Storms Hit Montana Leaves Missoula Water Ban
Flooding from a Thursday thunderstorm prompted Missoula officials to urge residents to boil tap water amid murky supply. A two inch rainfall swollen Rattlesnake Creek and caused widespread damage on Fort Belknap Reservation including shattered windows and roof losses. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Montana
Fort Belknap
Kit Johnson
Johnson
National Weather Service
Simms
Great Falls
Mond
Cut Bank
Missoula Harlem
State Higher Education Plan Could Start at 15 Million
A staff report from the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education estimates a minimum initial cost of 15 million dollars to adopt proposed system changes. It details bonding, faculty raises, new deans, and statewide indebtedness for Montana Tech and Western Montana College, with total initial costs around 15.1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ribbon Commission On Higher Education
Jack Peterson
Butte
Peterson
Commission
Montana Tech
Western Montana College
Dillon
Western
University of Montana
Tech
Estern
the Commissioner of Higher Education
Robert Remer
SCS
Remer
Women Democrats rally behind Baucus at Montana convention
Salt Lake City lawyer Mary Jane Due told about 150 women Democrats at the Finlen Hotel that Nixon deserves heat for Watergate and urged stopping delay in the White House. The Montana gathering backed Max Baucus for Congress as he declared confidence in a November victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Utah
Montana
Democratic Women's Association
Mary Jane Due
Salt Lake City
Frank E. Moss
Finlen Hotel
White House
Moss
Capitol Hill
Washington
First
Agnew
Kleindienst
Max Baucus
Mansfield fights to preserve Western Montana College in Dillon
Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana defends Western Montana College in Dillon amid moves to downgrade the institution to a two year college. He argues the college has a 77 year history of quality education and opposes closing WMC to use its land for other purposes, warning land reversion could favor donor Poindexter heirs. a commission staff legal view disputes reversion, while locals urge keeping the college intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Butte
Montana Tech
Mansfield
Dillon
Western Montana College
Montana
WMC
Poindexter
Taining
Commission On Post-Secondary Education
Proposa
Anaconda unions hold eighteenth day of talks
Negotiations between Anaconda and seven labor unions extended into a quiet eighteenth day with no new developments reported. The contract covering 6000 workers across steel, operating engineers, teamsters, machinists, electricians, painters and brick masons expires June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingame
Calif
Anaconda
John Gaines
New York
Butte
Mont
Great Falls
Yerlington
Nev
Raritan
N.J
Fired Dillon hospital administrator helps save boy
Barrett Hospital administrator and anesthesiologist Tuma, dismissed Thursday, returned Friday to assist in emergency surgery on 5 year old Craig Pozega after a bicycle accident. Pozega ruptured windpipe and required immediate repair by surgeon Dr. A. L. Juergens. Surgery succeeded and Pozega stabilized before transfer to a Butte hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Craig Pozega
Rich Pozega
A. L. Juergens
Vid Tuma
Tuma
Juergens
Butte
St. James
Dam on Boulder River Faces Cautious Montana Panel
The federal Soil Conservation Service seeks a 4.7 million dollar dam above the Diamond Bar S Ranch near Boulder to back irrigation and create a fishery with five access sites. The Montana Fish and Game Commission urged more study and facts before taking a stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Moore Helena
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Commission
A. B. Linford
Bozeman
Jones
Boulder Valley Ranchers
Boulder
Diamond Bar S Ranch
Former Nixon aide Colson sentenced to prison and fine
Former top Nixon aide Charles W. Colson received a one to three year sentence and a $5000 fine after confessing to efforts to defame Daniel Ellsberg in 1971. Judge Gesell ordered the term and Colson pledged to devote his life to Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Washington
Charles W. Colson
House Judiciary Committee
Sey
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
Colson
Gerhard A. Gesell
Aniel Ellsberg
White House
Inflation rises as May CPI climbs 1.1 percent
The May Consumer Price Index rose 1.1 percent led by higher costs for medical services fresh vegetables and used cars. Food prices climbed 1.9 percent while meat and poultry gained less. Labor reports real spendable earnings edged up one percent though take home pay remains 4.6 percent below a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor
Goseph Seay
Afl-Cio Rea
Governor urges negotiation over Canada beef row
Montana Governor Thomas Judge urged cooperation with Canada to avoid retaliation over U S beef sales. Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz proposed possible trade action if Canada does not resume buying U S beef and live cattle valued at about 100 million dollars annually. Judge warned only negotiations can boost cattlemen's prospects and noted reliance on Canadian natural gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Montana
Thomas Judge
Maine
Canada
Earl Butz
U.S
Butz
Des
Harper files suit in election defeat challenge
Rep. Bob Harper sues over his primary loss to Rep. Jerry Lombardi alleging mishandling of absentee ballots. The complaint cites lost ballots, miscounted ballots, unnotarized forms, improper solicitations, a disputed machine tally, and alleged Corrupt Practices Act violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Bob Harper
Jerry Lombardi
Tom Towe
Billings
Lombardi
Missoula
Butte
W. M
Recorder’s
Walter Murphy
Larry Stimatz
Murphy
Montana Standard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richard Coxe
Heather O’brien
Murray O’brien
Cliff Moore
Cain Cove
Burn Northern Railroad
Livingston
Tom Pettit
Tom Judge
Pettit
William J. Clark
Standard
Baucus
Massman
Boulder River
Linford
Boulderer
Herbert F. Stein
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Seattle
Australia
Colorado
Judge
Federa
Butte Weather
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!