New Montana youth center to curb drug use pilots in Helena
A youth guidance center will open on a pilot basis this summer at Fort Harrison Helena to steer youths under 18 away from drugs. It will serve court detainees and volunteer students, funded by state crime control funds. sessions run 20 days each, with room and board for participants.
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Jerry Holloron
Standard State Bureau
Helena
Montana
Fort Harrison
Markle
Miles City
Mountain View
Montana National Guard
Dept. of Institutions
Misfortune Turns To Rescue As Fisherman Is Found
A stroke of luck saved elderly Butte fisherman R J Moore 64 stranded two days near Dempsey Lake 15 miles north of Anaconda when four West Valley anglers spotted his four wheel jeep and rescued him. Moore suffered four fractured ribs and was taken to Community Hospital of Anaconda. The rescuers Leland Keele Floyd Keele Loren Higgins and John Borrowman were en route to another lake. Moore had hiked last stretch to the lake and cast his first line when the accident occurred.
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Dempsey Lake
Mount Powell
Anaconda
West Valley
Leland
Floyd Keele
Loren Higgins
John Borrowman
Moore
Community Hospital
Anaconda Hospital
Leland Keele
Keele
Dillon Chamber To Hold Public Meeting On Highway 15 Access
Dillon Chamber of Commerce President W B Gallaher calls a public meeting at 8 p m Tuesday in the Beaverhead County Courthouse to seek a solution for proposed facilities at the Highway 15 access into Dillon. The plan has faced strong committee opposition and a public hearing by the highway department will be allowed if public support for a second interchange is revived. A date for the hearing has not been set.
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Dillon
Butte Firemen Respond to Lightning and Car Fire Incidents
Butte firefighters answered two lightning caused fires in a noon storm including a tree fire on Russell Strefel's property and a outage causing residence at Clark Street. They also tackled a heater blaze at 726 West Park with no damage, a false alarm at West Junior High, and a 5:35 p.m. car fire on South Main damaging a foreign car owned by Mrs. Bernard Winnings.
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West Junior High
South Main
Bernard Winnings
Three juveniles arrested for curfew breach and siphoning gas
Three Butte youths were arrested by police Thursday night after a report of gas siphoning at 1208 W. Silver. Police found highway warning signs and a blinker light in a car driven by one of the youths. charges include breaking curfew siphoning gas and drinking under age.
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Butte
Silver
Vacation Bible School to Start at Church of Christ Site
A vacation Bible school for youngsters of the Church of Christ will run from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday at 3003 Gladstone with the theme Jesus Loves Me. Call 723-8812 for details. In a separate case, George Skuletich, represented by his father Lewis Skuletich, seeks 33 256.10 dollars in damages from Craig Sands for injuries in a November 10, 1967 car crash at Broadway and Clark while Skuletich was a passenger.
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Church of Christ Parish
Gladstone
Jesus
George Skuletich
Lewis Skuletich
Craig Sands
Young Skuleitch
Sands
Broadway and
Clark
Youth freed as illegal liquor charge dropped
James Roane, 20, of 314 W Cop per, spent two days in jail after an illegal possession of liquor charge was dismissed by Judge John Seton. Insufficient evidence led to the release, and officers had testified Roane was arrested about a block away from the alleged offense. Other cases involved two defendants who hadn’t forfeited $15 bonds due to a court-time mix up. bonds were refunded after Judge Seton dismissed the complaints.
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James Roane
John Seton
Friday Seton
Roane
Robert Mihelich
Cottonwood
Paul Kvitkovskyi
Logan
Helena
Selon
Breakin Reported At Henderson Home And School Vandalism Noted
Mrs. Henderson of 923 S. Arizona reported an attempted breakin to police Friday. Howard Neier filed a report of vandalism to monuments at Butte High School on Friday.
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Henderson
S. Arizona
Butte High School
Howard Neier
Montana panel sets $150 cutoff to define felony theft
Montana Criminal Law Commission members tentatively agreed to raise the felony threshold for theft to $150, up from $50, citing county attorney input. The draft consolidates 93 sections into 10, broadens theft definitions to include embezzlement false pretenses and related crimes, and proposes a joyriding misdemeanor for short car dares.
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Helena
Montana Criminal Law Commission
Coutoff
Grand and Petty
William F. “Duke” Crowley
University of Montana Law School
Commission
Law panel tightens theft category to include hoofed animals
A law panel defined theft of any commonly domesticated hoofed animal as a felony even when the animal is worth under 150 dollars. Members also ruled that horses sheep goats and pigs fall under the hoofed animal provision.
Miss Kriskovich to attend MSU on Alumni scholarship
Roseann Kriskovich a Montana State University district scholarship recipient will attend MSU next fall after being honored at a Thursday banquet at the Acoma Supper Club. Neil J. Lynch presented the award and Dr. Leslie Drew announced the new Museum of the Rockies as an official museum of the University System with land near Bozeman acquired for museum use. Also, Judge James D. Freebourn dismissed two damage suits: Ross DeNeal versus Keil Co and Jewel Raines versus Owl Cab Co.
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Roseann Kriskovich
Girls Central
Montana State University
MSU Alumni Association
Acoma
Kriskovich
Neil J. Lynch
Butte
Leslie Drew
MSU
Bozeman
Rocky Mountain States
Drew
James D. Freebourn
Ross DeNeal
Keil Co
Jewel Raines
Linda Peltoman
Owl Cab Co
Veterans finish convention today
Disabled American Veterans wrap up their 48th annual convention in Anaconda after a two day session at the Marcus Daly Hotel. Registrations open at 9 with a full day including business sessions, officer nominations and installations, and a banquet featuring U S Senator Lee Metcalf. Anaconda Memorial Chapter No 13 hosted and recalled Medal of Honor Winner Leo J Powers.
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Marcus Daly
U.S
Lee Metcalf
Anaconda Memorial
Leo J. Powers
Anaconda
Bandit Still At Large After $1000 Robbery Of Woman
Authorities continue to search for an armed man who robbed Mrs. William Kessell at the Gasa mart in Montana, taking more than $100 and a Tiffany diamond ring valued at about $3,000. The suspect, wearing tinted glasses, entered through the alley door about 4 15 Thursday and fled unseen.
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William Kessell
Dillon man arraigned in Dillon shooting
LeRoy Moore of Dillon was bound over to district court after arraignment on three charges before Justice of the Peace Walter Bastion. Bond set at 2000 dollars. Moore faced two counts of second degree assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest after a Thursday night arrest by Dillon police at the Andrus Hotel following a brief struggle for a .22 caliber pistol.
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Dillon
LeRoy Moore
Justice of the Peace
Walter Bastion
Moore
Roger Johnson
Leo Erdman
Andrus Hotel
Chamber backs Reichle Dam project near Glen
The Butte Chamber of Commerce officers endorsed the Reichle Dam on the Big Hole River near Glen after directors had tabled it for study. Mayor Mike Micone outlined city savings plans and sought Chamber support for future programs aiding Butte. Charles Dobbs joined as a new member.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Reichle
Big Hole
Glen
Butte
Mike Micone
Chamber
Charles Dobbs
D. R. Campbell, Jr
Sullivan named to Bozeman highway post
Bozeman The State High Department named James T. Sullivan as the new division construction engineer for the Bozeman division effective June 2. Sullivan, a Montana Tech mining engineering graduate, has long worked in bridge and project engineering in the state highway system and has lived in Bozeman for ten years.
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Bozeman
State High Department
James T. Sullivan
Sullivan
George Barrett
Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Butte
Lou Chittim
Chittim
Montana Tech
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Bob” Moore
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