PSC uses tiered rate increase to reward energy savers
The Public Service Commission raised Montana Dakota Utilities rates with higher costs for above average energy users and relief for small users. The move aims to conserve energy, with concerns it may be discriminatory against the well off and those in poor housing. Court challenges loom as energy policy trends toward voluntary and mandatory reductions.
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John Wayne Week divides Indians and crowds in Seattle
Journal column notes a tense John Wayne Week in Seattle with protests by militants and a police show of force. It contrasts militant Native groups with peaceful Native communities from Ysleta Pueblo to the Northern Cheyennes and comments on Wayne's role and reception.
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Wounded Knee
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University of Texas At
el Paso
Palm Springs
Calif
Agua
Montana
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Ore
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Nooksack
Dan Evans
John Wayne
Washington State
Wayne
Cahill
U.S. Marshall
Hollywood
Mr. Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
J. Wayne
Evans
New York
James Caan
Duke
Baltimore Sun
Northwest faces fall power blackouts amid energy crisis
Oregon Governor Tom McCall warns of widespread outages as demand grows and spring runoff fails. BPA officials cite reduced hydro output, delayed plants, and looming shortages. officials warn of curtailments for industrial and residential customers if voluntary measures fail.
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Portland
Obe
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Tom McCall
McCall
Bonneville Power Administration
Southern California Edison
Northwest
California
EPA
Bonneville Dam
Newton
Bonneville
Hodel
BPA
Grand Coulee
Bernard Goldhammer
Long Road Gap Between Deer Lodge And Butte Anaconda Interstate
Readers question why the Interstate 90 finish between Deer Lodge and Butte Anaconda is stalled. They argue the 15 mile stretch is narrow and poorly kept, urging the Montana Highway Department to act and not wait for rail lines to vanish. They note lack of mountains or granite blasting and demand clear progress.
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Deer Lodge
Butte- Anaconda
Montana Highway Department
Northern Pacific R.R
Great Northern R.R
Elk Park Flats
Highway Department
Michale L. Lockett
West
Broadway
Butte Montana Standard Publisher and Editor Named
The Montana Standard announces D. R. Campbell Jr. as publisher and Jeffrey B. Gibson as editorial page editor. The paper serves Silver Bow County and the City of Butte as the official county and city newspaper.
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Jeffrey B. Gibson
Silver Bow County
Butte
Times change and Nixon’s détente with Communists
An elderly man wakes to a political satire about Nixon hosting Brezhnev and visiting Communist China. The narrator explains the shift from Red menace warnings to détente with the Soviet Union and China, noting Indochina remains the conflict and Watergate looms as a long, tangled tale.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Leonid Brezhnev
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Communist Party
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Alger Hiss
Rip
People’s Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of the
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McCarthy
Free World
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