Pentagon weapon program overruns total $26.3 billion says GAO
The GAO report lists 55 new weapons with cost overruns of 26.3 billion dollars, raising total development costs from 111.6 to 134.2 billion. Sen. Proxmire criticizes delays and performance drops, noting 24 projects behind schedule and several large overruns including the F 15 and Minuteman III.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Congressional Study
Wall of flame halts England firemen at Nypro plant blast
In Flixborough England a massive explosion at the Nypro UK chemical complex sparked a raging fire. A wall of flame up to half a mile wide blocked entry as authorities counted dead from 20 to 55 and injuries near 105. Radioactive material briefly halted rescue efforts.
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England
Flixborough
Nypro-U.k. Ltd
London
Purves
Grimsby
Montana to Try District Voting in Historic Election
Voters across Montana will cast ballots in single-member legislative districts for the first time as the 1972 constitutional changes take effect. 407 candidates seek party nominations for 100 House and 50 Senate seats, plus PSC district races. Incumbent reps Shoup and Melcher face no primary opposition. Haswell and Fillner vie for the Supreme Court.
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Hugh van Swearingen
Helena
Montana
Yank
Alzada
Plentywood
Lima
Public Service Commission
Dick Shoup
Arnold Olsen
Max Baucus
Pat Williams
John Melcher
Jack McDonald
Sam Kitzenberg
Billings
Shoup
Melcher
Supreme Court
Frank Haswell
Russell K. Fillner
Gene B. Daly
Mansfield urges central alarm system for economy at Montana Tech
Sen. Mike Mansfield told Montana Tech graduates that the nation must examine its economic life and build a central alarm system to monitor trends. He warned against reckless energy use, urged careful coal development, and called for tripartite cooperation to form a national economic commission to sift data and guide policy.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana Tech
Montana
Fox Theater
Mansfield
Montana University System
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Courts waste fifty million yearly on jury costs
A government survey found the nation's courts summon about two million citizens annually and waste 50 million dollars a year on juror fees and long idle waits. LEAA officials urged tighter schedules to make jury service meaningful.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Donald E. Santarelli
Georgia
Maryland
Minnesota
Colorado
New Jersey
Texas
Michigan
Bird Engineering Research Associates Inc
Vienna
LEAA
Gerald M. Caplan
Caplan
Kennedy leads Ford in Gallup presidential preference
Ted Kennedy would outpoll Gerald Ford 50 to 39 in a May 10 to 13 Gallup poll of 1,543 adults with 11 percent undecided. The survey also notes party identification shows 24 percent Republicans, 42 percent Democrats, and 34 percent independents.
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Princeton
N.J
Edward M. Kennedy
D—Mass
Ford
Gerald Ford
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Gallup
Butte Polls See City Dry County Wet On Tuesday
Butte voters face a dry city and wet county on election day with city bars closed from 8 a m to 8 p m while county bars stay open. A 1947 city ordinance tied to but not repealed state law governs polling hours and liquor rules, and state law now prevails over local ordinances. The piece notes a school bond issue on the ballot and shows voting machines prepared for Silver Bow County.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Mom’s Day honors Stout family grads at Montana Tech
Phyllis Stout walked the Montana Tech stage for her BA in English while her daughters Karen 22 earns a Montana UM medical technology degree Carla 18 graduates from Butte High and Janet 14 finishes West Junior High. Karen works as a draftsperson in Missoula Carla heads to Tech metallurgical engineering Janet joins Butte High. Kohler Stout, chair of engineering at Tech, notes the family's academic milestone and its effect on home life. Weather note follows on Page 10.
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Phyllis Stout
Montana Tech
Karen
University of Montana
Carla
Butte High
Janet
West Junior High
Mrs. Stout
Sorenson and Co
Missoula
Tech
Stout
Singing telegram fades as Western Union ends its 40 year run
San Francisco notes the last singing birthday telegrams will be sent after California closes its branch at midnight. Officials say the service ended not from cost but waning demand, ending a four decade Americana staple once sung in homes and movies. The anecdote recalls Rudy Vallee’s era and a slow decline through the 1960s and 1970s.
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San Francisco
Western Union
California
Singing Telegram
Valerie Vercea
Charles Beauchamp
Rudy Vallee
New York
Rex Parcels
Western
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