Butte Bid Farewell To Columbia Gardens On Labor Day
Butte residents crowded Columbia Gardens for its final day as the Anaconda Co plans redevelopment into Continental Pit. The park founded by W A Clark and later run by Anaconda drew 5 000 to 6 000 mourners with ages skewing older as they recalled a city landmark and era.
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Frank Panisco
Anaconda Co
U.S
Clark
Butte
The
Columbia Gardens Foundation
Anaconda
Columbia Gardens
Tragic Labor Day killings in Butte end in suicide
A man killed his ex father in law Harold Clark, 65, at 1460 Longfellow, then shot himself. Dorothy Clark, 63, died later from shock. The suspect Donald Austin, 42, was found with dynamite and primer cord. authorities consider a possible mass murder motive.
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Butte
Donald Austin
Harold Clark
Longfellow
Silver Bow
Ken Cunningham
Dorothy Clark
St. James Community Hospital
Leo Jacobsen
Clark
Austin
Delia Set to Hit Texas Gulf Coast As Skylab Team Rises
Tropical Storm Delia gathers speed toward a Tuesday landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast with 65 to 70 mph winds. A 26 member Skylab flight control team is on alert in Houston for possible relocation to Greenbelt Maryland as a precaution. Gale warnings extend from Lake Charles Louisiana to Palacios Texas. Christine remains a tropical storm near the Leeward Islands with winds around 50 mph.
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Miami
Delia
Texas Gulf Coast
National Hurricane Center
Galveston
Tex
Freeport
Houston
Skylab
Greenbelt
Skylab 2
Don Puddy
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Palacios
Christine
Leeward Islands
Antigua
Hurricane Center
Final day draws 7500 at Dillon Jaycee Rodeo
About 7,500 spectators attended the Dillon Jaycee Rodeo final day as Lynn Perry of Cutbank won all around cowboy at $967.26. A total purse of $7,452.90 was distributed among 105 cowboys from Texas New Mexico Canada Washington and Montana. Colleen Price Miss Last Chance Stampede Helena was named Miss Rodeo Montana and the Dillon Jaycees won the adult float contest with Rainbow Girls taking the youth division. Final event results include saddle bronc won by Jock McDowell Wisdom and bareback by Joe Alexander Cora Wyo.
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Dillon
Lynn Perry
Cutbank
Texas
New Mexico
Canada
Washington
Colleen Price
Helena
Jock McDowell
Wisdom
Shawn Davis
Whitehall
Dave Hart
Pocatello
Bobby Brown
Adrian
Tex
Joe Alexander
Cora
Wyo
van Vanney
Thermopolis
Jim Dix
Iona
Idaho
Larry Collings
Jackson
Nick Baldwin
Don Thompson
Sandy
Utah
Gary Burgener Dillon
Grocery prices ease but stay high across cities
An Associated Press survey of 15 items in 12 cities shows the market basket remains about seven percent higher than six months earlier. From March 1 to Sept 1 prices rose overall, with beef still under price ceilings until Sept 12. pork chops and eggs fell after late July, though eggs stayed above March 1 levels.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Philadelphia
Canadian trains restart as last union ends walkout
The Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers, the final holdout in the national rail strike, ordered its 18 000 members back to posts in line with a government back-to-work directive. Parliament had passed legislation Sunday and Monday, ending an 11 day nationwide walkout by 11 railroads, with wage terms raised to 4 19 per hour by July 1 1974 from 4 15.
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Toronto
Canada
National Rail
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Brotherhood
Canadian National Railways
Abitibi to Resume Newsprint Shipments As Rail Strike Ends
Abitibi Paper Co says its three Ontario and Manitoba plants will restart production this week after the railroad strike ends. Six thousand workers are negotiating a new contract with no strike anticipated. Other producers remain shut, with Canadian International Paper and Price Co affected by ongoing labor actions. The U S faces newsprint shortages as railway workers resume duties under new legislation.
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Toronto
Canada
Abitibi Paper Co. Ltd
Ontario
Manitoba
Canadian International Paper Co
Quebec
New Brunswick
the Price Co. Ltd
Golfers Miss Snowmobile Prize At Evel Knievel Classic
Howie Wing tournament chairman said sheriff's deputies recovered a snowmobile stolen Friday or Saturday. It would have gone to any golfer for a year for a hole-in-one on the 203 yard sixth hole at the Country Club, but no golfers qualified. A county official reported no arrests were made.
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Howie Wing
School bells ring in Butte Anaconda as new year begins
Butte and Anaconda welcome about 14 000 students for the new term with orientation for teachers at West Junior High and Anaconda High. First graders and new elementary pupils report Tuesday afternoon, while junior high and high school start Wednesday morning. Lunch programs resume at Emerson and Emerson Annex with prices 45 cents for students and 75 cents for adults. free or reduced meals may be available to eligible families. Bus routes and pickup times are set to begin Wednesday amid revised bidding for transportation.
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Butte’s
Anaconda
West Junior High
Butte High School
Emerson and Emerson Annex
Anaconda High
Beaver Dam
Dist. 1
Kissock Road
Four Mile Vue
Webster-Garfield School
Inmate's son dies after attack at California Men's Colony
San Luis Obispo authorities report Samori Touri, visiting Cecil Richardson, 25, was killed when the inmate smashed the 18 month old into prison window bars. The boy died after three hours of surgery at Sierra Vista Hospital. Motive unclear. attack occurred in view of visitors and inmates. Richardson was serving time for second degree murder of his wife.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
California Men’s Colony
Samori Touri
Cecil Richardson
Richardson
Sierra Vista Hospital
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Michelle Boken
Dillon Jayceons
Rainbow Girls
Montana Power
Deer Lodge Bank and Trust
Meg Gilbert
Leona Buyan
Sheridan
W. T. McCullough
Claudia Harms
Bill Aller
Gene Mullymaki
Arlee
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Knox
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Butte Country Club
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