Legislature weighs sales tax to cover Montana needs
Montana lawmakers open the 40th Legislature amid huge demands for state services and school upgrades. A sales tax, possibly 2 or 3 percent, is eyed to raise about 30 million dollars for the next biennium, with citizens facing an estimated 15 to 20 dollars a year in higher taxes. Governor Babcock confirms session focus on revenue options, including a potential referendum if a tax is proposed.
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W. Lynn Engles
Helena, Mont
UPI
Montana
Tim Babcock
UPI Mium
Babcock
Soviet Refrigerator Ship Sinks in Bering Sea Disaster
About 50 Russian sailors are presumed lost after a 239 foot Soviet refrigerator ship sinks in the Bering Sea near Unimak Island. Fifty survivors were picked up by Soviet vessels. The Coast Guard, noting a language barrier, could not confirm injuries and offered assistance that was declined.
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Juneau
Alaska
Bering Sea
Unimak Island
Aleutians
Coast Guard
17Th Coast Guard
Suzdal
Kodiak
Butte Police Department Reorganization Planned
City officials discuss a restructuring of the Butte police force with no purge expected. The police commission and city attorneys study changes, aiming to boost esprit de corps while keeping most officers in place. Radar units may shift to later hours to cover afternoons and evenings.
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Butte
City Hall
Powers
Pete Oren
Joe Kiely
Robert MacArthur
Police Commission
Vehicle license plates go on sale Tuesday in county
The annual motor vehicle license sale opens Tuesday morning with changes to speed service. Assessor George D. McGrath will start at 7 30 a m and residents can mail the blue title slip marked Valid for re registration to avoid lines. Treasurer J Emmett Jones notes two slips exist one valid for re registration and a file copy. Special tables will separate multi vehicle owners from single owners at the office windows.
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George D. McGrath
Hbole
McGrath
J. Emmett Jones
Jones
Eight paintings stolen in London worth seven million
The theft targeted a collection of 300 paintings with eight taken and a ransom demand of 100000 pounds. Police caution the call may be a hoax while continuing to hunt the thieves who escaped Saturday. Royal Academy officials and trustees cited potential Rembrandt values and speculation about an eccentric collector.
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London
Humphrey Brooke
Royal Academy
James Fitton
Butte Anaconda Weather Forecast
Cloudy with periods of light snow through Monday. Snow probability 70 percent today and tonight. High today 30 degrees, low tonight 20. One year ago readings were 20 and 0. More weather on page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
Snow Forecast For Montana On First Day Of 1967
United Press International reports Montana will see snow on the first day of 1967 with temperatures in the 20s to upper 30s. Western areas start snow Saturday night with trailing flurries spreading Sunday and Monday, while clouds persist and highs reach the upper 30s.
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United Press International
Montana
Continental Divide
Helena
West Yellowstone
Butte Mayor Powers Welcomes Ninth Child
New Year brings joy to Butte Mayor Thomas F Powers and his wife Rose as they welcome a baby girl at St James Community Hospital The child joins siblings Patti Mary Ann Julie John Kathleen Tom Rose and JoAnne in a bustling household
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Butte
Thomas F. Powers
Rose
St. James Community Hospital
Patti
Mary Ann
Julie
John
Kathleen
Tom Jr
JoAnne
Former U.S. statesman Christian A Herter dies at 71
Christian A. Herter former U S Secretary of State and two term Massachusetts governor died at his Washington home aged 71. Funeral services are planned in Washington Tuesday.
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Christian A. Herter
U.S
Massachusetts
Washington
Centennial New Year for Last Montana Pioneer
W lumen W Allen, sole survivor of the Society of Montana Pioneers, turns 100 at Crest Nursing Home in Helena area. Born December 31, 1867 in Jefferson City, he credits Montana’s people with his longevity after living through the organization’s 1884 founding, 400 member era, and 1962 dissolution.
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Lumen W. Allen
Society of Montana Pioneers
The
Crest Nursing Home
Amherst
Montana
Butte
Allen
Montana Territory
Goodbye 66 Hello 67 Peace Hopes Rise Worldwide
World observers marked the transition from 1966 to 1967 with parties and prayers for peace in Vietnam. President Johnson at his Texas ranch spoke of a hopeful year yet regretted the failure to achieve global peace. U Thant urged a New Year cease fire and an unconditional halt to bombing to pave talks.
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Vietnam
Johnson
Texas
United Nations
U Thant
U.S
Arthur J. Gold
Butte Welcomes 1967 With Rousing New Year
Butte rang in 1967 with whistles from Butte Hill and the High Ore mine as party horns and Auld Lang Syne filled the night. Firearms noises drifted through some neighborhoods while watch night services ended the year with hopeful talk of better times and new business.
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Butte
Butte Hill
Johnson welcomes British bid for Vietnam peace talks
President Johnson hailed Britain's plan to end the Vietnam war and said he would name a U S peace delegation immediately if North and South Vietnam agree to three nation talks on British soil. He urged violence to end, and noted Washington would nominate representatives if Hanoi and Saigon show interest.
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Alvin Spivak
Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
U.S
North
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
America
Hanoi
Saigon
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Clyde Jabin
Burlington
Tennessee
William J. Clark
Standard
Brooke
Dulwich College
Mra
Helen Allen Conard
President of
the Pioneers
Louise Levitt
Associated Press
United States
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