Montana Hit By Worst Crash Of Year Near Armington Junction
Seven people died and two were injured in a head on collision eight miles south of Armington Junction in Cascade County. A Great Falls area bound ski crowd from Showdown Ski Area crossed the center line on Kings Hill and struck a southbound car carrying two. One died and the other was injured. both injured were in satisfactory condition at a Great Falls hospital. The state fatality toll for 1977 rose to 301, tying Montana’s worst crash year.
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Associated Press
Armington Junction
Cascade County
Montana Highway Patrol
Great Falls
Showdown
Kings Hill
Montana
Phillips County
Washington floods claim four lives as rivers recede
Western Washington rivers receded Saturday after floods that killed four people. Dead include a Fort Lewis soldier missing after a fall near the fort, a man swept by the Lewis River, a Portland man buried by a slide, and an 71 year old woman whose Aberdeen home slid into a river. Gov. Ray declared a disaster as officials assess damage and seek federal aid.
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Seattle
Washington
Snohomish County
Cowlitz County
Grays Harbor
Fort Lewis
Ariel
Lewis
Portland
Aberdeen
Blanche Jones
Robert Buck
Dixy Lee Ray
Lloyd Meeds
Ray
Former Montanan Reunited With Daughter After 32 Years
Ralph Stallinger, 64, found his English daughter Vivien Davis after 32 years apart. Vivien, who flew from the London area, learned of her American father by a July call, and reunited with him in Miami with his wife supporting the search.
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Miami
Ralph Stallinger
Stallinger
Vivien Davis
London
Vivien
Berkshire
England
Eleanor Roberts
Binfield Castle
France
Inlaw
United States
Ford restorer guides 125 car collection in Deer Lodge
Lewis Rector, master restorer of the Towe Antique Ford Collection, maintains hundreds of Ford cars and parts in Helena valley. With Ed Towe, they moved about 45 cars from Montana Historical Society to Deer Lodge, aiming to house a full restoration facility there while continuing storage and preservation nearby.
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Lewis Rector
Rector
Ford
Henry Ford
Ed Towe
Ford Motor
Ford Company
Montana Historical Society Museum
Helena
Montana State Prison
Deer Lodge
Towe
Helena Valley
Mavel
Ernest A. Hartley
Kristin Towe Hartley
Hartley
Henry
Willards
Willard Co
Montana mines show coal tops copper in value for 1975
Montana mineral production rose about 17 percent to an estimated 670 million dollars in 1975. Coal reached 143 million dollars from 26 million tons, surpassing copper which totaled 126 million dollars. Oil and gas combined neared 305 million, with copper largely from Butte’s Berkeley Pit.
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Montana
Will Johns
Montana Bureau of Mines
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Northwest Mining
Bureau
Johns
Butte
Berkeley
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St. James Community Hospital
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Walter
Hinick
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Hildegard
AP Ios Stallinger
Towe Ford
Oklahoma
Spokane
Don Lawson
Dick Berg
Henry McClernan
Bob Matson
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