Labor Day Observances Highlight U S Celebrations
A nationwide Labor Day marked by ceremonies honoring labor leaders like Peter McGuire and Alfred Phelps, political kickoff in Warm Springs for Carter, Mondale and Dole meetings, and events from Darlington 500 to civil rights rallies. Notable strikes and boycotts pressed amid the holiday.
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Associated Press
America
Jimmy Carter
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Camden
N.J
Peter J. McGuire
Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners
Congress
Alfred W. Phelps
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Carter
Roosevelt
James
Franklin Jr
Ford
Sen
Bob Dole
Kansas
Washington, D.C
New Orleans
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
J. P. Stevens Co
Stevens
United Rubber Workers
B. F. Goodrich Co
Columbus
Ohio
State Capitol
Arkansas River
Tulsa
Oklo
Vietnam lists 12 missing airmen as dead in war
The Vietnamese government named 12 American airmen it says were killed in the Vietnam war, moving them from missing to deceased status. One is listed as killed in action, one as a prisoner of war, and the others remain to be notified to next of kin.
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Paris
U.S
Pentagon
Washington
Rep
G. V
Sonny’’ Montgomery
House Select Committee On
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Air Force
Bruce C. Ducat
Hanoi
Manae
United Nations
Soviet pilot lands in Japan seeks asylum
A Soviet MIG25 landed at Hakodate in northern Japan. First Lt Viktor Ivanovich Belenko fired into the air and asked for asylum in the United States. Tokyo officials held urgent talks as Moscow demanded return of the plane and pilot.
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Harodate
Soviet Union
Japan
United States
Takeo Miki
Tokyo
Kyodo
Hakodate
Viktor Ivanovich Belenko
U.S. Air Force Base
Foreign Ministry
Moose Outwits Doctor in Lone Mountain Treed Standoff
Dr Bruce Hall a 35 year old Big Sky physician spent nearly 24 hours in a tree after a moose charged him on Lone Mountain. Security guard Rex Duncan and Deputy Don Houghton with Baron the Doberman searched the area until the dog bark scared the moose away and Hall descended to return home with scratches.
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Big Sky
Bruce Hall
Lone Mountain
Dr. Hall
Rex Duncan
Madison County
Duncan
Gallatin County
Don Houghton
Houghton
Baron
Doc
Dillon Jaycee rodeo caps big weekend with 6000 crowd
A Dillon crowd estimated at 6000 braved rain and cool air for the final day of the Dillon Jaycee rodeo. Five cowboys split the steer wrestling last four with 4 9 scores, Lynn Perry of Shelby edged Jim Jacobson and Benny Reynolds for the all around title, while Janet Marie Bignell of Avon was named Miss Rodeo Montana.
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Dillon
Bob Burkhart
Bozeman
Janet Marie Bignell
Avon
Montana
Bignell
Montana State University
Robert Tavenner
MSU Rodeo Club
Miss Dillon Jaycee Rodeo
Roselle Massar
Fred Massar
Sheridan
Lynne van DeRiet
Fairfield
Darcy Treeby
Northern International Livestock Expedition
Congress Returns to Work Faces Tax and Pollution Bills
Congress resumes duties after Labor Day with Senate focus on revenue sharing and antitrust measures and the House on auto emissions and pollution control. Conferees race to resolve tax shelters and investor taxation while lobbying and scheduling battles loom over antipollution actions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Commerce
Health
House Commerce Committee
Torneys General
Ford
Butte Labor Day classic rained out
Page 11 notes the Labor Day classic was canceled due to rain. Other entries preview a bank robbery turned hero story and upcoming schedules across pages 2 and 7, with an Everest expedition update and a school bus timetable for Butte.
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Butte
Federal
Weather: Showers Ending Today Then Cooler Outlook
Area showers taper this afternoon with clearing by tonight. Temperatures reach a high near 55 and drop to around 32 overnight. More details on Page 18.
Silver Bow County voters face 11 percent tax levy rise
County commissioners approve final budgets for 1976-77 with an 11 percent levy increase to fund county government though taxable valuation falls 26 percent, driving the total budget down to 7.96 million from 8.93 million and levies spread across rural, city, and district areas including a new developmentally disabled services fund.
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Brian Mertz
Silver Bow
Butte
Walkerville
City Library
Study Commission
Mile-Hi Soil Conservation District
City County Planning Board
Rocker
Bridge Fund
Civic Center
Government Study Commission
Mile-Hi Soil District
Vo-Tech
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Nation
Jerry Lewis
Butte Area
Walter F. Mondale
Viets
Samuel E. Waters
Alexander C. Ducat
Bethesda, Md
Elwyn Rex Capling
Navy
William M. Roark
James H. Metz
Thomas C. Kolstad
Weis
Moose
Julie Clark
Standard
Patricia Gail Huntley
Wisdom
Stan Burger
U.S. Senate
Sonny Omholt
Helena
Antoinette Roselle
Billings
James Harrison Jr
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
John Deeny
Thomas Judge
Max Baucus
Missoula
Georgia
Ruth Rice
Neil Lynch
Supreme Court Justice
Rattlesnake 4-H Club
Danish Brothers
Remley Ranches
Tom Jones Insurance
Commercial
Bishop of Ennis
Novelty
Brett Hunt
Dell
Missy Eva
Shane Stark
Evelyn McNich
W. T. McCuhhough
Beaverhead
John Maki
Mona Welborn
Deena Alley
Peri Rankin
Jerry Hansen
Glen
Jeff Hale
Michelle Raffety
Bob Kunesh
Corvallis
Gary Adels
John Harrison
Lee Hahnkamp
Melrose
Allan Adams
Larry German
Ebels
Don Copithorn
Davis
Judge
Jerry Chrisman
Great Falls
Ronnie Christian
Texas
Pat Singer
Miles City
Royce Smith
Idaho
Dillon Page
Dillon Jaycee
Huntley
Rural Fire District
Big Butte
Boulevard
Centerville
Columbia Gardens
East Butte
Floral Park
Home Atherton
McQueen
Race Track
Terra Verde
Dexter
Ramsay
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