Congress push for stronger strip mining controls on veto risk
The House passed a reform bill 293 to 115 to require rehabilitation of mined land, set environmental standards, and levy a tax to fund cleanup. Supporters seek an override after Ford vetoed a similar measure last year. administration figures voice reservations while sponsors vow to press for votes.
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Washington
Press
Stregyle
Ford
House
Senate
Quire
United States
White House
Solons back Ford Indochina refugee aid package
The House immigration subcommittee approved a relief bill to aid up to 150 000 Indochina refugees with funds to be specified in a later appropriation. The measure faces further action next week after a 4 3 vote on a $507 million limit amendment.
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Washington
Ford
Elizabeth Holtzman
D-N.y
Joshua Eilberg
D-Pa
Bil
Holtzman
Congress
Indochina
Guam
Wake Island
Judiciary Committee
Americans For Democratic Action
Panel
Beaverhead eagles tamper with lambs in Montana study
In Beaverhead County Montana federal officials trap and move golden eagles to protect spring lambs. The program run by the Fish and Wildlife Service targets reducing lamb losses, with 64 birds relocated to Montana and Colorado over two months as part of a continued experiment before lambing season.
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Dillon
Mont
Montana
Beaverhead County
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Colorado
Fish and Wildlife Service
Denver Research Center
Beaverhead
Rebish and Helle, Inc
Rebish Brothers
Booker
Victim Forgives. Court Weighs Dropping Homicide Case
Everett Bianci, 40, told a district court judge he bears no grudge and asked to drop attempted deliberate homicide and assault charges against his former father in law McWilliams. Bianci and McWilliams were once close friends before Bianci's wife filed for divorce, which was finalized April 22. Beaverhead County Atty. W.G. Gilbert III urged against dismissal, saying felonies threaten the community.
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McWillams
Frank E. Blair
Beaverhead County
W.G. Gilbert III
Ramsay Consolidates Rocker School District
Supt John Sullivan announced on Wednesday that Rocker district is abandoned and merged into Ramsay. No qualified elector ran for trustee. remaining trustees Bazzanella and Palmer resigned. Ramsay's tax base rises to 2,396,845 with a 296,845 increase. Rocker will become a community hall and recreation center.
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Rocker
Ramsay
John Sullivan
Sullivan
Walter Bazzanella
Ray Palmer
Powers bribery trial set for September 10
Former Butte Mayor Tom Powers faces a tentative September 10 start date for a bribery trial. The Montana case narrows charges from four counts of bribery to one, with witnesses pared from 64 to 16. The proceedings involve state attorneys Jim Smith and Tom Beers and follow pre-trial conferences in Butte and Deer Lodge.
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Deer Lodge
Butte
Tom Powers
Powers
Montana
Lady Butte
Freebourn
Deerle
Anaconda Dist
Robert Boyd
Anaconda
Dist
Arnold Olsen
Jim Smith
Denver
Robert Woodahl
Tom Beers
Cambodian convoy reaches Thai border with foreigners
The last group of foreigners rescued from Cambodia arrived at the Thai Cambodian border as 250 people are believed to be on board the convoy including 150 Pakistanis 100 French nationals and five Americans. The first convoy of 585 foreigners crossed into Aranyaprathet after a three day journey.
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Associated Press
Cambodia
Red Cross
Bangkok
Aranyaprathet
Khmer Rouge
Marc Bonnefous
Saigon
Snowy southwest Montana braces for floods and outages
Heavy snow warnings persist across southwestern Montana as Butte and Bozeman endure frigid mid 30s and widespread disruptions. Flood threats rise with ongoing snowslides, power outages last hours, and crews clear routes like Flint Creek Highway 10 A near Georgetown Lake amid intermittent closures. Sheriff Onstad warns rivers may swell. climatologist Caprio notes unusually high moisture in the snow.
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Montana
Butte
Bozeman
Flint Creek
Georgetown Lake
Anaconda
Lakes Area
Gallatin Canyon
Belgrade
Madison Valley
Pony
Harrison
Sheridan
Sheridan Area
Laurin
Upper Ruby
Alder
Virginia City
Twin Bridges
Ennis
McAllister
Red Bluff
Norris
Cameron
Reds recall end of war amnesty in Soviet Union
Moscow reports a wartime amnesty in the Soviet Union marking victory in World War II. Tass offered no prisoner counts and excluded those guilty of dangerous state crimes and certain recidivists. Eligible releases include disabled veterans, veterans over 60, and women who served during the war.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Bozeman Announces Immediate Flood Insurance Sale
Bozeman starts flood insurance sales under the emergency program with immediate effect for purchases within 30 days. City Manager Harold Fryslie notes relief readiness while warning late spring threats. federal official J. Robert Hunter outlines coverage timing and waiting periods after June 12.
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Bozeman
Bozemanites
Harold Fryslie
J. Robert Hunter
Welfare rolls rise 1.3 percent in January
The U S government says unemployment drove AFDC rolls up 1.3 percent in January to 11,147,071, near the all time high. HEW notes the pace grew as the economy worsened with December and January additions and states that average family benefits were about $217 and individual payments $66.
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Washington
Education and Welfare
AFDC
HEW
Rally at Ho Chi Minh portrait as Saigon cheers anti Americans
A large Saigon crowd gathered before a portrait of Ho Chi Minh praising fierce anti American sentiment. Gen Tran Van Tra warned dissidents while the new Communist government pledged leniency for opposition and harsh action against persistent hostility. Saigon’s communications blackout ended as international reports resumed.
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Ho Chi Minh
Preas
Tran van Tra
Associated Press
George Esper
Peter Arnett
Matt Franjola
South Vietnam
Bangkok
Gen. Tra
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