Congress weighs bigger tax relief and jobs program
The Joint Economic Committee reports for more individual tax relief and greater job-creation funding. Democrats back expanded cuts while Republicans push permanent cuts. both sides agree on 6 percent growth, lower unemployment, careful youth employment, and wary inflation. A further $8 billion tax cut may be needed in 1978.
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Washington
Carter
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Congress
House
Livingston Teens Die In Night Crash South Of Livingston
Park County coroner identifies two teen boys killed in a single vehicle crash near Chico Hot resort one died in an ambulance en route to Livingston and another died later in a Billings hospital a third teen was treated and released.
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Livingston
Park County
Jack Davis
Mark Nelson
Jim Bliler
Lyle Mitchell
Melvin Mitchell
Davis
Kevin Funk
Livingson Memorial Hospital
Fred Funk
Chico Hot Resort
Highway Patrol
Montana
Nelson Boy
Young Mitchell
Billings
Vocational education clash tests Montana governance
Montana lawmakers clash over who runs vocational education as the state superintendent and the Board of Public Education push competing visions. The House approved bill would give the board sole authority and power to hire an executive officer, replacing independent control by the superintendent. Both sides claim governance is at stake as negotiations continue, with a compromise already publicized but unresolved.
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Senate Education Committee
Georgia Ruth Rice
Harriett Meloy
Montana
Rice
Gordon Warner
Lee
William Mathers
Miles City
Senate
Montana House approves 3.7 million boost for public schools
The Montana House passed companion revenue bills to allocate 3.7 million federal dollars to public schools in the next biennium. Lawmakers also advanced acupuncture legalization, boiler fuel tax breaks, and legal defense funding for needy defendants, with HB122 Local Government Code measures on hold for Monday vote.
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Helena
Montana
House
Senate
John B. Driscoll
Jack Gunderson
D-Power
Forgers Nabbed After Face-To-Face at Austin Bank
In Austin Texas two men Vincent Johnson and Frazier Black were jailed after presenting a forged check at a teller window. The check was stolen from bank employees David Conner and Nancy Hart earlier that day and recognized by Hart. Bank security detained the pair until police arrived.
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Austin, Tex
Austin
Vincent Leon Johnson
Frazier Black
Nancy Hart
David Conner
Conner
Miss Hart
Miss Hartteller
Weather outlook features and TV listings cross pages
Page 2 previews the week weather outlook while Page 9 surveys today’s television options. The issue highlights Page 5 with Red Skelton’s life and Page 10 an Angler tells tale. Page 13 presents vital statistics for Butte and Page 19 assesses neglected Silver Bow areas.
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Butte
Valerie 12-year-old jumps from school window in Toulon
In Toulon France a 12-year-old girl identified as Valerie leapt from a second floor classroom window after receiving a zero in math. She fell about 20 feet into a grassy yard and was hospitalized in satisfactory condition with a broken pelvis.
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Toulon
France
Valerie
Winter Storm Paralyses Midwest Travelers Across Plains
The AP reports winds up to 100 mph and snow drifts to 30 feet strand hundreds of weekend travelers in the Midwest and Western plains. Several deaths occur in Colorado Kansas and Nebraska while power outages trap residents and disrupt rail service.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Colordao Springs
Kansas Highway Patrols
Goodland
Edson
Ogallala
Neb
Keith County
National Weather Service
Goodland Kan
Kansas
Robert Bennet
Hays
Fort Morgan
Cole High School
McCook
Amtrack
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Weather Outlook
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Burger Kings
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Zephyr
Chicago
Randy Burns Farmer
Cappell, Neb
Gunman
Sen
Byrd
Robert Byrd
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
District of Columbia
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne Wells
Color
Sharon Springs
Denver
Kansa City
Strasburg
Colo
U.S. 36
Southwestern
Southcentral
South Dakota
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