Montana’s lawyer retainer plan faces scrutiny
A two month State Bureau review finds 28 agencies employ private counsel on retainers totaling about 215000 yearly, with some attorneys earning far more than the state attorney general. Cronyism and conflicts of interest are cited as retainer use is widespread across boards and commissions.
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Montana
Attorney General’s Office
State Bureau
Highway Department
Robert L. Woodahl
Charles F. Moses
Billings
L. V. Harris
Helena
Woodahl
Moses
Livestock Commission
Livestock Sanitary Board
Board of Pharmacy
Three New Priests Ordained at St Ann Church
In St Ann Church on Saturday Helena Bishop Raymond G Hunthausen performed the rites for Daniel Hillen of Butte, Thomas P Haffey of Anaconda, and Daniel Shea of Anaconda. The trio were ordained to the priesthood and will celebrate their first Masses today.
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St. Ann
Daniel Hillen
Butte
Thomas P. Haffey
Anaconda
Daniel Shea
Helena
Raymond G. Hunthausen
Father Hillen
Immaculate Conception Church
Father Shea
St. Peter Church
Father Haffey
St. Paul
Sam Donnell
Fifty two Montana Tech students to receive degrees this afternoon
Fifty two students will receive 53 degrees at Montana Tech commencement today. Nine are master’s and 43 are bachelor’s. ceremonies begin at 3 30 p m in the Library Museum Auditorium. Speaker is C Jay Parkinson of Anaconda Co who will also receive an honorary law degree. Five alumni will receive professional degrees.
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Montana Tech
Library-Museum
C. Jay Parkinson
Anaconda Co
Parkinson
Robert G. Ingersoll, Jr
Memorial traffic toll nears record during holiday weekend
The Associated Press reports traffic fatalities rose to 354 on Saturday as Memorial Day weekend continued. Officials warned the final toll could surpass last year’s 629 deaths if trends hold, with 550 to 650 projected overall. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council urged extreme caution.
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National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
The
Safety Council
Associated Press
Kennedy Warns Thieu At UMass Commencement
Senator Edward M. Kennedy addressed 2100 University of Massachusetts graduates in Amherst and urged South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu to make concessions for peace. The remarks framed U S policy as pressuring Thieu to compromise and end the war stalemate.
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Amherst
Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
University of Massachusetts
Nguyen van Thieu
Rocky welcome in Bolivia sparks security fears and short visit
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller cut his Bolivia fact finding to three hours amid fears of anti U S disorders after clashes in Ecuador left one dead. A bomb exploded near the U S embassy as 3000 demonstrators marched in La Paz and Rockefeller avoided downtown for safety.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.S
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ecuador
Nixon
Andes
Luis Adolfo Siles- Salinas
Dilemma of a Vietnamese village parable on war and peace
In Bo Kinh Vietnam AP reports a village and two neighbors face destruction after 200 North Vietnamese soldiers infiltrate at night amid doubts about reliable intelligence and pacification. An American colonel is killed triggering air strikes and artillery.
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Vietnam
BO Kinh
United States
Opportunists purged by Czech Communists
Prague reports Dr. Gustav Husak announces a purge of opportunistic elements within the Communist Party. Prof. Ota Sik and other liberals are ousted from the central committee for non Marxist positions. Husak says close Moscow ties remain the best security and signals stricter party discipline.
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Prague
Gustav Husak
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Ota Sik
Husak
Moscow
Communist Parties
Czecho
Opportunists
Fi Weather Report Looks Ahead to Warmer Day
Mixing fragments notes mostly fair skies and warmer temperatures with a reading around 68 degrees. a cooler 36 degree detail appears unclear and the text includes stray phrases and a stray reference to a two part item.
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Unemployment Compensation Commission
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Dan
Kennedy
Thieu
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Joe McGowan, JR
Peter Arnett
Thu Thua
Saigon
Long An
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