Opinion on Interstate 15 hearing favors Basin route
Readers urged to attend public hearings on the Boulder to Butte Interstate 15 route. Officials favor Basin routing, critics warn of environmental harm and propose alternatives. Basin supporters cite economic and practical reasons to proceed with the Basin plan despite delays from environmental reviews.
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Boulder
Butte
Butte High
Jefferson County High School
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte Area
Basin
Basin and
No Fault Auto Insurance Plan Faces Senate Floor Battle
A Senate Commerce Committee report urges Congress to push states to adopt nationwide no fault auto insurance. The measure would let accident victims collect from their own insurer without proof of fault and set minimum federal standards with 18 months for states to act.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Commerce Committee
Warren Magnuson
D.wash
American Insurance Association
American Mutual Insurance Alliance
National Association of Independent Insurers
State Farm
Department of Transportation
Senate
J. Glenn Beall Jr
R.-Md
William B. Spong Jr
D.-Va
Howard J. Baker Jr
R.-Tenn
Baker
McGovern's income program under fire in critique
The piece argues McGovern cannot claim credibility while backing an income redistribution plan. It notes errors in a staff document and questions the cost, effects on taxes, and the program's seriousness. It compares credibility concerns with past political pledges and stresses careful scrutiny of promises.
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Washington
New York
George McGovern
McGovern
California
Elizabeth Drew
Los Angeles
Liz
Richard Nixon
White Flag Overruns Spark Billion Dollar Debate
A satirical chronology tracks the Lockheed Flag Co. contract for 500 white flags, from a $1 billion award through repeated overruns, production delays, flagpole issues, and a 1975 rescue by Congress. Named locales include Swampville Louisiana Edwards Air Force Base California and Washington DC.
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Washington, D.C
House Armed Services Committee
Lockheed Flag Co
Defense Department
Lockheed Flag
Swampville
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Congress
White House
Pets Boom Reshapes American Life Across Nation
A nationwide rise in pet ownership drives booming markets from dog foods to luxury pet cemeteries. NYC alone hosts about 600000 dogs, while households increasingly seek companionship and protection amid suburban growth and busy modern life.
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Chicago
New York City
Delaware
Pet Food Institute
American Humane Society
Family Economics Bureau
Minneapolis
General Foods
Games
Ralston Purina
Lipton
Usen Products Company
R.T
Kansas
State Highway Commission
National Association of Pet Cemeteries
Butte Montana Standard Pacifics Seven Mornings
The Montana Standard operates as the official newspaper of Silver Bow County and the City of Butte with 0 R Campbell Jr as publisher and Roy Anderson as editor. Robert W Jones serves as business manager Bert Gaskill as.
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Robert W. Jones
Roy Anderson
Silver Bow County
Butte
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Andrew H. Malcolm
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