20 Jul 1976
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1976
Page
1
Butte trustees approve a $462 073 mill levy reduction eliminating 11 teachers 10 school service aides 11 crossing guards one clerk one engineer one janitress and one Butte High assistant principal. Budget also scraps East Junior High one room addition and a wrestling gym addition at Butte High.
President Ford, at a front lawn news conference, said he would pardon Nixon again in the national interest and argued the pardon served the nation. He outlined administration legislation to bolster public confidence in government and counter a Senate proposal for temporary special prosecutors.
Pasadena AP By Monday the unmanned Viking lander was cleared to depart its mother ship and attempt America's first Mars touchdown set for 4 52 a m PDT Tuesday with a life search in its instruments. If it lands, photos will show ground level Mars.
Washington AP reports doctors urge routine X ray screening for women under 50 to continue when negative. Meanwhile Breslow and colleagues cite a New York study indicating X ray mammography benefits women over 50 if radiation remains at the lowest effective level.
Mitchell Prim 20 of Livingston faces two felony counts of negligent homicide after a two car crash on Interstate 15 killed Charles Williams 20 of Bradford VI and Kim Kemp 19 of Bellport NY. Prim jailed on 15000 bond to await public defender. Autopsies cite head injuries from the rear collision near the Montana Street interchange.
The Butte city council committee of the whole approved a preliminary 1977 budget around 4.5 million, up 122000 from last year. If approved by the full council, public hearings will be Aug 2 and 4 with final action due by Aug 9.
Investigators pursue three ex convicts as possible revenge seekers in the Chowchilla kidnap case involving 26 children and a bus driver. Reports cite a former Madera County inmate hinting at getting even, with witnesses sought from sightings of vans and registrations. The probe spans Madera, San Leandro, and Livermore areas where the abduction bunker lies.
In Mato Grosso and Pará, land struggles erupt between large landowners squatters and indigenous groups. The Davis family, Alabama transplants, built a 226000 acre cattle ranch and forestry preserve after moving in the 1960s, later suffering the deaths of two sons and their father in violence linked to encroachments. A German missionary was killed defending an Indian reservation, while Indians scalped and decapitated farmers in nearby regions. More than 100 land disputes fester in the region as highways open access and spark further conflict.
Four crewmen slept below deck when pirates attacked about a quarter mile off the Colombian coast. Wayne Dahling and Robert Fischer were killed while two survivors hid below deck after securing hatches. Coast Guard and FBI said attackers failed to lift the anchor and likely intended to tow the vessel to shore. The Feisty was to reach Aruba after a mayday from an oil tanker nearby.
Heavy rains caused floods killing 120 people and leaving 200000 homeless in Mexico and forcing 60000 from homes in Venezuela. Ten states in Mexico affected with Panuco River rising 24 feet. food medicine and clothes flown to affected areas as aid rushes to flood zones.
The U S Embassy in Beirut indefinitely postpones a planned overland evacuation of Americans and other foreigners from Lebanon citing a security problem on the Beirut to Damascus highway. A new convoy may be organized later if danger eases. sea or air evacuation could occur instead.
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