Model City boards plan third action year amid funding uncertainty
In a joint session at Blaine School gym, 108 attendees heard CAD and Joint Neighborhood Board discuss Model City third year amid unclear federal funding after June 30 1972. Director Murphy said funding may shift to community development, prioritizing physical projects and possible Planned Variation designations to raise Butte's funds.
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Rick Foote
Standard
Blaine
Community Development Agency
CAD
Washington, D.C
James Murphy
Washington
Butte
Murphy
Action 1 staff strengthening program funds reprogramming plan
The package totals 108 692 13 dollars with allocations of 6 223 53 from a speech and hearing clinic 17 463 from a community health and medical center plan 40 000 from a comprehensive mental health 23 532 53 from a home health nursing plan 16 000 from the housing assistance office and 5 405 unobligated dollars The om boards agreed to consider reprogramming the funds An additional 199 000 was earmarked to provide matching funds.
Butte Vo Tech Funds Reprogramming Debate
Maurice Driscoll, Vo Tech director, said funds were surplus due to EDA issues and lack of cooperation from the State Department of Public Instruction, blocking funding. The board agreed to reprogram the money for Vo Tech but prohibited its use by School District 1 for any other purpose.
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Butte
Economic Development Administration
State Department of Public Instruction
Maurice Driscoll
Vo-Tech
Tax plan ready for legislature
Helena AP report says House Speaker James P. Lucas envisions final adjournment by Monday as Summit Committee signals a majority ready to back a four part income sales tax compromise. The plan would balance the general fund at about 212 million with a 10 percent income tax rise a 2 percent sales tax and a reduced Homestead Relief Act.
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Senate
House
Butte schools seek 1.8 million dollar levy request
Butte District 1 will seek voter approval for 1.865 million dollars in mill levies in a May 1 election. The package funds salary increases for teachers, hires 24 new teachers, buys textbooks, and boosts administrator pay. Separate May ballot items include property purchase near McKinley School and a building fund request. The plan to fund the state School Foundation Program would add about 21 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Anderson weighs re election bid for 1972
Montana Governor Forrest H. Anderson, first Democratic chief in 16 years, says he will probably seek a second term in 1972 though he calls it too early to decide. He cites Republican push to regain the governorship and notes tensions with Senate Majority Leader Dick Dzivi while denying intra party trouble.
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Jerry Holloron
Helena
Forrest H. Anderson
Anderson
Dzivi
Senate
Dick Dzivi
Great Falls
Indian Center Plans in Model City
Page 2 reports an Indian Center project proposed in Model City with details on site, funding, and community impact. Officials from local groups outline goals and timelines for construction and outreach programs.
Senate OKs funding boost for Montana Tech liberal arts program
Senate Finance and Claims Committee added 31 050 dollars to Montana Tech budget for two years to support the liberal arts program authorized by the State Board of Regents. Tech hoped for 50 000 more to hire teachers amid warnings that 50 students could be unable to graduate if not funded. If approved by the full Senate, the bill returns to the House for action.
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Helena
Montana Tech
Neil Lynch
D-Butte
Senate Finance and Claims Committee
State Board of Regents
Tech
Butte
Senate
House
Spellers Gather in Butte for State Bee Berths
Spellers from seven counties compete in Butte to win one of ten spots for the state spelling bee. Registration opens at 11:30 in the Montana Tech Library Building with D R Campbell Jr delivering the welcoming address. Lucille Alt will pronounce words and judges include Thomas Jenks Edna Kelly and Eva Williamson.
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Butte
Montana Standard
Lee Newspapers
Montana
Montana Tech Library- Museum
Montana Tech Lpurettes
D. R. Campbell Jr
Lucille Alt
Montana Tech
Thomas Jenks
Edna Kelly
Eva Williamson
Federal Phase II Safeguard bid decision delayed
The Army Corps of Engineers spokesman said the award for Phase II of the Safeguard Antiballistic Missile Program in Montana is postponed to at least Monday. The apparent low bid topped government estimates by nearly 27 million with a joint bid from Peter Kiewit and Sons Morrison Knudsen Co Fischback and Moore totaling 178.98 million.
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Seattle
Montana
Army Corps of Engineers
Peter Kiewit and Sons
Morrison Knudsen Co
Fischback and Moore
State constitutional convention gambling measure dies in House
A proposed constitutional convention gambling resolution sponsored by Rep. Robert J. Harper failed in the Montana House after a member said it would harm convention integrity. The plan urged county-option legalization under a state commission citing Nevada tax benefits, but Rep. Brad Parrish opposed it.
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Standard State Bureau
Helena
House of Representatives
House
Robert J. Harper
D-Butte
Ways and Means
Harper
Butte Democrat
Nevada
Brad Parrish
Lewistown
Railroad WWI veterans seek long delayed Army discharges
The Associated Veterans of the Russian Railway Corps, once 288 members and now 33, were railroad workers recruited in 1917 to repair the Trans Siberian Railway. They wore uniforms and carried commissions, but were later told they were civilians and denied veterans insurance as veterans.
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United States
Adjutant General’s Office
Washington
Russian Railway Corps
Veterans group wins bid for honorable Army discharges
A federal district court ruled this week that the members were bona fide soldiers at the time and entitled to honorable discharges. Harry L. Hoskin, 83, has led the association since 1930. The Army opposed discharges over fears of benefit claims, but Hoskin said the group seeks only the discharge paper itself.
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Defense Department
Army
Association
Harry L. Hoskin
Hoskin
Soldiers at Khe Sanh weigh future after near withdrawal
A harsh week at Khe Sanh sees rumors of a forthcoming 101st Airborne pullout amid ongoing Laos operation. Soldiers recount mortars and rockets striking the base as a fallen comrade is remembered by a silent pile of personal effects and photographs.
Quiet Khe Sanh airstrip contrasts with looming danger
Soldiers at Khe Sanh recall the lull in traffic as two long runways sit largely empty after intense Vietnam operations in Laos. Pvt Herman Sullivan of the 101st Airborne notes the quiet amid talk that the fighting may intensify, while comrades toast with nothing to drink.
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Khe Sanh
Laos
Pvt
Herman Sullivan
101St Airborne
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