Nixon says I brought myself down in Frost interview
Richard Nixon admitted he let down his friends and country while denying obstructing justice. He said he did not commit an impeachable offense and acknowledged lying at times, insisting he resigned to preserve foreign policy momentum and not due to a conspiracy against him.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
David Frost
Nixon
Watergate
Frost
San Clemente
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
CIA
Butte council acts to form law enforcement agency
The Butte-Silver Bow County council approved emergency ordinances establishing a Law Enforcement Agency and adoption rules amid protests of rushed action. A stormy meeting featured a five minute closed session questioned as rumor and hearsay by Chief Executive Mike Micone. Sheriff Pat Hagel attended, and conflict over authority between the sheriff and council prompted a 7-5 vote to delay some provisions until May 18.
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Butte-Silver Bow
Council of Commissioners
Mike Micone
Dale Dart
Micone
Pat Hagel
Gilboy
Butte officers face disqualification under new promotion rules
Six of 14 promoted by Sheriff Hagel lack required service for sergeant or lieutenant ranks under emergency rules approved by the Butte-Silver Bow commissioners. The eight others also appear unqualified due to no tests or top-applicant lists. Promotions issued for both city and county officers are under challenge as officials dispute the commissions’ authority.
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Pat Gilboy
Princeton
Pat) Hagel
Pat Hagel
Butte-Silver Bow
Hagel
Silver Bow
Gary
Winston
John Lucich
Billings
Lucich
Unions, Anaconda Co Begin Contract Talks in Butte
Representatives of 13 unions open negotiations with Anaconda Co in Butte to seek a new contract with Atlantic Richfield owned company. Details on demands and counteroffers are unclear as talks start at the War Bonnet Inn with possible subsequent city moves.
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Anaconda Co
War Bonnet Inn
Atlantic Richfield
Steelworkers
Teamsters
Butte
Carpenters Union
Montana Standard
Jim Cadigan
The
Carpenters
Summer program aids youths looking for work
Butte youth job prospects are uncertain as February unemployment sits at 8.1 percent in Butte Anaconda and 11 percent in Butte proper. The Job Service Center will run the Youth Employment Service YES with May 16 registration at the Manpower Center. Last year YES enrolled about 1200 youths ages 14 to 18 and offered babysitting lawn work and temporary vacancies with pay at two dollars per hour.
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Butte
Janet Gallagher
Montana Employment Service Office
Gallagher
Youth Employment Service
YES
Old Boys Central High School
Scanober
EP Wenden
Tonry resigns amid tainted Louisiana election
Rep. R A Tonry of Louisiana resigns after an election tainted by vote fraud. He flies home to seek a new win. The House accepts his resignation. panel members say they would have recommended vacating the seat due to overwhelming fraud in the runoff between Tonry and James Moreau.
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New Orleans
R. A. Tonry
D-La
Tonry
House
Tom O'Neill
Tenry
House Administration
Mendel Davis
D-S.c
Joe Gavnnne
James Moreau
Philipsburg Chief of Police resigns amid council conflict
Philipsburg Police Chief Dale Parks resigns claiming council pressure to ignore laws and use force on juveniles. He set May 15 as effective date, later voting to end duties then to save sick leave payout. Parks cites lack of council support and disputes over prosecutions and police training.
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Philipsburg
Dale Parks
Parks
Zane Murfitt
Police Commission
Allen Beall
Jens Hansen
City Council
Murfitt
God orders drownings claim shocks Brazil coast
In Salvador eight children were cast into the sea by a cult led by pastor Jose Maurino Carvalho. Dario Lima de Jesus said the group believed God ordered it and police hold 21 cult members in Salvador with no formal charges yet filed.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Dario Lima de Jesus
Salvador
de Jesus
Ipitanga
Universal Assembly Church of the Saints
Jose Maurino Carvalho
Ipitanga Beach
Carvalho
Area Weather Outlook With Showers Forecast
Partly cloudy and cool with scattered showers. The day’s high near 47 and low around 30. More weather details on page 10.
Texas shows $1 billion surplus sparks political clash
Texas faces a $1 billion surplus and potential $2 billion in extra revenue over the next two years. Conservatives seek tax cuts while liberals argue for increased social and program spending. Comptroller Bullock projects revenues for 1978 79 topping the current two year budget by $2 billion.
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Austin, Tex
Texas
Lone Star
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joe Wyatt
New York
California
Michigan
Bob Bullock
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Doug Campen
Steve Melaney
Jaye Pickarts
Dan Dwyer
Greg LeClaire
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Dan Rosa
Jim Casey
Gus Gustafson
Don Ulrich
Interstate Conoco
Silver Bow County
Don Butler
Herb Miller
Ray Russell
Gerald Arnold
Denver
West Park Street
First Citizens Bank of
Harrison Avenue
Mike O’connell
Solon
Mike Babcock
Standard
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Europe
Butte Fighter
St. James
Jimmy Shea
Montana Power
Wall Street
IRS
Idaho
John Bryant
Dallas
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