State board backs Billings mental retardation facility
The State Board recommends a Billings facility with 500 to 1000 beds to serve all ages and levels of retardation, aiming to ease Boulder overload. EMCA opposes, seeking Glendive site and central Montana mental health facilities. A feasibility study and regional boards to contract local care are proposed.
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Helena
State Board of Recommend
Billings
Eastern Montana For Community Action
Glendive
Montana
Boulder
Council
EMCA
Miles City
Glasgow
Robbins
Legislature Proposes Warm Springs Galen Hospital Merge
State lawmaker Rep. Francis Bardanouve proposes merging the Warm Springs State Hospital with the Galen pulmonary disease hospital. The State Board of Institutions was asked to study the plan and report soon while officers discuss Veterans Home closure amid political heat.
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Bardanouve
Montana
Columbia Falls
Veterans Home
Milo Dean
John Cavan
Dean
Warm Springs
Galen
Democrats remove Powell from Education and Labor chair
In a historic move the House Democratic caucus voted to oust Rep. Adam Clayton Powell as chairman of the Education and Labor Committee and replace him with Rep. Carl Pekins. The action, viewed as final though committee assignments await full House approval, follows calls to defer Powell seating amid a defamation judgment and contempt questions.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Indica
Carl D. Pekins
Powell
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Lionel van Deerlin
California
New York
Senate
Democrats
House Education and Labor Committee
Dan E Connors of Butte Dies After Illness
Dan E Connors longtime Metals Bank trust officer and 41 year employee dies after illness. Requiem Mass set for Wednesday at St Patrick Church with burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. Survivors include wife Alice, a son and daughter in Seattle, daughters in Canoga Park and Ventura, grandchildren, brothers and sisters.
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Dan E. Connors
Holy Cross Cemetery
Connors
S. Crystal
Metals Bank
Connor
Butte
Round Table
American Cancer Society
Butte Credit Bureau
Alice
Dan Connors
Seattle
Wash
Ken Flaherty
Canoga Park
Calif
Robert McCarthy
Ventura
Janet Connors
Margaret
John Daniel
Paul Connors
Mary
Andy
Michael Daniel Flaherty
Ann Marie McCarthy
John
Tom
Helena
Nell
Ann Connors
Suspect Held in Boulder School Theft
MISSOULA A suspect, possibly linked to the theft of more than $30,000 in warrants from the State Training School at Boulder, was questioned by Missoula police on Tuesday. He may have accompanied the robber who struck the Executive Motel in Missoula three times in four months. The Boulder burglary occurred December 22, with warrants and about $500 cash taken. some warrants were cashed in Anaconda and Bozeman. The suspect is not believed to be directly involved in the Executive Motel robberies.
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Missoula
Boulder
Anaconda
Bozeman
Fighting spreads to Canton amid Mao era turmoil in China
Reports from Tokyo say clashes between Mao supporters and foes have reached Canton after upheavals in Shanghai and Nanking. Observers in Washington and Taipei weigh the risk of civil war as Red China faces internal strife and possible effects on its nuclear program and Vietnam policy.
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Canton
China
Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Shanghai
Nanking
Hong Fong
Red China
Peking
Mao
Red Guard
Liu Shao-chi
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
House passes bill to raise pay for Montana lawmakers
Montana House approves HB2 boosting pay for most of the 207 legislature staffers. The bill advances after two daily session votes, and cites a total 645,900 60 day session cost with 182,220 for new rates. Senate Finance to review before action.
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John H. Pierce
R-Bil
Congress Opens Amid Powell Fight and War Spending Note
The 90th Congress begins amid clashes with Powell ouster from the Education and Labor Committee and a push to curb filibusters. Johnson plans a State of the Union and seeks 9 to 10 billion dollars for Vietnam. Powell faces a pending seat bar and contempt jail sentence controversy.
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Johnson
Congress
Tuesday Powell
Lionel van Deerlin
Calif
New York
New version of blue-eyed nurse's bill slated for House
The 1967 edition of the blue-eyed nurse's bill will be introduced in the Montana House this week. Rep Gary R Marbut of Missoula will lead the measure adding changes to win Gov Tim Babcock's support. The bill would provide for collective bargaining between nurses and their employers, a once controversial issue in prior sessions.
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Tim Babcock
Bardaneuve
House
Helena
Gary R. Marbut
Missoula
Babcock
Anaconda Co. Concerned Over Possible Montana Sales Tax
At a Billings luncheon Martin K. Hannifan of Anaconda Co. said the Montana operation remains the company’s focus though it has global interests. He noted 10,000 of 40,000 employees work in Montana and warned against a broad sales tax similar to South Dakota’s that could raise costs beyond retail purchases. He welcomed reasonable air pollution laws, warned of potential 1967 labor problems, and predicted record copper production in 1967 as demand stays high.
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Montana
Hannifan
Anaconda Co
Powers seeks second term as mayor of Butte
Butte mayor Thomas F Powers filed a Democratic nomination petition for the March 20 primary as he campaigns for reelection. Powers, 49, has served as mayor since taking over Jan 1965 and vows to maintain fiscal responsibility, curb juvenile drinking, and upgrade the police department.
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Tom Powers
Butte
Thomas F. Powers
Powers
Vern Griffith
John Powers
Sacred Heart School
Butte High School
Europe
Creighton University
Omaha
Butte Montana Weather: Mild with Variable Clouds
Variable cloudiness and continued mild weather through Wednesday in Butte Anaconda region. Precipitation probability is zero. High 38 today, low 18 tonight. One year ago in Butte high 36, low 19. Weather chart on Page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
Butte
Montana to Introduce New State Code of Criminal Procedure
The Montana Criminal Law Commission drafted a 156 page code that would broaden police arrest power without warrants when officers have reason to believe a crime occurred. The measure includes a sentence review board for felons and shifts coroner inquest control to the county attorney.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Criminal Law Commission
Turnage
Senate Judiciary Committee
Edward Dussault
D- Missoula
Supreme Court
Wesley Castles
Criminal Law Commission
Castles
Massachusetts
Connecticut
State Coroner's Association
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Dan FE. Connors
Standard State Bureau
Lings
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John L. McKeon
Jim Oset
Ee Ac
White House
Deer Lodge
Powell and
Granite
By George Remington
Mary Munger
Montana Nurses’ Association
Billings Club
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Jean Turnage
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