House Appropriations Panel Approves 5.9 Billion Jobs Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 5.9 billion emergency employment package aiming to create about 2 million jobs. It funds 1.625 billion for public service and 412.7 million for youth summer jobs, with immediate availability of funds under Democratic plans.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Carl Albert
George Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Ford
U.S. Forest Service
Montana
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Baucus
Congress
Western Tech facing second onslaught
A Montana legislative committee approved a plan to offer the Board of Regents up to 4 million dollars to close Western Montana College and merge Western Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology with Montana State University by June 30 1976. The move aims to fund remaining system units in 1977.
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Helena
State Board of Regents
Western Montana College
Montana Tech
Montana State University
Joint
Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology
Lawrence K. Pettit
Higher Education
Pettit
Board of Regents
Senate action speeds up Montana prison pay raise
The Montana Senate quickly approved a retroactive pay raise for state custody employees after boosting salaries for the top-paid workers. Majority Leader Neil Lynch pushed to suspend rules for swift passage, amid union threats of a strike if raises did not progress. The measure targets pay scales per statewide plans, with broader pay plan adoption still pending.
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Helena
Montana Senate
Senate
Neil J. Lynch
D-Butte
Lynch
Warm Springs
Boulder
Ploye
Joe Roberts
D-Libby
U.S. Coast Guard
Area Weather Forecast Heavy Snow Diminishing Saturday Night
Heavy snow continues with diminishing intensity by Saturday night. Outlook today shows temperatures around 15 degrees with a 5 degree wind chill. Weather map appears on page 12.
State Basketball Scores Across Montana Arenas
Western AA Libby 56 Butte 54 Anaconda 67 Bozeman 50 Sentinel 71 Kalispell 67 Medicine Lake 60 St Ignatius 44 Sacred Heart 65 Big Timber 44 Belt 81 Thompson Falls 61 Three Forks 70 Harlem 61.
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Medicine Lake
St. Ignatius
Sacred Heart
Big Timber
Legislators clash over Western Montana College closure plan
In Helena, supporters of Western Montana College and Montana Tech denounced a subcommittee move to close Western and attach Tech to MSU as blackmail. Rep. J D Lynch called the amendment political maneuvering, while Sen. Fasbender argued Western’s enrollment and cost pressures justify the change.
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Western
Tech
Larry Fasbender
D-Fort Shaw
Butte
MSU
Lynch
Fasbender
Neil J. Lynch
D-Butte
Great Falls
Jack Moore
Cascade County
Angry Page
Icebound U S Icebreaker Trapped Near Antarctica Rescuing Argentine Vessel
In the Weddell Sea near Antarctica the U S Coast Guard ship Glacier lies 18 miles from the Argentine icebreaker Gen General San Martin, blocked by 25 foot thick ice. The Glacier has one propeller damaged and fuel limits threaten evacuation of 224 crew by helicopter. A second U S icebreaker Burton Island stands by in open water as winter nears.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
America
Weddell Sea
Antarctica
U.S
U.S. Coast Guard
Glacier
San Martin
Burton Island
Wyoming man in Deer Lodge trial shows rehab progress
Stanley Dean Baker, convicted of first degree murder in the 1970 slaying of James Michael Schlosser, has completed a transactional analysis program at a federal prison in Oxford Wisconsin and is taking college courses. He will not be eligible for parole until July 24 1989. Baker once claimed LSD fueled rage and cannibalism after the murder.
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Deer Lodge
Mont
Wyoming
Montana
Montana Pardons Board
Stanley Dean Baker
Oxford
Wis
Baker
James Michael Schlosser
Great Falls
House Demos protest over pay raise report in Helena
Montana House Democrats denounce a news story on a 1977 legislative pay raise proposal. The bill would boost salaries from 53 to 65 dollars per day and expense allowances, with a future effective date, while debates continue on broader state employee raises.
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Helena
House
John Driscoll
D-Hamilton
Driscoll
Series on the agony of love and mental illness
A four part Montana Standard series examines violent mental illness through a mother author whose daughter, once treated at Warm Springs State Hospital, recovered and returned to the community. The piece argues illness is real like heart trouble and urges faith in state institutions.
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Montana Standard
Warm Springs State Hospital
Little Hero Danny Elliott Saves Brother From Fire
In Holland near Toledo Ohio Danny Elliott five received a hero award for carrying his 18 month old brother Steven from a propane heater blast that damaged their home. A baby at 18 hours old he had heart positioning surgery earlier. the toastmaster praised the child’s actions as life saving.
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Toledo, Ohio
Danny Elliott
Danny
Steven
Holland
Don Wolfe
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Western Tech
Steve Graham
Glen Jacobsen
D-Reserve
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Ohio
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Western AA
Libby
Bozeman
Sentinel
Kalispell
Thompson Falls
Three Forks
Harlem
Bill Neal
Yellowstone River
Springfield
Ill
Marion
Wisconsin
Schlosser
Sheridan
Wyo
Harry Allen Stroup
Stroup
California
Standard State Bureau
Pat McKittrick
McKittrick
Montana Salary Commission
Francis Bardanouve
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