Prosecution Adds Witnesses in Montana Work Camp Trial
The Montana case against Lavon Bretz Merril Cline and Shirley Cline moves to add six potential witnesses to counter expected defense testimony. Judge Gordon Bennett will approve after defense review. The case involves alleged nine felonies tied to a fraudulent death benefit claim for Nona Wampole.
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Helena
Great Falls
Lavon R. Bretz
District Court
Gordon R. Bennett
Brett
Merril Cline
Shelby
Cline
Shirley Lankford
Charles Woodahl
Robert L. Woodahl
WCC
Nona Wampole
Portage
Wesley
Wampole
Courtesy Mobil Home Transporting, Inc
Kalispell
Courtesy
al Wells
Woodahl
Charles F. “Timer
Moses
Billings
Ob- Wells
Vitamin C Fails to Lessen Colds Says AMA Reports
Two AMA reports conclude vitamin C shows little merit in treating common colds. A NIH study with 311 healthy volunteers found no significant reduction in number, duration, or severity of colds from daily three gram doses. Researchers note possible benefits only for elderly or malnourished individuals.
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Washington
Journal of the American Medical Association
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Sudy
Filipino patient spent 43 years at Warm Springs hospital
Ca lixtra Alcaide, a Filipino with eight grade education and a cataract history, lived at Warm Springs State Hospital from 1932 to 1975. He was described as reasonably intelligent for a foreigner and later moved to a Polson convalescent center under a de institutionalization program.
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Great Falls
Polson
Loretta Moe
Alcaide
Warm Springs
Joe Thompson
Oil firms build up inventory of gas
The Federal Energy Administration reports a gasoline stock surplus tied to last year’s Arab embargo and higher prices. Inventories average about 250 million barrels weekly, 10.4 percent above last year, with regional excess and simmering price controls as Ford’s import cuts take effect.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Ford
Butte Job Figures Show Ups Downs
Butte unemployment registrations declined last week though the drop may be misleading. Total claimants in three programs fell from 1,497 to 1,458 as Anaconda Co layoffs affected regular benefits. Extended benefits dropped from 221 to 155 and a federal program from 153 to 146.
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Butte
Anaconda Co
Jack Sullivan
The
Employment Service
Mansfield urges curbs on strip mining across federal coal
In Washington the Senate opened debate on a strip mining bill as Sen. Mike Mansfield urges banning strip mining of federal coal beneath private lands in the West. Ford backs a production goal but opposes sweeping bans. House and Interior panel push toward environmental and reclamation controls with a March deadline.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Mansfield
Ford
U.S
Ford Administration
West
Senate Interior Committee
Congress
House
Colstrip hearing delayed as board chief resigns
Colstrip hearings in Montana were postponed after Joseph W. Sabol resigned as hearings officer amid disputes over his dual role on the Board of Natural Resources and the Colstrip case. The board set April 21 to resume hearings and ordered documents to be produced, while considering concerns about information withholding and propriety.
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Bozeman
Mont
Joseph W. Sabol
Montana
Board of Natural Resources
Colstrip
Sabol
Montana Power Co
Pacific
MPC
H.J. Landoe
Landoe
Prison walls shrink before construction
Helena Montana prison built to house 293 may face overcrowding by 1976 with population around 363 to 370. Warden Roger Crist warns a proposed extra unit costing about 1 million could add 96 beds, reflecting rising crimes and inflation.
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Helena
Roger Crist
Board of Institutions
Crist
Public meeting on Butte High bond issue
A public meeting on the April 1 bond issue of 1.613 million for additions and improvements at Butte High School will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Administration Building board room. Supt. Forrest Wilson and the educational planning committee will discuss the issue, distribute booklets, and answer questions. Wilson said representatives of service clubs unions and parent groups will attend.
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Butte High School
Montana
Forrest Wilson
Educational Planning Committee
Wilson
Unions
Judge's circuit breaker tax bill dies in Montana Senate
In Helena the circuit breaker tax relief bill backed by Gov. Thomas L. Judge failed as dissident Democrats joined Republicans to defeat it. The measure would have issued state funded property tax rebates to low income homeowners and renters. Several named Democrats voted against the governor.
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Helena
Senate
Thomas L. Judge
Robert Watt
D-Missoula
Ann Seibel
D-Bozeman
Terry Murphy
Cardwell
Paul Boylan
Bozeman
John Manley
Drummond
Tom Towe
D-Billings
Montana
Connie R. Thiessen
Lambert
U.S
Senators to Probe CIA Assassination Allegations
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will investigate claims the CIA engaged in plots or actual assassinations of foreign leaders. Chairman Frank Church signals potential public hearings as questions arise about national image and policy.
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Washington
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Frank Church
D-Idaho
CIA
Church
United States
White House
Church Committee
Ford
Ron Nessen
Church Commission
Rockefeller Commission
Capitol Hill Committee
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Ost
Senate Committee
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