Montana faces fiscal summit over taxation deadlock
In Helena, Gov. Forrest H. Anderson and House Speaker James P. Lucas clash over Montana's tax plan amid a six day old special session. Anderson argues the GOP sales tax proposal is illegal under a 1947 law requiring majority voter approval.
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Helena
House
James P. Lucas
Forrest H. Anderson
Montana
Lucas
Anderson
GOP
Legislative Assembly
Bullets wound Butte boy 14 in accidental shooting
A 14-year-old Butte youth was treated for gunshot wounds after an accidental shooting at the Nadine Chapman residence. The 8-year-old Chapman suspect told the babysitter the rifle went off as someone in the yard approached. Harry Adams, 442 Mile Vue, was in good condition at the hospital. Deputies cited the incident as accidental and ongoing.
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Butte
Harry Adams
Mile Vue
Nadine Chapman
Chapman
Telephone workers seek 25 percent wage hike in nationwide talks
AFL-CIO Communications Workers Union opens bargaining aims for about 500000 Bell System employees. President Beirne says a 25 percent rise could be justified as contracts expire nationwide next month. In 1968 the union won a 19.5 percent package after an 18 day strike amid inflation concerns.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Communications Workers Union
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Telephone System
Communications Workers of America
Beirne
Bell System
Soviets Withdraw Missiles as Egypt Controls Canal
Senate leader Mike Mansfield said Soviet troops pulled back from surface to air missile sites along the Suez Canal leaving advisers in place and Egyptian forces in charge. He warned against U.S. troops in a Middle East peacekeeping role though backing UN led forces with smaller nations. State Dept signaled readiness to join a multinational force. Rogers briefing praised. Fulbright noted Israel’s withdrawal as central.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Suez Canal
Montana Democrat
Middle East
Mansfield
U.S
State Department
United States
Israel
Soviet Union
United Nations
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Huntley Criticizes Opponent Over Gallatin Valley Resort Battle
Chet Huntley attacked opponent Ben Stein at a Helena Chamber of Commerce banquet over harassment charges and county courthouse politics tied to the Big Sky Montana project. He defended delays on federal land transfers as in the public interest and urged continued support for the $20 million resort complex.
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Helena
Chet Huntley
Huntley
Gallatin Valley
NBC
Helena Chamber of Commerce
Big Sky of of Montana, Inc
Montana
Senate
Big Sky
Stein
Wilsoll
County
Chamber of Commerce
Bozeman
Berg
Russell Berg
Forest Service
Burlington Northern Railroad
Lone Mountain
Montana hotels win reprieves on fire safety upgrades
The Montana State Board of Health granted provisional licenses to the Placer Hotel in Helena the Florence Hotel in Missoula and the Hotel Bozeman in Bozeman with orders to fix fire exits and other hazards. Thirty five other hotels received conditional licenses while A 90 day extension was given to the Finlen Hotel in Butte as it ends transient operations. The board postponed action on the Placer Hotel license and cautioned concrete progress by May.
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Jerry Holloron
Standard
State Bureau
Helena
Montana
State Board of Health
Placer Hotel
Florence
Missoula
Bozeman
Finlen Hotel
Butte
William Pentula
Florence Hotel
Pentula
Department
Sherman V. Lohn
Strangler given life for Laporte murder in Quebec
Paul Rose, 27, a schoolteacher and FLQ member, was sentenced to life for the strangling of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte. He proclaimed Quebec independence from the courtroom. Three accomplices— Jacques Rose, Francis Simard, and Bernard Lortie—face murder charges and await trial. their case ties to the FLQ kidnapping and murder plot.
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Montreal
Paul Rose
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Rose
Laporte
Jacques Rose
Paul
Francis Simard
Bernard Lortie
Quebec Liberation Front
FLQ
Canada
Marcel Nichols
Sububan St. Jane
St. Hubert
Falls murder suspect arrested in Great Falls case
A 21 year old Seattle man Michael Duane Stillings was charged with murder in the death of 14 year old Vicky Agnes Renville whose bruised body was found west of Great Falls. Stillings was arrested in Seattle and held awaiting extradition.
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Great Falls
Seattle
Michael Duane Stillings
Stillings
Pretty Vicky Agnes Renville
Cascade
Justice Court
Northcentral
Montana
Washington State
Cascade County
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