Yellowstone trek duo crave pizza beer and baths after 128 mile hike
Lew Scotton of New York City and Ralph Jenkins of Seattle completed a 128 mile 20 day trek across Yellowstone National Park following John Colter’s route. They sought to mimic a mountain man but wore modern gear. Scotton slipped into Lewis River but the pair pressed on amid rough weather and detours.
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Cooke City
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
Lew Scotton
New York City
Ralph Jenkins
Seattle
John Colter
Yellowstone
Colter
Manuel Lisa
Cody
Wyo
Scotton
Morton to head Commerce in White House shuffle
Washington AP reports a major Cabinet reshuffle with Interior Secretary Rogers C. B. Morton tapped for Commerce. Stanley K. Hathaway is named to succeed Morton as Interior secretary, pending Senate confirmation. Nessen says Morton will push industry toward coal and retain Energy Policy Council chair duties.
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Washington
White House
Rogers C.B. Morton
Commerce
Wyoming
Stanley K. Hathaway
Hathaway
Morton
Ford
West
Ron Nessen
Senate
Osceola
Neb
Western Gov
Erners
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Commerce Department
Interior
Nessen
United States
Energy Policy Council
Frederick B. Dent
John Co. Whitaker
Blizzard snarls traffic over Monida Pass in Montana
Southwestern Montana faced intermittent ground blizzards that kept Monida Pass closed on the Idaho side. Authorities reported no traffic since a cleared lane Wednesday night, while freight and passenger vehicles waited in Dillon and nearby towns.
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Highway Department
Montana
Monida Pass
Idaho
Dillon
Idaho Falls
Dell
Lima
Bannack Pass
Monida
Leadore
Interstate 15
U.S. 91
Butte
Highway Patrol
U.S. 10
Bozeman
Livingston
Butte- Dillon
Bozeman-Livingston
Dillon Flight Service
East Helena lead study finds no significant rise in blood lead levels
East Helena tests show little evidence of lead accumulation from the American Smelting and Refining Co. plant emissions. Public health nurse Kathy Boutilier said results indicate no significant problem with increased absorption, based on 90 samples.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Boutilier
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
East Helena
Bomb ring sold 35 cent era crude bombs to classmates
Crestwood Illinois authorities busted a grade school ring where 12 to 14 year old boys made crude pipe bombs and sold them for 35 cents at Kolmar Elementary. Ninety per cent of the devices were discovered, with ten bombs at the school and more at home. Police praised the youngsters for cooperation after warning about explosive dangers.
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Crestwood
Ill
Kolmar
Chicago
John McAuliffe
Midlothian
McAuliffe
Peanuts costly for taxpayers
Washington AP The Agriculture Department will give away oil from 388000 tons of surplus peanuts at a cost of 142 million dollars to taxpayers. About two thirds of the stockpile will go to Food for Peace, with some oil used domestically. Kenneth E. Frick noted most stock will be crushed into oil and meal for donation while peanut meal will be sold to processors at nominal cost.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
USDA
Department
Commodity Credit Corp
Kenneth E
Frick
Midwest snowstorm cripples upper Midwest and Texas twister kills child
A spring storm delivers blizzard conditions across the upper Midwest with heavy snow, freezing rain, and sleet while a tornado in the Texas Panhandle kills a 3 year old girl in Lefors. Dozens injured, hundreds homeless, and widespread power outages reported as schools close from Minnesota to North Dakota and Iowa.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Southwest
Lefors
Texas Panhandle
Higgins
Elk City
Oklo
Stephenie Ann Anzaldua
Ray Anzaldua
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
George Ree
Ashland County
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Carroll
Scottsbluff
Neb
Lincoln
Lincoln Star
Quick action seen for state pay plan
Senator Neil Lynch says the Montana state pay plan may be approved by week’s end and denies passing the buck. The Montana Standard notes senators and labor reps are unhappy with a headline and reports the House approved bill is under Senate sub committee study. Lynch adds the committee met with bargaining units and found no breach of good faith.
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Neil Lynch
D-Butte
Lynch
Montana Standard
Standard
Senate
House
Butteman
Senate Finance and Claims Committee
Bunny protests pay gap in department store roles
Cheryl Struthers, a department store bunny in San Jose, protests pay disparity noting Easter bunny wages at $2.10 per hour versus Santa's $3.00. She cites gender, costume heat, and harder work as reasons for the lower pay.
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San Jose
Calif
Cheryl Struthers
Santa
Ford reluctantly signs loan foreign aid bill
President Ford signed a 3.7 billion dollar foreign aid bill with marked misgivings. He criticized Congress for large reductions in military and reconstruction funding, noting cuts to Indochina and the absence of aid for Cambodia and South Vietnam. He urged urgent consideration of funding tied to U S interests at home and abroad.
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Ford
Washington
Congress
Middle East
Indochina
Cambodia
South Vietnam
White House
America
Vietnam
Clerks ratify pact ends Butte food strike threat
Union clerks vote to accept a new three year work agreement with Buttreys and Albertson's ending a planned strike. Safeway clerks had already agreed. The contract runs to March 2 1978 with wage increases 55.5 cents first year 45 cents second year and 40 cents third year raising hourly pay to 5.10 5.55 and 5.95. Vacation and sick leave provisions are updated with three weeks paid after eight years and four weeks after 18 years. A cost of living escalator is included and Sunday operations are eliminated. The Silver Bow Employers Association offered 10 an hour for Sunday work but was refused.
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Butte
Buttreys and Albertson's
Smyers
Silver Bow Employers Association
Tax rebate checks may go out in early May under tax bill
Washington AP reports if the tax rebate provisions become law by April 1 taxpayers could begin receiving green govern ment checks in early May. About 5 million would be removed from the tax rolls in 1975 and another 5 million who itemized would likely take standard deductions. IRS says rebates could be processed within 45 days and likely sent to 76 million filers within six weeks.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Treasury Department
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U.S. Marine Corps
Lewis River
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Wes Dowling
Nancy Evans
Emerson Annex
Mary Ellen Redfern
Andrea Ciabattari
Elyse Leving
H. Emmett Reynolds
National Peanut Growers Group
Macon
Administration
Midwest
Bunny
U.S
Safeway
Eggers
IGA
Bill Smyers
Retail Clerks Union
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