Space age workshop under way at Western Montana
Dillon teachers attend Aerospace Education Workshop led by Gary Moen, NASA Ames instructor and Oklahoma State University aerospace professor. Moen outlines Sky Lab aims, Pioneer 10 mission to Jupiter, and health effects of weightlessness while noting Earth study goals and the need for teachers to keep pace with space programs.
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Western
Dillon
NASA
Gary Moen
Moen
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Laboratory
Mountain View
Calif
Western Montana College
Oklahoma State University
Sky Lab
Moon
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph Erwin
Paul Weitz
Earth
Jupiter
Pioneer 10
Billings
Bob Conklin
East Junior High School
Butte
Mayville State College
North Dakota
East
Vandalism Strikes Deer Lodge Parks and Streets
Deer Lodge Mayor Tony Sneberger reports vandalism in the town harming Jaycee Park restrooms street signs and fire hydrants. Police patrols are heightened an award of 100 is offered for arrest and conviction and residents are urged to clean up trash and keep grass areas off limits to bikes and cars.
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Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge Valley
Tony Sneberger
Jaycee Park
Johnson Creek
Independence Day Celebration Planned in Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge Jaycee chairman Bill Ryan announces a day long Fourth of July program in Jaycee Park featuring a 10 p.m. fireworks display. The event includes games for all ages, a slow pitch tournament, horseshoes, a Little League game, dunking machine, and political attractions with sno cones and hot dogs available. Fire Chief Jim Gilbert oversees the fireworks, with Bob Polish as concession chair and other Jaycee volunteers coordinating events.
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Deer Lodge
Bill Ryan
Deer Lodge Jaycee
Jaycee Park
North Deer Lodge
Ryan
Jim Gilbert
Bob Polish
Skip Murphy
Ed Lyman
Chuck Pribyl
Les Bramblett
Jaycee
Flood aid sought for Jefferson and Big Hole river flood zones
Virginia City Madison County Commissioner Doug Allen asks Montana's congressional delegation for flood relief. He urges either building flood control along the Jefferson and Big Hole rivers or reconsidering the Reichle Dam project. He notes Twin Bridges endured its worst flood since 1948 and focuses on repairing private property damage while pushing prevention over repair.
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Virginia
Madison
Doug Allen
Montana
Allen
Jefferson
Big Hole
Reichle
Twin Bridges
Madison County official discusses flood damage at state ASCS convention
Jack Fenton chairs Madison County disaster committee at the state Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service session from Wednesday to Friday. He seeks funds to repair $100,000 in flood damage from the Big Hole and Jefferson Rivers where the Jefferson peaked at 15 600 cubic feet per second on June 13, the second highest on record after 1927 Wise River dam break.
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Sheridan
Jack Fenton
Madison County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Big Hole
Jefferson Rivers
Jefferson River
Wise River
Eight named GOP delegates chosen for Helena convention
Eight members of the Silver Bow Republican Womens' Club will be delegates to the State Federation of Republican Womens' convention in Helena on Thursday. They are Mrs. Richard Best, Mrs. Gus Wilkins, Mrs. Tom Mullowney, Mrs. Matt Christy, Mrs. Sam Reynolds, Miss Helen McGregor, Mrs. James Smitham, and Mrs. Don Duncan.
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Silver Bow
Republican Womens’ Club
Federation of Republican Womens
Helena
Richard Best
Gus Wilkins
Tom Mullowney
Matt Christy
Sam Reynolds
Helen McGregor
James Smitham
Don Duncan
Reichle Dam project eyed to curb Big Hole floods in Montana
Three Forks planners hold a special meeting to discuss Reichle Dam on the Big Hole River at Glen. The project, proposed to control floods and supply power via pumping stations, was scaled back from the Glen Broadwater canal to use the Jefferson River as a canal.
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Three Forks
Jefferson River
Reichle
Big Hole
Glen
Jefferson Rivers
Bureau of Reclamation
Broadwater County
Hubert White
Townsend
Association
University of Montana honor roll lists 1330 students
The Montana Standard reports the University of Montana spring quarter honor roll with a record 1,330 students and 371 earning straight A's. Among readers from Butte Anaconda Avon and other towns are named, including James Burke Vickie Christie Georgia Cragwick Thomas Daly and many others for straight A achievements.
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University of Montana
Butte
James Burke
Vickie Christie
Georgia Cragwick
Thomas Daly
Teri Lynn Foley
Phillip Guay
Gayle Harvey
Carlene Hussein
Peggy Kilroy
Marjorie McNellis
Claudine Micone
Joseph Mirich
Karen Redard
Paul Zeigler
Anaconda
Bruce Blattner
Kathleen Devine
Linda Mae Ehlafald
Patrick Mehrens
Patricia Ann
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Eyewitness Report
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Dean Martin
the National
Night Gallery
Eddie
Sanford & Son
Sonny & Cher
Light Heidelberg
North Main
GOP
Mary Healy
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sears
The
Montana Standard
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Marshal Stokke
Robert Vlahovich
Patricia Wallace
Gardiner
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Candice Whitehead
Avon
Charles Edward
Bozeman
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Jerome Rankin
Reno Watson
Janice Woolston
Sally Young
Larry Altenburn
Debra Beck
Dell
Michael Scott
Linda Nicholas
Dan Nottingham
Philipsburg
Shelley Hamilton
Dan Mungas
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