The Daily Inter Lake from Kalispell, Montana • 1

I Canadian authorities arrest suspected killer Kalispell Montana Monday August 18 1975 Vol 68 No 107 Cleaning up by cleaning down Smaller liquor stores open Typhoon Phyllis dwindles lathead orest was Indian country Milk prices to increase By Charlie Shaw Soviet trawler impounded OPEC experts meeting immediately Women and children moved the camp down the South The warriors and braves moved back up the creek stationed themselves in strategic positions on either side of the canyon and awaited their foe When the Blackfeet arrived on a signal from their chief the latheads opened fire from ambush Taken by complete surprise the Blackfeet were almost annihilated A few Blackfeet raced back over the divide in panic Ranger Hutchinson told me this story in 1934 while we were on a snowshoe trip on game studies in this area Camp Creek seems to have been a favorite camping site for the lathead Indians There were several prominent tepee rings on this flat They were destroyed during the building of the present airfield in the early 1930s Many Indian artifacts have been found in this vicinity other petroleum products in the United States But President ord has said he would soften the blow by removing fees of $2 per barrel which he Imposed on Imported crude oil earlier this year This was Indian country before the arrival of the white man Blackfeet Indian country was to the east lathead Indian country extended from the valley to the west These two tribes could never be considered very friendly or congenial toward each other and often met in pitched battles in this mountainous country The Blackfeet had an abundance of buffalo to supply their wants while there were no buffalo west of the Continental Divide north of the state of Utah The latheads crossed the mountains to secure their buffalo The Blackfeet entered the mountains to their west to fish the mountain streams There are brief reports of major battles between these two tribes David Thompson one of the earliest LIBBY Suspected murderer Cary Buckley 27 has been turned over to ederal Bureau of Investigation officers for transportation to the US Vancouver BC police officials reported today Buckley was arrested by Vancouver police Saturday at a rooming house In the Canadian port city Residents of the rooming house reportedly called police after seeing a man with a gun Buckley was arrested by Royal by several bullets from a 44 caliber pistol Buckley had been arrested at an earlier date and charged with felony possession of dangerous drugs He also had been arrested for possession of the two guns he was suspected of carrying from the murder scene McMeekin said there was no motive given for tire murder of McIntyre 23 a native of Colorado Springs Colo 31 Canadian Mounted Police officers booked at the Vancouver City Jail and released to BI officers after It was learned that Buckley was sought In connection with tire July 4 murder of James McIntyre 23 near Eureka Buckley reportedtly told police he was wanted for the murder by Montana law enforcement authorities lie subsequently was extradited Lincoln County offk ers were unavailable for comment as to NEW YORK (AP) The Coast Guard held a Soviet trawler here today after boarding parties scoured nine Soviet fishing vessels and found 25 pounds of protected lobster and crab on board the impounded ship A Coast Guard spokesman said Nikolai Ivanovich Nikonov the master of the 247 foot stern trawler Zaraysk was to be arraigned today for illegally taking the catch from the Contintal Shelf WASHINGTON (AP) The price consumers pay for milk at supermarkets will increase by up to four cents a half gallon by winter and stay there a milk industry spokesman said today Patrick Healy of the National Milk Producers ederation said the trade association felt consumers should know about the coming price hikes now before they begin to see them next month In the wake of the Northwest Montana air and Rodeo cleanup activities always follow Leslie Sanford was one of many people who found themselves knee deep in garbage this morning Others worked the grounds with metal detectors searching for coins somehow abandoned by eager fairgoers It's all a part of the general scene and more of the same can be expected next year after all is said and done Phot by Stu Watson TOKYO (AP) Typhoon Phyllis dwindled to a moderate tropical monsoon over the Sea of Japan today leaving in its wake 35 persons dead 23 missing and 102 injured police said The worst damage was reported on Shikoku the smallest of four main islands Packing winds of up to 118 miles per hour and torrential rains the typhoon triggered 129 landslides WASHINGTON (AP) The ederal Energy' Administration said today the expected end of oil price controls eased by removal of import fees would add no more than three cents per gallon to consumer petroleum prices The official estimate was presented by Deputy Administrator Eric Zausner who said he thought the world oil market would not allow price increases that would cancel out the removal of US import fees The official estimate was In line with earlier unofficial reports on the expected Impact of the removal of controls The controls which now limit the price of about 60 per cent of US domestic oil to $525 per barrel were due to expire Aug 31 This would allow the price to increase to prevailing market levels of around $1 2 per barrel This increase alone Zausner said would add about six cents per gallon to the average price of gasoline fuel oil and whereabouts this morning Determination of trial site would be contingent upon charges lodged against Buckley The Incident for which Buckley was sought occurred on the afternoon of July 4 near Glen Lake about five miles east of Eureka According to Lincoln County Sheriff Mike McMeekin Buckley and McIntyre had first met on July 3 McIntyre died of massive head and body injuries Inflicted white fur traders in the area (about 1811) mentions one battle which took place near the mouth of ork to the open meadows near the Morrison Creek on the Middle ork present site of the Big Prairie Ranger of the lathead River In this skirmish Station the latheads supposedly lost heavily A major battle took place in the 1840s in what is now the Bob Marshall Wilderness in the vicinity of Camp Creek above Big Prairie on the South ork of the lathead River The latheads had been to the prairie east of Augusta on a buffalo hunt and were returning with their meat and a few extra ponies They were camped where the present Basin Creek landing field is located Scouts had been left behind to report on any activity or to ascertain if they were being followed by the Blackfeet Soon one of the scouts charged into the encampment to announce a large number of hostile Blackfeet were approaching the divide from the east The lathead broke camp HELENA (AP) A strike by the Retail Clerks Union which has closed most large state operated liquor stores may not have affected smaller stores run by single vendors officials say The status of the clerk managers is disputed by the union and the state The state claims the clerk managers hold managerial positions and are exempt from union representation The union claims the clerk managers are employes because they supervise other clerks Shitlonv 'SINQIX VIENNA Austia (AP) Economic and monetary experts of the 13 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries member nations today opened talks that were expected to produce a recommendation for higher oil prices The OPEC oil ministers will meet Sept 24 to discuss the recommendations EA: Gas prices will rise slightly Hearing for proposed hospital loop A public hearing concerning the construction of a loop road to serve the new lathead Health Center is the main item on the Kalispell City Council agenda tonight Deputy City Clerk Marge Gicrmann said the hearing will concern the formation of Special Improvement District 321 to finance the project She said so far one Buffalo Hill resident living along the proposed route of the road has expressed opposition to the project The opposition centers around increased traffic the resident feels might result from the new road The meeting starts at 7:30 in the Community Room of the Conrad National Bank a Tra PM ins WQIIV rJytnfcLEika Price is Lower sr BIHHkBP 'tL VV VVAVA veA 'XX AV XXVxXXVXXXXx'V XXX XXXXVxX VMVVSVV VA VVAVV XX'XXX XXXV X' 'W XXX CAXXXX' fttHUMail Xx WSxx 4 3 I I fl fl ROBERT WOODAHI Contemplates charges During Workmen's Compensation Division probe Woodahi investigating Governor? HELENA (AP) Atty Gen Robert Woodahi hinted on Sunday that incumbent Democratic Gov Thomas Judge and his predecessor are under investigation in probe of past operations involving the Compensation Division A television interviewer asked Woodahi if Judge and former Gov orrest Anderson were targets of grand jury and the Republican attorney general said: got to respond no Asked if his office not the WCD investigators was looking into Judge and Anderson in other fields Woodahi said no He said all he could say was no comment when asked if the grand jury probe includes Judge and Anderson Woodahi said he is not using the WCD investigation for political gain but indicated he believes his best chance for election to higher office depends upon doing a good job now Woodahi said he has not made up his mind whether he will run for the US Senate or the governorship He said he feels he must run for some office since state Republicans had given him so mu ch support in the past probably quite obligated to do something later and going to be a tough decision but make Woodahi said Woodahi confirmed Associated Press reports that he had talked with two eastern Montana state senators William Mathers of Miles City and Antoninette Rosell of Billings as possible running mates in 1976 when candidates for governor and lieutenant governor must run as a team Woodahi said he had talked with other persons as well about his political future and could make no decision until he completes the WCD investigation He said he believed Republicans would be making an error if the 1976 campaigns were keyed on the WCD affair as a partisan issue view it as a political matter I view it as a law enforcement Woodahi said help it that this occurred during two Democratic administrations These are the facts It just so happened that a Republican is in 'the office of attorney Woodahi said Woodahi said he was not trying to set up any kind of campaign apparatus with 1976 in view "The people elected me as attorney general and they expect me to do this job the best I know how Hist's what trying to do Quite frankly to be honest with you I think the best campaign I could do is to remain in Helena and do the job as attorney general the best I know how and let the future take care of Woodahi said Woodahi said he hoped the grand jury could finish its work within six months hate to be tied down to any timetable because we been able to meet those stated he said He said the Lewis and ark County grand jury is functioning weekly with no recesses He said the publip would be informed if there were to be a recess in the work Woodahi said he had received some reports that some persons feel the grand jury investigation is taking too long there is a certain element I guess that say certainly like to see this conclude as quickly as possible and maybe it is dragging a little Woodahi said adding: nobody in the State of Montana that would like to see it concluded quicker than He said the WCD investigation is a personal strain and brings pressure on his family a nasty job no question about it The farther we get into it the more we see there are collateral matters directly related to the workmen comp investigation that have come up in this investigation and we have to pursue them and that is what he said Woodahi officially entered the investigation in December of 1973 when he hired Dick Dzivi unsuccessful opponent in the 1972 Democratic primary as a special prosecutor Woodahi said the Legislative Audit Committee asked him to take over the investigation He said any public exposure he has had because of the investigation is something he did not seek just happened to be in the right place at the wrong time however you want to view A Ml.