Montana panel votes to close Western Montana College
The Montana Commission on Postsecondary Education votes to close Western Montana College at Dillon while approving continued operation of Northern Montana College Havre with caveats. It leaves Montana Tech in limbo with options including a branch campus, a minerals institute, or a junior college, to be decided by December.
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Western Montana College
Dillon
Northern Montana College
Havre
Northern
Butte
Montana Tech
Lawrence
K. Pettit
Tech
Pettit
Commission
Univer
Sity
Montana
Bozeman
MSU
William A. Cordingley
Great Falls
Senate Chamber
Ted James
Car Tech
Brezhnev Nixon Open Third Summit Marks Quiet Moscow Welcome
President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev opened their third annual summit with private talks, a Kremlin banquet, and pledges to broaden detente. Thousands cheered as Nixon arrived in Moscow, and both leaders touted progress amid optimism for future visits and sustained peace.
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Moscow
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Vnukovo
Joes Ag
Ourhand
St Clair Opens Nixon Impeachment Defense Before Panel
President Nixon’s lawyer James D. St Clair began his formal impeachment defense on the Watergate matter and ITT antitrust issues. Republicans offered guarded reactions as St Clair filled in gaps and pressed witnesses in a daylong session.
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Washington
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
Planning board saved as county funds extended one year
County commissioners voted unanimously to fund the planning board for one year under a county wide mill levy after a noon meeting with city and planning board representatives. City officials opposed shifting funds from the city budget, arguing it would cut other services, while the plan would tax all residents equally if adopted.
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City of
Lucille Cleary
DeGeorge
Thoes
Larry Stimatz
Ter Holman
Planning Board
Baucus tops spending in Montana Western District race
Max Baucus reports $24,615 in expenditures to win the Democratic nomination for Congress in Montana's western district. Pat Williams spent $17,166, with Arnold Olsen not yet reporting. Republican Dick Shoup showed $11,777 in expenses and $4,790 in contributions plus a $9,327 balance.
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Helena
Missoula
Max Baucus
Congress
Montana
Frank Murray
Pat Williams
Butte
Baucus
Williams
Arnold Olsen
Dick Shoup
Shoup
Helena seeks federal funds for luxury addict treatment center
Montana state addictive diseases unit applies for 1.5 million in federal funds to convert the Sleeping Giant lodge in Helena into a 65-patient alcohol and drug treatment center. The plan rents the 53-unit motel for 75 thousand per year, uses outdoor recreation, and aims to self-sustain after three years with patient fees and donations.
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Helena
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Governor's Office
Tochtics
George Swartz
Addictive Diseases Unit
Bank robbery suspects captured on Crow Reservation
Two unemployed laborers tied to the Cheyenne Western Bank heist in Ashland Mont were arrested on the Crow Indian Reservation near Yellowstone County. William H Beck and Stanley D Naylor, both 21, of Billings, faced bank robbery charges after their chartered plane getaway with pilot Richard Cook was halted.
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Hardin, Mont
Montana
Cheyenne Western
Ashland
Mont
Robert W. Evans
Iar
FBI
Montana-Idaho
William H. Beck
Stanley D. Naylor
Billings
Evans
Hardin
Richard Cook
Sheridan
Wyo
Yellowtail Dam
Wyoming
Cook
Beck
Naylor
Yellowstone County
Donald Lees
Humphrey and Mills Deny Wrongdoing in Watergate Reports
Senate staff reports claim donations to Humphrey and Mills campaigns involved dairy farmer cooperatives and possible illegal contributions. Mills and Humphrey deny any law violations, saying reports are distorted leaks. Key figures Jack Chestnut and Joseph Johnson are cited. Mills mentions $45,000 from three milk groups.
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Washington
T Senate Watergate Committee
Je Aga
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Ters
Senate
Mills
Humphrey
Jack Chestnut
Joseph Johnson
Committee
HHH
Crash kills Vietnam veteran in Washington car collision
Sgt. Wayne Edward Thomson 22 of 1014 Antimony Butte died in a three car crash on White Pass Yakima Washington five days after discharge from the Marine Corps. Born December 31 1951 in Helena he served as crew chief of a jet fighter in Vietnam and was cited several times for heroic acts.
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Butte
Vietnam
Corps
Wayne Edward Thomson
Antimony
White Pass
Yakima
Wash
Thomson
el Toro
Helena
Billings
Butte High School
Marine Corps
Helena High
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