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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1971
Page
4
Sen Mike Mansfield promotes a retraining program as Amtrak will run three trains a week through Sept 15 1972 on a southern Montana route. The trial aims to prove demand for permanent service with students and towns along the line potential beneficiaries. if unused the service could end.
Victor Riesel reports HEW granted $523,000 to the Blackman’s Development Center run by Col Hassan Jeru Ahmed, despite anti Jewish materials and links to Black nationalist and militia activities. He notes protest from the Anti-Defamation League and questions whether funds aid the needy or empower dubious operators.
Letters urge placing Thompson Park decision on the ballot amid pollution concerns and city plans. Residents criticize political motives and demand public input, while railing at police inaction on speeding and traffic violations on local streets.
A reader urges warnings about fast driving on Anaconda Road as a viewing stand is installed. They note yellow trucks speed past streetside workers and ignore stop signs, calling for safer driving by pickup drivers exiting the machine shop and electric shop gates.
California congressman Paul McCloskey Jr seeks to derail Nixon's renomination over Indochina policy. He faces admonitions from GOP allies and limited backing, while building a grass roots campaign in New Hampshire Rhode Island and Florida. Supporters frame it as moderates’ chance to offer an alternative within the party.
The piece notes increased U.S. influence in the Arab world despite Soviet arms and aid gains. It describes Syria’s Jordan raid, Sadat’s purge, and a new SovietEgypt pact as Moscow seeks leverage, while Washington tests diplomacy and missile shipments. It contrasts Israel’s deterrence with U.S. and Soviet roles and frames guerrilla strength as waning in Amman.
The Montana Standard lists seven mornings a week publication details with D R Campbell Jr as publisher and Robert W Jones as publisher, Bert Gaskill as business manager, Jeffrey B Gibson as editor, and Official Naper as editorial page editor for Silver Bow County and Butte City.
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