Model City board reviews projects and new appointee listens
Model City agency board with new member Jim Casey reviewed status on projects including neighborhood renewal, governmental resources, nursing home and Legion Oasis housing. Planned developments include relocation of a Pioneer Concrete plant, a 100 unit senior housing project, and street and boulevard improvements with a August completion target.
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Model City Agency Board
Nursing Home
Legion Oasis
Tech
Springboard
Jim Casey
Mike Micone
Joe Sheehy
Casey
North Side Council
Model City
John Podobnik
Front Street
Main
Nevada
Podobnik
Pioneer Concrete Plant
Maryland
Columbian Research Institute of Portland
Don Peoples
Senate panel approves ban on sale of snub-nosed handguns
Senate Judiciary Committee backed Sen. Birch Bayh's bill by 12 to 2 to bar commercial sales of easily concealable handguns not designed for sport. The measure aims to curb crimes while preserving sporting access, moving to the full Senate.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Laurel
Wallace
Bombs and street clashes shake fragile Northern Ireland truce
In East Belfast two car bombs exploded amid Protestant and Catholic youth clashes as British troops moved in to separate crowds. The truce, backed by IRA and British authorities, aims for talks but faces Protestant leaders who refuse to engage.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Kilmood Street
Terry Street
Crumlin Road
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Britain
Paul Channon
Women in Northern Ireland Endure Bombed Landscape
The Official IRA laid down its arms last month amid negotiations with nationalist factions. Northern Ireland women, mothers and daughters, have witnessed decades of horror since 1969, visiting cemeteries and hospitals as casualty lists grow.
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IRA
Northern Ireland
Nixon seeks $100 million disaster aid as Senate votes 200 million
President Nixon asked Congress for $100 million in disaster relief for flood struck Eastern states. The Senate quickly approved a $200 million aid measure for victims of Tropical Storm Agnes, to be managed by the Office of Emergency Preparedness, in addition to $92.5 million already in the fund. House action remains uncertain before Congress recesses on Friday.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Ronald L. Ziegler
Capitol Hill
Office of Emergency Preparedness
House
Flood disaster in the Eastern Seaboard prompts massive disarray
Amid Tropical Storm Agnes tied floods, eight states face water and power supply problems. Restoration of gasoline, telephone service, bridges, and roads tops priorities as death toll climbs to 125 and losses surpass $1 billion. Ohio River flooding damages Cincinnati marina and boats. Five states declared disaster areas for federal aid.
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Arthur Everett
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Seaboard
Ohio
Cincinnati
Agnes
South Carolina
New York State
Nixon
Big Flats
N.Y
State grants pipeline easement over state lands in Montana
Montana Land Board approved easements across 25 tracts of Blaine and Hill counties for Northern Natural Gas. Gov. Forrest H. Anderson opposed long term export benefits, warning of loss of gas for industrial use. The board set new easement charges totaling 4880 dollars for a 13.8 mile segment from Tiger Ridge Field to the Montana Canada border.
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Helena, Mont
Blaine
Hill Counties
Northern Natural Gas Co
Montana Land Board
Forrest H. Anderson
Montana
Midwest
Atty
Robert L. Woodahl
Frank Mur
Ray and Public Instruction
Dolores Colburg
Northern Natural Gas
Tiger Ridge
Montana-Canada
Canada
Public hearings set on In-15 route between Butte and Helena
Butte residents meet Wednesday at 7 30 pm in the Butte High auditorium to discuss the In-15 route toward Helena. A second hearing follows Thursday at 7 30 pm in Boulder at the Jefferson County High gym. Chamber buses depart 6 30 pm from Finlen Hotel, with free ride to Boulder and tickets by phone.
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Butte
Helena
Butte High
Montana State Highway Department
Jefferson County High
Boulder
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Harold McGrath
Chamber
Vacant Centre Point drives UK wealth for Briton
London reports Harry Hyams built an empire by keeping offices empty including Centre Point. Government vows action with taxes or compulsory rentals as Parliament condemns empty blocks amid London office shortage and rising Hyams shares. Centre Point sits on Oxford Street under security.
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London
Harry Hyams
Hyams
Britain
Centre
Oxford Street
Boyle freed after posting $179000 bond in mine union case
United Mine Workers President W A Boyle was sentenced to five years for illegally funneling union funds to political candidates. He posted a 179000 appeal bond and was released after brief imprisonment. He faced a 130000 fine plus 49000 in unlawful contributions.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
U.S. District
Charles Richey
Boyle
Nomi
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richey
Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Boyle Page 2
New Pentagon Papers detail failed peace efforts 1964 68
The latest Pentagon Papers release shows at least 12 attempts by third parties from 1964 to early 1968 to move the United States and North Vietnam toward negotiations to end the war. It notes a June 1964 initiative by a Canadian IC C diplomat and the 1968 Paris talks opening after Johnson halted bombing. Kosygin reportedly offered but made little headway.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
North Vietnam
Jack Anderson
Defense Department
International Control Commission For
Southeast Asia
Giovanni d’Orlandi
Prague
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Model City Board
Pam Swiger
Standard
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Senate For Action
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Hruska
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Edward J. Burney
R-Fla
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
GUN
Lorraine Riehl
Dee Dee Aguilar
Butte Street
Model City Funds
Cliff Moore
Flood
Butte Weather
Oldham Estates Ltd
Peter Walker
Tony Boyle
Lyndon B. Johnson
Anderson
South Vietnam
D’orlandi
J. Blair Seaborn
Hanoi
Seaborn
Kosygin
Moscow
New York Times
Peking
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