Montana lawmakers advance school aid and revenue ideas
The House approved a $29.9 million school equalization payment, $50,000 above the 1965-67 appropriation, with GOP backing and some Democratic support. A $20,000 probe passed the chamber as two Democrats joined the Republican majority. In the Senate, Tom Tracy urged Gov. Babcock to seek a revenue bill to legalize gambling, a suggestion quickly dropped. Both houses adjourn to 11 am Monday, ten weeks from the assembly's January 2 start.
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Representatives
Senate
Tom Tracy
D-Butte
Tim Babcock
House
Tracy
Finance and Claims Committee
Summit
GOP
Montana
Butte Area Rail Derailments Halt UP and BA&P Trains
Two separate derailments near Butte on the Butte Anaconda and Pacific and Union Pacific railroads involved 24 and nine cars respectively, destroying about 650 feet of track. No injuries were reported as crews cleared wreckage and repaired lines for UP No. 35 to resume by Monday morning.
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Butte
Anaconda
Waite Oil Co
Union Pacific
Silver Bow
Stauffer Chemical
Chriswell
Heavy snow and heat clash across multiple states
Heavy snow drifts grip California to Montana and Utah as cold air grips the border, while Dixie and the southern plains roast in record heat. Missouri to Kentucky face flash floods from morning storms, and dust storms ignite utility poles in Idaho. Elko Nevada records a foot of snow in 12 hours and Texas hits 97 degrees at Presidio.
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United Press International
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Montana
Utah
Dixie
Southern Plains
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Kaskaskia River Valley
U.S
St. Louis
Pocatello
Idaho
Nevada
Elko
Nev
Austin
Helena
Mont
Canadian
Maine
Cut Bank
Caribou
Texas
Presidio
Democrats propose $15 million revenue plan for Montana
Democrats outline a new fiscal proposal to raise about 15 million dollars through higher income and corporate taxes and highway fee changes. The plan includes a graduated income tax schedule, a gasoline tax increase, and vehicle weight fee hikes to fund roads and state obligations.
China halts Maoist cultural revolution drive in countryside
The Chinese Communist Party orders a pause in the cultural revolution among peasant masses to protect spring cultivation and agricultural production. The move follows food shortages and strikes in Canton tied to Red Army actions, with observers warning momentum may stall.
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China
Red Party
Mao
Charles R. Smith
Hong Kong
UPI
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Peking Radio
Central Committee
Peking Peoples Daily
Red China
Red Army
Canton
Peoples Daily Editorial Agricultural Production
Star
Switchmen Strike Ends as Judge Orders Resumption of Work
About 1,500 Southern Pacific switchmen halted service in seven states for 14 hours over seniority rights. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order and set a Tuesday hearing, with trains expected to resume as soon as word is given.
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San Francisco
UPI
Southern Pacific
Albert C. Wollenberg
Switchmen’s Union of North America
California
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
International
Neil P. Speirs
Buffalo, N.Y
John R. Burge
Senator Claims Montana Is Hamstrung
A senator alleges Montana faces crippling constraints affecting state projects and funding. The claim centers on legislative gridlock and budget limitations impacting statewide initiatives.
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Montana
Train Hits Car Near Basin Car Disappears After Collision
Great Northern conductor William Champlain told Silver Bow deputies the train struck a small foreign car about one mile east of Basin early Sunday morning. He said no one was in the car, and officers found the car had disappeared on arrival.
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William Champlain
Great Northern
Silver Bow
Basin
Needle feature debuts in The Montana Standard
Harold Coffin launches The Needle a daily minisize feature starting March 20. The veteran journalist with credits at the San Francisco Examiner Seattle Post Intelligencer Readers Digest Look and The Saturday Evening Post plans brisk pen jabs at foibles.
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Montana Standard
Harold Coffin
San Francisco Examiner
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Reader's Digest
Look
Saturday Evening Post
Coffin
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LeRoy Aspeing
Rudyard
C. R. Fischer
Lawrence G. Stimatz
P.T. Chriswell
Dillon
E. H. Lyman
Salt Lake City
Divide
Demos
By Clyde Jabin
Highway Department
Speirs
Boros
Bozeman
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