19 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1972
Page
1
An upstate New York toy firm sent a 75 pound Christmas gift to Kellogg Idaho for the families of Sunshine mine disaster victims. The gift to Otto Starke funds furniture for doll houses he builds for orphaned girls, with more aid promised if needed.
Washington reports full scale bombing and mining of North Vietnam resumed with targets in Hanoi and Haiphong to pressure a settlement. Officials say strikes target previously unbombed military sites as Kissinger seeks to shift Hanoi at the bargaining table.
Under Nixon orders hundreds of U S warplanes led by B52 bombers resumed attacks Monday night above the 20th Parallel in the Hanoi Haiphong area. Officials say these raids are the heaviest of the war as the bombing ban ends after no agreed peace move.
Speaker-elect Harold E. Gerke announced assignments for 17 Montana House committees. Bardanouve will head the Appropriations panel now called House Finance and Claims with Prevost as member. Watt will lead the Taxation Committee with Healy as vice chair. Other leaders include Fleming Jr. as Agriculture chair and Healy previously led the Ways and Means panel in 1965.
Page six reports a setback in the new prison project causing delays and drawing attention from officials and the public. The article outlines the snag's potential impact on construction timelines and funding considerations.
A Las Vegas Santa, formerly from Butte Lee Picture, delivered an early appearance at the Butte Boys Home as he arranged a $42,000 donation to purchase the house and property at Timber. Denney Driscoll of Las Vegas completed the arrangement, described by Rev. J. F. Finnegan as “like something out of a storybook.”
Canada’s Air Defense Command will test during a nationwide overnight exercise December 24 25. Radar sites will seek Santa Claus using call signs St Nick Kris Kringle or Pere Noel with irregular flight patterns to probe ADC detection. Interceptors stand ready if hostiles disrupt his Christmas flight.
Anaconda Co officials told the Butte Board of Trustees not to plan on Harrison School for fall 1973. Grant and Washington schools could be usable for up to eight more years depending on copper market demand, but Harrison will not be relied on.
City council committee discussed converting the old St. James Hospital at Silver and Idaho into city hall and a public safety building. An architect estimates about 600000 for remodeling in addition to the purchase price, while the mayor cited street chatter placing the price at 100000 to 150000.
About 30 patients at Boulder River School and Hospital may be placed in private homes, but many parents refuse consent. Edwin Kellner, head of the State Department of Institutions, notes potential for 20 more to be moved soon and says authorities may act against parental wishes with strong medicine if necessary. He forms a committee to review cases individually and will assess five or six Tuesday.
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