Prisoners of War Face Large Overseas Savings and Pay
The Defense Department reports POWs will receive thousands in pay and bonuses from captivity savings. Some hold freedom funds measured in tens of thousands, with a 5 a day captivity pay under a 1970 law. About 79 Air Force POWs have $50k to $100k in overseas savings. 247 have $25k to $50k. Returning POWs learn amounts at Clark Air Base and receive immediate advances.
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Washington
Defense Ent
Co. SS
Defense Department
Vietnam
Air Force
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Congress Nixon wall opening bell
Justice Department told Congress that stripping the president of impoundment power would reduce him to a chief clerk. Sneed said Congress cannot ensure balanced budgets or curb inflation while Ervin argued such power is unchecked. REAP farm aid was killed. $225 million earmarked for the program would have supported rural relief.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congress
Joseph T. Sneed
Sneed
Senate Judiciary
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
White House
Nixon
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Ervin
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Montana Senate kills bill to create criminal stats network
The Montana Senate rejected a measure to form a state wide system for crime statistics calling it Gestapo tactics. Lawmakers also defeated a milk price lowering bill and rejected higher daily expense allowances. A rights bill for 18 year olds passed and hospitals gained review powers for physician staff. crime data bill was postponed 31 to 14.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
Board of Crime Control
Neil J. Lynch
D-Butte
Montana House Creates Committee on Gambling Bills
The Montana House by 5 to 1 vote ordered a seven member committee to study nine gambling bills in response to a voter mandate. The move accompanies debate over whether these bills belong in Judiciary or Business and Industry, with party lines seemingly soft on gambling questions.
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House
Mittee
Hall
J.D. Lynch
D-Butte
Judiciary
Business and Industry Committee
Lynch
James P. Lucas
Rmiles City
Business Committee
John “Sandy
Mehrens
D-Anaconda
Walter J. Ulmer
Ulmer
Gerke
Senate
Department of Revenue
Coley Kelly enters mayoralty race in three-way Democratic contest
Coleman F. Kelly 58 filed his petition for the March 20 Democratic mayoral primary joining Alderman Robert R. Peterson and Mario Micone’s successor. The $13,500 yearly post will shift to a four year term after a state law change. Kelly cites his 28 years as a cab operator in his critique of the current administration.
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Coleman F. ‘Coley’ Kelly
Kelly
Tech enrollment drops at Montana Tech
Enrollment for the second semester at Montana Tech stands at 669 full and part time students, down from 786 the year before. First semester total reached 792 versus 900 in 1971 72, with 906 the peak in 1970 71. Registrar Frank Kelly cites the draft and job market as possible causes.
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Montana Tech
Frank Kelly
Kelly
Montana
Protests In Custer Turn Violent. Guard Prep Ordered
About 200 demonstrators clashed with police in Custer as AIM members urged murder charges in a stabbing death. 22 Indians arrested, fires set at the courthouse Chamber of Commerce and a bulk plant. Sheriff Pepin said eight officers were injured. National Guard prepared in Pierre.
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Custer
S.D
Chamber of Commerce
Ernest Pepin
Pierre
Richard Kneip
South Dakota National Guard
Rapid City
Hot Springs
American Indian
Hobart Gates
Custer County
AIM
Russell Means
Joe Egger
Standard Oil
Belli blasts Montana Supreme Court as beholden to interests
San Francisco lawyer Melvin Belli accused Montana Supreme Court justices of being beholden to power interests including the state’s power companies banks and railroads. He said justices expect large pre election contributions and warned of compromised justice. Belli spoke in Seattle at the Chiropractic Society of Washington convention after filing suit for farmers against banks in Montana.
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Seattle
Montana Supreme Court
San Francisco
Melvin Belli
Montana
Belli
Supreme Court
Bellie
The
Chiropractic Society of Washington
Stalled car tells tale in Wyoming tragedy
David Huffstetler a 25 year old Salt Lake City man left a note saying his car stalled in frigid weather and no motorists would stop. He shot himself in the temple with a .22 pistol seven miles west of Green River along Interstate 80. He had been dead several hours when Wyoming Highway Patrol found him in the parking lane. He was employed as a guard at a chemical plant west of Green River.
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Green River
Wyo
David Huffstetler
Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Darrell Frye
Huffstetler
Here
Frye
Sweetwater County
John Zakovich
FBI Raid Seizes 60 Slot Machines In Four Wyoming Towns
Forty-three FBI agents conducted a major raid across Cheyenne Laramie Worland and Douglas seizing 60 slot machines and electronic gambling devices from fraternal groups private clubs and businesses. The operation followed a two year probe under the Omnibus Crime and Safe Streets Act potentially leading to civil forfeiture and possible criminal complaints with penalties up to 20 000 dollars or five years imprisonment.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
FBI
Wyoming
U.S
Richard Thomas
Thomas
James Newpher
Denver
Newpher
Laramie
Worland and
Douglas
Opposition heats up as Montana family planning bill debated
In Helena a public health hearing drew fierce protest over a bill that would back state family planning efforts. Rita Sheehy of Billings attacked provisions allowing minors to receive contraception with or without parental consent, while supporters argued licensed physicians would provide services only when needed.
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Helena
Rita Sheehy
Billings
House Public Health Committee
Sandra Nelson
Bozeman
Helena Catholic
Tom Towe
Towe
Billings Democrat
Tech field Up again
The Model City Joint Board of Directors redirected a $405,289 boost to Montana Tech campus outdoor recreation from a $500,000 urban renewal earmark. Budgets for 43 projects were reviewed, with four fifth year programs dropped including adult basic education FM radio Walkerville bus service and Project Assist eyeglasses for low income people.
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Model City Joint Board of Directors
Montana Tech
Model City
Walkerville
Project Assist
Model City Agency
Don Brunell
North Side Council
North Side
Murphy
Jim Murthy
Model City Board Tech
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IRS
Jerry Lee
Sacramento
Internal Revenue Service
Lee
Stephen Kurzman
Health and Welfare
Dopo
Frank W. Hazelbaker
R Dillon
Crime Control Agency
Paul Boylan
D-Bozeman
Tonge
Coley Kelly
Butte
Tech
Standard State Bureau
Mike Babcock
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