Snow closes roads and schools as Butte endures heavy storm
Fifteen inches of snow dump on Mining City with nine inches accumulating since Saturday. FAA records show .54 inches of moisture, the heaviest in years while many streets and hills remain impassable. Police report few accidents as cabs and buses struggle. only Butte Headstart closed, rural routes limited, and airport operations halted. County crews cleared central districts and prepared rural roads for Monday.
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Montanans dig out from heavy snow
A major snowstorm hit southern Montana with record one day snowfall in the capital city and heavy totals across the state. Butte, Billings, Livingston, Anaconda and other towns reported double digit inches as drivers faced dangerous conditions. One fatality occurred near Darby after a pickup slid off a highway. Officials warned of returning winter conditions and several passes were expected to reopen by Monday.
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Livingston
Anaconda
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Darby
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Don Gruel
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Bozeman
Oil nations to meet with users in effort to ease trade
In Algiers AP reports major oil exporting countries will meet with importing nations to discuss oil trade. The Butte Bicentennial observance will host a Tuesday night planning session at 7:00 in the Montana Power auditorium led by General chairman Clarence Kommers. Paul McCann of the Montana Bicentennial Committee will discuss applying for matching grants to support local projects.
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Vivian Kellems dies at 78 after IRS tax battle
Vivian Kellems, a Connecticut industrialist and tax protester who challenged IRS rules, died Saturday in Santa Monica at 78. A state funeral was planned in East Haddam, with an appeal of a Tax Court decision pending. She claimed single taxpayers were overtaxed and refused to withhold taxes from 1948 onward, sparking a high-profile crusade.
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Stonington
Conn
Nightmares and Fire: San Francisco Quake Vision Realized
Patrolman Leonard Ingham dreamt of his native city burning and bought a $2,000 policy. At 5 12 am on April 18 1906 a quake struck San Francisco, triggering a citywide inferno that left 700 dead and 250000 homeless as the San Andreas fault loomed for future history.
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Metropolitan Opera
Enrico Caruso
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John Barrymore
Washington Street
Jesse Cook
Russian Hill
Bailey Millard
Altruria
Nob Hill
Barbary Coast
Chinatown
Ingham
San Andreas Fault
Four of five young voters did not cast ballots in 1974
Washington AP reports the Census Bureau found only 39 percent turnout overall in the 1974 uni term elections. Among 18 to 21 year olds four of five stayed away, with minorities and women also showing low interest in congressional, governor, and local races. Watergate cited as a key factor by analyst Larry Suter.
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Camel meat feeds Kuwait voters in desert campaign feasts
In Kuwait, 260 candidates compete for 50 parliament seats as caravans bring sheep cattle and camels for post election banquets. Neon tents at dusk host campaigns with coffee and mint tea while Al Siyassah notes the democracy slogans suit the camel meat ritual.
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Persian Gulf
al Siyassah
Modern day wagon train to head East toward Valley Forge
Alderwood Manor Washington AP reports hundreds of Americans plan a modern pilgrimage with wagons and riders from all fifty states to Valley Forge Pennsylvania for Independence Day 1976. Ken Wilcox leads the Northwest contingent with a June 7 departure from Blaine Washington area. The project carries a 3 million dollar budget funded by Pennsylvania and private sponsors.
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Two Wisconsin policemen shot in rural Summit town
In Summit Wisconsin two rural officers were shot to death through a squad car windshield. A juvenile suspect was detained later Sunday as authorities sealed the area with roadblocks. Victims were Robert Atkins 28 and Wayne Olson 52, both shot with a high powered rifle. bodies found near the squad car.
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Waukesha
Donald
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Oconomowoc
Cappozzo
Rochester Man Charged in Brother-in-law Machete Killing
A Rochester auto plant worker James Turner 44 is charged with the machete murder of his brother in law. Police say Turner held a $50 000 life insurance policy on the victim and probe possible similar deaths of his sisters and four coworkers at Rochester Products Co. A special grand jury will review if Turner killed others for insurance.
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John Kennerson
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James Turner
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