Anaconda to Add 135 Jobs at Berkeley Pit in 40 Hour Week
The Anaconda Co. will add about 135 jobs at the Berkeley Pit copper mine starting July 1 and revert the workforce to a 40 hour week while the pit operates seven days a week. About 75 new operations workers and 60 maintenance staff will be hired as the site maintains a 46,000 ton daily ore rate, with preference given to laid off Anaconda and Butte workers and others affected by plant closures and divestitures.
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Anaconda Co
Berkeley Pit
Robert Weed
Tucson
Weed
Anaconda
Butte
Great Falls
East Helena
Forest Products
Bonner
Berkeley
Frank Monninger
Menninger
Second Orient crash kills 81 near Saigon
Cathay Pacific Convair 880 crashes in Vietnam's central high lands en route from Singapore to Hong Kong. 81 aboard are feared dead, including a Wisconsin family of six and eleven other Americans. search ends at dusk with no survivors. Flight crew numbered ten. 71 passengers. The disaster follows a JAL DC-8 crash near New Delhi that killed 84.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Central Highlands
Wisconsin
Hong Kong
Singapore
Bangkok
West Bend
Wis
Thomas J. Kenny
B.C. Ziegler Co
Roberta
Kathleen
Daniel
Mary Jane
Colleen
Cathay Pacific
Offi
Cials
Andrew Kenny
Andrew Pick
Kenny
M.R. Thorne
Kenneth Graham
Richard Lee
Diane Lee
Richard J. Meechan
John Widaman
John D. Widaman II
Indiana University
Japan Airlines
New Delhi
Bombing Pause In Hanoi Region As Podgorny Visits
The United States halted bombing in the Hanoi region Thursday during Soviet President Podgorny’s Hanoi visit, while raids continued in North Vietnam south of the DMZ. Informants note the pause may aim to avoid incidents involving Podgorny.
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Saigon
United States
Hanoi
Nikolai V. Podgorny
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Podgorny
Calcutta
Moscow
Radio
Dmz
South Vietnam
Paris
Nixon
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Red River Valley
Dong Hoi
Highway toll rises with five more deaths in Montana
Five people died in highway crashes in Montana including three Goltz children in a two car head on collision seven miles west of Chester on U S 2. Helen 29 Curt 6 and Kimberly 5 Goltz of Glasgow died in the crash. Victoria Kienenberger 17 Turner and Floyd Stoddard of Jamestown N D also perished. Clif ford Goltz was in good condition at Chester hospital. Tim Curlee 24 and Judy Ross were occupants of the other car.
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Associated Press
Montana
Glasgow
Helen Goltz
Curt Goltz
Kimberly Goltz
Victoria Kienenberger
Turner
Floyd Stoddard
Jamestown
N.D
Goltz
Chester
U.S. 2
Clifford
Chester Hospital
Tim Curlee
Judy Ross
Six accused in two Butte crime incidents
Three men face first degree burglary charges after a break in at the East Gate IGA store on Cobban Avenue. Police say about 160 dollars in cigarettes and pens were stolen and a window was smashed during the early Thursday morning arrest. The suspects Daniel Bajovich 18, Dan Murphy 18 and Terry Brown 18 are jailed on 7500 dollar bonds each.
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Justice Court
Fidelity Finance Co
Butte
Richard M. Hawkes
Bill Foster
Russell Dotson
East Gate
IGA
Cobban
Dan J. Murphy
Elk Park
Terry Dee Brown
Metcalf Suffered Lung Congestion In Helena Hospital
Sen. Lee Metcalf of Montana, 61, was hospitalized in Helena with congested lung and prior pneumonia. His wife Donna said he appeared in good condition after arriving from Washington, and by evening his color had returned following a bedside visit at St Peters Hospital.
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Helena
Mont
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Metcalf
Donna Metcalf
Washington, D.C
Montana
Laurel youth fires best score in local tourney
Laurel youth fires best score in local tourney as section pages preview upcoming events.
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Laurel Youth Fires
Farm groups pledge aid to Democrats for 1972 platform
More than 20 national and regional farm organizations told the Democratic Platform Committee they will testify at a Sioux City hearing to press for farm policy planks. The push centers on codifying set aside programs amid Midwest farmer discontent over Nixon era policies and 1971 crop price slumps. Senator George McGovern, note front-runner for the nomination, has accused Nixon of rejecting price support increases and overproduction safeguards.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Democratic Platform Committee
Midwest
Democratic Platform
Democratic Policy Planning Council
Des Moines
George McGovern
South Dakota
Nixon
McGovern
Pilots bow to U.N. on hijacking issue
The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations said it would reconsider a 24 hour global strike if the U.N. Security Council acts on hijacking. President Ola Forsberg of Finland met with UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim who indicated a council session was likely.
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United Nations, N.Y
Worldwide Federation of Airline Pilots
Kurt Waldheim
U.N. Security Council
Ola Forsberg
Finland
Waldheim
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Forsberg
New York
James O’grady
Ireland
Charles Blyth
International Transport Workers Federation
London
U.N
Blyth
International Air Transport Association
GOP paces floor over McGovern in race for presidency
Washington AP report notes Republicans uneasy about Senator George McGovern as a potential nominee and possible inclusion of Senator Edward M. Kennedy as McGovern's running mate. Mitchell urges strong grass roots effort while McGovern’s delegate lead grows.
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Washington
George McGovern
California
McGovern
South Dakota
Ca Aine
John N. Mitchenan
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Mitchell
States
Anaconda man gets 10 year manslaughter term
James Rouse, 29, of Anaconda, was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter in the Deer Lodge County case over the shooting death of Dell Brown, with five years suspended and credit for time served. The judge urged AA and noted Brown’s widow’s statement attributed to an accidental shooting.
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James Rouse
Anaconda
Dell Brown
Deer Lodge County Dist
Nat Allen
Deer Lodge
Rouse
Warm Springs State Hospital
Allen
Alcoholics Anonymous
Edward Yelsa
Joseph Connors
John Radonich
Yelsa
Brown
Judith Brown
Public
St. Patrick’s
Camping fees spark protest by private campground owners
Montana private campground owners disrupted by a Montana State Fish and Game Commission hearing. Ken Bailey of Campground Owners of Montana argues state and federal sites outnumber private facilities by 366 to 180, undercutting prices and drawing away well funded campers. Officials voiced sympathy but will study sites to decide on possible fee adjustments. Robert Bassett notes interstate rest stops and fishing access sites intensify competition. CAMPING Page 10
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Helena
State Fish and Game Commission
Ken Bailey
Somers
Montana
Bailey
Robert Bassett
Clinton
Elkhorn
Rock Creek
Missoula
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Betty Button
Columbia Gardens
Justice of the Peace
Georgia Moran
Finance Company
Bob Russell
W. Granite
Hawkes
Ken Cunningham
Cunningham
Daniel S. Bajovich
Farrell
Sunday Standard
Council Action
Aang
Council
Gop
Butte Weather
Standard State Bureau
State Parks and Recreation Division
Don Brown
Willis Jones
Billings
Commission
Bob Emmons
Jack Cohn
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