Montana area rivers near flood stage amid warm thaw
The Big Hole and Jefferson rivers neared flood stage Friday as high temperatures and rapid snowmelt feed rising water. Rises to eight feet on the Jefferson and nine plus on the Big Hole prompted warnings, with some ranchers moving cattle and officials warning of possible flooding if warmth persists.
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Garr
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Wisdom
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Melrose
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Indica Big Hole
Whitehall
Helen Parker
Saton Junction
Montana
Associated Press
Bitterroot
Ravalli
Lloyd Fletcher
Soil Conservation Service
Fletcher
Stevensville
Montana GOP Platform Signals Limits on Federal Power
At the Montana Republican Platform Convention the Natural Resources and Local Government committees proposed curbs on federal overreach and more local control. They urged protecting state water use, consolidating city and county services, and tighter election accountability, with Ed Smith noting campaigns should be liable for statements.
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Committee On Elections
Ed Smith
Dagmar
Butte Weather Fair Continues Warm Through Sunday
The forecast calls for continued warm weather through Sunday with today’s outlook near 85 degrees and a low around 50.新闻页天气 roundup continues on page M4.
Shoup Attacks Tech Plan as Irresponsible In Montana
Western Congress member Dick Shoup called the Blue Ribbon Commission plan to curtail minerals and energy research at Montana Tech and divest the school from engineering functions irresponsible. Speaking in Butte he said Tech should keep its renowned mining and engineering focus and urged internal reform rather than wholesale cuts.
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Western Dist
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Shoup
Butte
Hillcrest Village Home Owners Association
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Tech
Blue Ribbon Commission May Delay Higher Ed Decision
Linda Skaar of Bozeman says the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on higher education will meet June 26 to 28 to study a staff report that recommends turning Montana Tech into a two year college and closing Western Montana College in Dillon. She notes many members have not yet studied the document and a vote this month is unlikely.
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Linda Skaar
Bozeman
Butte
Montana Tech
Western Montana College
Dillon
Skaar
Commission
Radioactive scare after Milwaukee derailed freight near Galen
A Milwaukee Road freight derailment east of Galen involved 12 of 54 cars with a plutonium cargo. Authorities, led by Anaconda and Deer Lodge patrols and AEC supervision, evacuated no one. radiation checks found no immediate danger as crews inspected the site and three crewmen were examined for exposure.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Galen State Hospital
Atomic Energy Commission
Richard A. Petersen
Les Frank
Anaconda
John Flynn
Deer Lodge
Aioe
Darrel Mercer
Environmental Health Division
Montana Department of Health
Helena
William Strelnik
Milwaukee Road
Nixon agrees to consider nuclear aid for Egypt
U S and Egypt presidents announce negotiations to provide peaceful nuclear power help. A provisional pact on sale of nuclear fuel to Egypt will unfold as the broader technology sharing agreement is completed. Israel notes no need for clarification as Nixon visits.
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Egypt
Cairo
United States
Anwar Sadat
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Egyptian Ministry of It
U.S
Saudi Arabia
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Ael
Jerusalem
Israel
Aharon Yariv
Nixon to announce major US beef purchases to ease market
The Nixon administration is expected to reveal a large government buy of beef and possibly a settlement with Canada over U S beef exports. Sources cite a purchase around 50 to 100 million dollars as part of easing excess red meat supply and farm price pressures.
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Nixon
Canada
U.S
Agriculture Department
Eeere
White House
Earl L. Butz
Kenneth Bush
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Butz
Expo 74 enforces shirtless shoeless dress rule at fair
Spokane officials reiterate the dress code for Expo 74 citing public health and restaurant safety concerns. Reported nudity by youths at nearby parks raises ongoing concerns for park authorities.
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Spokane, Wash
Frig
Paul Deal
Spokane
Nuclear deal alarms senators over US nuclear reactors and fuel
Washington officials reacted with skepticism as President Nixon proposed supplying reactors and fuel to the allied states for civilian use. Senator Jackson warned that plutonium byproducts could enable bomb making, noting past examples and criticizing limited joint committee consultation.
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Congress
Nixon
Jack
Charlie Hoo
Jackson
Senate House Committee On Atomic Energy
Joint Committee
U.S. Eyes Tutankhamun Treasures Exhibit Agreement
A Nixon Sadat accord paves the way for Egyptian Tutankhamun artifacts to travel to the United States in exchange for aid to Cairo's opera house renovation. Details of timing and venues remain undetermined as the Cairo Museum guards the treasures seen by millions, amid lifelong pharaohs curse lore.
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Tut Ankh-Amen
Nixon
Sadat
King Tut
United States
Howard Carter
Valley of the Kings
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Carter
U.S
Te House
Tut
Paris
Cairo Museum
Henry Riad
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