Nixon vows to push Phase 3 on voluntary wage price rules
President Nixon says food prices key to completing Phase 3 economics with voluntary measures. Rumsfeld quotes Nixon stressing lifting mandatory controls to move toward a free market while Shultz warns inflation target remains ambitious. White House holds back 8.7 billion in budget reserves as farm state senators condemn cuts.
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Washington
Nixon
Phase 2
Pay Board and Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Rumsfeld
Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms in California
Juan Corona received 25 consecutive life prison terms after a judge refused a new trial on 25 counts of first degree murder of transient farm workers. The courtroom held silent as the sentence was read, with Corona clutching a pocket Bible and escorted to holding.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan Corona
Richard E. Patton
Corona
Superior Court
Patton
Richard Hawk
Sutter County Dist. Atty. G
Dave Teja
Barton Williams
Naomi Underwood
House debates unemployment benefits in Montana
In Helena the Montana House moved a sliding scale plan to raise maximum weekly unemployment to 62.25 dollars based on 50 percent of average weekly wage, with debate on rival proposals including a 20 percent rise or flat ten dollars more. The chamber also approved 14 measures and amended a Senate bill to pay legislators seven days a week, while debating protections for merchants against slander and false-arrest claims when challenging shoplifters.
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Helena
Montana
House
Pat McKittrick
Great Falls
Labor and Employment Relations Committee
McKittrick
Vic East
R-Forsyth
Labor Committee
East
Senate
Butte Weather: Colder With Scattered Snow Today
The forecast from Butte reports colder temperatures with scattered snow showers. Today’s outlook shows a high near 20 and a low around 0 with wintry conditions expected.
Montana Senate kills predator control funding measures
The Montana Senate killed two predator control bills after being told the state lacked funds. A 39 to 3 vote defeated a $130,000 appropriation for a rodent and predator control division. A 44 to 0 vote killed a companion measure to authorize activation of the division.
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Helena
Montana Senate
Department of Livestock
Livestock Department
State Liquor Control Board
State Department of Revenue
Senate
Revenue Agency
Montana Farm Bureau official challenges Montana constitution vote
Stanley C. Burger, a Montana Farm Bureau official, asks the U S Supreme Court to overturn a Montana high court ruling on the 1972 Constitutional Convention derived constitution. He argues the majority of electors voting at the June 6 election did not meet the required threshold.
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Bozeman
Montana Farm Bureau
Stanley C. Burger
U.S. Supreme Court
Constitutional Convention
Burger
Farm Bureau
State Supreme Court
William Cashemore
Helena
Montana High Court
Supreme Court
Ard
Aldermen End South Butte Urban Renewal Plan
City aldermen voted 12 to 0 to cancel a public hearing and rescind prior action on urban renewal in South Butte, with three absences. Terry Kelly urged against the project as residents gathered after a Longfellow School meeting where 112 voted against renewal.
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South Butte
John Franey
Ervin Holman
Bob Schulte
Claude Pettibone
Terry Kelly
Longfellow
Model City
Jim Murphy
Council
Head tax stays alive against committee death in Montana House
The Montana House rejected a Local Government Committee death recommendation and kept a proposed airport head tax alive for floor debate. Rep. Robert L. Marks led the overturn, with Rep. Albert E. Kosena involved in the discussion. The bill would let local authorities charge aircraft passengers a reasonable boarding fee at public airports.
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Helena
Montana House
House
Robert L. Marks
Clancy
Judge frees draftee after missed notice case
In Alexandria a federal judge ruled the draft system erred when a missing notice halted induction. PFC Charles Burgess, 21, released after 15 months service. board swore a reschedule notice never reached him. He had been classified 1-Y due to knee injury and faced a late induction order.
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Alexandria
U.S
Omer Poos
Pfc
Charles Burgess
Selective Service Board
Burgess
Selective Service
Ial
Draft Board
Ex-FBI Narcotics Agent Waters Indicted in Drug Sales Case
Francis Waters, once top Bureau of Narcotics agent tied to the French Connection, is charged with conspiring to sell heroin and cocaine from 1968 to present. Investigators probe heroin from police property clerk sources amid past seizures totaling 261 pounds of heroin and 137 pounds of cocaine. Waters allegedly funneled drugs to Charles McDonnell, a Baltimore narcotics official later jailed for tax evasion and heroin sales.
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East Side
Crime Writers
Francis Waters
Federal Bureau of
Waters
Daniel Casey
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Police Department
Charles McDonnell
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