with 92.2 million Americans at work, as Sen. Proxmire warned that stagnating unemployment may be overlooked amid gains.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Shiskin
William Proxmire
Dwisc
Unemployment debate links growth in labor force to jobless rate
Senator Proxmire argues high unemployment persists costing the government 54 to 60 billion annually while the labor force rises by 3.2 million in the year. He cites 896 thousand growth in November and more women and teens entering the labor market as participation nears record highs.
Women make up 42 percent of labor force but earn only a quarter
New Labor Department and Census Bureau figures show women at 42 percent of workers yet receiving 25 percent of total earned wages. data from 1974 1975 and latest median income reflect a persistent gap, with women concentrated in low paying light industry clerical and service jobs among about 32 million working women.
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Labor Department
Newhouse
Carter picks Philipsburg NYACC project for youths
Jimmy Carter has been hired to join the National Young Adults Conservation Corps at Philipsburg Ranger Station. One of ten local youths started work under NYACC, aimed at unemployed youths ages 16 to 23 not in school. Ranger Dick Venable says applications remain open and funding may grow beyond the initial $40,000 for six months. First projects include tree thinning at Kaiser Lake with winter plans for fences, campground furniture, refurbishing signs, maps and records.
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Jimmy Carter
Philipsburg Ranger Station
Kaiser Lake
Cont miss these inside mining act discussed
Inside pages reference mining act discussions and a television guide note. Mentions Britain honoring Begin. AFL-CIO coverage appears on page 14 after coverage on page 11.
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