Reagan campaigns in New Hampshire as Ford addresses farmers
Ronald Reagan campaigns in New Hampshire defending a proposed 90 billion dollar federal budget cut and denying plans for a national income tax. Ford speaks to farmers in St Louis outlining foreign and farm policy while urging an Angola cease fire. Senator Robert Byrd moves toward a Democratic presidential bid.
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Reagan
New Hampshire
Ford
Washington
Ronald Kias
St. Louis
Camputer
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
California
Angola
Soviet Union
Butte men change pleas in federal gambling case
Nine men from And seven from Butte altered their pleas from innocent to no contest in U.S. District Court in Missoula. They faced charges of operating illegal gambling businesses tied to a football betting racket after a November 1975 grand jury indictment and raids across Montana. sentencing set for January 16 for Missoula defendants. Butte defendants include Deluxe Tavern and Sportsman Bar operators, M and M Cigar Store, Met Tavern owners.
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Butte
Gamblin (Ap
Noto
U.S. District Court
Russell E. Smith
Missoula
Bozeman
Billings
Anaconda
Trustees near decision on Emerson School box controversy
Butte trustees met in a lengthy session and did not announce a verdict on the use of a 4x4x3 1/2 foot box in an Emerson School special education class. The board referenced a majority decision based on facts without outside influence.
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Butte
Blic
Emerson School School Board
Gayle Slagg
Sallie Ussher
Emerson
Don Harrington
Jack Schara
Montana Standard
Ussher
Slagg
U.S. Vet Says He Will Fight for Communists in Angola
A Rome Georgia veteran told a reporter he would serve as a mercenary for the Communist side in Angola, claiming Soviet backing and saying American recruiters operate in his area. The interview notes he served in Vietnam and cites medals from the 1960s.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
U.S
Moscow
Ford
Over
Angola
Rome, Ga
United States
Rome
News-Tribune
West Coast
Betsy Neal
Don
Miss Neal
Holden Roberto
Front For the National Liberation of
Vietnam
Christian Science Monitor
Central Intelligence Agency
Gunmen Ambush Bus Kill Ten Irish Protestants and Catholics
Gunmen in Northern Ireland killed ten Irish workers on a bus in what authorities call a cold calculated murder. A man with a gun halted the bus, asked if any were Catholics, let one man escape, then opened fire on the others. The incident raises sectarian violence as the IRA threatens to unite Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland.
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Irish Republican Army
Britain
Northern Ireland
London
IRA
Irish Republic
Antonioli charts steps to ease Harrison Avenue traffic woes
City planner Mark Antonioli outlines stalled street projects and funding limits. Park Street and Grand Avenue reconstructions face delayed bid dates as state funding shifts and inflation erode available amounts. He notes traffic signals at Park Idaho and Park W also influenced by data.
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Harrison Avenue
Mark Antonioli
West Park Street
Grand Avenue
State Highway Department
Antonioli
Park
Montana
Excelsior
Planning Board
Park Street
Park and Idaho
Park and W
Grand
Harrison
California fines AMC Motors 4.2 million over emissions reports
The California Air Resources Board fined American Motors 4.2 million for emitting violations and filed a probe into allegedly falsified test records. ARB seeks 25 percent payment upfront and a 75 percent waiver could follow if AMC funds improvements. AMC cites test-facility neglect. ARB cites strongest sanction against a carmaker.
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Los Angeles
California
State Air Resources Board
Motors
American Reel
Chrysler Corp
ARB
Tom Quinn
American Motors
AMC
Kenosha
Wis
Quinn
Crane Co Extends Tender for Anaconda Shares
Crane Co extended its tender offer for five million shares of Anaconda Co common stock until January 26. The offer originally expired Monday as about 3.4 million shares were tendered.
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New York
Crane Co
Anaconda Co
Crane
Texas cows answer phone on pasture wire
A North Texas family keeps a telephone strung over a pasture shared by four parties. Cows pull the line from a cradle and interrupt service, forcing the Greggs to juggle a weathered ice chest as they wait for Continental Telephone to move the line within 30 days. The scene mirrors months of delays and rising costs while neighbors turn to CB radios.
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Tom Bean
Tex
Tom Gregg
Gregg
Greggs
Texas
Continental Telephone Co
Frank Thompson
Tenn
Dallas
UNICEF card sales fall as U N confidence wanes
The United Nations Children’s Fund sold two million fewer UNICEF greeting cards to Americans during 1975 than 1974, amid waning faith in the UN after a General Assembly vote. Receipts declined from 6.1 to 5.8 and then 5.5 million dollars from 1973 to 1975.
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New York
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations
C. Lloyd Bailey
The
United
Bailey
Unicef
General Assembly
Copper mine to close after government decision
Elath, home to 13 000 people near Timna copper mines, faced a shutdown as the government ordered closure amid losses from low copper prices. About 700 of Elath’s 4000 breadwinners work at Timna, with subsidies needed for continued operation. Harbor, airport, and oil terminal closed. a general strike idle public services and stranded tourists.
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Tel Aviv
Elath
Timna
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Butte Teamsters Union
Leonard Haxby
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Columbus Plaza
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Bryan Kinnunen
John Hackman
Bill Hackman
Porphyry
Norm Kinnunen
W. Mercury
Kim Ungerman
New York Times
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