Butte Teachers Union Accepts 10 Percent Wage Benefit Increase
Full union membership approved a general 10 per cent wage and benefit rise to avert a strike that would have halted classes for 8 200 Butte students. 377 teachers and principals voted unanimously after a Sunday afternoon session. The agreement raises fringe benefits and sick leave, with details on individual increases based on education and experience.
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Butte Teachers Union
Butte
Robert Crosier
American Federation of Teachers
Crosier
Miss Leary
Allies push to halt North Vietnamese infiltration in Vietnam
In the northwestern corner of South Vietnam near Laos, 3500 U.S. Marines and Vietnamese troops sweep the frontier below Khe Sanh while 2000 paratroopers patrol the A Shau Valley. The Maine Craig operation began March 15 and the A Shau Valley counteroffensive began March 1. So far no major clashes, but 104 enemy troops killed with 33 Americans dead and 117 wounded. The drive aims to destroy enemy stores bound for Hue and Da Nang and to seize about 50 tracked vehicles. One cache and two trucks were found southeast of Khe Sanh.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Khe Sanh
A Shau
Maine Craig
A Shau Valley
Hue
da Nang
U.S. Leathernecks
Vietnam
Powers leads in mayoral primary despite opposition
Mayor Tom Powers won the Democratic primary with 3,078 votes but trailed Bertoglio and Jacobsen who together totaled 3,845. Bertoglio had 2,052 votes and Jacobsen 1,793, setting up a general election clash with independent Mike Micone on April 7.
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Jacobsen
Bertoglio
Powers
Mario
Mike
Micone
Suspect Caught Minutes After Prudential Robbery
A man robbed the Prudential Savings and Loan in Butte Monday morning, feigning a gun by pointing a coat covered finger at teller Patricia Tyson who handed over cash. Officers arrested 42 year old Jack E Anderson nearby after a bank search and he was found eating a 25 cent bowl of soup with $2,676.35 recovered. the suspect was unarmed.
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Prudential Federal Savings & Loan Association
Butte
Jack E. Anderson
Michael Graham
Dan Casey
Don’t Miss These Sports Highlights and Local News
A compact roundup shows Quarry de cisions and Mathis Page 6 sports coverage. Sportsmen claim Big Hole elk starving. Anaconda holds a water rate hearing. Phosphate operation appears clean.
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Big Hole
Anaconda
Eisenhower Weakens as He Fights for Life
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower grew weaker Monday while conscious and needing continuous oxygen and other support in his battle for life. The ailing general remained under hospital care as officials reported his condition.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Goodman Faces Lussy In Anaconda Mayoral Race
Ben Goodman Democrat will oppose Mayor Henry Lussy independent in the general election on April 7. In the Anaconda primary, Goodman led with 1,527 unofficial votes to 1,051 for Luke Rivers. City council ballots will be canvassed at 8 tonight in a special meeting at city hall.
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Goodman
Lussy
Anaconda
Ben Goodman
Henry Lussy
Luke Rivers
Mary Marshill
George Terkla
Mario Ungaretti
Paul Beausoleil
William Yeoman
Loyal Johnson
Tony Joy
Lawrence Thomas
Carl Mienke
Montana Budget Gap Narrows After Tax Goof
Montana's general fund shows a 4.4 million error from a tax bill amendment. The miscode shifts withholding reporting from monthly to quarterly, creating a paper deficit of about 3.3 million and 1.1 million short in the school foundation fund. Officials expect growth or 1971 legislature to restore balance by June 30, 1971.
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Helena
Montana
School Foundation
Senate Taxation Committee
Keith L. Colbo
Standard
State Bureau
William S. Groff
Dvictor
Groff
Colbo
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Quarry Decisions
Mathis
Eisenhower
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Jack Schulte
Francis Sullivan
John Barclay
Joe
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Gladys Kelly
Carl Anderson
Matt Beatty
Ed Gallagher
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Pete Agostinelli
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