Butte Bars Open Legally Election Day After 27 Years
Butte voters and young patrons may head to bars and the polls today after the City Council repealed the 1947 election day prohibition. The action brings local rules in line with Montana state law, which ended its dry period in 1973. The measure, deemed an emergency affecting health and welfare, passed unanimously along with changes allowing 18 year olds to drink.
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Mike Micone
Montana Standard
Butte Ballot Sees School Bond and Key Races On Primary Day
Voters in Silver Bow County line up from 8 am to 8 pm for a primary election with a $7.9 million Butte High School bond and $1 million for renovations. Candidates include Olsen Baucus Williams in the Democratic race for Congress with Shoup unopposed on the Republican side.
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Silver Bow
Governors Lead On Ethics Reform In Watergate Era Panel
Washington Governor Daniel Evans told the National Governors Conference that states are acting decisively on ethics reform and consumer protections while Congress stalls. Representative Brademus warned of a White House leadership vacuum and urged governors to help. Anderson warned a veto proof Congress could end revenue sharing.
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Colson pleads guilty in Watergate related case
Charles W. Colson admitted obstructing justice and, in a plea deal, agreed not to be prosecuted further for Watergate or plumbers' cases while facing a new charge that he defamed Ellsberg and his attorney in the Pentagon Papers matter. He will be sentenced June 21.
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Unsolved murders loom over Gallatin sheriff race in Montana
In Gallatin County and across Montana, unsolved killings cast a shadow on Tuesday’s primary. Incumbent sheriff L D W Anderson faces a turbulent field as investigators probe high profile cases including the disappearance of 7-year-old Susan Jaeger and the cremation linked murder of Sandra Dykman Smallegan.
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Susan Jeager
Michigan
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Montana
Premature 24-ounce baby surprises California doctors
In West Covina California Shawn Rebecca Hays a 24 ounce three months premature infant weighs 12 inches long and has a kitten like cry. Dr. Robert Montgomery says survival chances are good for the healthy baby at Queen of the Valley Hospital. Parents Scott and Debbie Hays of Azusa are 18 and shaken by the early arrival and the prospect of taking their child home.
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Flames finally doused at British chemical plant disaster
After 48 hours the blast at Nypro Ltd chemical plant in Flixborough England burned out. London will hold a full public inquiry. The explosion killed 29 and injured 105 with damage estimated over 140 million dollars. A Nypro official said a cyclohexane vapor leak sparked the chain reaction.
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Anaconda Voters Prepare for Montana Primary Ballots
Deer Lodge County and statewide voters will cast ballots in today’s Montana primary election for national state district and county offices. Deer Lodge County lists 7,242 registered voters across 12 precincts with varied polling hours and two shifts for ballot counting.
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Rocket attack at Bien Hoa base and prison hit in South Vietnam
A major Communist rocket strike near Bien Hoa air base killed or wounded over 100 people. Sappers sank a 1,178-ton South Korean ship. four crewmen missing. Prison at Tan Hiep hit. death toll reported as 42 to 31 by Bien Hoa police. U S withdraws security staff from Laos. North Vietnamese troop presence remains.
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Eight U S primaries focus on California Watergate era vote
Eight states hold primaries including California where Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke seeks the GOP nod for governor amid Watergate indictments and reforms. Edmund Brown Jr. leads Democrats for governor while Proposition 9 would curb campaign spending. Other races include South Dakota, Alabama contests and legislative runoffs with potential gains for Black representation.
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