First All Female US Forest Service Firefighting Crew Formed
MISSOULA AP Twenty women aged 18 to 34 completed two days of training and fought a mock blaze on Blue Mountain Bitterroot Mountains west of Missoula. Led by Karen Koser and Janet Mitchell the crew could be on fire lines within four hours at 2.80 dollars an hour. Officials say they may join regular crews as extra help amid labor shortages and expanding industry.
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Missoula
U.sorest Service
Karen Koser
University of Montana
Denver
Colo
Blue Mountain
Forest Service
Miss Mitchell
Henderson
Koser
Animals Go Wild in Casper Neighborhood
A group of deer wandered into Casper on Friday and were back on Casper Mountain by Saturday. One deer scaled a fire escape and became trapped on a school roof. Another entered a medical clinic lab and was captured by a worker who held its horns until game wardens arrived. Both deer were tranquilized and returned to the mountain.
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Casper
Wyo
Casper Mountain
Donna Noble
Eesie
Jim Bradley
Forester Thomas E. Smith Receives Superior Service Award
Thomas E. Smith of Missoula regional safety officer for the Forest Service Northern Region earned the USDA Superior Service award from Secretary Clifford M. Hardin in Washington. A 32 year veteran, Smith oversees accident prevention and safety for 16 national forests across Montana Idaho Washington North Dakota and western South Dakota. John Adams, son of John Gainey Adams, was the only son of a racsect married in the White House.
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Washington
Thomas E. Smith
Missoula
Forest Service
Northern Region
US Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
The
Smith
Montana
Idaho
North Dakota
South Dakota
John Adams
John Gainey Adams
White House
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Barbara Konigsburg
Miss Konigsburg
Janet Mitchell
Boston
Gee
Koser Orga
Bob Henderson
Colaaki
Bill Hatch
Wallace B. Gallaher
Dillon
Beaverhead National Forest
Division of
Washington, D.C
Forester
Main and
Granite
Uptown Butte
Ironstone
Hennessy's
CHINA
Sweden
Fiberglas
Romney
SAALL
Hennessy’s
Hennessy
la Mancha
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