Live beef to be kept off market across the nation
Jim Clark announced an emergency cattle feeders meeting leading to a pledge by about one million head of cattle to be withheld from sale. Signatures already top 1,000 men representing roughly 600,000 head with telegrams boosting totals. Cattlemen report prices at 34 to 35 cents a pound, taking about 200 per head loss at market.
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South
Sioux City
Neb
Jim Clark
Clark
Meyer
Department of Inte
Montana GOP Seeks Legislature Wins at Platform Convention
Kenneth R. Neill of Great Falls told the Montana Republican State Central Committee that control of the state legislature is as crucial as the governor’s chair. The party endorsed a six point plan to reform the Workmen’s Compensation Division amid scandals and fraud probes, while urging active female participation in campaigns. State Rep. Jack E. Kessner urged more decisive cleansing actions.
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Helena
Kenneth R. Neill
Great Falls
Montana Republican Party
GOP
Neill
Montana
Republican State Central Committee
Montana Senate
Jean Birch
Montana Republican Women’s Federation
Labor and Industry Committee
Jack E. Kessner
Woodahl
Jack ‘Ae
Forrest H. Anderson
Woodahl Keeps Distance at GOP Platform Convention
Helena Montana attorney general Robert L. Woodahl, a lead Republican official, remained distant from the platform convention. He limited his appearances to the convention banquet Friday and serving as master of ceremonies at Saturday lunch where Rep. Dick Shoup spoke.
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Helena
Robert L. Woodahl
Dick Shoup
R-Mont
Woodahl
GOP
Ottley Tschache
House
James P. Lucas
Oldets
Comee Insurance Trust
John L
Luke’’ McKeon
Anaconda
McKeon
Immunization levels fall short of herd protection in polio measles study
A GAO nine state survey based on CDC data finds low immunization rates for polio diphtheria measles German measles and whooping cough. The report urges HEW to expand vaccine supplies and central procurement to raise coverage toward 85 percent.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
HEW
GAO
Wisdom Mountain Timber Harvest Recalled in Native Words
The Beaverhead National Forest near Wisdom saw 170 acres of virgin timber felled in 1969 by Del Connor Lumber Co under Forest Service terms. Now replanting by local volunteers and monitoring by Ranger Edgar Brown faces long cycles as reforestation lags amid fires and budget limits.
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del Connor Lumber Co
United States Forest Service
Alta Miller
Margaret Decker
Lil Willey
Karen Steveson
Bernice Smart
Missoula
Edgar Brown
Nature
Forest Service
Eea
Beaverhead National Forest
Asame
Ranchers face mounting losses as beef prices fall
In a long distance call a rancher described a neighbor who killed himself after losing money on steers. A banker from Bancroft Neb discusses credit shortages amid plummeting hog prices. Senator McGovern calls the downturn a potential catastrophe for livestock states as wholesale fees and farm prices draw congressional scrutiny.
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Washington
Perry Meyer
Bancroft
Neb
Congress
George McGovern
D-S.d
Noble experiment at work on pit waste in Montana
The Montana Mining Division of Anaconda Copper plans an experimental reclination of overburden at the Continental East pit. Staff led by John Spindler will harrow slopes, seed with five grass varieties, and backfill the west end as they broadcast seeds with a Hydro-seeder. The effort aims to stabilize the pile and establish ground cover by fall.
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Montana Mining Division
Anaconda Co
John Spindler
East Pit
Spindler
Montana
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Harrison Avenue
Civic Center
Kim Ungerman
Arthur Hutchinson
Standard State Bureau
John J. White
Center
Butte Weather
Pte Tee al
Gener
Ken Neill
al Carr
Kenneth Bush
Noble
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