Butte Republican bids reform for Public Service Commission
Butte candidate Robert J. Olds urges independent scrutiny of utility rate requests. He criticizes the commissions budget and lack of dissent, proposes using university economists for rate evaluations, and seeks to rename the body Montana Public Service Commission while pushing for aggressive, transparent oversight.
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Robert J. Olds
Butte
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Olds
Montana University System
Commission
Commerce Commission
Public Service
Montana Power Co
Ernest C. Steel
Steel
Board of Pardons
Babcock, Nutter
Aronson
Safeway Stores Inc
Montana
Wyoming
Montgomery urges representation on key Montana committees
Wayne Montgomery, Republican candidate for Montana’s First District, says Montanans need effective representation on the agriculture education and labor, and interior and insular affairs committees. He argues these panels shape the state’s economy, education, and public lands and water policy.
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Wayne Montgomery
Butte
Montana
Kelley Mine Tours Resume Open to Visitors
The Anaconda Co. announced Kelley Mine tours will run Monday to Friday at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. through summer with a 22 person limit. Tours are for 21 and older and require advance registration at the Chamber of Commerce lobby in the Finlen Hotel. Smelter tours run weekdays at 9 45 a.m. and 1 15 p.m. with 21 plus age and gate entry 15 minutes before.
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Anaconda Co
Kelley
Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
Anaconda Reduction Department
Anaconda
Olsen explains education bill to Montana educators
Rep. Arnold Olsen outlined the General Education Assistance Bill to Silver Bow educators. The plan offers federal grants of 100 dollars per school age child and extra aid to low income states. Half the funds would raise teacher salaries. the rest funds other K 12 needs. He noted Montana teachers earn about 6375 dollars yearly versus a national average of 7296, with 61 percent earning under 6500.
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Arnold Olsen
Silver Bow County
Olsen
Montana
Butte
Montana Tech
Butte Business College
Dillon school contracts awarded for 730000 building
District 10 board awarded contracts for a 24 class room elementary school in Dillon. Haggerty Messmer Co for general work C W Schmid Inc for mechanical Palmquist Electric for electrical Kitchen Northwest Fixture for fixtures. Construction starts July with an August 1 1969 completion. architect is W C Bierrum Kalispell.
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Dillon
District 10
Haggerty - Messmer Co
Bozeman Mechanical
C. W. Schmid, Inc
Missoula
Palmquist Electric
Helena
Northwest Fixture Co
Billings
W. C. Bierrum
Kalispell
One Thousand Japanese Peers Reunite After 21 Years
In Tokyo, more than 1,000 peers of the rising sun from barons to princes gathered 21 years after their ranks were removed by Japan’s postwar constitution of May 1947. They met at the former peers’ clubhouse site now occupied by a new Clubhouse in Japan’s first drab skyscraper. Peerage dates back to 1869.
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Tokyo
Japan
Fraser backs upgrading Montana Tech in governor bid
Billings Mayor Willard K. Fraser, seeking the Democratic nomination, says upgrading Montana Tech is longstanding. In a letter to Montana Tech Alumni Association president George Hanson, Fraser argues for broadening tech offerings beyond mineral sciences to include related sciences and arts and granting degrees.
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Willard K. Fraser
Billings
Montana Tech
George T. Hanson
Anaconda
Montana Tech Alumni Association
Fraser
Montana
Mt. Everest
Vatican
Couple Slightly Hurt in Butte Area Wreck on I-90
Two Butte residents were treated for minor injuries and released from Silver Bow General Hospital after a car-truck collision on Interstate 90 east of Butte. Thomas Smith, 30, drove the 1960 car. Lyle and Mrs. Smith, 78 and 65, were his passengers.
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Butte
Silver Bow General Hospital
Lyle Smith
Thomas Smith
Highland
Smith
Montana
Howard Lemm
David Hewitt
Cornelius Gillam
Ellensberg
Wash
Lemm
Flood Victims Reach 150000 as Euphrates Floods Bite Iraq
The League of Red Cross Societies reports about 150000 people are homeless in Iraq after Euphrates floods. It calls on member societies to donate clothing tents food and anti malaria drugs to aid survivors.
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Geneva
Iraq
League of Red Cross Societies
Emerson urges efficient use of school dollars
Casey Emerson, Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, told Butte residents that education funds are wasted at state and national levels. He cited $100,000 in Air Force equipment destroyed in Miles City as an example and urged parent involvement in the office.
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Casey Emerson
Butte
Montana State University
Air Force
Miles City
Emerson
3000-Year-Old Philistine Grave Found in Ashkelon
Archaeologists uncover a 3000-year-old Philistine grave on Israel s southern coast near Ashkelon. Five bodies are interred in the tomb, described as the first of its kind found in the region.
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Ashkelon
Israel
Forfeitures Recorded In Police Court
Bonds forfeited include Wayne Camitich failing to appear on a license offense with a $50 bond. Other forfeitures were Bob James $25 for speeding, Jean Comba $25 for disturbing the peace, Jerry Dwyer $10 for complaint of a witness, all recorded Friday in police court.
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Wayne Camitich
Bob James
Jean Comba
Jerry Dwyer
Forrest Anderson pledges win in governor bid and Butte school support
Atty Gen Forrest H Anderson campaigned in Butte for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and urged area designation for Butte’s vocational technical school under construction on South Wyoming Street. He criticized the Flesher report and urged state leadership unification across education, farming, ranching, and industry. He also cited Butte’s significant local funding and federal grant as key to maximizing the facility’s impact.
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Forrest H. Anderson
Butte
Billings
Anderson
Flesher
Economic Development Administration
Vo-Ted
Hanrahan Boosts Tech Visit in Butte and Anaconda
Helena Democrat Tom Hanrahan, attorney general candidate, campaigned in Butte and Anaconda and said he would push for Montana Tech to receive a fair share of education and building funds if elected. He also pledged to favor sportsmen in Fish and Game policy and criticized the current commission.
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Tom Hanrahan
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Hanrahan
Board of Regents
Montana University System
Montana Tech
Attorney State Fish and Game Commission
Forest official Chisholm promoted to Sheridan district ranger
Dillon Daniel K. Chisholm of the Teton Ranger District is promoted and transferred to Sheridan as district ranger in the Beaverhead National Forest. Supervisor W B Gallaher announced the move. Chisholm, with the Forest Service since 1958, previously served on the Nez Perce and Clearwater forests. Gallaher also announced transfer of David R Howard to a timber staff position on the Kootenai Forest at Libby.
Canadians apply as Osaka guides at Expo 70
Ottawa reports more than 800 young Canadians have applied for roughly 12 guide positions at Canada's Expo 70 pavilion in Osaka Japan. About 160 applicants speak Japanese, with 120 of Japanese origin.
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Ottawa
Canada
Osaka
Japan
Wheel and Tire Stolen From 1963 Car in Clark Street
Frank Beasley of 632 S. Clark reported to police Friday the theft of a wheel and tire from his 1963 model car.
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Frank Beasley
S. Clark
Butte Anaconda Briefs From The Montana Standard
Local items from the Montana Standard cover community updates in Butte and Anaconda. June 1968 notices reflect civic happenings, announcements, and daily life notes.
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Butte-Anaconda
Montana
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