Butte hearing backs Woodville road closure petition
An Anaconda Co. request to close U.S. Highway 91 to Woodville Hill drew about 300 people. Most supported closure citing economic loss if the road stays open while opponents warned of land access and safety issues. The state highway commission will decide later, with July meeting likely.
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Anaconda Co
Woodville Hill
Butte
Supreme Court
Congress
James Freebourn
State Highway Commission
Anaconda
Anthony Rebich
McQueen
Rebich
Continental Drive
Berkeley
Company Legal
Bill Mufich
McQueen-East Butte
Garry Preston
Wynne
Butte teachers stand firm as levy seeks renewal
Butte school trustees set a $4.867 million mill levy for elementary and high school budgets with 99.92 mills total and face a possible teacher strike after a tense offer battle. The union demanded more pay and policy changes, while the board approved 4.8 percent salary rise and health coverage tweaks, planning a new bargaining session.
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Butte
Butte Teachers Union
Jim Rosa
Sion
Butte Tops Montana in Teacher Pay and Hours
Butte and Anaconda teachers are the highest paid in the state and work the fewest hours, per a Butte School Dist. 1 survey compiled by Tom Powers. The report covers salaries and hours across several Montana cities, noting starting pay, top salaries, and 1976–77 changes while detailing daily schedules for elementary and high school staff.
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Butte
Anaconda
Tom Powers
Billings
Bozeman
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Libby
Missoula
Butte Teachers Union
Crease
Personal income rises nationwide in 1976 data show uneven gains
The Commerce Department reports per capita income rose 9.1 percent in 1976, from 5903 to 6441 dollars, with inflation at 4.8 percent. Alaska leads at 10178, Mississippi at 4575, Montana showing 3.1 percent growth, below inflation. States with high incomes cluster in the Northeast and Far West.
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Washington
Commerce Ppt Nom
Tulsa
Department
Robert Bretzfelder
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Alaska
Mississippi
Michigan
Maine
North Dakota
South Dakota
Hawaii
Montana
Nebraska
State to Soon Own Russell Painting in Montana
Gov. Tom Judge signed a bill to spend 300000 for the Montana Historical Society to buy Charles M. Russell’s When the Land Belonged to God from the Montana Club. The society adds 150000. painting insured at 500000 will hang in the Russell gallery year round, except during sessions when placed above the Senate rostrum. A special cart may be built to move it between sites. Judge also enacted 50000 for preservation and security of Capitol art works.
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Helena
Charlie Russell
Tom Judge
Montana Historical Society
Russell
Montana Club of
Montana Club
Russell Gallery
State Capitol
Judge
Senate
Ken Korte
Historial Society
Senate Chamber
Capitol
Probing Bretz Case Faces Montana Attorney General Review
In Great Falls an defense attorney presses for an investigation into Bretz trial circumstances after District Judge Coder dropped the conspiracy charge when a key witness failed to appear. Bretz, 52, remains jailed for worker’s compensation fraud. The defense claims threats against witnesses and exonerating tapes exist.
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L. R. Bretz
Mike Greely
Bretz
Great Falls
William Coder
Brett
Frank Morrison Sr
Whitefish
Zollie Kelman
Morrison
Montana Standard
Cascade County Attorney’s
Jay Butler
Howard Strause
Strause
Charges dropped in Lewis and Clark work camp case
Atty. Gen. Mike Greely’s office seeks to end grand jury proceedings by dismissing the indictments against Francis Burgess Laverne Harris and James Carden and refiling directly in district court to speed trial. A conference with judges and lawyers is set for Friday amid questions on grand jury propriety.
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Helena
Mike Greely
Lewis and Clark County Grand Jury
Robert Keller
Grand Jury
Francis Burgess
Butte
Laverne Harris
State Workers’ Compensation Division
James Carden
Keller
LeRoy McKinnon
McKinnon
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Commission On Practice
Burgess
Thomas Joyce
Attorney General's Office
Joyce
Gene Daly
Paul Hatfield
Harris-Bar
Wade Dahood
Joseph Goldman
Dahood
Goldman
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Woodville Road
Mufich
Butte-Silver Bow
Robert Corette
Truck Hill
Butte Levy
State
Missouri River
Falls
George Kane
Kane
Jack Lande
Lande
Barbara Riech
Silver Bow County
Taylor-McDonald
Walter Hinick
Butte Horse
Canadiens
Norton-Bobick
Phelps Dodge
Joan Crawford
New York
Carden
Harris
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