Rare Ross's gull draws birdwatchers to South Salisbury coast
Birders from the East Coast flock to South Salisbury Massachusetts after sightings of a Ross's gull near the Merrimack River. The Arctic native, rarely seen on the East Coast, sparked hours of dawn watches, telephone alerts, and immediate field reports from Peterson and others as spectators scanned seawalls and beaches for the elusive wedge tailed bird.
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New York Times
Salisbury
Mass
Merrimack
Atlantic
Arctic
Siberia
Point Barrow
Alaska
America
East
New York
Roger Tory Peterson
Julia Child
Peterson
President ready to deal on oil tariffs and decontrol
President Ford plans to delay a 90 day oil import tariff and 60 day postponement of two 1 dollar a barrel boosts while Congress hammers out an energy policy. White House sources say actions aim to ease a possible face saving veto clash in the Senate and give Congress time to act.
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Washington
White House
Ford
Congress
Senate
House
Calana
Caline Oe
An Energy
William E. Simon
Navajo protesters end electronics plant occupation
Eight American Indian Movement members led by a young woman leave the Shiprock electronics plant after a week long takeover. Navajo chairman Peter MacDonald says the resolution used tribal resources and avoided National Guard or federal troops. Police say no Navajo prosecutions. federal or state charges under review. Move came after Fairchild layoffs hit 140 workers, mostly Navajos.
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Shiprock
N.M
American Indian Movement
Peter MacDonald
MacDonald
Fairchild
Solons favor aid after Asia visit
An eight-member U.S. delegation returning from Indochina urged continued military aid to Cambodia through June with about 75 million dollars for emergency food aid. They proposed undetermined ammunition aid, with estimates ranging up to 125 million dollars, and medical aid also under review. The group planned to brief President Ford after discussing findings with White House officials.
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Washington
Indochina
U.S
Cambodia
Paul N. McCloskey
Calif
Donald M. Fraser
Dminn
Fraser
Bella S. Abzug
D-N.y
Millicent Fenwick
Rn.j
House
South Vietnam
Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
McCloskey
America
White House
Ron Nelsen
Ford
Montana ETV Chief Decries Low Budget Request
Kenneth R. Clark, executive director of Montana ETV, condemned a subcommittee plan to trim the system’s budget from about 1 million dollars per year to 420 000 with a 250 000 matching federal requirement. He warned the move could delay the network’s launch and cripple future funding as federal dollars dwindle. The system, created in 1974, was set to begin broadcasting in January 1976 after initial state and federal support.
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Bozeman
Montana
Kenneth R. Clark
Glen Jacobsen
D-Reserve
Clark
Washington, D.C
ETV
Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission
Iowa couple's triplets boost family to 11 children
Ridgeway, Iowa AP. Mr and Mrs Richard Englehardt welcomed two boys and a girl this weekend in Cresco hospital. The birth brings their total to 11 children, after a January 7 1962 farmhouse fire that killed three of their offspring. Their existing children range from 3 to 12.
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Ridgeway
Iowa
Richard Englehardt
Cresco
Here
Englehardts
Montana judge sentences Conrad man to death
Cascade County district court judge Duncan P. McKenzie, 23, of Conrad, was sentenced to death for the murder of Lana Harding near Ledger. An appeal was granted. April 30 set for execution, but stayed for defense review. The 1974 capital offense conviction follows a lengthy trial with FBI testimony and hundreds of exhibits.
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Great Falls. Mont
Cascade County District
Duncan P. McKenzie
Conrad
Montana
R.J. Nelson
McKenzie
Lana Harding
Miss Harding
FBI
National Crime Laboratory
Washington, D.C
Anarchists free when winged jet lands in Aden
A jetliner carrying five anarchists lands in Aden South Yemen after being released to secure the safe return of West Berlin Christian Democrat leader Peter Lorenz. Lorenz, elected to the West Berlin assembly, was seized Thursday by kidnappers demanding asylum for the anarchists.
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Arabian Peninsula
Heinrich Albertz
Frankfurt
Germany
Lufthansa
Lorenz
West Berlin
Pastor Albertz
Albertz
Werner Maihofer
Bonn
Ethiopia
Damascus
Maihofer
Hans Jochen Vogel
Butte youths save friend from icy river during Scout trip
Two Butte boys 14 year old Mike James and 13 year old Dave Zigrant are recommended for national Life Saving awards after pulling 14 year old Tom Tutty from the Big Hole. Scout director Fred Steiner noted the ice was 18 to 36 inches thick and the rescue likely would have failed if not swift.
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Butte
Fred Steiner
Mike James
Dave Zigrant
Tom Tutty
Big Hole
Steiner
Divide
Tutty
James
Zigrant
Glenn James
Dave Zigrand
County shifts to food stamps in lieu of welfare cash
Welfare coffers are empty as 140 general assistance recipients face no rent or utilities. Welfare Director Queenie Lynch says funds will be paid once the appropriation arrives, with action hoped within a week to 10 days. A deputy guards food stamp distribution at the courthouse. county commissioners avoid registering warrants to stretch funds. Unemployment and plant layoffs add to the strain as Montana State Employment Service reports claims rising to 1,123 last week.
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Boles
Anaconda Co
Lynch
Berkeley
United Steelworkers Union
Kelley
Montana State Employment Service
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Conrad Man
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South Yemen
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