Montana job market grim as summer work dwindles
The national recession plus inflation and tight money cut summer job prospects for about 17,300 Montanans. May unemployment rose to 6.2 percent, up 22 percent from last year, with claims up 1,728 and benefits totaling $100,555 in the latest week.
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Mary Pat Murphy
Associated Press
Montana
State Employment Security Commission
ESC
George Kneipp
Kneipp
U. S. Forest Service
Montana mulls new state prison as reform priority
Helena AP draft notes Montana Board of Institutions to weigh abandoning Deer Lodge prison for a new facility on the prison ranch near Rothe Hall with capacity for 190 inmates. Warden Estelle plans to seek funds from the 1971 legislature, while advocates push rehabilitation and faster construction.
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Rothe Hall
Rothe
Cross
Estelle
Monda
Helena
Butte Storm Wrecks Cellars Roads Communications
A severe Saturday evening thunderstorm flooded north Butte with 19 inches of moisture and 45 minutes of rain. Basements and homes on Boardman Street filled with water while the Capri Motel and West Pacific Street reported flooding. Many phones out statewide with emergency-only communications and several law enforcement radios on auxiliary power. Washouts closed Brown's Gulch Orofino Gulch and Hail Columbia Gulch roads and trees blocked Highway 91 between Basin and Boulder and damaged a house at 2120 Florence. Streets slick with rocks and debris.
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Butte
North Butte
Boardman Street
Capri
North
Wyoming
West Pacific Street
Brown’s Gulch
Orofino Gulch
Columbia Gulch
Basin
Boulder
Sheriff’s Office
Florence
E. J. Nash
Butte Airport Survey To Assess Capacity And Growth Needs
A HUD team will survey Butte area airport conditions at no local cost. The study, authorized by the Board of County Commissioners after a talk with George D. McCarthy, will inspect the current airport, its capacity, and its location relative to population and industry trends. The effort may cover other sites in the multi county area and could propose a new facility. Estimated cost is $32,000 for experts and expenses.
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Butte
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Board of County Commissioners
George D. McCarthy
Silver Bow
Montana
HUD
Whitehall
Crackerville
Deer Lodge Valley
Bank ownership dispute over offer for city building
The Standard reports a bid of 9000 dollars from State Savings & Realty Corp for the old First Metals Bank building, contingent on the city assuming tax liability. A source clarifies First Metals does not own the property, and State Savings & Realty is the owner behind the offer and tax defaults.
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Butte Council
The
Standard
First Metals Bank
First Metals
State Savings & Realty Corp
State Savings & Realty
Senator cites 23 percent profit for MPC in utility study
Sen. Lee Metcalf told Congress that Montana Power Co. earned 22.7 percent net profit on electric sales in 1968, among 18 of 206 IOUs above 20 percent, with FPC data showing overall 15.6 percent average. He urged disclosure as regulators face pending rate requests from Montana-Dakota Utilities and Puget Sound Power.
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Helena
Montana Power Co
Lee Metcalf
Congress
Montana Democrat
Congressional
MPC
Metcalf
Federal Power Commission
Montana
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Pacific Power and Light
Idaho Power and Light
Washington Water Power Co
Puget Sound Power and Light Co
Cheyenne
Wyo
Light, Fuel and Power, Co
FPC
Montana Public Service Commission
MDA
PP and
Swarms of Mice Invade Idaho Burn Area
In northern Idaho the Sun Dance Mountain fire scar of 1967 hosts vast mice infestations. Officials estimate 7000 to 10000 mice per acre feeding on airplane planted seeds and new seedling trees. Foresters warn the deer mouse roams the area, harming saplings and seed beds.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Sundance Mountain
State Bar names leadership for 1971 72 Montana election
William H. Bellingham named state president elect of the Montana Bar Association to lead 1971 72. Edward C. Alexander and Joseph J. McCaffery noted as predecessors as 374 attendees plus guests praised the convention. Resolutions backed indigent legal services through Judicare, federal Health, Education and Welfare agency coverage, and permanent Montana legal services office. Constitutional modernization support urged a November referendum for a constitutional convention.
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William H. Bellingham
Montana Bar Association
Billings
Moulton, Bellingham, Longo and Mather
Lawyers’ Convention
Bellingham
Edward C. Alexander
Great Falls
Alexander
Joseph J. McCaffery
Butte
McCaffery
J. R. Wine Jr
Helena
Montana
Ward Shanahan
Federal
Office of Economic Opportunity
Montana Legal Services Arm
Montana Legal Services
Supreme Court
Lawyers’ Group
R. D. Corette Jr
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Butte Weather
Anaconda
Washoe Park
Cliff Moore
State Bar Association
Alexander, Kuenning and Hall
Federal Health, Education and Welfare Office
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