Turkey curbs opium poppy fields as shift to wheat and alfalfa begins
Turkey presses a strategic program to replace opium poppies with wheat and alfalfa and cut illegal flows to the United States. About 26 000 acres remain under poppy cultivation, yielding morphine base and potential heroin, with rural cash crops and price incentives shaping farmer choices.
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Ankarka
Turkey
Nnd
United States
Marseilles
U. S
Anatolia
Isparta
Denizli
Hickel under cloud as rumors swirl on resignation
Washington reports say Interior Secretary Walter Hickel faced renewed talk of quitting or being dismissed by President Nixon. Rumors linked successor Fred J. Russell, while aides offered no firm confirmation, noting White House discomfort and a cited May 6 letter from Hickel about youth alienation. Hickel was reportedly sidelined from White House meetings and the press briefing on a key offshore lease bill.
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Capitol Hill
Interior Department
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon
Fred J. Russell
Russell E. Train
Council On
Hickel
White House
Santa Barbara Channel
Itol Hill
Butte Holiday Weather Damps Plans With Snow and Rain
Frigid Friday in Butte brings snow and rain that stop landings and dampen weekend plans. Western Airlines winds down flights by 6 p.m due to overcast skies while sleet hits uptown at 8 30 p.m and snow follows by 9 p.m. The forecast calls for more showers today and Sunday with no rise in temperatures for miners union events or Flag Day observances.
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Butte
Western
Magicland
Northwest
Campaign finance totals outline Montana races in 1970
Expenditures for Democratic and Republican nominees show Mansfield 696 personal plus 1049 club costs and 7465 contributions. Rehberg lists 3925 personal and 18498 club costs with major bills from Billings donors. Cannon reports 1383 in expenses for winning the Democratic nomination for Railroad and Public Service.
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Helena
Mike Mansfield
U. S. Senate
Jack Rehberg
Congress
Frank Murray
Senate
Montana
Mansfield
Washington, D.C
D.C
Paul Cannon
Informational pickets quit at Montana Power Co offices
The Montana District Council of Laborers and Montana Power Co reached a tentative end to their dispute after a Friday meeting. Union official Chuck Garvin said pickets were removed statewide, with most workers returning to duties following a Missoula court order. The long term issue seeks union workers on all company construction projects and a clear maintenance versus construction distinction. A further meeting is planned within two weeks to finalize details.
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Montana District Council of Laborers
Montana Power Co
Chuck Garvin
Great Falls
Garvin
Pennion
Staro’ R
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Butte
Helena
Missoula
Dist
Emmet Glore
Power Company
Montana schools face winter without coal heat
Montana schools may close for lack of coal as 29 towns in Central and Eastern Montana could post heatless signs next year unless coal mine safety rule enforcement is delayed. The Montana School Boards Association urged Congress to seek a delay or exemption from September through June next year for Montana mines supplying heat to schools and other public buildings.
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Helena
Montana
Congress
Montana School Boards Association
Butte Weather Forecast Sees Rain Showers Weekend
The forecast calls for rain showers Saturday and scattered showers Sunday with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures today reach 55 while tomorrow tops 40 as shown on the weather map page.
Quake Lake Road Erosion Leaves Montana 287 Closed
The section of Montana 287 from Hebgen Lake to Quake Lake remains eroded with the highway lengthening to about one to one and a half miles. Madison River water levels have fallen slowly since Tuesday, with officials noting no danger to downstream communities unless heavy rain returns. Forest Service spokesman and supervisor quoted on erosion and river behavior.
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Bozeman
Montana
Hebgen Lake
Quake Lake
Madison River Canyon
West Yellowstone
Forest Service
Gallatin National Forest
Y. Forest
Paul Weingart
Madison
Weingart
Governor urges Boys State delegates to pursue constructive aims
Governor Forrest H. Anderson told about 520 Boys State delegates not to waste youth in negativism. He warned against radicals and urged involvement in political affairs while affirming belief in America and the value of orderly change within the system. He urged pursuing genuine objectives through legitimate means.
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America
Youths reject family limitation views from Montana seniors
Ten Butte Central graduates oppose U S legislation to limit family size arguing it would infringe on religious rights and personal freedom. They say population policy should be a personal choice and not mandated by government.
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Rick Foote
Ten Butte Central
United States
The
Montana Standard
Frank J. Laird
John C. Swendseid
Ron Ueland
Daniel H. Keating
Mark Redfern
Nellie Webb
Martha Blinn
Andrea Ciabattari
Gayle Schumacher
Mary Woolverton
Miss Woolverton
Redfern
Conflict over Bobbi Clark's clothing linked to 1964 case
Bozeman police and prosecutors questioned the circumstances of Roberta Clark's 1964 disappearance and death as C Archie Warwick faces first degree murder charges. Witnesses testified Clark left Three Forks for Bozeman the night of December 22 1964 and was found murdered southwest of the city.
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Roberta Clark
C. Archie Warwick
Miss Clark
Three Forks
Jack Wandler
Vernon C. Saunders
Warwick
Montana State University
Saunders
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Cannon
Arthur Hutchinso
Standard State Bureau
Butte Weather
Boys Staters
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