Butte court foes agree public demands justice
Butte residents and officials say crime fears drive calls for tougher punishment. The Miranda decision faces challenges as Montana courts stress taped confessions under Warwick guidelines, shaping how prosecutions use such evidence in murder cases like the Clark and Smith trials.
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Archie Warwick
Bozeman
Robbie Clark
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Congressional pensions cost surge highlights large retiree benefits
Retired House doorkeeper William Mitler earns about 37000 yearly while former leaders like Carl Albert Hugh Scott receive 48500 and 41500. As of last June 30 the average pension for retired lawmakers and staff far exceeds federal civil service pensions, with costs rising from 2.1 million in 1957 to 40.5 million last year amid automatic cost of living adjustments and broader coverage.
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William
Mitler
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Carl Albert
Senate
Hugh Scott
Civil Service Commission
Associated Press
Congressional
Civil Service
Butte-Silver Bow to centralize fire dispatching
An advisory council urged moving fire dispatch from the Silver Bow County Jail to the Public Safety Building as a top priority. The nine member panel, including three volunteers and three commissioners, discussed phased staffing and call levels for one to four alarm fires and aims to submit an ordinance by July 1.
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Butte-Silver Bow
Jack O'Neill
Public Safety
Silver Bow County
Northey Tretheway
Lefty Lowney
Tretheway
Bargain hunters buy widow's treasurers in Indianapolis
Crowds crowded a large tent to bid on the estate of Marjorie Jackson, slain grocery heiress. Bidders paid for a few Cadillacs, a dresser drawer, and a burglar alarm while police tracked millions missing from her home.
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Eunice Gibson
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Smith
Charlene Hodgin
Evel Knievel offers 700000 for Butte Country Club buildings
Evel Knievel proposed buying the Butte Country Club facilities for 700000 to host a museum there, excluding the golf course. He suggested a new clubhouse between the 10th and 12th fairways with access from Harrison Avenue and Elizabeth Warren.
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Evel Knievel
Butte Country Club
Knievel
Harrison Avenue
Elizabeth Warren
Sugges
State GOP leader Florence Haegen Faces Tough Re-election
Montana delegates at the GOP convention in Helena vote on a second term for State Republican Chairman Florence Haegen. Reagan supporters back Vice Chairman John Rabenberg amid past factional tensions from a 1976 presidential primary.
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Florence Haegen
Montana
Howald Reagan
Haegen
Ford
Reagan
Reaganites
John Rabenberg
Wilderness foes urge governor support in Dillon forum
About 120 people filled the Beaverhead courthouse hearing room as Dillon residents pressed Gov. Tom Judge to back the Montana Wilderness Study Act. Critics warned nine proposed wilderness areas totaling 973000 acres could halt development for years and harm timber and ranching jobs. Judge avoided a direct stance while stressing concern for jobs and state resource control, noting limited influence with Congress and funding constraints.
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Tom Judge
Lee Metcalf
Jim Shea
Stolze Land and Lumber Co
Beaverhead County
West Pioneer
John Urlich
Stoke
Urlich
Burt Oliphant
Dean Wellborn
County Farm Bureau
Judge
Congress
Hagel seeks court order to cover sheriff budget shortfall
Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Pat Hagel seeks a court order for a 5979 emergency transfer after budget chief Larry McGinley rejected the request. Mike Micone notes possible funds in the former city police budget through June 30. The issue echoes earlier transfers totaling 573,? and declared funded by anti recession money to deputies and jail staff.
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Butte-Silver Bow
Pat Hagel
Larry McGinley
Arnold) Olsen
Hagel
Micone
McGinley
Rabenberg slides into Haegen’s job after year as deputy
Rabenberg moves up from the number two slot to succeed Haegen as head of the organization after a year of service in the deputy position. His running mate for vice chairman is GOP Page 8.
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Haegen
Rabenberg
GOP Page 8
Anaconda appoints Bozeman official as permanent manager
John G. Wolf 37 of Bozeman was named permanent manager of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County. He will start by July 25 with a 26000 dollar salary plus fringe benefits and will relocate with his wife Pam and their two children. He now serves as Bozeman assistant city manager and has prior local government experience including acting manager duties.
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John G. Wolf
Bozeman
Anaconda
Deer Lodge County
Board of Commissioners
Wolf
Cliff Nordby
Wolfe
Pam
Naval Reserve
Naval Intelligence Program
San Diego
Anaconda-Deer Lodge
Montana
Montana State University
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
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