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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1972
Page
2
Regional forecast notes scattered thundershowers and cooler turns through Saturday. Butte Helena Bozeman West Yellowstone Great Falls and east and west of The Divide show varying showers and highs from 70s to near 80s with overnight lows mainly 40s to 50s.
Council members debated highway plans with State Sen. Ozivi noting a potential $1 million loss if Nez Perce chosen while Basin remains preferred. Powers defended a draft environmental impact statement and urged European style bridge and tunnel designs to reduce land disturbance, with broader calls for interdisciplinary study and alternate methods.
The Montana highway death toll reached 33 for the first 15 days of the month, 153 for the year, and 18 above 1959’s pace. Victims include William Young of Polson, 86, and Charles Buck Jones, 58, of Poplar, with Young struck by a car driven by Carla Grady and Jones dying when his car left a side road and hit an embankment two miles west of Poplar.
The Senate unanimously approved extending the Flammable Fabrics Act to sleepwear for children up to 12 years old. Senator Magnuson said current law covers sizes 1 through 6 and would be expanded to size 14 with standards by July 1973.
Senator George McGovern labeled a Birch Society report on his World War II service a total fabrication. He released his personnel file showing 35 combat missions and 230 hours flown, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and campaign medals, while an efficiency report praised his performance.
Pettibone outlined a revamp plan shifting roves and precinct boundaries as the city to revisit eight wards and 24 precincts. The group weighs preserving eight to 24 ratios or cutting wards to six or five while aligning with population balance and federal one man one vote doctrine.
Rep. Dick Shoup introduced a bill to amend the Small Business Act enabling SBA loans and relief for firms harmed by the ABM closure in northcentral Montana. He said the measure targets the Conrad area and other hard hit communities, aiming to relieve an ongoing economic crisis.
The clerk and recorder’s office may issue claim checks for election judges and clerks for the June 6 election. First Lutheran and Our Saviors Lutheran churches start summer worship with combined services at 8 and 11 on Sunday at First Lutheran Church.
Police report two homes on Howe in Anaconda West Valley were burglarized last week while residents were away. The Villeneuve residence at 104 Howe lost $90 in silver coins and currency, while 105 Howe belonging to Gene Lutey was looted of a .22 caliber pistol, shells and walkie talkies.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and little temperature change. Highs 75 to 85 and lows 50 to 55. Yesterday's high 82 and low 53 with times noted. Comparisons show year ago 66 and 40, two years ago 56 and 44.
The summer program starts Monday with boys baseball and girls softball plus Playmobile visits for tots. Playmobile will run at three locations and 10 weekly stops. Girls softball features 243 players on 16 teams in four age groups with four games Monday. Boys baseball includes 206 players on 14 teams in two leagues opening with three games Monday.
The Rev. Lyle Hamilton of Troy accepts the pastorate of the United Methodist Church in Anaconda and Deer Lodge, succeeding the Rev. Peter Clark. Hamilton and his wife Linda and daughter Kama Kae, 3, attended a welcome reception. He was ordained after seminary studies in Texas and will lead union summer services at the Christian Church in Anaconda.
A frayed lamp wire can be fixed with friction tape sold at local hardware stores. The advice emphasizes using tape to insulate and stabilize damaged wiring, reducing the risk of short circuits while a replacement cord is sourced.
The Rev. Timothy Moroney longtime St. Peter Parish pastor in Anaconda reaches 60 years in the priesthood. A noon Mass at St. Peter Church marks the milestone followed by a 1 30 p m reception in St. Peter School recreation hall. He was born in 1886 in Ireland and served in multiple Montana parishes before retiring in 1970.
Alice L. is granted a divorce from Jack R. Sharp in Anaconda court. The decree clears marital ties and assigns final arrangements under local law with no stated disputes or additional claims.
Anaconda exhibit will run through June 29 featuring a quilt and creative stitchery. A Sunday opening session starts at 2 p.m. Meg Sharp of Butte will give a stitchery demonstration Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Anaconda Senior Citizens will have pictures taken next week at the Mount Powell Economic Center for identification cards used in the Senior Citizens discount program. Photos are set for 4 to 6 Monday and Tuesday and 4 30 to 6 30 Wednesday at 215 Main. The program starts in July offering a 10 percent discount at cooperating Anaconda merchants.
Channel guide lists 1:30 Danger Is My Business C 2:00 Wide World of Sports C 3:30 33 Men 500 Miles 4:00 Car 54 4:30 CBS News 5:00 Hee Haw 6:00 Glen Campbell 7:00 Dick Van Dyke 7:30 ABC Summer Movie A and Tall 10:00 MTN News 10:30 Annie 11:00 Laredo 12:00 News and Weather.
Channel 6 offers Bewitched Good Old Nashville Music NBC News and The Odd Couple with Emergency Lawrence Welk Showboat Night Gallery Art Instruction and ABC News also Fun Seekers and Saturday Night Movie Showboat airs at 8 pm with late Night Gallery followed by Art Instruction and News.
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