Wildcat strike idles 1600 Anaconda workers in Butte
A wildcat strike Thursday shut down 1600 Anaconda Co. workers in Butte and led to a federal temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge William Jameson. Pickets blocked access to Berkeley Pit Continental Pit and other Anaconda shops as the injunction halted the walkout and set a show cause hearing for Tuesday.
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Anaconda Co
Wildcat
U.S. Dist
William Jameson
Billings
Washington
D.C
W. D. Murray
Butte
Missoula
Russell Smith
Continental Pit
Berkeley Pit
Nixon proposes tax exchange deal and variable investment credits
The Nixon administration floated two tax ideas aimed at stabilizing the economy with less inflation. A potential across the board refundable tax increase could apply to individuals and firms, with a 10 percent figure discussed. A second proposal would convert the 7 percent investment credit for machinery into a variable credit, from about 4 to 15 percent, higher in slack periods and lower in booms.
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New York Times
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Melvin Laird
Laird
Israelis claim 13 MIGs downed in two dogfights
Israelis say 13 Syrian MIG21s were shot down in two air battles over the Mediterranean near Tartous with one Israeli Mirage lost. Syria counters it downed five Israeli jets and lost eight MIGs. An Israeli pilot described ejecting at 10,000 feet and being rescued, while a rescued Syrian pilot was reported in good condition.
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Tel Aviv
Syria
Mediterranean
Middle East
Binyamin Peled
Israel
Haifa
Tartous
Peled
Court Suggests Tape Compromise In Watergate Case
A federal appeals court proposed Nixon allow Archibald Cox to hear Watergate tapes to avert a court showdown. Cox agreed to follow the plan while Nixon maintains judges lack jurisdiction. The court warned it could rule if the compromise fails, after Judge Sirica had ordered private tape inspection.
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Washington
Nixon
Archibald Cox
White House
Cox
Appeals Court
Watergate Grand Jury
U.S. Court of Appeals
Ois
U.S. Dist
John J. Sirica
Montana PSC says gas and power adequate with conservation orders
The Montana Public Service Commission reported adequate natural gas for homes and businesses and good electricity supplies, while issuing energy-conservation orders to build stockpiles. Chairman Louis G. Boedecker noted Montana utilities have not relied on federal production facilities, unlike some Northwest utilities.
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Helena
State Public Service Commission
Montana
Louis G. Boedecker
Commission
Northwest
Montana Utilities Energy Page
Governor Urges Change on Prison Ranch Feed Aid
Gov. Thomas L. Judge asks U.S. Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz to reverse a Montana ASCS ruling denying emergency livestock-feed program aid to the state prison ranch. He warns denial could force sale of cattle and threaten meat supplies for 10 state institutions while noting the ranch provides over 900000 dollars in farm goods and faced drought-driven culling in 1973.
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Helena
Thomas L. Judge
Earl Butz
U.S
Secretary of Agriculture
Montana Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Butz
The
Department of Agriculture
State Department of Institutions
Butte Weather Outlook. Variable Clouds Through Saturday
Variable cloudiness continues through Saturday with scattered rain or snow showers. Today’s outlook calls for a high of 60 and a low around 30 as shown on the weather map on Page 16.
Anaconda unveils housing project near Teresa Ann Terrace
Developer Jim Watts of Bell Bottom Foundation announced an $892000 apartment complex at Teresa Ann Terrace in northeast Anaconda. Construction is expected to start next month with completion in early spring. Town Houses of Anaconda Inc. will own the 40 two bedroom units financed by FHA. Henry Lussy president provides 10 percent down.
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Teresa Ann Terrace
Anaconda
Jim Watts
Bell Bottom Foundation
Watts
Town Houses of Anaconda Inc
Henry Lussy
FHA
East Fourth
Tom Judge
Fairmont Hot Springs
Gregson
Granite County Discovery Basin Ski Resort
Rumsey Mountain
Echo Lake
Businessmen oppose legalized gambling in Chamber poll
At a Montana Chamber of Commerce event about 150 attendees voiced opposition to most forms of legalized gambling. A majority objected to casino games and slot machines, while bingo and state lottery drew some support. Senator Bertsch argued debts tied to gambling, while Senate Majority Leader Lynch urged trying gambling short of casinos.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Pat Goodover
Great Falls
Considera
Montana
William Bertsche
Bertsch
Senate
Neil J. Lynch
D-Butte
Lynch
Rustlers kill Bambi at Nature Center sparking grief
Suburban students mourn the tame seven year old white tailed doe Bambi found killed and carted from the Nature Center. Center director Daniel O Neill and school official Norbert Ziember recall how Bambi soothed kids and fed fawns. Crystal Lake police chief Sam Johns suggests deer rustling amid meat shortages.
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Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Bambi
Juallaea
Norbert Ziember
Daniel O’neill
Crystal Lake
Sam Johns
O’neill
Steelworkers face rank and file revolt over no strike pact
A letter signed by more than 2,000 steelworkers in Chicago Gary Indiana and Youngstown Ohio calls on union officers to void the no strike agreement with the steel industry. The protest threatens the pact seen as a major shift in bargaining.
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New York Times
Washington
Steel Industry
United Steelworkers of America
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Youngstown
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Court orders retrial in Big Sky land exchange case
The Ninth Circuit orders remand to district court for a new trial on land exchanges tied to Big Sky resort development in Montana. New evidence from Watergate hearings suggests White House pressure on federal agencies to speed approvals affecting 2,000 acres Big Sky planned to acquire, with Burlington Northern involved in the complex swap.
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Court of Appeals
Big Sky Land
Bozeman, Mont
Bozeman
James H. Goetz
oPeare
Chet Huntley
Big Sky
U.S
W.D. Murray
Butte
Manathe
John W. Dean III
White House
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
Goetz
Burlington Northern Railroad
Big Sky of Montana Corp
National Forest
Watergate
John C. Whitaker
Circuit Court
District Court
Murray
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Cliff Moore
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Butte Weather
Anaconda Unveils
Arthur Hutchinson
Standard State Bureau
I. W. Abel
R. Heath Larry
National Forest Preservation Group
NFPG
Dean
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