Apollo 14 prep for moon mission amid training crashes
NASA reports supercold fuels loaded for Apollo 14 while launch official Paul Donnelly says countdown is near complete. Astronauts Roosa Shepard and Mitchell train in simulators as a lunar landing trainer crashes at Ellington AFB, prompting review for Apollo 15 readiness.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Paul Donnelly
Pad 39
South Florida
Stuart A. Roosa
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Roosa
Moon
Shepard
Mitchell
Space Center, Houston
Space Agency
Stuart M
Ellington Air Force Base
David Scott
Scott
GOP sales tax bill shapes up for test
Gov Forrest H Anderson faces possible defeat of his tax package in the House as Republicans push a 2 percent broad based sales tax. The plan includes using sales tax revenue to cut property taxes and faces a fragile path through a split Montana Legislature with Democrats in control of the Senate.
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Jerry Holloron
Standard State Bureau
Helena
Forrest H. Anderson
House of Representatives
Senate Roundhouse
House
James P. Lucas
Miles City
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Anderson
Lucas
GOP
Liberal divorce bill debated in Montana Senate Committee
A Montana Senate committee considered a liberalized divorce bill modeled on California codes. Supporters said it would allow divorce by mail with affidavits, claiming the process enables quicker end to marriages and reduces courtroom disputes. Opponents warned of weakened legal safeguards and simplified proceedings.
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Helena
Senate
Stan Stephens
R-Havre
California
John C. Sheehy
D-Billings
John Doe
Mary Doe
Thomas ©. Tune
Davis keeps post as superintendent
Supt. of Schools Charles Davis 63 will retain his 25000 position at least until July 1 1972 when he plans retirement The Butte school board released a joint statement denying pressure to resign and confirming Davis will stay on through the contract year and beyond if he chooses to continue with board support. The release aims to halt rumors stirred by a premature news story and affirms cooperation with district officials and staff.
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Charles Davis
Davis
Butte School Board
Montana weighing state medical examiner plan amid crime lab cost
Senate panel heard Dr. John Pfaff Jr. urge approval of SB73 to create a state medical examiner and central forensic lab in Montana. The $439,840 biennial price includes $265,000 to start the lab. coroners would remain elected but must call in examiners for unexplained deaths.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
John Pfaff Jr
Great Falls
State Administration Committee
Governor's Crime Control Commission
Attorney General’s
Legal Medicine
Senate Finance and Claims Committee
John L
Luke’ McKeon
D-Anaconda
Frank Hazelbaker
R Dillon
Crime Control Commission
PFAFF
Pondera County
Patrick Wyse
Conrad
Montana Coroners Association
Butte Weather Forecast Shows Mild, Windy Conditions
Variable cloudiness and continued mild in Butte with windy conditions. Today's outlook calls for a high of 45 and a low of 32 as shown on the weather map on page 12.
Dust Storm Closes Butte Anaconda Road In High Winds
Blowing dust driven by westerly winds over 70 mph reduced visibility to near zero on the four lane highway east of Anaconda. Traffic halted after dark by state and county authorities with escorts as visibility improved. Fans travel to Butte for the Bulldogs Cop perheads game. dust from slag piles and tailings ponds on the south side. Winds caused minor damage including a broken window at Knights of Columbus quarters.
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Butte Anaconda
Anaconda
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Deputies
Butte
Butte Bulldogs
Nixon proposes 1972 budget with 11.6 billion deficit
President Nixon sent Congress a 229.2 billion dollar budget calling it expansionary yet not inflationary. He projects 217.6 billion in revenues and an 11.6 billion deficit for fiscal year 1972 beginning July 1, with a larger potential gap if the economy slows.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Montana property tax relief eyed under sales tax plan
Montana homeowners would receive up to a 20 percent deduction on property taxes under a Republican sales tax plan. House Bill 565 would cap relief at 125 dollars for higher valued homes, with full relief limited to those with taxable value of 3125 dollars or less.
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Standard State Bureau
Helena
Montana
James P. Lucas
Robbery Trio Sought After Dillon Area Attacks
Law officers seek three suspects linked to three beatings and robberies since Wednesday near Dillon. The latest, Friday at 3 30 p m at John Anderson ranch, left Martin Malady robbed of 85 dollars and gear after a staged aid request. Earlier, two elderly men were attacked near Red Rock. Art Nicholson 70 pistol whipped and Sid Leonard robbed of 45 dollars. One suspect wore a mask. descriptions note a clean shaven man and two with beards. vehicle described as a 1955 dirty blue Plymouth station wagon.
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Dillon
Martin Malady
John Anderson
Carter Creek
Malady
Red Rock
Art Nicholson
Sid Leonard
Insurance bill eyed to cover 25000 farm workers
Senate Agriculture Committee took under advisement a measure to bring about 25 000 permanent agricultural workers under industrial accident insurance. IAB Chairman James Carden said a study suggests a rate of 4 dollars per 100 while the current rate is 6 75 per 100.
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Standard State Bureau
Helena
Senate Agriculture Committee
Industrial Accident Board
IAB
James Carden
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Montana Council On Family Relations
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