Northwest denies Boulder airport interest for Helena Butte region
Northwest Airlines officials deny reports of considering Boulder as a regional airport for Helena and Butte. Ben Griggs says Nyrop not familiar with Boulder area and article misrepresents his comments. The piece says Butte airport could be obsolete within 10 years due to larger jets.
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Helena
Northwest Airlines
Boulder
Butte
Ben Griggs
Northwest
Donald Nyrop
Nyrop
Griggs
Hugh Kelleher
Kelleher
Holiday travel starts. toll rises in nationwide crash tally
Millions hit the roads at the holiday start in 1974. The Associated Press counts 389 traffic fatalities as travelers push ahead on the long weekend.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Commissioners wary of relocation plan for uptown Butte
Silver Bow County commissioners express concern that Butte Forward's relocation proposal would isolate the courthouse and leave the government center on an island. They question the $32.2 million budget, warning it may not cover needed replacements and noting potential impacts on local attorneys and offices.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
Bill Kennedy
Ed DeGeorge
Kennedy
Quartz Street
Mercury
Montana
Arizona
Alaska
Granite
DeGeorge
Butte Forward
Finlen
Lethal Lanoxin pills circulate in Missoula high schools
MISSOULA AP Officials warn about an estimated 30 000 tablets of the heart drug Lanoxin stolen May 14 from the Professional Village Pharmacy. Two teen deaths from methyl alcohol poisoning and two later hospitalizations followed as police note the pills could still reach drug users in the city. The pills are white with Welcome on one side and X3A on the other.
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Missoula
Joseph Lesar
St. Patrick Eens
Lesar
Missoula Hellgate
Evel Knievel to jump 13 vehicles at Wembley Stadium
Evel Knievel plans a Monday show at Wembley London vaulting his rocket motorcycle over 13 lined-up machines the size of Greyhound buses. A European troupe with high-wire artists and Joey Chitwood style drivers joins him, tickets range 3 to 7.50 dollars. The event mirrors Memorial Day holidays and runs through July with stops in Bristol Glasgow Sheffield Birmingham Portsmouth Southampton and Black Pole. Heath arrives in the U S aboard a Pan Am cargo freighter for a Washington appearance then flies home. Staffordshire names Tom Burn as new fire prevention officer for the summer.
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Evel Knievel
Butte
Wembley Stadium
London
Knievel
Greyhound
Joey Chitwood
Evel
Wembley
Bristol
England
Glasgow
Scotland
Sheffield
Wales
Birmingham
Portsmouth
Southampton
Black Pole
New York
Edward Heath
United States
Washington
Heath
Pan American World Airways
John F. Kennedy
Stanley E. Johnson
Lunar eclipse to darken moon across North America Saturday
Amateur observers from Canada to the United States will watch a total lunar eclipse visible across most of the hemisphere. Totality begins 11 03 p m MDT and lasts until 12 33 a m, with the moon still faintly lit by sunlight refracted through Earth's atmosphere.
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North America
Canada
Earth
Moon
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Oservers
Brian Marsden
The
Smithsonian
Marsden
Lunar
Argentine trade talks eye Port of Butte for exports
Argentine officials led by Juan Carlos Schiff and Jaime Undurraga met Montana authorities to study shipping Argentine goods directly to Port of Butte. They envision Seattle transit for storage and distribution to avoid congested seaports and cut costs, with cattle shipments via Helena port. Montana products like Trazzolino foods and Hoerner-Waldorf wood goods highlighted.
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Butte
Juan Carlos Schiff
the of
Buenos Aires
Jaime Undurraga
Montana
Undurraga
Schiff
United States
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Andurraga
Seattle
Argentine Transportation Commission
Price
Argentina
South America
U.S
San Francisco
Oakland
O'Connor still on stand in Colstrip hearings
Helena AP report on the Montana Board of Natural Resources hearings into Colstrip Units 3 and 4. George W. O'Connor of Montana Power Co. testifies as the lead witness with cross examination to resume. a health-board review of air and water standards will follow. Bechtel documents may join the public record.
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Helena
Mont
State Board of Natural Resources
Montana
Pacific Northwest
George W. O'Connor
Montana Power Co
Montana Power
O’connor
Board of Natural Resources
State Board of Health
Health Board
The
Natural Resource Board
Colstrip
Water Power
Pacific Power and Light
Bechtel Power Corp
Bechtel
Nay
Defunct ETV faces lease dispute over state building
In Bozeman the Sour Dough Land and Cattle Co demanded the state honor a lease for a building for a proposed educational TV system. Joe Gary, attorney for the Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission, says the 1975 Legislature blocked a $2 million appropriation to start ETV, instead allocating $154,000 to close the commission. He notes the law bars further lease payments after June 30, leaving enforcement to the attorney general and the administration.
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Bozeman
Sour Dough Land and Cattle Co
Joe Gary
Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission
Department of Administration
Gary
Chance of Cloudiness and Showers With Cooling Trend
Weather outlook indicates morning and afternoon showers possible as a cooling trend settles in. Temperature readings show highs around 40 and lows near 35 with the forecast featured on weather map Page 12.
Montana grand jury for workmen's comp irregularities begins
A 19 member Montana grand jury, 10 women and nine men from Lewis and Clark County, convened in Helena to probe past irregularities in workers' compensation. Atty Gen. Woodahl and special prosecutor Bascue oversee proceedings with secrecy to protect jurors, who will rarely reveal identities or comments.
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Helena
Montana
Robert L. Woodahl
Dist
Gordon R. Bennett
Federal
Woodahl
Lewis and Clark County
Bennett
Dzm
Donald N. Eastman
James A. Bascue
Moms Mabley dies at 77 in White Plains NY
Comedienne Moms Mabley known for rubbery facial expressions dies after long illness in White Plains Hospital. She appeared in the film Amazing Grace as Grace Teasdale Grimes and began show business 60 years ago in the black vaudeville circuit.
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White Plains
N.Y
Mabley
White Plains Hospital
Grace
Grace Teasdale Grimes
Loretta
Brevard
N.C
Union
Mississippi
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ETV
Standard State Bureau
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Alco
Eastman
California
Montana Supreme Court
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