Butte Considers 120-Unit Housing Project Zoning Change
The Butte city council will hold a public hearing August 16 on a $1.6 million housing project by Columbus Plaza Inc. to build 120 low income elderly units behind Albertson's Food Center. The planning board warns against island zoning and suggests expanding the area to merge with adjacent commercial and manufacturing districts. The project awaits HUD approval and is backed by assurances from Montana lawmakers.
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Columbus
Purcell
Montana
Highland View Manor
Busch
Knights of Columbus
Mark Antonioli
Antonioli
Planning Board
Albertson’s
Montana Supreme Court weigh 237600 vote in constitution case
The Montana Supreme Court heard challenges over the 237,600 vote total from the 1972 constitutional referendum. Opponents argued ratification needed 118,801 votes, a majority of electors voting, while officials counted 116,415 for ratification and 113,883 against. The case hinges on whether blank or spoiled ballots affect the tally.
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J. D. Holmes
Capitol
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Montana
Forrest H. Anderson
James T. Harrison
Butte Teachers Bound by 65 Retirement Rule
Mandatory retirement for Butte teachers over 65 was upheld by arbitrator Paul Jackson of Seattle. The dispute began when the Butte School Board in 1971 adopted the policy and notified 24 teachers in 1972 to retire. The union argued a past practice. Jackson found no established practice to extend work beyond 65.
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Butte
Butte School Board
Butte Teachers Union
Paul Jackson
Seattle
Jackson
Maurice Hennessey
Hennessey
Asst
Rupert Schneider
Schneider
Teamsters Endorse Nixon for Re Election at Rancho La Costa
The 2.2 million member Teamsters Union executive committee voted to back President Nixon for re election at Rancho La Costa Country Club. Frank Fitzsimmons said the move serves labor and national interests and noted McGovern supporters were not prioritized by blue collar workers. The vote was described as overwhelmingly support with possible dissent.
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Rancho LA Costa
Calif
Teamsters Union
Nixon
Teamsters
John F. Kennedy
Rancho la Costa Country Club
White House
Former mental patient seizes bank hostages in Richmond
Everette Warner Wallace Jr., 22, held ten people including nine women and the assistant cashier at Bank of Chesterfield demanding 500000 in ransom. He surrendered to police and FBI agents after hours of negotiation with no injuries reported. A bag of money was moved from the trunk of a getaway car after surrender.
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Richmond
FBI
Everette Warner Wallace, Jr
Wallace
Ramsom
Eastern State Hospital
Williamsburg
Kurt Schmidt
Bank of Chesterfield
Larry Wheeler
Donald Moore
Chesterfield County
Cavern Safe Burglary At Lewis and Clark Cavern
An estimated 2700 dollars was taken from the safe at Lewis and Clark Cavern east of Whitehall on old Highway 10. The break in occurred Sunday night or early Monday with entry gained through an office window. The theft was discovered around 7 a.m. Monday by cavern employee John Whitesitt.
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Lewis and Clark
Whitehall
Wes Woodgerd
Parks Recreation
State Fish and Game Department
John Whitesitt
Daley backs all Democrats in November ticket
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley endorsed every Democratic candidate on the November ballot from federal to local races. He avoided naming George S. McGovern in his statement and gave no warm praise to the presidential candidate. Daley noted uphill battle to win Illinois and said he sent a telegram of support to McGovern.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Nixon
Daley
Illinois
Billion dollar wheat subsidy for 1973
The Nixon administration unveiled a 1 billion dollar wheat subsidy control plan to curb production in 1973 amid a large surplus. Farmers would idle about 15 million acres, with an optional plan to idle an additional 10 million, totaling about 25 million acres under the program.
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Washington
Viet Union
Moscow
U.S
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Ex nun and former Marine first women FBI agents in training
Joanne E. Pierce from Niagara Falls New York and Susan Lynn Roley of Long Beach California are the first women accepted into the FBI agent training program. They began a 14 week course at Quantico Virginia after sworn in with 44 male agents. Both must qualify with handgun shotgun and rifle and pass fitness and defensive tactics training. Roles include equal pay and duties as men. Pierce is 31 and Roley 25 with backgrounds in religious order and Marine Corps service.
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Washington
FBI
Joanne E. Pierce
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Susan Lynn Roley
Long Beach
Calif
Gray
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miss Pierce
Sisters of Mercy
Miss Roley
U.S. Marine Corps
Plumbers Seek Court Injunction Over Montana Strike
Master plumbers and firms ask federal court in Butte for an injunction against Butte Local 41 to end a two week strike affecting 18 shops and 150 plumbers in Helena Anaconda Butte and Bozeman. Judge W D Murray to hear arguments Wednesday as wage issues are said settled and sought federal action proceeds.
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Montana
Butte
W.D. Murray
Helena
Anaconda
Bozeman
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington, D.C
Urban Roth
Master Plumbers Association
Reardon Plumbing and Heating
Floyd Stewart
Reardon’s
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Singer
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