FBI documents verify CIA mafia link in Castro plot
The Rockefeller Commission learned of documents suggesting the CIA worked with Mafia figures to assassinate Fidel Castro in 1961. The papers, in Justice Department files, reference Sam Giancana and John Roselli and a memorandum by J. Edgar Hoover discussing CIA ties.
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Rockefeller Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
Department of Justice
Nixon
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Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
CIA
Sam Giancana
Chicago
John Roselli
Castro
John Keeney
Department
Keeney
David
Belin
Nelson Rockefeller
Jack Anderson
Robert Maheu
Las Vegas
Howard Hughes
Giancana
Roselli
Anderson
J. Edgars
Hoover
Ford vetoes strip mining curb again in coal policy clash
The White House said President Ford will again veto a bill to curb strip mining despite broad congressional support. The administration argues the plan would cut production by 40 to 126 million tons yearly, raise coal prices, force oil substitutions, and cost up to 36,000 jobs at marginal mines, especially in Appalachia. The veto message is due to Capitol Hill before midnight Tuesday.
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Frank Zarb
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Mayaguez rescue details confirmed and casualties updated
The Mayaguez rescue effort nears clarification of missing and recovered personnel as Lt. Col. Randall W. Austin cites interviews to locate bodies. Defense officials identify three dead among Air Force and Marine personnel and adjust wounded counts while noting varying injury severities.
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U.S
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Glenside
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Air Force
Richard Vandegeer
Buckland
Mass
Elwood E. Rumbaugh
Dothan
Ala
Marine Lance
Ashton N. Loney
Albany
N.Y. Austin
Cambodia
Defense
James Schlesinger
Charles T. Miller
Fountain Valley
Calif
Bennett avoids blocking Colstrip hearings start
Helena AP A Montana state agency will begin hearings on whether to permit two 700 megawatt coal fired generators at Colstrip to supply Pacific Northwest utilities. Judge Bennett refused to delay the process, noting the hearings run through the summer. The plan involves Montana Power Co and four partners with a near one billion project cost. Major opponents include tribal and environmental groups. a joint health board hearing on air and water standards is set for June 5.
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Department of Natural Resources
Chinese seaman Hangs Self in Florida Jail
A frightened Chinese seaman believed to be Tumei Hu of Taiwan hanged himself with a belt in his Sumter County jail cell after eight months hiding in a Florida swamp. He had survived by eating raw armadillos fruit and stolen food, and had expressed a wish to return home to Taiwan.
Butte Considers City Run Bus Service And Urgent Aid Plan
The Butte city council weighs taking over its bus system instead of renewing lease with Butte Bus Lines and votes on a $162000 urgent needs Community Development application. Mayor Micone to form a committee to study city transport and report next week while four job creating projects seek state funds and park improvements include trees and sprinkler systems.
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Butte Bus Lines
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Mike Micone
Don Peoples
Terry Kelly
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Stodden Park
Winter Storm Watch Prompts Numbing Cold Outlook
Today's forecast shows heavy snow warnings and unseasonably cool conditions with gusty winds. High near 40, low around 25, according to the weather map on Page 9.
Six brothers reunite after 21 years apart in Indiana
Six brothers born in Elwood and adopted into separate families were reunited at Weir Cook Airport in Indianapolis after 21 years. The Bott twins Travis and Tyler, ages 23, plus Tom Shelton 24, Gary Lee Bute 29, Kent Nelson 27, and Ronald Etchison 25 had lived within Indiana near each other, with the natural mother now in Indianapolis.
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Elwood
Ind
Travis
Tyler Bott
Indiana
Tom Shelton
Gary Lee Bute
Anderson
Kent Nelson
Gas City
Ronald Etchison
Chesterfield
Shelton
Indianapolis
Men admit taking illegal souvenir bear from Yellowstone
Two Cowley men Carl Fox and Kim Anderson pleaded guilty to taking a yearling black bear from Yellowstone National Park. Each man was fined 150 dollars after arrest in Wapiti following a ranger sighting of a bear being dragged to a car and found in the trunk. The bear weighed about 30 pounds.
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Cody, Wyo
Cowley, Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
U.S
Carl Fox
Kim Anderson
Pern Ocean Park
Fox
Anderson
Land board cancels McCone leases due to illegal subleases
Montana Land Board canceled two public school lease subleases in McCone County after finding no required notices filed with the state. Leases to Edward Towe of Circle and his farm, alleged to yield profit, will go to competitive bidding. Towe, father of Sen. Thomas E. Towe, claimed profits arose from adjacent land.
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Thomas E. Towe
D-Billings
Senate
Ranchers deny profit on state land leases in Montana
Three Eastern Montana ranchers swear no profit was made in subletting state school trust lands. The State Land Board votes to investigate affidavits and seeks financial records to verify claims. Leases canceled for not being recorded. disputes center on McCone County sublets of about 58,000 acres for roughly $50,000.
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Montana
Ted Schwinden
State Lands
State Land Board
Atty
Robert Woodahl
Edward Towe
Circle
Walter Collins
Fort Peck
David Gibbs
Jordan
Woodahl
Land Board
Lands Department
Towe
Farming Corporation
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