Anaconda Co wins three years to clean water in Montana
The Montana Water Pollution Control Council granted Anaconda Co three years to meet clean water standards for the Clark Fork River linked to its Butte mining waste. Officials noted ongoing pollution as ponds bypass during high runoff send iron copper and zinc into the river, with a $5 to $6 million plan to shift treatment to Butte and reuse wastes.
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Anaconda Co
Helena
Butte
Montana Water Pollution Control Council
Clark Fork
Arthur N. Whitney
Fish and Game Department
Coun
Cil
John Hazen
John Spindler
Anaconda
Hazen
Butte Water Co
Spindler
Silver Bow Creek
Warm Springs
Ralph Boland
Butte Metro
Anaconda High School levy heads to Montana Supreme Court
After a special election Tuesday the Anaconda Catholic high school levy to fund eight lay teachers passed 1471 to 1233. The measure would raise about 65 000 for Anaconda Central High School amid church state separation questions pending court action.
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Anaconda
Montana Supreme Court
Anaconda Central High
Supreme Court
Butte elects 16 member senior council at YMCA
About 400 senior citizens joined a Tuesday congress at the Butte YMCA to form a 16 member Senior Council. Members include Harry Oates James Sloan Bill McKennon Leslie Northam Mrs Ed Shea Jim Bertoglio Dr Harry Farrell Mrs George Blair Mrs Fritz Kane Goldie Brennan Roy McKenney William E LeVeaux James Hodge Joe Warren Mrs Emily Paul and Sister Mary Cleonica. The council will run senior activities via the Model Cities program under Charles Rice.
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Congress
YMCA
Butte
Harry Oates
James Sloan
Bill McKennon
Leslie Northam
Ed Shea
Jim Bertoglio
Harry Farrell
George Blair
Fritz Kane
Goldie Brennan
Roy McKenney
William E. LeVeaux
James Hodge
Joe Warren
Emily Paul
Mary Cleonica
Montana Street rebuilt bid okayed by highway commission
The Montana Highway Commission approved a 917704 bid to rebuild 1.3 miles of Montana Street in Butte including a 30 foot concrete bridge over Silver Bow Creek. The project will require curb to curb closure and faces a potential federal review.
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Montana Highway Commission
Helena
Butte
Montana
Silver Bow Creek
Helena approves school bonds in three measures
Helena and Anaconda voters pass three separate school funding propositions. Helena backs a 1.51 million purchase of Central Catholic High School and 210 thousand for remodeling, plus 740 thousand for Jefferson and Broadwater elementary additions and land. Flood warnings for nearby rivers accompany the vote.
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Associated Press
Helena
Anaconda
Central Catholic High School
Jefferson
Broadwater
Parker named Berkeley Pit superintendent successor to Balentine
George W. Parker, assistant general superintendent of mines for Anaconda, named to lead the Berkeley Pit. Balentine will depart to become general superintendent of Anaconda's new Spor Mountain beryllium operation in Utah. Parker has directed the Berkeley Pit since 1956 and is a Denver native and Mines graduate.
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George W. Parker
Anaconda Co
Berkeley
Anaconda
Spor Mountain
Utah
Floyd J. Balentine
Twin Buttes
Ariz
Chile
Chuquicamata
Parker
Butte
Denver
Colorado School of Mines
Corps of Engineers
Southwest Pacific
Balentine
Pennsylvania
New Mexico School of Mines
Kennecott Copper Corp
Santa Lee Berkeley
Free summer job want ads for Montana teens
The Montana Standard will publish free want ads from June 7 to 13 for teens ages 10 through 18 seeking summer employment. Ads must be mailed or delivered to the Want Ad Dept. by 3 p.m. June 4 and labeled Job Wanted. Ads run all week with babysitting gardening and odd jobs hiring prospects.
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Montana Standard
Granite
Jury acquits 9 patrolmen in Orangeburg shooting case
A biracial jury in Florence, South Carolina, found nine white highway patrolmen not guilty of civil rights violations for the Orangeburg incident that left 30 black youths involved, including three dead. Delano Middleton, 17, and students Henry Smith, 19, and Samuel Hammond, 20, were killed.
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Florence
S.C
South Carolina
Orangeburg
U.S
J. Robert Martin Jr
Delano Middleton
Henry Smith
Marion
Samuel Hammond
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Nixon seeks to scrap Post Office for United States Postal Service
President Nixon proposes dissolving the Post Office Department and creating a government owned self supporting corporation named the United States Postal Service. A nine member board would run the agency with private business like operation and broad borrowing power up to 10 billion dollars. The plan aims to curb deficits and delays though full self funding may take about five years.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Post Office
Department
United States Postal Service
Sage
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Montana Taxpayers Association
Council of
Pam Zehner
Standard
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Louise Clark
Butte Senior Citizens
Lyle Downing
Montana Commission On Aging
James Gwaltney
Federal Council On
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Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Big Hole
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Melrose
U. S. Weather Bureau
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White House
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Postmaster General
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