Butte Boulder Route Hearing Draws 100 Attendees
Residents and officials debated the proposed highway corridor with environmental groups criticizing the Bison Creek and Boulder River route while alternatives including a two lane interstate and a water route were discussed. Prominent speakers urged data completion and new perching options as costs and impacts were weighed.
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Applegate
Environmental Quality Control Council
Highway Department
Butte Chamber
Bison Creek
Boulder River
Bill Tomlinson
Missoula
Montana League of Conservation Voters
C. M. Wahl
Helena
Dillon
Whitehall
Basin-Elk Park
Montana
Butte- Boulder
Butte
Butte to Complete Big Hole Pipeline Expansion Plan
The city outlines a 23.1 mile new pipeline route reducing pumping lift from 840 to 560 feet and shifting more supply to Basin Creek and Moulton systems. South Fork reservoir remains tied in, West Side may be fed by auxiliary pumping, and water use warnings return for summer amid shortages. Lobsters are noted as living fossils in a separate aside.
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Young
Basin Creek
Butte Flat
South Fork
Feeley
Mount Fleecer
Big Hole
Divide
Divide Creek
West Side
North Excelsior
Moulton
Walkerville
Butte
Montana Supreme Court defers on convention legal funding
Great Falls attorney says if federal appeal occurs a lawyer may be needed and the convention may be invited to appoint one. The court limited spending on voter education after adjournment, but may delay reconvening due to cost. About $58,065 remains from a $499,000 appropriation with $45,000 halted, hopes to pay Sage Advertising for a voter education film, and possible funds may cover a $17,010 preparatory commission debt before the act expires.
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State Supreme Court
Great Falls
Administation Committee
Graybill
Sage Advertising
Helena
Sage
Death penalty reactions split after Supreme Court ruling
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling barring capital punishment, inmates at Raiford prison cheered while officials split. Governors and legislators weighed reinstating or ending the death penalty, with reactions from Mississippi Governor Bill Waller and Georgia Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox, among others.
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Jake Booher
Associated Press
U.S
Supreme Court
Lucious Jackson Jr
Mississippi
Bill Waller
Florida
Raiford
Asst
James Tomplins
Leonard Schwartz
American Civil Liberties Union of
Ohio
Dan Evans
Washington
Evans
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Ken Brown
California Correctional Officers Association
Brown
Pennsylvania
Harry R.J. Comer
Law and Order Movement
Two brothers youth shoplifting turned over to juvenile authorities
Two brothers aged 15 and 12 were caught shoplifting Wednesday at the Duval-Wallace Hardware Store and were turned over to juvenile authorities. Damage to a utility shed in the west valley was reported by Guy Boyce, 109 N. Hickory. nothing was taken. Anaconda hosts its first flea market and craft boutique Friday from 10 to 5 on the Main and Commercial lot, sponsored by the Woman's Club.
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Duval-Wallace
West Valley
Guy Boyce
Hickory
Anaconda
Main
Woman’s Club
State gains extra funds from multistate audits
Montana received 32504 in additional revenue after audits by the Multi-State Tax Commission. Chairman J Morley Cooper said the commission staff is auditing a dozen multistate corporations and has approved audits for 19 more. Cooper noted five Montana revenue auditors trained at the University of Colorado.
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Helena
Tax Commission
Montana
J. Morley Cooper
State Board of Equalization
Cooper
National Commission
State Tax Board
Montana Department of Revenue
University of Colorado
Nixon Talks on Death Penalty and Social Security Doubts
President Nixon defends capital punishment as a deterrent while discussing Social Security funding needs and a possible payroll tax hike. He addresses court rulings on bribery, alien visitors, and gun sales, and reflects on Vietnam policy. He stresses focus on results over press.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Alabama
George Wallace
Vietnam
Theft of hay pellets at Mount Haggin Livestock Ranch
Sheriff’s officers investigate theft of two loads of hay pellets from a storage bin on Mount Haggin Livestock Ranch property northeast of Anaconda. Tracks show a farm tractor hauled the pellets.
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Mount Haggin
Anaconda
Death notice for Gordon F. Sheehan in Anaconda
Gordon F. Sheehan, 66, of 412 E. Third, Anaconda, died Wednesday. Terry Robert Heffernan and Diana Christie Galle apply to the case.
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Gordon F. Sheehan
Terry Robert Heffernan
Diana Christie Galle
Anaconda Area Weather Summary
Partly cloudy with possible showers and little temperature change. Highs near 80 to 85 today, lows 45 to 55. Yesterday saw a maximum of 82 at 3 pm and a minimum of 52 at 6 am. Ages noted as 58 and 38, with two years ago values 46 and 44.
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Butte
Helena
Bozeman
West Yellowstone
Great Falls
Anaconda
High scoring wins pace Anaconda boys baseball
In a busy Wednesday slate on Kennedy Common Anaconda boys baseball saw Colts beat Yanks 11-5 behind Bill Donahue three for three. Anodes edged Pirates 12-10 with a late three run rally while Giants outlasted Stars 21-20 as Duane Partin Bruce LeBlanc and Rick Olson homered. In girls softball Peppermint Parties toppled Goosetown Gang 13-6 and Hitless Wonders won 11-9 over Super Snoopers with Sandy Olson hitting the lone homer for Hitless Wonders.
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Colts
Bill Donahue
Yanks
Anaconda
Kennedy Common
Anodes
Pirates
Giants
Duane Partin
Bruce LeBlanc
Rick Olson
Goosetown Gang
Super Snoopers
Super Smileys
Centralites
Sandy Olson
Hitless Wonders
Fire department responds to wiring short at 317 E Third
Anaconda Fire Department rushed to the Gertrude Martin home at 317 E Third after a late night electrical short and smoke scare. One of two arriving trucks briefly went to a false alarm at East Park and Washington within ten minutes.
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Anaconda
Gertrude Martin
317
E. Third
East Park
Washington
Recreation today at Anaconda rec board events
Anaconda Recreation Board sponsors a busy Friday with boys baseball at Kennedy Common and girls softball at Jaycee Field Goosetown. multiple matchups listed from 10 to 4 30. Swimming programs include junior and senior teams and beginner sessions at Memorial Pool and Lincoln and St Paul schools.
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Anaconda Recreation Board
Kennedy Common
Rockets
Rams
Pirates
Yanks
Colts
Stars
Jaycee Field
Goosetown Gang
Rovers
Maroons
Wonderful Wackers
Centralites
Lincoln School
St. Paul School
Memorial Pool
Deer Lodge County Second Half Taxes Net 1.3 Million
Deer Lodge County property owners paid 1,318,569.12 in second half 1971 taxes for state, county, city government and schools, reported by Treasurer Sue Martinson. The total due for 1971-72 operations was about 3 million with prior payments leaving a 1.49 million balance. May receipts included 386,788.29 to general high school funds and 335,742.30 to district schools, plus bond retirement amounts.
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Deer Lodge
Sue Martinson
Anaconda
State of Montana
University
Warm Springs State Hospital
Gordon Sheehan Dies at 66 Veteran Boilermaker
Gordon F. Sheehan 66, WWII Army veteran and retired boilermaker, died at 412 E. Third. Mass Easter rites set for 9 Saturday at St. Paul Church with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. vigil at 7:30 Friday in Finnegan Co. Funeral home. He came to Anaconda in 1910, worked at Anaconda reduction works 1923 to 1968, served with 236th Engineers in Burma. Survived by nephews in Oakland and Salt Lake City.
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Gordon F. Sheehan
E. Third
Frank LaForest Jr
St. Paul Church
American Legion
Mount Olivet
Finnegan Co
Canton
Mass
Suit filed over 5000 injury from Jan 18 bus collision
Eleanor T. Beal, a passenger in an Intermountain Transportation Co. bus, sues Nationwide Trailer Rental Service Hollydale Rentals and William Peters in Deer Lodge County District Court for 5000 in damages. The collision occurred on Interstate 15 in Jefferson County on January 18, 1972.
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Deer Lodge
Eleanor T. Beal
Intermountain Transportation Co
Nationwide Trailer Rental Service
Hollydale Rentals
William Peters
Bcy
Jefferson County
Owl Bar Edges Granny's 6-5 In Softball Clash
In Washoe Park Tuesday, Carmel's rapped First Security Bank fell 7-1 while Owl Bar beat Granny's 6-5. Steve Tuss of Owl Bar produced the lone home run in the nightcap.
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Carmel’s
First Security Bank
Owl Bar
Granny’s
Washoe Park
Steve Tuss
Gordon F. Sheehan Funeral Held In Anaconda
The body of Gordon F. Sheehan of 412 E Third Street lay at Finnegan Co Funeral Home. A funeral Mass at 9 oclock followed by military honors at Mount Olivet Cemetery led to burial in the family plot. A vigil was held at the funeral home at 7:30 this evening.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gordon F. Sheehan
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Boilermakers Union
Old Timers Club
Sheehan
E. Third Street
Finnegan Co
St. Paul Church
Cyclists and motorcyclists cause property damage near Anaconda
Sheriff Thomson reports repeated fence cutting and trespassing on ranch lands southwest and west of Anaconda. Ranchers note fields, forage, and crops damaged and cattle driven onto roads. State law holds vandals liable for property damage and for cattle strays caused by trespass.
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Anaconda
Eugene
Shaker
Thomson
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