Butte officers deny drug trafficking allegations at meeting
More than 40 Butte-Silver Bow officers packed the Public Safety Building basement to reject claims their ranks traffic illicit drugs. Union leader Maurice Mulcahy called the charges a public relations setback, while officers criticized the allegations as a smear and dismissed the issue as hearsay from an executive session.
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Butte
Butte-Silver Bow
Public Safety Building
Maurice Mulcahy
Butte- Silver Bow
Council of Commissioners
Mike Micone
Mulcahy
Carter returns to London after talks with Assad
President Carter in Geneva after meeting Syrian President Hafez Assad says defense outposts beyond legal borders are a possibility in Middle East peace efforts. He notes Arab leaders accept peacekeeping forces on Israel borders and discusses Arab consensus on a Palestinian state with Assad.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Golan Heights
Butte teachers and trustees clash over workday clause
Butte school trustees and the Butte Teachers Union near a contract deal on pay but a time of day workday clause keeps talks apart. Negotiations resume Tuesday at 4 in the School Administration Building. Board meets at 6:30 to set levy requests for June 1.
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Butte
Butte Teachers Union
N. Montana
Philip Burk
Bob Fischer
Anaconda
Ralph LaFleur
Jim Rosa
Fischer
Five sailors sail to prove Irish voyage to America
Five men on the Brendan voyage toward Newfoundland and Boston seek to show an Irish priest could reach the New World 900 years before Columbus. Captain Timothy Severin leads the 36 foot leather craft with goatskin sail and oars from Ireland May 16 1976. Weather outlook today 68 down to 40 with showers.
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New World
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Newfoundland
Boston
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America
Timothy Severin
Ireland
Faroe Islands
Drummond Man Killed in Early-Morning Wreck
Gordon Burton 23 of Drummond died when his pickup left a curve and rolled at the city limits. Granite County's first traffic fatality of the year. He married Gennifer Riches in Las Vegas on December 28 1975 and leaves a son and several siblings.
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Gordon Burton
Drummond City
Highway Patrol
Granite County
Mr. Burton
Deer Lodge
California
Happie Brothers
Gennifer Riches
Las Vegas
Gordon
Eugene Burton
Julia
Amanda
Casey
Joshua
Murdered heiress hid millions in Indianapolis home
Detectives say Marjorie Jackson withdrew over eight million from banks while more than five million in cash was found in her cluttered Indianapolis home in a search tied to her killing. Suspects include at least four persons, one of whom claimed a January robbery of 817000. The will favored her husband Chester if she died first.
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Marjorie Jackson
Marion County
R. W. Kirkman
Kirkman
Jackson
Betty Miller
Mrs. Miller
Area vital statistics and obituaries in brief
Suit against city to open today as state women bowlers pass midpoint and report on women’s energy use in kitchens. Obituaries noted among area residents with brief notices and life highlights.
Freaky May Weather Hits Northeast and California
The May storm dumps heavy snow in the Northeast and flooding rain in California. Los Angeles receives 1.96 inches by Sunday, the wettest May in 56 years, while the Northeast digs out up to six inches of snow closing schools and knocking out power.
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New York
Connecticut
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Metropolitan Water District
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Long Beach
Crestwood Convalescent Hospital
Craig Halker
New York City
Berkshire
Union accepts contract offer after furlough threat
A statewide construction strike in Montana was averted after a tentative settlement reached Monday between Construction and General Laborers Local 1334 and the Heavy Highway and Building Contractors Joint Council. Federal mediator Jerry Arnold aided talks, with Montana Contractors Association leader Terry Bass citing the drought context and need for accord.
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Montana
Alto
Montana Contractors Association
Terry Bass
Denver
Jerry Arnold
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