Carter Holds Folksy Town Hall Evening
President Carter spent 90 minutes at a Boston town hall fielding seventeen questions from about 800 attendees. He urged U S mediation for Middle East peace and proposed oil spill insurance and Coast Guard tanker checks.
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United States
Israel
U.S
Middle East
Town Hall
Edward Thompson
Thompson
Boston
Mideast
Clinton Town Hall
Washington
Congress
Coast Guard
The Sullivans of Butte A City Full of John Sullivans
The Montana town of Butte once boasted a heavy Sullivan population with nicknames and multiple John Sullivans in mines and offices. Elders recall countless Sullivans from West Cork emigrants using Irish and American names. Now only about 130 Sullivans remain in the Butte phone book, with Johnson listings second at 97.
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Dennis Sullivan
Ireland
The
Montana Standard
Bernard Sullivan
Veronica O Sullivan
John Justin Sullivan
Sarsfield O Sullivan
Sullivans
West Cork
Butte Mines
Skeena Dan
Slug ‘Em
Sully Potts
Biggie
the Duck
Slasher
Mickey the Bird
George
McGrath
Anaconda Mine
John L. Sul
UFOs Deserve A Closer Scientific Look Says Survey
Eighty percent of 1356 astronomers in the American Astronomical Society favor further study of unidentified flying objects. The survey mailed to 2611 members found 62 observers reported unidentified events they thought could be related to UFOs. Professor Peter A. Sturrock of Stanford led the questionnaire.
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Calif
American Astronomical Society
Scsechsia
Butte Local Highlights Include Growth, Obituaries, and Business
This edition highlights modest growth in Butte economy and vital statistics alongside obituaries. It notes a motel owner, local homeowners grants, and community groups like the Friendly Sons. Page references include state drinker treatment and NCAA news with A’s Finley.
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Butte
NCAA
Finley
Buck
Montana Senate weighs local government bill action
The Montana Senate faces a Saturday vote on suspending rules to consider House Bill 122 the Local Government Code in a procedural move. The Rules Committee asked the full Senate to decide two thirds of members needed to begin debate or let the bill die for the session.
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Senate
Connie Thiessen
Lambert
Joe Roberts
Libby
House
Thiessen
Montana
Lloyd Lockrem
Billings
Lockrem
Billings Gazette
Pat Regan
Rice finds House hot in tax funded board staff bill
A Montana House tentative approval of SB138 would authorize a 10 member Board of Public Education to hire a professional assistant and one secretary with office space. The measure raises the board's biennial cost from 37100 to 113942 amid debate over the superintendent's role and funding.
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Senate
State Board of Public Education
House
Montana
Estenson
D-Helena
Constitutional Board
Jim Courtney
D-Butte
Jack K. Moore
Great Falls
Public
Georgia Rice
Moore
Education Committee
Ann Mary Dussault
D-Missoula
Montana in a severe drought says state official
Orrin Ferris of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation told the Governor's Disaster Advisory Council that western Montana is in a severe drought. He based the remark on current conditions and warned moisture this spring could alter the status. The report shows below normal precipitation and snow water equivalents across the region, with critical deficiencies noted in multiple areas.
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Montana
Orrin Ferris
Water Resources Division
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
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Arter
Continental Divide
Western
Council
National Weather Service
Missoula
Butte
Dillon
Swiss end hijacker's memoirs
Two unarmed Swiss policemen ended an eight thousand three hundred eighty eight mile hijack that spanned Europe and Africa with the subdued suspect Luciano Porcari after Iberia Flight 727 landed in Zurich. The operation released twenty hostages as one daughter was taken aboard and the other remained free.
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Switzerland
Luciano Porcari
Porcari
Spain
Iberia Airlines
Europe
Africa
Ugo Moretti
Mountain altitude linked to lower male heart death rates
New Mexico research from Harvard Case Western Reserve and UNM finds men living above 7000 feet have a 28 percent lower coronary heart disease death rate than those at 3000 to 4000 feet while women show no protective effect. Study notes unclear factors and cites physiological demands of high altitude.
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New Mexico
Harvard
Case Western Reserve
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Comba
Combo
O'Sullivan
Peter A. Sturrock
Stanford University
Applied Physics Department
Rice
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commissioner of Higher Education
Gary Langley Standard State Bureau
New York Times
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