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Arguments in Senate May Delay Adjournment of Legislature By J. D. HOLMES Associated Press Writer Disputes over Senate changes to several House-approved bills, including the inflammable school money compromise, raised doubt today that Montana's Legislature could end its 1967 session before Sunday. Biggest stumbling block to hopes of final adjournment earlier than late Saturday lies in the fact that 16 bills, most of them with still undecided amendments, remain to be put into letter-perfect shape. placed $10,250,000 of general fund money in the first year and $14,250,000 in the seond year.

Senators changed this to the first year and the second. The biennium total remained the same. In addition, the bill provides for use in the first year of the additional $3 million made available for the next biennium by passage of the regular session bill increasing foundation program budgeting authority. (Continued on Page 14) It is this painstaking enrolling work that actually determines the length of time between the completion of all legislative floor work and the long-awaited moment when the last gavel falls. Thus far in the 15-day-old extraordinary session of the 40th five conference committees have been set up.

The latest groups of conferees were ordered for Senate changes in bills dealing with appropriations for the foundation program and the state's elective offices. Mediating the difficulties over the school bill, ExHB 28, were Sens. W. A. Groff, D-Victor.

William H. Bertsche, D-Great Falls, and William L. Mathers, R-Miles City; Reps. William S. Goan, R-Billings, Oscar S.

Kvaalen, R-Lambert, and Jack R. McNamara, D-Helena. The principle question to be resolved by this group is why the Democratic controlled Senate chose to heavily increase the state general fund appropriation for equalization aid in the first year of the coming biennium. The Republican-led House had Mi Vol. XXIV No.

97 Price 10 Cents Helena, Montana, Friday, March 17, 1967 16 Pages i i State Truckers Plan Rate Hike Ireland. The vase of Waterford cut glass has a portrait of "Meagher of the Sword," etched on it. Thomas Francis Meagher was first territorial governor of Montana. (AP Wirephoto) VASE OF SHAMROCK WITH MONTANA THEME Ireland's Ambassador William Fay today gave President Johnson a St. Patrick's Day gift a vase filled with shamrock grown in ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 3r With His Shamrocks House Passes Bill on Heavy Weight Trucks Young Mother Hurt in Crash Near Overpass State 'Meagher of Sword Etched on Vase for LBJ By GEORGE REMINGTON Independent Record State Bureau A 24-year-old mother of three was rushed to St.

John's Hos Montana trucking executives will meet here March 28 to pital with severe facial lacera Thomas Francis Meagher! but escaped to New York. He 11823-18(57 had two rarppr became a lawyer, editor of Irish tions shortly after 11 a.m. today following a two-car crash discuss a 15 per cent rate increase, just about a month after on Prospect, west of the Inter a' journals and a much-decorated as Irish revolutionary and brigadier.gencraI of a similar request was rejected by the Montana Railroad ftmcin-dii auiuicr. ne icu a Irish in the U.S. Civil War.

attempted revolution against; After the war. President An-British rule in 1848, was con- drew Johnson appointed him demned to life imprisonment, governor of Montana Territory. Word of the possible renewed effort to seek a rate boost on state overpass. Cars driven by Bill Porter, 59, 1931 5th, and Frank Flanagan, 33, 924 Fair Addition, Great Falls, collided at the northwest off-ramp intersection with Prospect. The Porter car was traveling west on Prospect.

"I was on my truck freight came Thursday as WASHINGTON (AP) The case of the wilting shamrocks posed a problem for sons and daughters of the Emerald Isle this St. Patrick's Day. A colleen at Aer Lingus, Irish International Airlines, confided that instead of having bushels of potted shamrocks straight from the Old Sod to distribute among its friends and prospective customers, the company has been forced to buy American-grown plants. Without Sail The reason: The U.S. Agriculture Department takes a dim ft ft ft ft ft ft Montana's House passed a truck KimSi "-pi v- 1 t- ii)itmiii mn ers bill after being told it would prevent a rate increase.

Irish, Near-Irish, Non-Irish Celebrate St. Patrick's Day way home for lunch," said Port The measure, ExHB39, would permit higher axle loads on big trucks operating on Montana highways, provided the federal government allowed the heavier er, visibly shaken and with blood on his face. "I don't even remember the impact." Porter was alone. Highway Patrol officers re loads. view of the importation of Calling the March 28 meet plants with soil attached.

It feels that if Irish insects and Bv EDWARD S. DENNEHY NEW YORK (AP) May the road ahead be downhill, Ma' the wind be at your An Irish toast Thousands of Irish. near-Irish and non-Irish march along to Patrick J. Dillon, city councilman in Niagara Falls, N.Y., tried unsuccessfully last year to have the Niagara River above the falls tinted with green dye. Dillon did better this year.

The American and Horseshoe Falls will be bathed in green light St. Patrick's night. Green plastic ing for 9:30 a.m. in Helena's ported approximately 34 feet of Main Motel was the Pacific In pests got mixed with American land Tariff Bureau (UITB) a insects and pests, U.S. agncul ture might be dealt a blow.

rate agency for most big over- the-road truck firms operating in Montana, both in interstate covers will be placed over spot the skirl of bagpipes today in communities across the land to honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Aside from the celebrations, it is a day of good humor, a day skid marks left by the Porter vehicle prior to impact with the Flanagan car which was attempting to cross Prospect in the cloverleaf to proceed south on the Butte highway. "I never saw him coming," said Flanagan. He said he had lived and been employed in Three Forks and the family had moved to Great Falls where lights that illuminate the fans from the Canadian side.

Baltimore held the annual parade Thursday. Don Davern, "We flew some over without soil," the colleen said, but added sadly, "they wilted." Irish Ambassador William P. Fay, an ingenious man, did figure out, however, how to get a bunch of guaranteed Irish-grown shamrocks to present to and intrastate traffic. The bureau called the meeting to discuss the proposed increase with its Montana mem of the interstate overpass shortly after 1 1 a.m. today.

Mrs. Flanagan is reported in satisfactory condition at St. John's Hospital with facial lacerations. The couple's three children were not with them. I THINK MY WIFE HIT THE WIND-SHIELD THERE said Frank Flanagan, 33, of Great Falls following the collision of his car, shown above, with one driven by Bill Porter, 59, 1931 5th.

The accident occurred on Prospect west bers. This is a customary pro cedure before submitting a rate President Johnson today. application to the Railroad Com Senate Votes 66-28 a member of Dan tareann, ine Irish Parliament, was one of the onlookers. Asked why he thought so many Americans wore green on "the day," Davern smiled and said, "everyone wants to be Irish." Davern must be right. The faculty at Pfeiffer College, a Methodist-affiliated school in Misenheimer, N.C., decided that just for today it's "Mc-Pfeiffer College." The college when jokes and wit have the flavor of green corn.

In Ireland, the day has a quiet religious tone. In America, it's a time of jollity. Chicago's Mayor Richard J. Daley had city fountains spiked with green dye. Watching the water in the civic center pool turn to an emerald hue, he said, "That's the way it ought to be all year long." In New York, the Long Island Flanagan was to begin a new job.

Flanagan and his wife, Elizabeth Ann, were returning to Three Forks for another car load of belongings when the accident occurred. The Flanagans have sons 4 years old and 2 and a daughter, under 1 year. "I'm so glad the children weren't with us," Flanagan said. "The thing to do," he said, "is to encase them in plastic to preserve the moisture, and then keep them in the refrigerator until you're ready to present them." The ambassador brought over a splendid vase of waterford cut glass to hold the shamrocks for the annual White House ceremony. Etched on the vase is a portrait of "Meagher of the Sword." Ratification of U.S.'Soviet Consular Pact Backs LBJ Railroad becomes the Long Ireland Railroad.

Passengers get Patrick McStokes" and noon Unit Rn.pn i "Rrvan one-day naturhzed Irish pass ports. 1V (ill 111J 1 iO'Bowen." The Flanagan vehicle came to WASHINGTON (AP) Sen ate ratification of the controver jpacts like the limited nuclear ban treaty. The consular treaty sets forth technical procedures to be fol sial U.S.-Soviet consular treaty in effect backs President John rest at the northside cloverleaf entrance to Prospect. The Porter station wagon traveled on some 125 to 150 feet from point of impact coming against the highway sign standards between the east and westbound lanes. The right side of the Porter mission.

The PITB proposal, known as Docket No. 554, recommends an across-the-board increase of 15 per cent on rates for dry freight. It also calls for changes in charges for loading and unloading heavy or bulky freight, pickup allowances, charges for distribution of pool shipments, split pickup and delivery, stopping in transit and the minimum charge per shipment. On Feb. 23 the Railroad Commission turned down an almost identical PITB application.

The commission's formal order is still being prepared, "but PITB officials were advised of the rejection. The only increase the commission authorized was a $3 minimum charge per shipment, up 50 cents. The application requested a $4 minimum. ExHB39 would authorize a increase in axle limits, up to 20,000 pounds for a single axle and 34,000 pounds on a tandem load. It passed the House Thursday 59-41.

It came out of the Senate Highways Committee today with the special permit fee raised to $10 from $3. Senate debate was (Continued on Page 14) I Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen, whose support was crucial for the treaty, rose from a hospital bed to voice his backing just before the final vote. Dirksen saw the overriding problem in the world today as the prevention of a nuclear clash between the superpowers. "To be sure, a consular treaty is such a small step toward ameliorating this condition, but lowed in various nondiplomatic dealings between the two nations.

If an American visitor is arrested in the Soviet Union, for instance, a U.S. official has under the treaty the right of ac car was damaged, apparently on impact with the Flanagan car. Its left side was damaged when it collided with the sign SUDDOrtS. The front end of the Flanagan son's policy of improving relations with Moscow despite the Vietnam war. The next step is up to Moscow and U.S.

officials expected today that the Soviet presidium, or legislative body, would soon stamp its customarily automatic ratification on the document which U.S. and Soviet negotiators signed in June 1964. The consular convention is the first treaty ever concluded between just the United States and the Soviet Union. U.S.-Soviet treaties existed in the pre-Com-munist czarist days, and in more recent times both countries have joined in multination car sustained major damage 1 and an eight inch hole was made near the center of the wind is at least a step," the GOP i chief said. But Sen.

Karl E. Mundt, a leader of the treaty's opponents, found it inconceivable that the United States could "sit down and make love with 'the Russians" while they furnish weapons to kill American GIs. cess to tne American witnm four days. And consular officers of the two countries are to be accorded diplomatic immunity similar to that of embassy personnel. As the Senate neared its climactic 66-28 vote Thursday, both friends and foes of the treaty debated it in the broad context of U.S.

policy toward the Communists. shield. "I think my wife hit the windshield there." Flanagan said. "She had an awful cut on her nose." Mrs. Flanagan is reported in satisfactory condition and out of surgery with sutures in the roof of her mouth and the deep laceration of her nose.

Wreckers were required to remove both vehicles. Highway Patrol Officers Paul Deyerle and Gerald Winkler investigated the accident and took Porter and Flanagan to the The outcone slightly exceeded the two-thirds approval required for ratification. For ratification were 44 Democrats and 22 Republicans. Against were 13 Republicans and 15 Democrats. Johnson hailed "the impressive vote" as "the product not only of strong bipartisan leadership but also of responsible action by the membership." From Testimonial Dinners Sen.

Dodd Says He Hoped To Be Freed From Debt i A 2T: sty 'ft- ') tl Jrir! Detected by Radar "They all knew about it," he said. "Did you tell them you had personal debts you needed to off from these testimoni London Paper Says Soviet Soace Vehicle in Orbit I was never able to get out," Dodd told Stennis. "It was a cumulative thing." The senator said he often used one loan to repay another. "All of these were what I would call a revolving thing," he said. And Dodd blamed his financial woes on the Democratic were being received and he WASHINGTON (AP) Sen.

Thomas J. Dodd testified today he had "kind of an aversion" to testimonial dinners and had hoped he could get out of the hole financially some other wav. The Connecticut Democrat, testifying in his own defense at a Senate ethics committee investigation, said he had been unable to get out of debt since his first unsuccessful Senate race in 1956. He said he didn't think he had "ever solicited anybody" or asked anybody "to buy a ticket to a testimonial dinner," but he testified he had talked to als?" asked chairman John Stennis, referring to a series of fund-raising events for Dodd between 1961 and 1965. "If so, you ought to say so," Stennis said.

"I'm sure I did," Dodd replied. Dodd, charged with using organization in Connecticut. "I wish you could have a better recollection," Stennis said. Dodd: "I had no help from the state Democratic organiza- could not confirm the report. The newspaper said there are no indications of men inside, but that it could be a trial run for a manned flight.

Russia last put a man in space two years ago. The ship, launched last Friday is circling the earth every 83'2 minutes but there are no clues as to weight or purpose, Fairlev wrote. The Russians LONDON (AP) The London Evening Standard reported today a large Soviet space vehicle is circling the earth. Evening Standard Science Editor Peter Fairley reported that it has been scrutinized by Western radar and may be the biggest spaceship ever launched. A spokesman for the British Observatory at Jodrell Bank said, however, that no signals Ition in any of my campaigns.

campaign contributions for per St. Patrick's Day. Her first grade teacher at Ray Bjork School is Mrs. Ruth Rollins, whose maiden name was Carney. (Staff Photo by John Kuglin) sonal expenses, said that every facet of his life and virtually every cent he has spent for the last 11 years have been "inter TRAPPED IN A SHAMROCK? Not exactly.

Eriko Frey, daughter of Mrs. Patricia Frey, 1302 11th Avenue, cuts out the notionol insignia of Ireland to remind Helena Irishmen that today is The organization was unfriendly to me then and is now. I had to row my own boat. I think that's where my difficulty lies. I had to go it alone as best I announ-ed the launching of Cos twined with politics." friends "about my financial mos 146 on Friday I "I got into the hole in 1956 and i could.".