High School Basketball Scores Report
The recap lists final scores for several games: Dillon 60 over Hardin 57. Three Forks 60 over Belgrade 54. Deer Lodge 66 over Laurel 54. Kalispell 70 over Bozeman 64. Sheridan 66 over Lima 64. T. Bridges 66 over W Yellowstone 41. Boulder 75 over Big Timber 68. Harrison 85 over Willow Creek 51. Philipsburg 61 over Florence 50. Man Christian 68 over Ennis 66. Alberton 52 over Drummond 49. Eastern 70 over Western 62 in overtime.
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Three Forks
Belgrade
Deer Lodge
Laurel
Kalispell
Bozeman
Boulder
Big Timber
Harrison
Willow Creek
From Riches to Hippie: Rees's $500000 Brink's Heist Tale
Richard Rees, the ex Brink's guard wanted for a major armored car raid, sends a 17 page letter to the FBI via Herb Caen detailing how he spent about half a million on champagne, women, horses, and a hippie lifestyle. He traces his flight from California to Fort Worth and Austin, describing a lavish past and a hunt by hired hit men.
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San Francisco
Richard Rees
Rees
Brink's
FBI
Herb Caen
San Mateo
California
Los Angeles
Fort Worth
Tex
San Francisco Bay Area
Ft. Worth
Austin
New Mexico
United States
Arctic cold front sweeps Montana with blizzard conditions
A strong Arctic front hit Montana with gusts up to 50 mph and widespread blizzard conditions. The Weather Service warned temperatures may plunge to 30 below zero east of the Divide, prompting school dismissals and numerous high school game cancellations while Interstate 15 faced closures.
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Montana
Treasure State
U.S. Weather Service
Weather Service
Divide
State Highway Department
Great Falls
Helena
Plains
Bismarck
Williston
N.D
North Dakota
Montana lawmakers file tax and governance bills in Helena
Several tax measures surfaced in the Montana Senate including a 1 cent gas tax increase from 9 to 11 cents aimed at funding rural and local road work. Other bills propose new income tax tables, repeal of the Realty Transfer Act, and granting immunity for medical peer review bodies to curb malpractice.
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Watt
Rasmussen
Carter, Democrats agree on two-year $30 billion recovery plan
President-elect Carter and major Democrats reach a two-year program totaling about 30 billion for jobs and tax cuts. The package includes 7 to 11 billion in tax rebates and Social Security increases, with details and timing to be finalized by February.
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Carter
House
Senate
Washington
White House
John Rhodes
Arizona
Secretary of Labor
Ray Marshall
Thomas P. “Tip
O'Neill
Robert Carter Page
Montana High Court sets reargument on death penalty cases
The Montana Supreme Court schedules reargument for January 28 on three cases from the 1976 term. Bernard Fitzpatrick and Gary Radi challenge Montana's death penalty law as unconstitutional for lacking meaningful review, while John and Gloria Carden and Frank Preite appeal work-camp related convictions. The court adds two new justices, and a task force recommends a new death penalty law with sentence review.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Supreme Court
Bernard Fitzpatrick
Gary Radi
John
Gloria Carden
Frank Preite
Supreme Court
Paul Hatfield
Danial Shea
Fitzpatrick
Radi
Billings
Hardin
Monte Dykman
U.S. Supreme Court
Atty
Michael Greely
John North
Sentence Review Board
Carden
State Workers’ Compensation Division
L.R. Bretz
Gloria Busek
Bretz
Preite
Montana Eyes Tax Shift On Out-of-State Electricity
Montana proposes a new tax on electricity produced at Montana sites but used in other states. The plan would tax at the generation site two hundredths of a cent per kilowatt hour, replacing the current Montana sales tax applied where power is used.
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East Coast
Midwest
Connecticut
Connecticut River Valley
Boston
Concord
N.H
Helena
State Department of Revenue
Montana
Seattle
Portland
Points Between
Washington Water Power Co
Noxon Rapids Dam
The
Revenue Agency
William Groff
Groff
Senate Taxation Committee
General Fund
Miscellaneous Tax Division
Puget Sound
Pacific Northwest
Butte Vital Statistics Headline Highlights
Page 2 features vital statistics and obituaries in Butte. Page 2 presents local obituaries and life milestones.
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Butte
Anaconda
Holman files for chief in new Butte-Silver Bow government
Si Holman, 73, Republican and former county commissioner, filed for the chief executive post as the lone GOP candidate for the February 8 primary. He seeks to return after a November conviction for official misconduct that led to removal along with two colleagues. Holman aims for constructive governance as 97 candidates compete in the new government setup. Voter rolls show 19,989 registered, down from 25,442 in November, with Feb 22 deadline to register for the April 5 general election.
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Butte-Silver Bow
Earl ‘‘Si'' Holman
Holman
W. Aluminum
Ed DeGeorge
Bill Kennedy
Bob Bishop
Bill Driscoll
Butte
Mike Micone
Recorder's
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Pete Heiser
Warren
Sheridan
Lima
T. Bridges
W. Yellowstone
Philipsburg
Florence
Man
Christian
Ennis
Alberton
Drummond
Crook
Associated Press
Providence
R.I
Maine
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Atlantic
Virginia
Kentucky
Suzanne Pogell
St. Louis
Unifax
Iing
Department of Revenue
Department
Larry Fasbender
D-Fort Shaw
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Fasbender
Board of Public Education
Tom Rasmussen
High Court
Bobcat
Bulldogs
Twin Bill
Butte Central
Snow Brightens
Montana Ski Report
Si Holman
Mining City
Force
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