Fire devastates Oswego Montana as prairie blaze rages
A massive prairie fire near Oswego Montana tore through 18 000 acres destroying two grain elevators a highway bridge and multiple structures. No deaths but injuries occurred among volunteers as 500 tons of hay burned and winds reached 50 mph fanning the flames.
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Oswego
Roger Lee
Montana
U.S. 2
Joe Vandell
Vandell
Wolf Point
Shirley
Lee
Glasgow
Nashua
Frazer and
Poplar
Valley
Tax relief gains momentum in House committee hearings
The Ways and Means Committee plans Monday hearings on President Nixon's tax plan with possible two major cuts. AFL CIO President Meany set to testify, while lawmakers weigh extending relief to individuals and adjusting Social Security tax shifts for next year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Mills
Lexington
New saliva test may ease birth control use
Illinois chemist Dr. Raymond O. Foster reports a self administered saliva test that may predict a woman’s fertile period from one to five days in advance. The tape test aims to provide a reliable back up to rhythm methods. further studies and FDA approval are needed.
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Washington
Illinois
Raymond O. Foster
Foster
Riod
Ottawa
American Chemical Society
Food and Drug Administration
Albert B. Lorinez
Lo Gatos
Calif
Dillon haircutting trial postponed
A public hearing on misconduct charges against three Dillon police officers is moved to Oct. 4. The Dillon police commission will hear the case after the officers were suspended for 10 days. The incident involves accusations of cutting a detainee after an arrest.
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Dillon (Ap
Dillon Police
Dillon’s Police Commission
Gilbert
Butte Senior Among Four Killed In Sunday Highway Crashes
Four Montana crash deaths were recorded Sunday including Butte High School senior Jeffrey Gustafson 17. His car left Interstate 90 near Butte, tumbled into a ravine, killing him. Gustafson’s cousin James 18 and Russ Dotson 17 were injured. Gustafson died of head injuries. coroner may hold inquest. Other fatalities included Robert Rice Jr. 20 and Richard Welsh 19 near Troy, and Havre boy Andrew Shortman 7.
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Butte
Jeffrey Gustafson
Gustafson
James Gustafson
Menahga
Minn
Russ Dotson
Utah
Dotson
St. Community Hospital
Silver Boy
Jim Stanley
Stanley
Silver Bow
Leo Jacobsen
Jeff Gustafson
Harold Gustafson
Gary
Barbara Giovanini
Otto Gustafson
Everett Maaninga
Robert L. Rice Jr
Richard C. Welsh
Troy
Kootenai River
Andrew Shortman
Havre
Strike talks stall as silence deepens in D C
Washington D C over the weekend saw no scheduled talks between Anaconda Co and the union in a strike settlement effort under the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. negotiators were unreachable for comment and no meetings were planned for Saturday or Sunday.
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Washington, D.C
Anaconda Co
Union Reccess
Federal Mediation and Concilitation Service
County shortens con con precincts in Silver Bow vote plan
Silver Bow County lists 43 precincts and 44 polling places for the con con primary, with No. 11 and No. 21 merged into No. 17 at Monroe School due to mining expansion. Voter information from the county clerk at the courthouse. Total registration 19 617, down 2 418 from last November.
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Silver Bow County
Grant and Jefferson
Monroe School
Old
St. Ann Church
St. Lawrence School
Sherman School
Blaine School
Walkerville City Hall
Courthouse
St. Mary
Washington School
Big Butte
VFW
S. Arizona
Shillelagh
Immaculate Conception
Butte High School
St. Patrick
Civic Center
Boulevard
S. Main
McQueen Fire Hall
S. Alabama
Harrison School
West Junior High School
Greeley School
Madison School
Browns Gulch
Ramsay
Melrose
Ghost towns face vandalism arson theft in Montana preservation
Donald Mellgren of the Bureau of Land Management warned at a Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society meeting that vandalism arson and theft threaten preservation efforts. The Garnet project has about 90000 in assets and nineteen Youth Conservation Corps workers this summer. Restoration of Bannack costs exceed 56000 with 8500 yearly security. multiple land deeds complicate work.
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Helena
Montana
Donald Mellgren
Missoula
Bureau of Land Management
Mellgren
Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society
Elkhorn
Youth Conservation Corps
Bannack
Wes W Erd
Montana Fish and Game Department
Woodgerd
Big Sky aims to be environmental model for Montana resort
Big Sky of Montana Inc faces environmental scrutiny over its $20 million, 10 647 acre resort on the West Fork Gallatin River. Board chair Huntley defends the project noting high environmental standards, mitigation work including timber rights purchases and reseeding, a modern tertiary sewage plant, grazing halt for 350 cattle, buried utilities and strict zoning to limit development to 22 percent of land.
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Bozeman
Big Sky of Montana, Inc
Good Guys
Chet Mountley
West Fork
Gallatin River
Big Sky
Sun Valley
Muses Raaum
Huntley
Montana
Golf Course
Meadow Village
Upper Mountain Village
Big
Montana Fish and Game Department
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McCone
Fort Peck Reservation
Bureau of Reclamation
Avco’ Industries
Glasgow Air Force Base
Myron Hustad
Hiway
Kettering
Labor
Dillon
Atty
W.G. Gilbert Jr
Butte Weather
Lincoln School
Webster-Garfield
McKinley School
Butte Central High School
Longfellow School
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