Butte HUD grants total nearly eight million for Model City
A $7,986,968 fourth year Model City grant for Butte was approved by HUD. The funding includes $3.156 million in the original fourth year budget, about $400,000 in reprogrammed third year funds, and over $4 million in supplemental grants for various projects. Planned Variation designates a key federal focus into its second year.
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Butte
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Washington, D.C
Dick Shoup
Jim Murphy
Denver
Model City
Murphy
Montana Tech
Butte School Board approves severance pay topping sixteen thousand
The Butte school board approved severance and vacation pay totaling over 16 000 for four employees after county attorney Stimatz advised it was permissible. Recipients include Charles Davis Dan Sweeney Margaret Leary and Mary Sullivan with amounts listed plus vacation pay. Board members Peterson Thometz Truzzolino and Ulf vote in favor with Schara opposing. A budget meeting is set for 8 PM Tuesday with final approval next Monday.
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Butte School Board
Larry Stimatz
Charles Davis
Dan Sweeney
Margaret Leary
Mary Sullivan
Davis
Sweeney
Miss Leary
Sullivan
Lee Wulf
Don Benz
Jack Schara
Jack Peterson
Betty Thometz
Jack Truzzolino
Bob Vivian
Trustees’ Chambers
Montana
Schara
Butte Board Moves To Make Butte High County School
The Butte school board votes to require County Superintendent Thomas Hitchcock to hold hearings and notify tax levies on Melrose Ramsay Divide Rocker and nearby lands. Taxing would cover residents of those areas, who currently send students to Butte High but are not taxed. Owners may elect a trustee to the Butte board.
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Butte School Board
Butte High School
Jack Peterson
Thomas Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Melrose
Ramsay
Divide and Rocker
Butte High
Butte Board
Murray Will Not Certify Montana Constitution Vote
Secretary of State Frank Murray will certify special constitution ballots issued to 237 688 Montanans and tally 116 415 votes for the proposed charter and 113 883 against it. Official results may shift legal arguments on ratification with potential court challenges to a governor proclamation.
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Helena
Frank Murray
Forrest H. Anderson
Montana
Murray
Weather Outlook Clears the Sky With Cool Day Ahead
Variable cloudiness drifts across the area with cool conditions persisting. Today’s forecast shows highs in the upper 60s and overnight lows near 35 as the weather page 3 continues coverage.
Airline Pilot Strike Fails to Paralyze U S Flights
An uneven one day stoppage by airline pilots grounded overseas flights in many countries but halted only about ten percent of United States carrier operations. The action aimed to press for tougher anti hijacking measures and was undermined in part by defections after temporary injunctions. The International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal directed its legal response.
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New York
United States
International Civil Aviation Organizations
Montreal
U.S
International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations
Helsinki
Finland
Ola Forsberg
Finnair
Agnes Dominates Panhandle then Diminishes Inland
Agnes hit Apalachicola and surrounding areas with 80 mph winds and heavy seas causing flooding and at least 12 deaths in Florida. Tornadoes and floods were expected to continue as the storm moved north, with damage in Brevard County and Merritt Island Airport estimated in the millions. Authorities urged residents to seek shelter but many returned home as winds subsided.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Agnes
Florida Panhandle
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Panhandle
Piney Woods
St. Marks
Florida
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Lee Wilson
Brevard County
Wilson
Merritt Island
Cape Kennedy
Florida Keys
Soviets insist on halt to U S action before talks
Moscow repeats demand that the United States stop military action against North Vietnamese ports and return to Paris peace talks. Tass and Moscow radio say the Soviet Union will provide North Vietnam all necessary aid as Podgorny’s Hanoi visit signals cautious diplomacy.
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Moscow
Vietnam
United States
Paris
Moscow Radio
Tass
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Nikolai Y. Podgorny
Podgorny
Calcutta
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Supreme Court Rules Wiretaps Unconstitutional Without Warrants
The Supreme Court ruled wiretapping of suspected domestic subversives unconstitutional without judicial permission. Justice Powell wrote the 8 0 decision. Attorney General Kleindienst ordered an immediate halt to such surveillance and pledged to work with Congress on possible new standards. The court also found 50 year old baseball antitrust immunity not to be ended by the court, leaving changes to Congress.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon Administration
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Congress
Powell
Montana State stadium contract leads state construction awards
Montana officials awarded seven contracts totaling about 855 thousand dollars including 632 thousand for a new Montana State University football stadium south of the MSU Fieldhouse. Yellowstone Electric of Billings will provide stadium electrical work and Star Service, Inc. of Billings handles the mechanical contract. Fred Walsh, Inc. of El Monte California won the 383 thousand dollar contract to build a steel grandstand for 11 500 seating.
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Helena
Montana State University
MSU
An and Oswood, Greatalls
Yellowstone Electric
Billings
Star Service, Inc
Fred Walsh, Inc
el Monte
Calif
Forrest H. Anderson
Atty
Robert Woodahl
Frank Murray
McMullen
Eastern Montana College
Addi
Butte Sees Summer Arrive With Solstice Heat Outlook
Heavy frost yesterday gives way to near 70 degree highs as solstice marks first day of summer in Butte. Tuesday forecast calls for frost risk, sun with clouds, and seasonal warmth peaking mid June to late July. sunrise 5 34 and sunset 9 25. Debra DeBisse wins Miss Montana title and heads to Miss America in Atlantic City in September.
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Butte
National Weather Service
Debra DeBisse
Billings
Atlantic City
Helena
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