MSU Hid $1 Million in Fees to Influence Budget
Montana State University allegedly concealed one million dollars in student fees to affect the Board of Regents' allocation from a four million dollar contingency fund. Commissioner Lawrence K. Pettit said the disclosure could alter next year’s budgets and may trigger an audit. He noted no criminal conduct was alleged and postponed a planned meeting due to weather and the revelation.
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MSU
Pettit
Board of Regents
City and county clash over uptown parallel parking
Montana winter storm snarls travel statewide as snow and wind disrupt roads. Monida Pass closed on Montana Idaho line. stockmen issue calving lambing advisories while officials debate parking meters on county property and a proposed emergency vehicle ordinance.
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Montana
Bill Kennedy
Ed DeGeorge
Butte
Alder County
Bob Lee
Murray Hospital
Alaska
Helena
Mont
Monida Pass
Idaho
Interstate 15
Pass
Police sting nets massive haul in undercover raid
Washington police and FBI undercover operation leads to 125 arrests in a Mafia styled fencing ring called P.F.F. Inc. A warehouse and business cards facilitated the scheme. One suspect listed murder as a qualification and was charged. About $2.5 million in stolen goods recovered for $67,000 spent.
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Washington
FBI
P.F.F., Inc
Diane
Prince Georges County
Scandal hits Scotland Yard as 12 detectives face hearings
Twelve retired or suspended British police detectives must attend hearings March 30 in a corruption probe at Scotland Yard. Bail is set at 10000 dollars each. Officials say this is the first time officers of rank have been charged and the largest such arrest in two decades. A lawyer for two accused objects to the arrests process.
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London
Scotland Yard
Ford proposes $3.3 billion education grant program
President Ford unveils a $3.3 billion education grant plan for fiscal year 1977 and beyond to aid elementary and secondary schools, handicapped programs, adult and vocational education. The proposal increases the block grant by $200 million annually from 1978 through 1980, aiming to start before the new school year.
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Washington
Ford
Hearst Defense Rest as Film Evidence Faces Scrutiny
Patty Hearst’s defense rested after attacking the government’s film evidence of the 1974 Hibernia Bank robbery. Judge Carter denied a motion to dismiss for misconduct but left jurors to weigh whether an omitted film edge showed Camilla Hall aiming a gun at Hearst’s associate. An FBI expert could not verify Hall pointed at Hearst in the surveillance footage.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Miss Hearst
Albert Johnson
Hibernia Bank
U.S
F. Lee Bailey
Symbionese Liberation Army
Camilla Hall
Miss Johnson
SLA
FBI
Miss Hall
78 year old seeks Philippines marriage as old law blocks union
In Lebanon Oregon AP report 78 year old LaVern Cookson fights red tape to wed a 16 year old in the Philippines. He cites an annulment of a prior 15 year old Honduran wife and disputes with immigration authorities as major obstacles in a story of cross country romance.
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Lebanon
Ore
LaVern Cookson
Philippines
Cookson
Immigration Service
Cookson Cookson
Honduras
Winston presses action on road dept crisis and layoffs
County attorney and road surveyor warn a vicious cycle of layoffs threatens public safety as funds run out. Four adults killed in snowy crash of two-car convoy on U S 12 near Falls with Brown's Gulch cited as location.
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Gary Winston
Winston
John Sheehan
Sheehan
Brown's Gulch
Montana Standard
Ayegate
U.S. 12
Montana Highway Patrol
Ann Byorth
Betty LaMont
Anita Campen
Billings
John A. Bleeker
Red Lodge
Falls
Second judge eyed for Gallatin County
A legislative interim committee studies creating three new Montana district judgeships. Sen. Tom Towe notes proposals to add a Lincoln County district and extra judges in the 18th District in Gallatin County and the 13th District across Yellowstone, Big Horn, Stillwater, Carbon and Treasure counties.
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Helena
Montana
Tom Towe
Lincoln County
Gallatin County
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Stillwater
Carbon
Treasure Counties
Towe
Billings
Treasure County
Environmental group opposition grows to Colstrip units 3 and 4
In Helena a 35 day public hearing by the state Board of Natural Resources features southeastern Montana ranchers from the Northern Plains Resource Council opposing Colstrip 3 and 4. Witness Wallace D. McRae leads testimony while others Don Bailey Bill Gillin and Jim Snider cite tax rises crowded schools and strained roads as impacts from energy projects and coal rights amid a lengthy review process.
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Helena
Mont
State Board of Natural Resources
Montana
Northern Plains Resource Council
Board of Natural Resources
Board of Health
Ams
Te Dees of Natural Resources
Niew
Colstrip
Leo Graybill
Great Falls
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council
Mike Meloy
Northern Plains
Wallace D. McRae
Graybill
McRae
Rosebud
Colstrip 3
Don Bailey
Bill Gillin
Jim Snider
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National Weather Service
Kim Ungerman
Monida
Phil Paull
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Bob McCarthy
Patty
Red Fox
Corpus Christie, Tex
Unifax
Brian Mertz
Bridge Fund
Standard State Bureau
Supreme Court
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