Nixon moves to raise oil prices and tax windfall profits
The Cost of Living Council authorized an immediate one dollar rise per barrel in crude oil, boosting gasoline by about 6.3 cents and heating oil by about 6.3 cents. The White House floated a windfall profits tax on oil producers while denying plans for gasoline rationing.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Cost of Living Council
White House
Treasury
George Shultz
Catholic church properties sold to The Anaconda Co
The Anaconda Co has purchased Catholic church properties for 800000 with a 160000 down payment given to the Butte Catholic Community Council. The deal covers Holy Savior Church in McQueen Sacred Heart parish East Park and St Mary grade school North Main, closed now, while St Mary Church itself is not included. The remainder will be paid over ten years.
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Anaconda Co
Butte Catholic Community Council
Holy Savior Church
McQueen
Sacred Heart
East Park
St. Mary
North Main
St. Mary Church
Butte
10-Gallon Gas Limit To Be Enforced By Stations
President Nixon energy adviser William Simon told Senate and House conferees the administration will require service stations to cap gasoline sales at 10 gallons per customer under the Oil Allocation Act. The limit will be mandatory for sellers but optional for buyers to spread purchases across stations.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
William Simon
Nixon
Senate
House
Simon
City selects Quartz Street site for new police fire building
City Council votes 7 to 4 to build a police and fire safety complex on Quartz Street at the uptown fire station site, denying a new city hall. The panel report offered three site options including Elks and Harrison avenues, with funding of 400 000 and 455 000 from Model City and revenue sharing. Terry Kelly sought an Elks site substitute but was ruled out of order by Mayor Mike Micone after lengthy debate.
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Quartz Street
Uptown
Elks
Harrison Avenue
Corral
Quarts Street
Terry Kelly
Mike Micone
Kelly
Claude Pettibone
Wyoming Street
Anaconda Co
William Robinson
Chris Carroll
Montana constitutional changes spark planned legislative fights
In Helena and Bozeman, lawmakers anticipate a heated 1974 session over seven proposed amendments to the 1972 Montana Constitution. Key bills SB111 and SB162 seek to cap property tax mills, shifting funding to the general fund and income taxes. Urban rural tax tensions, a judiciary committee focus, and Workmen's Compensation issues also shape the agenda as January 7 opens.
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Helena
Farm Bureau
Montana
J. Luke McKeon
Donaconda
McKeon
Judiciary Committee
Senate Watergate Subpoenas Tapes and Records Seekings
The Senate Watergate Committee issued subpoenas for 481 tape recordings and hundreds of White House items under a new law granting court jurisdiction. Judge Sirica upheld executive privilege for portions of three tapes while allowing other material to the grand jury.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Nixon
Watergate
Milk Fund
Howard Hughes
U.S. District Court
Gerald L. Warren
J. Fred Buzhardt
Senate Committee
Senate
FBI
James McCord
ITT
Samuel J. Powers
Watergate Committee
Sirica
Congress
Grand Jury
City Council President Mary Maloney Dies at 57
Mary Julia Maloney, city council president, died after a valiant cancer battle in St. James Community Hospital. She passed at 12:45 a.m. at age 57. Funeral Mass of the Resurrection will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Patrick Church with concelebrated rites. Burial will follow.
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Mary Julia Maloney
St. James Community Hospital
St. Patrick Church
Maloney Rites Planned at Holy Cross with Sorority Tribute
Maloney in Holy Cross. Duggan Merrill Mortuary in charge. Rosary in Duggan Merrill chapel Friday at 7 30 p.m. Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority pays its tribute earlier. Mayor Micone lowered City Hall flag to half staff. Council met Wednesday night for urgent business. Maloney remembered by council chair.
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Holy Cross
Duggan Merrill Mortuary
Duggan Merrill
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Mike Micone
Maloney
Butte
No electricity six dead in Orlando fire tragedy
A young mother Elizabeth Forest and her six children aged 3 to 8 died from smoke in a second floor apartment when a candle toppled and ignited a plastic cover. Eight relatives in the first floor escaped as authorities note the power had been cut for nonpayment on a $39.11 bill.
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Orlando, Fla
Elizabeth Forest
Orlando Utilities
Forest
Missing Oriental Monarch Crew Feared Lost After Sunken Freighter
All 40 crewmen aboard the 17 year old freighter Oriental Monarch are feared dead after the ship sank off Vancouver Island in gale seas. Empty lifeboats and floating lifejackets were found. two life rafts were sighted without occupants. Canadian Rescue Center confirms no signs of survivors and continues search.
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Victoria
B.C
Vancouver Island
Here
Canadian Rescue Center
Argus
GM and Ford Freed in Major Antitrust Suit
A federal jury found General Motors and Ford not guilty in a high profile antitrust case alleging an unspoken 1969 plan to curb fleet vehicle discounts. Jurors said insufficient evidence supported the government's monopolization claims and the verdict came after less than six hours of deliberation.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Virginia Alderman
Capac, Mich
Judge Sid Stewart Dies in Missoula at 66
Sid G. Stewart, 66, longtime jurist of Montana’s Third Judicial District, died Wednesday in a Missoula hospital after a Dec 10 illness. A Anaconda native, he presided over Deer Lodge Powell and Granite counties from 1958 to 1973. Burial at Hill Cemetery after services at St Peter Church.
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Sid Stewart
Missoula
Sid G. Stewart
Opportunity
Anaconda
Third Judicial District
St. Peter Church
Hill Cemetery
Finnegan Co
Judge Stewart
T. P. Stewart
Anaconda High
University of Montana School of Law
Deer Lodge
Powell
Granite Counties
Deer Lodge County
Juvenile Court Judges Association
California
Pacific Northwest
Butte Weather Outlook At A Glance
Partly cloudy conditions in Butte with warmer daytime temperatures. Today's forecast shows a high around 32 and a low near 12. Weather map features on Page 14.
Wisconsin Study Shows High Blood Carbon Monoxide Levels
A 29 000 donor study led by Wisconsin researchers finds 45 percent of nonsmokers have carbon monoxide saturations above 1 5 percent, with urban residents and high auto density linked to higher levels. Tobacco smoking remains the major factor but environmental exposure also matters.
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New York
Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
Environmental Protection Agency
Richard Stewart
Governor’s Island
New York City
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