Jury Deliberations Began In Montana Work-Comp Fraud Case
Twelve jurors eight women and two men begin deliberations in Helena to decide the guilt or innocence of three defendants charged with fraudulently obtaining funds from the Workmen's Compensation Division. The state accuses the trio of improper gains totaling 5400.
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Lavon Bretz
Great Falls
Merrel
Shirley Cline
Shelby
Nona Wampole
Wesley
Bretz
WCC
Clines
Wampole
Asst. Atty
al Wells
Leaphart
Charles
Moses
Billings
Wells
Orange County
California
James Smith
Colorado
Montana
Lebanon cabinet delays and Lebanon fighting escalate
Beirut reports delayed six man cabinet formation with Karami reportedly assembling a government while fighting intensified across the city. Flames from a Sinn el Fil soap plant and heavy gunfire followed claims of hundreds killed as residents fled suburbs amid a tense security situation.
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Lebanon
Beirut Radio
Rashid Karami
Sinn el Fil
Know-it-all Ann Landers Seeks Divorce After 36 Years
Chicago based syndicated columnist Ann Landers announces in her column that after 36 years of marriage to Jules Lederer they will divorce. Landers 57 writes the news feels unreal and asks readers not to seek details. The couple has one daughter and no reason is given.
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Ann Landers
Jules Lederer
Jules
Field Newspapers Syndicate of
Lederer
City council weighs cuts to police and fire injury pay
During a Committee of the Whole session the aldermen debated suspending or altering payments to injured police and fire personnel. The proposal would end the practice of supplementing workers' compensation with city salary beyond the injury period, with votes splitting on adding the item to the Wednesday agenda.
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Tta
Good news for job seekers in select cities
In Los Angeles and several U S cities, listings show tool and dye makers in Peoria Phoenix nurses security guards and more. Despite high unemployment, employers report many openings requiring varied skills nationwide. Local officials discuss federal funding delays and ongoing public service job actions amid a patchwork job market. A mock Bert Mooney Airport fire drill interrupts reports on employment and public service funding.
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Ill
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Detroit
Houston
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Texas
Oklahoma
Richmond
Madison
Wis
Jackson
Miss
Sioux Falls
S.C
John Calderas
California
Long Beach
Dorothy Graves
Southwest Pennsylvania Job Bank
Hospital and union resume bargaining under mediation
A meeting between Teamster representatives and St. James Community Hospital officials is set for Tuesday with Federal Mediator Sherman Hodges. It follows a breakdown on June 22 and comes as a week long strike by 180 workers continues. Picket lines return after a weekend gap and only emergency care remains at the hospital.
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Teamster
St. James Community Hospital
Sherman Hodges
Mary Clarke
St. Jame
Clarice
Silver Bow General Hospital
Social Security Cost of Living Boost Increases Checks
The 3 percent cost of living raise will add about 7.60 to monthly checks, with an average $16 rise, applying to 31.3 million Social Security and 4 million SSI recipients. July payments will reflect the boost, though some state supplements may delay SSI increases.
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Washington
America
Weinberger
Montana farmers eye Saudi market for crops and expertise
Montana farm groups and the Montana International Trade Commission see a potential multimillion dollar opportunity in Saudi Arabia. CEO Jim Hodge and a delegation visited in April to explore direct sales of wheat, barley, cattle and sheep, irrigation and farming technique training, and joint agricultural experiments. Training could start in 1975 with a full program contingent on a visit by Saudi officials.
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Helena
Montana
Saudi Arabia
Montana International Trade Commission
Jim Hodge
Butte
The
Montana International Trade
Hodge
Absentee ballots due for Butte school election July 8
Absentee ballots for the Butte school election are due Monday before noon at the county clerk and recorder's office. The measure includes two mill levy requests and a 1.613 million bond for renovations at Butte High School. The elementary levy is 57.95 mills or 3.321 million, the high school levy 9.55 mills or 579,546, and the bond funds a 12,000 square foot science wing, a 14,400 square foot gymnasium, and site work at Naranche Stadium.
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