Montana House Delays Final Passage On 811 Page Local Government Bill
A large 811 page Local Government Code bill in Helena faced a delay as House members debated amendments and failed to secure a two thirds vote to suspend rules for immediate final passage. The bill survived as revived HB122 with a postponed effective date to July 1 1979 and an oversight committee. it still faces a Senate hurdle and a possible two year delay before enactment.
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Helena
Senate
Meloy
Marks
House
John Driscoll
D-Hamilton
Driscoll
Icans David Aageson
Gildford
Fred Barrett
Lewistown
Warren O'Keefe
Great Falls
Audrey Roth
Big Sandy
Russell Baeth
Martin City
E.N. Dassinger
Forsyth
Patrick Ryan
William Day
Compromise on Montana water rights bills inches forward
Compromise moves aim to save two landmark water rights bills in Helena. A nine month moratorium extension on Yellowstone River Basin industrial permits and a preferred-use basis for future rights are key elements, while a Senate House agreement also addresses stay delays and court extensions to February 1979. Police nab four burglars in Baldwin Wisconsin as they are linked to a shop and a laundry theft. juveniles captured after getaway in a tractor.
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Baldwin
Wis
St. Croix County
Woodville
Senate
Yellowstone River
House
Board of Natural Resources
William Day
Departments of Fish and Game, Natural Resources and Conservation
Health and Environmental Sciences
Brown hedges bet on water rationing
Governor E G Brown Jr warns California faces a disaster of immense magnitude due to drought and urges hard choices in an opening address at the Governor's Drought Conference in Los Angeles. He avoids calling for statewide mandatory rationing despite northern leaders' push for action.
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Los Angeles
E. G. Brown Jr
California
Los Angeles Convention Center
Brown
Court overturns voiceprint murder conviction in Pennsylvania
Scranton Pennsylvania man Adam Topa 57 wins a new trial after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that voiceprint or spectrogram evidence is not generally accepted as reliable science. Topa was convicted of the 1972 knifing death of Ellen Walsh whose body was found October 22 1972.
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New York
Limes
Scranton
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Adam Topa
Pennsylvania
Topa
Ellen Walsh
Here
Scranton Police Bureau
Butte Board Fights New Boulder Plan Over Special Ed Budget
Butte board opposes DC Bureau move to remove handicapped children from Boulder River School. The district revises a 1977 78 budget to 1.6 million with about 20 thousand set for 3 to 4 severely handicapped youths to be placed in foster homes across the region. Patricia Sharp says regionwide plan targets 10 children to be placed in foster homes in Butte Helena and Bozeman by early fall.
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Butte
Boulder River
District Specialed Department
Patricia Sharp
DC Bureau
Silver Bow County
Helena
Bozeman
Koch
State Department
Peterson
Butte Trucker Sought Over $6900 Lost Cash
Police seek Sam Holverson of Butte after a motel room yielded 69 one hundred dollar bills totaling 6900. Holverson said he split funds after selling a truck and cashing a 7000 dollar check, then hid the rest under a mattress which later disappeared.
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Pasco, WaSh
Butte
Red Lion Motor Inn
Sam Holverson
Holverson
Square tomato promises easier, cheaper harvest for California
California researchers at UC Davis unveil the UC-82 a square appearing tomato. The fruit is more square than round and is touted as hardier and more productive aiding high volume handling from field to cannery. Researchers estimate potential savings of about 20 million dollars annually for farmers.
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William Sims
University of California-Davis
California
Sims
Quake Toll Rises in Romania and Eastern Europe
Agerpress puts confirmed deaths at 1,034 in Bucharest and across Romania with 6,185 injured. Western diplomats fear total toll could reach 4,000 as rescuers search ruined apartments. oil hub Ploesti hit hard and many factories halted as power lines fail.
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Bucharest
Romania
Europe
Agerpress
AUS
Ploesti
Radio Bucharest
Carter phone-in cost $50,000
Bedminster New Jersey AP CBS telephoned billed Saturday two hour radio phone in with 42 successful calls at 1190 dollars each. AT&T officials said the 50000 dollar expense covered the 900 area code setup to handle an estimated nine million unsuccessful callers and prevent jamming normal service. Costs included management use of lines and White House phone installations.
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Bulgaria
Rome
Moscow
San Francisco
Red Cross
Geneva
Bucharest
Bedminster
N.J
CBS
At&t Long Lines
White House
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Jimmy Carter
Yitzhak Rabin
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The
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Ramsey
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Chile
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