Mormon Leader Harold B. Lee Dies in Salt Lake City
President Harold B. Lee of the Mormon church died at 8:58 p.m. after a routine checkup in a Salt Lake City hospital. At 74, he led the church as the First Presidency dissolved and the Council of the Twelve, headed by Spencer W. Kimball, assumed leadership with Kimball likely to become the 12th president for life.
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Montana high court orders review of workmen records
The Montana Supreme Court unanimously ordered a lower court to review State Workmen's Compensation Division records to determine which are public. The ruling returns the case to decide which materials must be released, noting confidential and non confidential materials are intermingled in the division's files.
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Detroit Gangs Reconcile and Start Community Work
In Detroit on the East Side Bishops and Chains, rival teen gangs that clashed for five years, ended their feud and about 300 members began revitalizing their neighborhood. A truce meeting initiated by the Metropolitan Detroit Youth Foundation and police led to a pact and exchanged numbers. They now seek a year round recreation project and a job training center with government and private support.
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Dick Humphries
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Energy ingenuity sparks household energy ideas
A National Public Radio listener roundup proposes practical tricks for conserving energy and warming homes. Suggestions include sleeping together under blankets, using candles, heating with heated clothes near beds, insulating a large oil pipe, and cooking on a fireplace. Experts warn fireplaces waste heat.
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Iowa
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Highway patrol pushes speed limit in Montana debate
Montana patrol backs a daytime speed limit though admits no single law will curb deaths. Governor advocates emergency authority to impose limits. Legislature may revisit 75 mph interstate and 70 mph others, with rules blocking new bills until 1975 unless rewritten. Legislative focus shifts to habitual offenders and rehab programs as Jan session opens.
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Elderly Couple Dies After Power Cut in Schenectady
Police said Frank Baker and Catherine Baker, both in their nineties, died after Niagara Mohawk cut their electricity over a $253 bill. Cash found in their home totaled under $1,000, with bills stuffed under mattresses. Autopsies were inconclusive. blood tests will determine cause.
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Edward O’connor
Frank Baker
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Basil Heise
O’connor
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
John Shields
Schenectady County
Nixon flies aboard commercial jet for California trip
President Nixon secretly boarded a scheduled DC10 flight from Dulles to Los Angeles for a post Christmas vacation. White House officials cited security reasons and said he traveled with wife, aides, and Secret Service agents. A suitcase satellite allowed instant contact with government and military centers.
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San Clemente
Comp official won't give up
Lawrence Zanto head of the Montana Workmen's Compensation Division says the agency will continue its opposition in a freedom of information lawsuit filed by the Billings Gazette seeking access to division files. The Montana Supreme Court had previously dealt a partial blow to the division's secrecy practices.
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Montana Workmen's Compensation files at issue in court fight
The Gazette and Strand Hilleboe sue over access to Workmen's Compensation Division records. The Supreme Court sends the case back to Anaconda district court to decide what in division files is public. Zanto heads the division amid audits, political fallout, and potential prosecutions involving lawyers and physicians. Carden’s resignation and leaks continue to haunt Montana politics as Dob Ozivi investigates.
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Legislative Auditor
Hilleboe
Workmen’s Compensation
Carden
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Robert L. Woodahl
Great Falls
Dick Ozivi
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Nixon hopeful on gasoline rationing as Arab shift seen
President Nixon, buoyed by a shift in Arab oil policy, said he is working to avoid rationing this winter. An announcement may come Thursday as energy adviser Simon prepares a briefing. White House aides confirmed the remarks while Warren stressed no rationing decision. In Caracas, Venezuela said it would raise taxes on foreign oil firms to align tax references with prices.
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Butte Weather Snow Outlook With Mountain Grains
Periods of snow in the Butte region with locally heavy totals in the mountains. The forecast calls for temperatures around 23 degrees by day and 8 degrees at night, with a weather roundup appearing on Page 8.
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