McGovern Denied California Delegates Threatens Nomination
Senator George McGovern voiced anger over the Credentials Committee ruling that stripped 151 California delegates from his tally after the June 6 California primary. Humphrey, Muskie, and others gained ground as the nomination fight intensified ahead of the convention.
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George McGovern
California
South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Democratic Credentials Committee
McGovern
Humphrey
Credentials Committee
Supreme Court strikes down death penalty in 5 4 ruling
The Supreme Court rules the death penalty illegal as generally applied in the United States in a 5 to 4 decision. Nine justices issue separate opinions with Powell noting hundreds of sentences affected and Burger and Stewart signaling possible new constitutional laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Congress
Peace talks due to start again in two weeks
President Nixon announced the United States will return to the Paris peace talks in two weeks with no pre conditions and with hopes for serious negotiations to end the Vietnam war. He pledged to continue bombing and mining to maintain leverage and reiterated a four month ceasefire based withdrawal plan.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Paris
White House
U.S
Vietnam
Agnew
Moscow
Northwest Airlines backs off strike threat amid renewed talks
Northwest Airlines agrees to suspend no flight cancellations and resume regular operations for 10 days after a plea from Labor Secretary Hodgson. The Airline Pilots Association had threatened to strike at 3 a.m. EDT, but union leaders say no telegram urged a halt. Negotiations resume under Assistant Secretary Usery with a July 5 meeting planned.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northwest Airlines
James D. Hodgson
Airline Pilots Association
Hodgson
Northwest
Donald W. Nyrop
W. J. Usery Jr
Nyrop
Usery
Pilots’ Union
State GOP unity urged as Wallace backs Hibbard for Senate
Harold C. Bud Wallace and Frank Dunkle abandoned a third party bid and urged Republicans at the Montana convention to unite behind State Sen. Henry S. Hibbard for the U S Senate race. Isabelle C. Moberly was elected national committeewoman and Bill MacKay national committeeman. Friday delegates and alternates will be chosen for the Miami Beach convention on Aug. 21.
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Steven P. Rosenfeld
Helena
Mont
Harold C
Bud” Wallace
Frank Dunkle
Isabelle C. Moberly
Shelby
Moberly
Central Committee
Bill MacKay
Roscoe
James Murphy
Kalispell
Miami Beach
Five year plan to upgrade Butte water system
Butte Water Co. will spend 3 million over five years to add a 23 mile 36 inch steel pipeline from the Big Hole river to Butte plus new pumping treatment and storage. The project replaces two old pipelines and should boost supply by about 1.75 billion gallons annually. Construction begins next year with full completion in 1977.
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Butte Water Co
Butte
Wayne Young
The
Water Company
Big Hole
Continental Divide
Feeley Hill
Young
Con con committee approves outside legal help for constitution challenge
Helena constitutional convention committee grants authorization to hire outside counsel to represent the convention in a court challenge to Governor Anderson's proclamation of passage. Dr. William Cashmore and Stanley Burger filed the suit, while lawyer delegates offer free research and plan possible friend of the court involvement.
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Helena
Leo Graybill Jr
Graybill
Forrest Anderson
Anderson
William Cashmore
Stanley Burger
Bozeman
Montana Farm Bureau
Constitution
Detroit hijack suspect Martin McNally held on $100000 bond
Martin J. McNally of Wyandotte Michigan was held on 100000 bond in Detroit on charges tied to last week s 502500 hijacking of an American Airlines Boeing 727. FBI and local police probed whether he was stopped in Peru Indiana the night after the parachute escape.
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Detroit
Martin J. McNally
Wyandotte
Mich
American Airlines
McNally
Peru
Ind
Indiana
Richard Blair
Patrick McNally
Martin
FBI
Martin McNally
Blair
Roland J. McNally
Roland McNally
U.S
St. Louis
John Feikens
Wayne County
Justice Department
Caper Pages and Local Notes Sketch News Bits
A compact page summary notes a caper feature on page 2, a Butte Legion twinbill on page 13, and Ironworkers to vote on a pact Sunday on page 16. The Standard Tech class is taking pictures.
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Butte Legion
Standard—Tech
Nixon expands price controls to fruits vegetables eggs seafood
President Nixon extended price controls to fresh fruits vegetables eggs and seafood after a producer sale. The move aims to curb wholesale and retail markups, with unlikely immediate effects on food costs.
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Washington
Nixon
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Price Commission
The
Whitetail route gains support at Montana hearing
Boulder and Basin residents urged the Whitetail route from Boulder to Whitehall as the least costly option for the I 15 corridor while environmental groups from Helena pressed for a full environmental study of all routes. Patricia Antonick of the Sierra Club supported upgrading the Butte Boulder section as scenic and warned against excessive highway building. Rick Applegate criticized the hearing process and noted the Butte Chamber of Commerce controlled microphone time.
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Boulder
Boulder and Basin
Butte-Boulder
Basin
Butte
Helena
Patricia Antonick
Upper Missouri Sierra Club
Montana Highway Department
Whitehall
Rick Applegate
Highway Department
Butte Wright
Butte Chamber of Commerce
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Senate
Associated Press
Gaylord Shaw
Byron R. White
Boston
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Pentagon
Beacon Press
Gravel
Paul M. Branzburg
Beverly Peck
Worcester
Mass
Beverly
Strike Clouds Airline Future
Hibbard
Lee Metcalf
Wallace
Missoula
Republican Central Committee
William Holter
Montana
Metcalf
Con-con Committee
Patrick
Jay
Butte Weather
Whitetail
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