Milk price drop to 1.36 at farm gate in Montana
Montana dairy dairy farms will cut farm wholesale milk prices with a 16 cent savings on a gallon in four cities, while grocery stores see a 2 cent cut April 1. The milk control board ruling boosts the gap between minimum retail and farm sale prices, affecting about six farms that process their own milk near Billings Bozeman Great Falls and Missoula. Pasteurized farm milk drops to 1.36 a gallon. store price cited as about 1.70.
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Helena
Montana
The
Milk Control Board
Bozeman
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Senate approves strict new strip mining controls in broad vote
The Senate backed a comprehensive federal bill to curb environmental abuses of strip mining by a large margin, with House action expected soon. Key opposition from the coal industry and President Ford remains uncertain on a veto. Senator Henry Jackson argued urgent regulation is needed to prevent environmental harm while industry figures dispute the estimates used to justify tighter limits.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
Carl Bagge
National Coal
Reovalion
Ford Administration
Bil
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Mike Mansfield
Norodom Sihanouk
China
Montana Power seeks 22 percent electric and 14 percent gas rate hikes
Montana Power Co filed with the Public Service Commission seeking about a 22 percent increase in residential electrical rates and a 14 percent rise in natural gas charges. The filing includes projected annual company revenues of roughly 21 million dollars from electricity and 5.5 million from gas, with expected monthly bill increases for typical households. Officials cite inflation and higher costs for gas, electricity, and construction as justification, noting pass‑throughs to cover increased gas and royalty expenses.
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Helena
Montana Power Co
Public Service Commission
MPC
Jack
Burke
Montana Power
Canada
Montana
Sua
Judge signs pay raise bill for state custodial workers
Gov. Thomas L. Judge signed House Bill 679 boosting monthly pay for state custodial institution staff retroactive to Jan 1 and through June 30. Increases range from 100 to 149 dollars monthly for professional and direct care workers, with higher amounts for support and craft personnel. The move aims to lift wages above poverty level and prompts calls for a statewide pay reclassification plan starting July 1. Deer Lodge groups threaten a March 22 strike if the plan fails.
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Deer Lodge
Ellen Rucker
Registrar of Motor Vehicles Office
AIM informer says FBI paid him during Wounded Knee trial
Douglass Durham, AIM chief security officer and confidante of Dennis Banks, testified he was a paid FBI informer. He said payments rose from 900 to 1100 dollars monthly and that he coordinated access to Banks and Means, with a special FBI phone number during the trial. The case followed the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation and ended in charges dismissed after a juror fell ill.
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New York Times
John Kifner
Chicago
American Indian Movement
Wounded Knee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Douglass Durham
Dennis Banks
Dennis
Russell
Dara
Durham
AIM
FBI
St. Paul
Ray Williams
Minneapolis
Williams
Oglala Sioux
South Dakota
Means
Banks
Frederick Nichol
Federal District Court
St. Louis
Nichol
Meloy questions Colstrip hearings officer ties
Helena Mont January report notes Northern Cheyenne attorney argues Bozeman lawyer Landoe should be disqualified as hearings officer for the Colstrip 3 and 4 project citing possible conflicts with Montana Power and four Pacific Northwest utilities. Meloy asks the Board of Natural Resources to reconsider the choice.
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Bozeman
Hr. Landoe
Marathon
Meloy
Landoe
Montana Power
Josepa W. Sabol
Monday Fight
Big Sky of Montana
Sabol
Jack Peterson
Butte
Big Sky
Mely
Idaho
Peterson
Associated Press
Meloy Sug
House approves 5.9 billion jobs bill despite veto talk
The House passed a 5.9 billion jobs bill by a 313 to 113 vote claiming it could create up to 900000 jobs. Critics call it an unsustainable budget plan as Speaker Carl Albert urged President Ford to veto the measure.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Ford
Cline Freed as One Defendant Dismissed in Workmen’s Comp Fraud Case
Helena AP report states Judge Gordon Bennett dismissed one charge against Shirley Lankford Cline Merril Cline of Shelby and Lavon R Brett reducing each to eight counts The dismissed charge alleged presenting false proofs to support the main fraud charge The move keeps open the possibility of readding a charge against the trio and allows trial to resume Thursday after a brief recess and juror panel delay
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Helena
State
District Court
Gordon R. Bennett
Shirley Lankford Cline
Merril Cline
Shelby
Great Falls
Lavon R. Brett
Hply
Cline
House subcommittee approves month by month Asia aid for Cambodia
The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee votes 4 to 3 to back $82.5 million in emergency Cambodian military aid on a month by month basis with conditions that Ford certify monthly progress toward accommodation with insurgents safe passage for officials and U.N. oversight. President Ford seeks $222 million for Cambodia and $300 million for South Vietnam. Democratic caucus previously opposed further aid with 189 to 49 vote.
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Washington
House
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Democratic Caucus
House Foreign Affairs
Ford
United States
U.N
Congress
Ment
Mansfield
Sihanouk
U.S
Phnom Penh
Saigon
Viet Cong shoot down Air Vietnam liner near Pleiku
Viet Cong gunners down an Air Vietnam DC4 near Pleiku killing all aboard as Ban Me Thuot endures a third day of heavy fighting. Nine Americans remain trapped in the city while North Vietnamese advances widen control in the central highlands affecting supply routes and regional stability.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Air Vietnam
Ban Me Thuot
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thien
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Mon- Ny
Tri Tam
Tay Ninh
Highlands
US Congress
Ford Administration
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Ronnie Robertson
Georgia Robertson
Cliff Moore
Hard State Bureau
Robert M. Amick
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Colstrip
Brett
Asia
En. James Abourezk
Ds.d
House Democrats
Senate Democratic
Bavanas
North Vietnam
Thaila
Way Duc
rugiKg
Thuan Man
Vietnam
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