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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1972
Page
4
Opinion notes Gov. Forrest Anderson directed all state agencies to request budgets for the next biennium that cut nonessential spending while preserving essential services. He aims to fund increases through tax growth and executive savings, calling it the taxpayers budget for the 1973 Legislature before his retirement.
The Postal Rate Commission declined the Post Office request to raise airmail letters to 13 cents and post cards to 7 cents. It also urged simplifying second class rates and holding parcel post lines. The piece defends the commission's stance amid calls for better service.
A Montana reader letter from STATE SEN. NEIL J. LYNCH of Butte argues for property damage no fault and limits on pain and suffering while noting 60 percent of local drivers lack coverage. Another letter calls for banning hammer sales and registration to curb brutal murders and weapon use.
Readers speak about the deplorable conditions at the city dog pound in Butte and press for a new shelter under the Silver Bow Humane Society. They contrast with Helena's shelter and urge proper use of license funds and better facilities.
The Montana Standard resumes its former policy of restricting Our Readers Speak letters to 300 words. Longer submissions will be returned, and readers are encouraged to send concise letters within the limit.
The Moscow summit is praised as a triumph of Kissinger's balance logic linking global powers. Vietnam, called a bump on the circle, risks undermining credibility if pressure escalates. the piece questions whether intensified bombing will force North Vietnam to negotiate and warns of broader costs if Kissinger's approach fails.
The Montana Standard operates seven mornings weekly under publisher CD R Campbell Jr with business manager Bert Gaskill editor Roy Anderson city editor Jeffrey B Gibson and editorial page editor, serving Silver Bow County and Butte city.
The Brookings study is cited to explain why US government spending now rises faster than revenues, a situation unlike prior decades. Causes include large non-defense outlays, tax cuts since 1964, and congressional budgeting gaps plus the lasting impact of a low first-year cost for new programs.
Congress debates end the war with conditions on POW release. Leaders like Mansfield Kennedy and McCloskey push withdrawal as a path to freeing 494 American POWs, while some fear Hanoi would demand more. Lawmakers warn ransom risks if POWs stay held after U.S. withdrawal.
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