Idaho flood kills five and leaves 30000 homeless
A catastrophic flood in Idaho’s upper Snake River Valley after a dam burst inundated Rexburg Sugar City and Teton, killing five and displacing about 30,000. President Ford declared a disaster area as crews fought mud and debris and many residents evacuated or injured.
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Idaho
Idaho Falls
Snake River
Teton River
Burg
Sugar City
Teton
Rexburg
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Civil Defense Emergency Center
Ford
Butte Red Cross
Mary Paxton
Jim Jones
Butte Emergency Services
Hailstorm Pounds Mining City With Golf Ball Sized Stones
A Sunday hail blitz shattered windows, dented cars, and damaged structures across Mining City. Hailstones ranged to golf ball size, with seven inch circumference reports and widespread roof, window, and property damage. Utilities near the Civic Center were affected as a pole was pulled loose, and several neighborhoods including Boulevard Locust and Walnut suffered losses. Weather outlook calls for showers through Tuesday with possible further damage in the aftermath.
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Sheriff's Office
Boulevard
Locust
Walnut Street
Boulevard Fire Department
Joe Walker
Willoughby
Walker
Mike Sullivan
S. Montana
Greg James
W. Granite
TV stars command big salaries in television media
Los Angeles AP notes Barbara Walters can earn about 1 million dollars a year from ABC while other stars like Johnny Carson Rock Hudson Peter Falk Carroll O Connor and Redd Foxx command high pay. Cronkite Chancellor and Reasoner earn roughly 400 000 annually as evening news anchors. Television is described as a personality medium with earnings tied to audience draw and market demand.
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Los Angeles
Abc-Tv
Barbara Watters
Johnny Carson
Rock Hudson
Peter Falk
Columb
Walter Cronkite
John Chancellor
Harry Reasoner
Cronkite
Barbara Walters
ABC
Budweiser strike ends after 95 days
The nationwide 9 percent strike against Anheuser-Busch ended as Teamsters bottlers at seven plants voted to return to work by a 2 to 1 margin. Production at Tampa Jacksonville Houston Columbus Merrimack Williamsburg Van Nuys and Newark plants ratified the pact. St. Louis workers had already accepted. Total votes were 1091 to 553 in favor. Production was set to resume Monday.
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ST. Louis
Anheuser-Busch Inc
Teamster
Tampa
Jacksonville
Fla
Houston
Columbus
Crash near Continental and Second Claims Butteman
Louis Frank Luke Matteucci, 24, of 2740 Locust, died after a head on collision near Continental and Second Saturday night. Police say his car crossed the center line, possibly due to fatigue, and was hit by a northbound hay- wagon driven by John Casagranda. Matteucci died about 4 30 Sunday morning in Missoula. Casagranda and his family were treated and released.
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Continental
Missoula
Louis Frank
Luke’ Matteucci
Matteucci
Shields
John Casagranda
Jackson
Second
St. James Community Hospital
St. Patrick Hospital
Funnel shaped cloud sighted near Butte during storm
A funnel shaped cloud was seen near Butte at 535 PM Sunday as a severe thunderstorm hit. Two wooden utility poles were reportedly sucked from the ground without breaking, power outages hit Elk Park and XL Heights, and FAA and Northwest staff observed the funnel though no ground touchdown was confirmed.
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Butte
Elk Park
XL Heights
National Weather Service
Helena
Continental Divide
Montana
Drummond
Columbia Gardens
N.L. Hart
Federal Aviation Administration
Berty Mooney Airport
Northwest Airlines
Northwest
Regents approve Montana Tech PE facility plan
The Capital Construction Committee recommends Montana Tech plan finance and build a about 2.2 million dollar physical education complex and a 15 per semester student fee increase. The May 19 election by 342 full time students approved the fee 267 to 75 funding about 11 percent of the project with remaining costs from revenues and rentals. The facility will follow an activity mode and avoid duplicating Butte’s Civic Center, with no state funds used.
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Capital Construction Committee
The
Board of Regents
Regents
Montana Tech
Western Montana College
Dillon
Lewy Evans
Billings
Tech
First graders reflect on a year of Lincoln School
Lincoln School first graders described a year filled with learning and play as they moved from tears to confidence. Teachers note initial nerves give way to steady growth and enjoyment of math, reading, art, and time-telling while one student’s early anxiety fades after weeks of support.
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Lincoln School
Lincoln
Joan
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Silver Bow
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Trythall Greenhouse
Rexburg High School
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der Water
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Mattelcci
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Silver Bow General Hospital
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Silver Bow General
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Mary Ann Matteucci
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Butte High
Robin Knievel
But
Craig Denny
Minnesota
Ron Kenison
Burt
Civic Center
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