Amtrak route in southern Montana faces shutdown plan
Montana Congressman Max Baucus says Ford Administration and Amtrak officials may drop passenger service to Missoula Butte Bozeman Livingston and Billings. He says cutting the line would remove needed service especially when weather halts other transport and cites a $62 million shortfall in Amtrak funding.
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Washington
Montana
Max Baucus
Ford Administration
Amtrak
Missoula
Butte
Bozeman
Livingston
Billings
Baucus
Congress
Transportation Department
William Coleman
Truck Crash Overpass Fatality Near Deer Lodge
A 26 year old Portland man was killed when a southbound semi collided with a northbound car on the Race Track overpass of Highway 10 south of Deer Lodge. A 52 year old Portland driver and two Helena women were hospitalized under observation. Names withheld pending relatives’ notification. The fatality is Powell County’s first this year and raises Montana’s 1976 highway toll to three.
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Deer Lodge
Portland, Ore
Highway 10
Portland
Helena
Powell County Memorial Hospital
Powell County
Scobey Man Seeks Eastern Montana House Seat
Scobey businessman farmer rancher Ron Marlenee announced his bid for the Republican nomination to Congress from eastern Montana, aiming to challenge incumbent Democrat John Melcher. The campaign comes as both Melcher and Rep. Max Baucus face re election in 1972.
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Lewistown
Ron Marlenee
Scobey
Congress
John Melcher
Forsyth
Melcher
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Marlenee
Football bet leads to kidnap case break
The Steelers Cowboys Super Bowl result spurred a bet between two Virginia men that triggered FBI involvement in the Alan Bortnick kidnap case. A $100 bill linked to the ransom was traced to Hibbitt, a short order cook, who was arrested. other arrests expected.
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Washington
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Cowboys
Virginia
FBI
Alan Bortnick
Silver Spring
Bortnick
Hibbitt
Geof Kimble
Arlington
Kimble
Ft. Myer
Clarendon Bank and Trust Co
Butte trustee seats open in district election
Terms of Butte Dist. 1 elementary trustees Bob Vivian and Jim Grant expire April 6. Interested voters may file nominating petitions by Feb. 26 with District Clerk Bill Milligan at the School Administration Building. Vivian undecided on re-election. Grant will not run. Twenty signatures required to qualify. two campaign finance forms due five days after filing. Trustees receive no pay but may get a small travel allotment.
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Butte Dist. 1
Bob Vivian
Jim Grant
Bill Milligan
N. Montana
Vivian
Grant
Butte
Milligan
Jack Schara
Jack Peterson
Alex Christie
Buxton
Betty Thomett
Bob Goodman
Jim Becker
IRS Faces Tough Season as Tax Credits Expand
The IRS warns taxpayers of complex changes as the 1975 filing season tests a stretched assistance system. New credits for families and first-time homebuyers boost confusion and demand better public help.
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Washington
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Agency
Taxpayer Service
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Anaconda
Georgetown Lake
Walter Hinick
John Carey
Cardwell
Boulder
Boulder Valley
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al Carr
Scobey Man
Daniels County
Robert Woodahl
Eweeaalt
Dzivi
Dowling
Stan Wolfe
He Psa
Parte
Ozivi
Steee Helena
Williams
Wolfe
Hofbrau
Butte Trustee
Oen
Treasury
William E. Simon
New York
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