Butte Council Rejects Relocation Plan and Free Land Offer
The Butte City Council voted 94 to halt seeking federal funds to relocate the 64 acre central business district. The move followed a dramatic meeting with applause and jeers as aldermen revived opposition to the Spolar stockyards site and rejected the 75 free acres offer, prompting debate over zoning and near airport site implications.
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Butte
Uptown
Spolar Stockyards
Butte Forward
Jim Murphy
Murphy
Aggie Jeanne
Phil Paull
Paull
Walkerville
Centerville
First Ward
Claude Pettibone
Dan Rosa
Viking 1 Images Reveal Red Planet With Smoggy Sky
Pasadena AP report describes Viking 1 color photos showing Mars as a red desert plain with a blue white sky similar to a smoggy day on earth. Scientists note atmospheric scattering and the presence of nitrogen suggesting Mars may once have supported life.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Earth
Viking 1
Explorer
Arizona
Thomas Mutch
Viking Lander
Mutch
Los Angeles
Explosion Kills Envoy in Dublin suburb Sand yford
Ambassador Christopher Ewart-Biggs aged 54 and Judith Cook 27 died when a car bombing at the Irish residence gates in Sand yford Dublin. Brian Cubbon 47 and driver Brian O Driscoll were injured. Police said the blast created a 10 foot crater and the car landed on its roof. Authorities described the attackers as an extremist republican group and offered a 36000 reward. Authorities arrested two leaders, David O Connell and another. Weather note follows.
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Christopher Ewart-Biggs
Judith Cook
Dublin
Sandyford
Garret Fitzgerald
Brian Cubbon
Brian O'Driscoll
Patrick Cooney
Cooney
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
David O’connell
Police move closer to kidnap suspects
Investigators converged on the San Francisco Peninsula searching for three wealthy young men linked to the Chowchilla school bus kidnap. Reports say one suspect is connected to the quarry where captives were held, with two others sons of prominent San Francisco area physicians. Authorities anticipated warrants from Alameda and Madera counties but no warrants were on hand. The case is described as a drug and gun cult thrill incident involving affluent families.
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Calif
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Alameda County
Associated Press
Alameda
Madera
San Mateo County
John R. McDonald
McDonald
Oakland Tribune
Sacramento Bee
Fresno Bee
Madera County
San Francisco Peninsula
Evel Knievel plans a $5 million movie mission
In Los Angeles Evel Knievel declares youth admire his stunts and aims a public crusade against narcotics. He will star in Viva Knievel! for Warner Bros from Southern California locations, writing his own story and insisting on a moral message about drug dangers. He criticizes Easy Rider’s treatment of narcotics and notes the film’s producers include Sherill C. Corwin and Irwin Allen.
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Muhammed
Saxitiaere
Evel Knievel
Butteborn
Ali
Evel Kn
Indianapolis
George Hamilton
Knievel
California
Sherill C. Corwin
Irwin Allen
Warner Bros
Evel
Dope Evel
Senate overrides Ford veto on 3.95 billion public works bill
The Senate, with key GOP defections, voted 73 to 24 to override Ford's veto of the 3.95 billion public works jobs bill. The measure advances to the House, where a Thursday vote is expected to also override. Ford regretted the action, citing inflation and lack of lasting jobs.
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Senate
Ford
House
Congress
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Detroit
Griffin
Tourist town shows heart after horses hurt woman
Megan Murphy was trampled when two Belgian draft horses stampeded toward a museum parking lot as she tried to stop them. The incident injured her spleen, lungs, ribs and ankle, but no bystanders were hurt. Townspeople raised funds for her medical bills after eleven days in a hospital.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Megan Murphy
Miss Murphy
Bessie
Colorado Springs
Gambler beats IRS in tax case over Las Vegas trips
Leonard Parker, a Philadelphia shoe salesman, duped casinos into free trips to Las Vegas and beyond. The IRS sought $33,179 in taxes and penalties, citing unreported income, but the US Tax Court ruled Parker owed nothing further, stating his explanations were unusual yet complete.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Leonard Parker
Las Vegas
Puerto Rico
London
Internal Revenue Service
Parker
IRS
Caesar's Palace
City worker starts crosswalk project with glow in the dark plastic
City worker Larry Brow slices asphalt on Granite street to prepare for a new plastic crosswalk material that will glow in the dark, according to city officials.
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Larry Brow
Granite Street
Granite
Park
Broadway
Galena
Police hunt three men in armed robbery in Butte
Butte police pursue three suspects after an armed robbery Saturday at 107 South Wyoming. The thieves, two armed, fled south on Wyoming Street with 320 dollars including 30 in quarters. Suspect descriptions include a 5-7 Indian-descent youth with long black hair, a husky 6-2 man in dress clothes, and a blond 19 or 20 year old with long hair.
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Butte
S. Wy
Pat Burns
Pat Curtis
Burns
Wyoming Street
S. Wyoming
Stockman
Jean Sorenson
State acquires Mt Haggin land for recreation area
The Fish and Game Department announced the acquisition of a 53,000-acre section of the Mt. Haggin Ranch near Anaconda to form a new state recreation area and wildlife range. The Nature Conservancy previously owned the land and transferred it to the state with a portion reserved for the U.S. government.
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Nature Conservancy
Department
U.S
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