Nixon vetoes inflationary health bill measure
President Nixon announced he would veto a major $21.4 billion health and welfare bill saying the package is inflationary. He sent a letter to Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott and stated he cannot approve the measure despite sympathy for some objectives. House and Senate members were briefed as the clock ran toward adjournment.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Hugh Scott
Hill
Scott
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Butte Schools Close For 12 Day Holiday Vacation
School students end classes Tuesday with a 12 day break. Montana Tech students finish today and leave Saturday at noon for the holidays. Butte public schools dismiss Tuesday at 2 p.m. Central High and North Central and South Central junior highs close Tuesday at 3 p.m. All resume Monday Jan 5.
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Butte
Montana Tech
Butte Public Schools
Central High School
North Central
South Central
Butte councilmen set January talks on city issues
Butte aldermen plan a full report on the Model Cities demolition project and a revision of the dog leash law. Two rail crossings and union concerns were raised, with committee hearings set for Jan. 5 and council Jan. 7. A driver was fired then reinstated amid union negotiations.
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Pam Zehner
Model Cities
Butte
Robert Lee
Mike Micone
Micone
Charles Harrington
Bert Mehrens
Ray of hope for Byberry patient after 48 years
Catherine Sinschuck, a 71 year old Ukrainian immigrant, spent decades at Philadelphia State Hospital Byberry with no language support. A break came when staff connected her to multilingual aides and Ukrainian speaking help. Now in a Chestnut Hill nursing home she begins to speak English and shows renewed interest in life while still mopping floors.
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Catherine Sinschuck
Philadelphia State Hospital
Byberry
United States
Catherine
Samuel Levin
Harold Knudsen
Maureen Saunders
Olga Mychajluk
Michael Zamulinski
Zemulinski
Katrina
Chestnut Hill
Divine Providence
Possible liquor scandal sparks Montana probe in Helena
Montana officials announce a legislative audit found irregularities in the $25 million a year liquor monopoly. Attorney General Robert L. Woodall orders an inventory of goods at the Helena state warehouse and warns prosecutions may follow. Governor Forrest H. Anderson notes prior administration issues and says bookkeeping is "pretty lousy." The audit findings come as both offices investigate possible violations and prepare for a formal report.
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Helena
Forrest H. Anderson
Robert L. Woodall
Woodahl
Anderson
Liquor Control Board
Legislative Audit Committee
Ing
Atorney General
Woodhal
Legislative
Morris L. Brusett
Attorney General
Elderly win tax relief in Montana court ruling
Judge James D. Freebourn in Silver Bow County District Court ruled the State Board of Equalization erred by blocking a senior tax relief law until 1970. He said the 1969 law took effect when signed last March 11 and ordered notices and refunds for Grant and others under Class 8 relief.
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James D. Freebourn
Silver Bow
State Board of Equalization
Freebourn
Forrest H. Anderson
Board of Equalization
George D. McGrath
J. Emmett Jones
Norman Grant
Grant
Board of County Commissioners
Mark P. Sullivan
Jack McCarthy
Butte
Aid
Income Deprived, Inc
McCarthy
Silver Bow County Legal Services Office
Sullivan
Robert L. Woodahl
Montana Supreme Court
Bankers Relief Act
High Court
Back door whisky brings in probers
A Montana investigation shows distilleries mark unsalable cases as unsalable merchandise to reclaim state credits and federal tax. Salesmen sign invoices, enabling tax recovery while shifting shipments near back doors. Cases range from two to about twenty monthly, sometimes during holidays, and are distributed to Liquor Control Board members and governors.
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Associated Press
Liquor Control Board
Montana
Missoula death toll hits record highway fatalities
Ruth Dingfield a 19 year old from Bismarck North Dakota died in a one car crash eight miles east of Superior Montana on Interstate 90. The Montana highway toll reached 319 tying the 1967 record as Grace Dingfield and Rob ert Reichen were injured and hospitalized.
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Missoula
Bismarck
N.D
Superior
Missoula County
Livingston
Ruth Dingfield
Miss Dingfield
Helena
Montana
Bob Shea
Mineral County Sheriff’s Office
Army to shut down Nike batteries in four states
The Army will close 10 Nike Hercules antiaircraft missile batteries in Ohio Indiana New York and Texas by March 31 to save 7 million this year and 22 million annually. Air Force will take over air defense duties in the affected regions. The measure follows prior Pentagon reductions amid a Russian bomber threat considered not yet serious.
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Army
Nike
Washington
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Texas
Pentagon
Russia
United States
Niagara-Buffalo
Cincinnati-Dayton
Air Defense
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Hawaii
Judge halts Bible reading in rural school district
Federal Judge Louis Rosenberg ordered a halt to Bible readings and Lord's Prayer in the district after a request. Citizens vow to appeal the decision saying the majority will defy the order and continue prayer efforts in schools.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Rosenberg
Mangold
Rosenberg
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