Car plunges into Rock Creek. three dead and one missing
In Granite County a car swerved into Rock Creek and sank. Olaf Hilmo 48 and his two sons Scott 7 and Steve 5 were among the dead, another child is missing presumed drowned, a survivor aided by the others before letting go to save himself. Rescue teams from sheriff, National Guard and Missoula volunteers faced high water and debris.
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Missoula
Mont
Rock Creek
Granite County
Olaf Hilmo
Scott Hilmo
Steve Hilmo
Hilmo
Ronald Hilme
Clinton
Sheriff
National Guardsmen
Sapphire Mountain
Cattle price drop cited as potential tax loss to Montana
State Sen. G. W. Deschamps and Rep. Francis Bradaneuve warned that cattle prices fell from 72 to 75 cents a pound last fall to about 38 cents this year. They say ranchers paid taxes on high incomes last year and may owe little or nothing this year as prices slump. Budget officials note broader tax data, with 1972 taxes totaling 11.8 million on taxable income over 159 million, and 1973 estimates at 16 million pending.
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Standard
Helena
G. W
Por’’ Deschamps
Missoula
Fancis Bardanouve
Harlem
Ichael Billings
State Office of Budget and Program Planning
Deschamps
Bradaneuve
House-Senate
Unemployment Rises to 5.2 Percent in May
The May unemployment rate reached 5.2 percent as teens entering the labor market boosted the jobless pool. Employment and labor force size grew, but available jobs did not keep up with demand. Chairman Stein cautioned the rise fits expectations of a brief uptick before a later decline.
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Washington
Herbert Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Four-week strike ends with two-year contract for operating engineers
Operating engineers Local 400 and Butte Anaconda contractors ratified a two-year pact retroactive to may 1 with 87 cents wage rise plus 45 cents second year and 1 cent per living-cost rise. About 8,000 to 9,000 workers idled statewide. Anaconda projects affected. next talks set in Helena with Montana Contractors Association.
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Butte
Anaconda
Kenneth Kaighn
Helena
Donald C. Robinson
Robinson
Anaco Co
Kaighn
Montana Contractors Association
Boys State opens Sunday with Sorrentino keynote
Delegates at the 28th Montana American Legion Boys State begin Sunday on Western Montana College campus. Los Angeles author and attorney Joseph N. Sorrentino will speak at 7 p.m. Monday on Growing Above Yourself. His life spans from Brooklyn slums to Harvard Law valedictorian status and national acclaim.
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Dillon
Montana American Legion
Montana College
America
Joseph N. Sorrentino
Los Angeles
Sorrentino
Boys
Brooklyn
Parris Island
University of California
Harvard Law School
Time Magazine
Mike Douglas
Dinah Shore
Merv Griffin
Judge's error frees man after 42 years in prison
Earl Haymon, 68, to be paroled June 26 from Fishkill Correctional Facility after a 42 year ordeal caused by a life sentence for second degree murder. A 1932 Buffalo arrest tied him to a fatal stabbing. misapplied law kept him locked up until a March resentencing reduced the term to 20 years.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Earl Haymon
Fishkill
Haymon
Gerald H. Rowe
Erie County Court
Stephen R. Lamantia
Rowe
Hurd Hardin Jr
Erie County
New York
Lamantia
William G. Heffron
Haymond
Butte Faces Recount Over $7.9 Million High School Bond
The Butte school bond election failed by 33 votes, 6 646 for and 6 679 against, triggering a county and school board recount under a one quarter per cent margin. The board must petition the court for the recount, while a separate House District 88 recount is planned after Harper and Lombardi contested results. Voting-machine tally issues and canvass procedures were reviewed by officials including Clerk Milligan and Treasurer Gosselin’s staff.
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Butte
Bill Milligan
Jerry Lombardi
Bob Harper
Harper
James Freebourn
Lucille Oleary
Kleindienst Sentenced For Nixon Defense Admission
Former Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst was sentenced to one month of unsupervised probation for failing to answer fully and accurately when questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee about White House pressure to stop antitrust action against ITT.
Boulder workers threaten strike over proposed raises
Boulder River School and Hospital workers alarmed by the salary schedule propose high, medium and low figures and warn that a January legislative failure to grant raises could trigger a walkout. Union president Arthur M. said about 500 AFSCME members may strike if demands are not met, after a prior two week walkout in March.
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Boulder
Boulder River
Arthur Michelcic
Widelcic
Keith McCarty
Edwin G. Kellner
American Federation of State
Man
Warm Springs
Michelcic
House-Senate Committee On Finance and
Gerald Butcher
William Bertsche
Great Falls
Arkansas twister kills four in Forrest City
A deadly tornado struck Forrest City Arkansas injuring more than 100 and destroying 150 to 250 homes. Four people were killed including Inez Spears Lois Jean Smith Harvey Hampton Sr and Johnny Davis. The storm leveled a supermarket and Gibson’s discount store with extensive property damage estimated above five million dollars. Police and state police reported the twister stayed on the ground for about 20 miles and caused widespread debris and fires.
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Forrest City
Ark
James Heard
Arket
Arkansas
Dave Parkman
Heard
Gibson's Discount
Discount
Parkman
Inez Spears
Lois Jean Smith
Harvey Hampton Sr
Johnny Davis
Miss
Gibson's
C. E. Kennedy
Kennedy
Jim Carter
Sirica Keeps His Bench on Watergate Case
The U S Court of Appeals refused to disqualify Judge John J Sirica from presiding at the Watergate cover up trial. The 5 to 1 decision denied the defendants petition with three judges abstaining and only Judge George E MacKinnon disagreeing in a solo dissent.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S
John J. Sirica
George E. MacKinnon
Mostly sunny and warmer through Sunday weather outlook
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and rising temperatures through Sunday. Today’s high near 55 with a low around 40 as shown in the Page 10 weather table.
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Stephen Bayne
George Bayne
Creek
Butte Contractors Association
Boys State
Mae
Equ T
Fa de George
Si Holman
Gosselin
George McGrath
Cleary
McGee
McGrath
Kleindienst
Boulder Raise Demannd
Warm Springs State Hospital
Tom Judge
RAC
Arkansas Twister
Sirica
Butte Weather
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