Record Snow Melt Threat Looms Across Midwest
Emergency steps sweep nine states as the Corps warns of possible record floods from melting snow. Montana to Minnesota, Mississippi basin and dairy Wisconsin brace with sandbags and dikes while forecasts expect crests in mid April.
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Nixon seeks 12 month extension of 10 percent surcharge
President Nixon plans to ask Congress for a 12 month extension of the 10 percent income tax surcharge beyond June 30. Senate and House Republican leaders say the move aims to curb inflation by maintaining federal revenues while cutting spending. Dirksen and Ford discuss expected budget surplus and savings for the new fiscal year.
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Washington
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House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Ford
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
PSC dismisses water rate petition in Anaconda
The Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission dismissed the Anaconda Water Division petition for water use rate increases after a 90 minute hearing. The decision leaves the firm to refile with updated surveys on home and lawn water use and anticipated revenue. Townspeople and protestors had attended, with objections raised to cost allocations tied to purchases by The Anaconda Co.
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Anaconda Water Division
Butte Water Co
The
Anaconda Co
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Commission
Lou Boedecker
Ernest Steel
William O'Leary
Public Service Commission
Charles G. Johnson
Edmond Fahey
James Robischon
John B. Hazen
Hazen
O'Leary
Butte
Anaconda
Ernest Post
United Steelworkers Union
Helena slayer may strike again
Detroit psychologist Dr. Alan Canty told Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Dave Middleman the sexual psychopath who killed a 19 year old Helena girl last year will likely strike again. Canty cautioned the next crime may differ in details.
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Detroit
Alan Canty
Lewis and Clark County
Dave Middleman
Canty
Variable clouds and warmth across the day
A weather note indicates variable cloudiness with warmer conditions. Outlook today lists near forty seven degrees high and twenty eight degrees low. The update appears on the weather map page.
Tear gas used to quell state prison inmates
A disturbance at the state prison near Deer Lodge led Warden E. C. Ellsworth to fire two tear gas grenades into the cellblock after about 20 inmates caused property damage. Thirteen inmates were moved to disciplinary or maximum security cells, while 200 inmates remained in the block.
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E. C. Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Montana Standard
Preliminary hearing waived by robbery suspect in Butte
Jack Edgar Williams 42 waived the preliminary hearing on a robbery charge in Butte. Williams was bound over to U S District Court on a $15,000 bond not yet posted, remanded to U S Marshal custody, and returned to Silver Bow County jail. If counsel Poore exercises, next steps may occur in Missoula.
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Butte
Jack Edgar Williams
U.S. Dist
Prudential Federal Savings & Loan Association
Jack McCarthy
U.S
Williams
Silver Bow County
James A. Poore III
Missoula
Poore
Stepped on mine in Vietnam and lost part of leg
Mike Mullin, a 22 year old Lance Corporal in the US Marine Reserve, stepped on a mine near Da Nang on February 9 while leading a patrol. He survived but lost part of his right leg. Mullin, home on leave in South Boston after a November 1967 rally, recounts the incident and his near miss. He expects an artificial leg in two to three months while recovering at Philadelphia Naval Hospital.
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England
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Wayrynen
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Maureen
Cathy
Boston
Viet
Mike Mullin
South Boston
Vietnam
US. Marine Reserve
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Mary C. Mullin
Okinawa
da Nang
Defense Department
Sam
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Prayer revolt spreads through Clairton and western Pennsylvania
Clergy and officials report a back to the Bible movement spreading from Clairton to Philipsburg and McKeesport as school boards debate prayer resolutions. They cite voter anger over crime, courts, taxes, welfare, and racial tensions as fueling youth rebellion and a push to end secular discussion.
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Clairton
Fayette County
Philipsburg
Pennsylvania State University
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
Army doctors uncertain Ike will live
Washington AP reports late Tuesday that Dwight D. Eisenhower’s condition remained critical with no deterioration over 24 hours. Doctors warned they were uncertain he would survive his latest heart problems, though they noted his history of recovery and he rested somewhat more comfortably at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
Tax Rises Hit Nearly Every Montana
The 1969 Legislature raised taxes for most Montanans to balance a larger state budget. Individual income tax, corporate license tax, gasoline and beer taxes rose, plus a tobacco tax and local property tax authority. The measure targets cities and counties with spending limits, while funding university and local schools and street maintenance.
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