Apollo 14 Mission Set for Sunday Liftoff From Cape Kennedy
Apollo 14 led by Commander Alan B Shepard Jr with Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa aims for a Sunday launch from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn rocket. The mission seeks lunar surface exploration and color TV from the moon while lessons from Apollo 13 influence redesigned oxygen systems and safety measures.
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Alan B Shepard Jr
Cape Area
Nixon
St. Johns
Virgin Islands
U.S
Shepard
Mitchell
Fran Mauro
Roosa
Kitty Hawk
Lunar
Earth
Moon
Abortion bill fuels hearing in Helena Montana
About 250 people packed the Montana House chamber and hallways in Helena for a public hearing on a proposed abortion bill. Proponents urged removing abortion from the criminal code and giving decision making to mother and physician while opponents cited moral and religious grounds to keep the current law.
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Helena
Montana
House
Governor’s Commission On the Status of Women
The
American Association of University Women
Zero Population Growth Group
Maxine Johnson
Governor’s Commission
Coimmalasion. Spanien
McDonough to resign from Montana Fish and Game Commission
Patrick J. McDonough, a Billings oilman named by Governor Forrest H. Anderson to the Montana Fish and Game Commission on Oct 29, 1969, is expected to announce his resignation early this week. The move aims to avert a Senate vs. governor confrontation over his confirmation.
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Jerry Holloron
Standard State Bureau
Helena
Patrick J. McDonough
State Fish and Game Commission
State Bureau
State Senate
Forrest H. Anderson
Anderson
McDonough
Billings
Pentagon Sees 80 000 Defense Jobs Cut Next Year
Pentagon and government economists warn that defense related employment will fall by about 80 000 workers in the 1972 fiscal year starting July 1 as the Nixon era cutbacks in Vietnam and armed forces reduce orders. Total defense linked jobs are about 2.36 million, roughly 1.1 million fewer than in 1968.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Defense jobs forecast fall after peak Vietnam era demand
The projection shows 120000 more layoffs through the end of 1971 and a continued decline to about 2160000 defense related workers by mid 1972. This would cut 1310000 from the wartime peak and dip near the 1964 prewar level.
Blind Two Women Push Public Access for Seeing Eye Dogs
Two blind Butte women helped win Senate support for a bill expanding the White Cane Act to allow seeing eye dogs in hotels motels restaurants and on public transportation without charges the owner liable for damages. Witnesses Ethel Johnson Mara Minnetta Tokin Tanya testified as lobbyists Daugherty and Wratis of Helena presented the bill without compensation and said no conflicts with current law were found.
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Standard State Bureau
Helena
Butte
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety Committee
Ethel Johnson
Mara
Minnetta Tokina
Tanya
al Daugherty
Loes Vratis
Montana Association For the Blind
Wratis
Dougherty
Board of Health
Public hearing on Senate bill to oust Dunkle as fish and game director
A Monday morning Senate State Administration Committee hearing on SB298 will gauge moves to remove Frank H. Dunkle from the State Fish and Game Department. Sen. David James backs the bill for Gov. Forrest H. Anderson and the fish and game commission, aiming to place the director under executive control.
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Standard State Bureau
Helena
Frank H. Dunkle
State Fish and Game Department
David James
D-Joplin
Senate State Administration Committee
Highway Department
James
Forrest H. Anderson
Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game
Dunkle
Anderson
Variable Clouds Bring Showers and Wind
The forecast notes variable cloudiness with a chance of showers and breezy intervals. Outlook today lists temperatures around 50 with a low near 35 as shown on Weather Map Page 15.
Mansfield faults Nixon on widening Vietnam war stance
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield warned that the Nixon administration is broadening the Vietnam war by expanding U S roles in Laos and Cambodia. He said this could hinder troop withdrawal and bolster support for the McGovern Hatfield amendment to pull all U S forces from Southeast Asia by year end. Mansfield linked policy to prisoner issues and to possible expansion of the Cooper Church amendment banning U S combat troops in Cambodia.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Montana Democrat
Southeast Asia
George McGovern
Ds.d
Mark O. Hatfield
Indochina
Vietnam
Nixon
Cam
Mansfield
Lawmakers weigh polls to decide Montana sales tax
In Helena a Democratic leader says placing the sales tax on the ballot may avert a 1971 impasse and allow voter input. Opponents call it abdication. debate includes timing to 1972 general election or fall primary and a possible income tax option.
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Jerry Holloron
Standard
State Bureau
Helena
HOUSE
Bill Christiansen
Christiansen
Robert N. Helding
Montana Taxpayers Association
Nixon Tightens Special Revenue Sharing Rules
The Nixon administration details tighter rules for special revenue sharing to retain federal oversight of local spending. About 11 billion is proposed for the first full year with six broad aims, including urban and rural development, education, training, law enforcement, and transportation.
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Washington
Nixon
Sage
Lion
Treasury Department
Amula
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