Butte Sees Near Record Cold Amid Widespread Winter Storms
A Montana cold snap drove Butte to a -37 degree reading at night and -31 by day, nearing December records while Anaconda and Deer Lodge posted subzero figures. Meanwhile, Lake Erie shores saw evacuations in Michigan and Ohio as near blizzard conditions, with heavy snow warnings across Utah and eastern Idaho and widespread travel hazards from freezing rain and drifting snow.
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Mercury
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Butte
Montana
Lake Erie
Michigan
Ohio
National Weather Service
Utah
Idaho
Rockies
Plains
Ohio Valley
U.S. Birth Rate Falls Below Replacement Level
New federal data show the U S birth rate dropping to 2.08 children per family in 1972 from 2.39 in 1971, the first time below the 2.1 replacement level. Analysts warn against assuming rapid zero population growth despite slower growth this year.
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Washington
United States
Butte Trustees weigh single elementary school plan
Butte School Board considers combining Springboard funds and sale proceeds to build a single elementary unit south of I 90 and west of Harrison Avenue on about 10 acres to serve about 800 students without a bond issue. The move depends on site selection and Anaconda Co. agreement, with 600 kindergartners and 200 elementary students.
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Mike Babcock
Anaconda Co
Butte
Model Cities Springboard
Springboard
Springboard Fund
I-90
Harrison Avenue
Kenneth Olsen
Washington, Grant and Harrison
Jeanette Quist
McKinley School
Tom Hitchcock
West Junior High
Roy Rummler
Interior Secretary cites avoiding eviction of Indian protesters
Rogers C Morton told a House subcommittee no eviction attempt was made to prevent violence. Decisions to let protesters stay, court orders, agency jurisdiction, and indecision halted action. Hundreds of Indians occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs Nov 2 and left after a week. Damage ran into hundreds of thousands. a rabble-rouser core prompted tension but most demonstrators were peaceful.
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Washington
Rogers C. B. Morton
House
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Morton
Thief Takes Tires From Wrecked Car After Death
Wyoming patrolman reports two rear tires were stolen from a car after its driver Marvin Bernard 32 of Cheyenne died in a Sunday crash. The theft occurred at the scene before the wreck was reported and Bernard found.
Judge recesses Anaconda's suit in EPA emissions case
U S District Judge Fred Winner recessed a hearing on EPA smokestack emission standards for Anaconda's Montana smelter until Tuesday morning. Anaconda seeks to block stricter standards until a full hearing on the plant’s pollution status.
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Denver
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
U.S. District Court
Fred Winner
Anaconda Co
Anaconda
Mont
Impos
Nixon names Rumsfeld to NATO post in major reshuffle
President Nixon elevates Donald Rumsfeld from Cost of Living Council to ambassadorial head of NATO with high priority on improving European ties. Rumsfeld replaces David M. Kennedy as Melvin R. Laird departs for NATO talks. Laird stresses continued U S support for alliance as defense spending tops 80 billion dollars.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Florida White House
U. S
NATO
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Europe
Rumsfeld
Illinois
Ronald L. Ziegler
David M. Kennedy
Washington
Administration
America
Photographers eye Apollo 17 launch spectacle at Cape Kennedy
Photographers are advised to be quick and prepared for the Apollo 17 nighttime liftoff at Cape Kennedy Florida. The Saturn 5 will rise from a fire crowned pad under 225 foot candles of light from 72 searchlights and two 60 kilowatt banks. The launch will produce 7,500 foot candles of light at liftoff with 18 seconds to capture the rocket and tailfire. Exposure guidance covers ASA speeds 25 to 400 with corresponding f stops and frame rates for film and camera setups.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Parishioners rediscover fresco in oldest New York church
Greenwich Village parishioners at St. Joseph Church restored the 140 year old church and uncovered possibly America s oldest wall painting. The hidden fresco, dating from 1835, shows the transfiguration of Jesus between Moses and Elijah and is now partly visible after six coats of paint were removed.
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New York
St. Joseph Church
Greenwich Village
America
Cardinal Cooke
John de Latour
Jesus
Moses
Elijah
U of M Officials Headed for Hearing On Fraud Case
A meeting is set in Butte to consider five University of Montana officials accused of misusing over 200000 in federal work study funds. Judge Ray McNichols may hear motions as UM Athletic Director Jack Swarthout and others attend. All defendants plead innocent to the 32 count indictment.
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Butte
University of Montana
Ray McNichols
Boise
U.S. Atty
Otis Packwood
McNichols
Packwood
Jack Swarthout
George Mitchell
John Elway
William Betcher
Earl Martell
Montana Supreme Court rejects Lahman appeal in phosphate case
The Montana Supreme Court, in a 4 1 decision, refused to grant a new trial to Edward and Margaret Lahman in their $150 000 suit against Rocky Mountain Phosphate Co. They alleged smoke and fluoride effluents harmed health and property. the majority found the jury weighed conflicting evidence and upheld the verdict. Justice Harrison dissented, criticizing the jury’s brief deliberation and questioning the medical testimony linking emissions to injuries.
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Lahman
Man 42 charged in death in Butte court
Donald Holmes, 42, of 18 Gladstone Terrace, is free on 2500 bond after a manslaughter charge in Butte justice court. He is accused in the Sunday shooting death of 59 year old Thomas E Ned Holly of Walkerville, described as Holly’s longtime mining partner.
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Donald Holmes
Gladstone Terrace
Justice Court
Butte
Holmes
Thomas E
Ned’’ Holly
Dunn
Walkerville
Atty
Brian Tierney
Holly
Anaconda Co
Tierney
Justice of the Peace
J.J. Winston
Leonard Haxby
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Gene B. Daley
District Court
L. C
Harrison
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