Butte Parade Draws 50,000 for Bicentennial Tribute
More than 50,000 citizens lined Butte streets for a flawless parade honoring America's 200th birthday. Bob and Joe’s Wholesale Lucky Lager float with Charlie Brown characters won the traveling trophy, while the Butte-Silver Bow Anti-Poverty Council river boat entry captured the grand prize novelty award.
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Butte
America
Joe
Butte-Silver Bow
Anti- Poverty Council
Larry Connors
Prize winners in Butte parade
The Butte parade honors multiple groups with prizes across categories. Winners include Jaycees-Silver Bow for Best Commercial Entry and Butte High Chorus for Best Decorated Car, with entries from Rainbow DeMolay and Job's Daughters, East Junior High Cheerleaders, and the Butte Exchange Club among others.
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Bob & Joe's Wholesale
Butte
Silver Bow
Anti-Poverty Council
Car Butte High Chorus
Young Democrats
East Junior High
Jaycees
Lions Butte Exchange Club
Clearinghouse Association
Montana Power Co
Montana Standard
Rainbow
Job's Daughters
Butte Figure Skating Club
Big Sky Girl Scout Council
City of Butte
Jim Kraut
Chevrolet Committee
Anaconda National Guard Armed Forces Color Guard
Air Force
Central Treasurettes
Butte High Band
Butte Elks Drum and Bugle Corps
Anaconda Job Corps
Anaconda Copper Cadettes
Marion's Copper Pennies
Commissioners Take Tight Grip On Silver Bow Road Crew
After a long back and forth with the county road department Silver Bow County commissioners gained near total control following Surveyor John Sheehan’s March resignation Investigators flag questionable policy changes and possible illegality A county employee funded by federal dollars is handling road payrolls violating federal program rules.
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Silver Bow
John Sheehan
Montana Standard
Sheehan
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Nick Rotering
Rotering
Copper stockpiling sparks rise in copper prices
Copper futures for next December rose to 76 cents a pound as market hopes grow the national stockpile will be rebuilt despite record world supplies. Scrap copper prices climbed to 56 cents, with refiners adding about 4 cents a pound. The article notes the stockpile goal may affect consumer copper products and outlines related budget and payroll concerns in a county department.
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Maidenberg
New York
General Services Administration
Belive
Kissinger
Chile
Peru
Zambia
Zaire
Commodity Exchange
Eight killed in one crash Montana toll hits fifteen
The Fourth of July weekend in Montana ended in tragedy as eight people died in a Browning area single car crash. The Highway Patrol reported the weekend death toll at 15 with four children among the dead and three survivors hospitalized. Authorities described the crash as the worst in memory and recovered bodies from a lake where divers searched pre dawn.
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Montana
Associated Press
Highway Patrol
Browning-area
John Sandy Sr
Mary Jane Sandy
Orlando Sandy
John Sandy Jr
Ronnie Spotted Blanket
Lucille
Geraldine Fish
Patricia Fish
James Persling
Cut Bank
Persling
Jerry Anderson
Boulder hospital raises salaries and improves patient care
Administrative raises at Boulder River School and Hospital accompany higher direct care pay and facility improvements. Superintendent William Conyard earns 26000 annually with several directors also boosted. new pay scales for habilitation aides and higher degree staff. five cottages closed to improve conditions. more staff and cleaner residents with better clothing and toys.
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Boulder
Boulder River
William Conyard
Dick Heard
Roy Hoffman
Tom Dolan
Jerry Butcher
Rusty Redfield
Ap- Hospital
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Knievel
Glen Obstader
Walter Hinick
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Uptown
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Don
Sullivan
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Public Service
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Arlene Daum
Mertz
Boulder River School
Rick Foote
the Helena
Roy Lake
DeGeorge
Dick van Haecke
Dick Swenson
Dave Anderson
Larry Putnam
Conyard
London
Britain
Economist
Thomas Jefferson
Economics
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