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The Billings Gazette from Billings, Montana • 24

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16 (Tiff tttllttio (Sazrttr Morning Edition 10 US BE Board Certifies Vote Results CHEYENNE (UPI)- Presi Unemployment Law Change Is Opposed dent Johnson defeated Barry Wyoming Governor Stresses Resources r.oldwater bv nearlv 19.000 votes in Wyoming, certified results of ing, certified me oinciai election returns as required by state CASPER (AP) The Wyo- day the Employment Security ming Retail Merchants Associa- Commission staffs proposed tion's executive director, Chuck changes in the state unemploy-Defoe of Casper, criticized Tues- ment compensation law. law. The Wyoming State Board, in a 40-minute meet would be useful in some industrial development endeavors." "The Wyoming Natural Re- ing, certifed the oinciai elec TELL OF FIRE tion returns as required by state law. The certified vote totals showed Johnson with 80,718 Wyoming votes to 61,998 for Gold- Motel Owners Sue Insurance Company water. The final figures other maior races showed Teno Ron- calio with 70,693 in the con DENVER (AP) Gov.

Clifford P. Hansen of Wyoming sees the Rocky Mountain region as "a vast storehouse of natural resources promising a boon to mankind if they are systematically developed in the years ahead." He gave that estimate in addressing the Colorado State Chamber of Commerce at a dinner Monday night. Hansen said this area is the least industrialized region in the United States and the lack of industrialization means greater opportunities ahead. "We must try to find new ways to broaden the tax base and to encourage economic growth," he said. "Simply encouraging increased population is not enough to assure development." Hansen said recional cooper source Board would be glad to work with the Colorado Department of Commerce and Development on regional industrial cooperation, as our states' travel departments are now doing on tourism," the governor said.

Information on available plant sites, comparative costs, resources, labor availability, wages and training is mportant in trying to attract new industry, he said. "Even with the decline in agricultural income," Hansen said, "the most stable communities still are those with an agricultural backbone. Diversification between agriculture and industry bes assures the economic well-being of an area." gressional race over Rep. William Henry Harrison's 68,482. Offical returns in the Senate race thowed Sen.

Gale McGee with 76,485 to John Wold's Defoe said the proposal would weaken the law and mean considerably higher payments for Wyoming employers. He said it would "put the law in many respects right back to where it was before 1963. Prior to 1963 Wyoming had the reputation of having the most liberal and generous unemployment benefit law in the nation." The commission director, Mike Vinich, has invited Gov. Cliff Hansen and legislators to Casper Dec. 14 to discuss proposed changes in the law.

He says the commission is proposing that employers pay the unemployment insurance on of their employes' salaries, instead of the present $3,000 base. Vinich says the commission is also proposing to relax restrictions disqualifyng unemployed persons from benefits, making it possible to penalize six weeks of benefits rather than ordering total disqualification for minor offenses. Defoe spoke to the biennial pre-legislative meeting of the Wyoming Taxpayers Association in Casper Tuesday morning. 65,185. sons unknown," and that they were at home asleep when the blaze started.

Their attorney, Louis Mankus, said the Foxes had been granted an extension for filing the proof of loss and had submitted it within the time limit of the extension. Mankus told the U.S. District Court that the Foxes stood to make no financial gain from the fire. State law requires the canvassing board to meet withn a month of the election. On the board are Gov.

Clifford Hansen. Secretary of State CHEYENNE (AP) The owner of the Firebird Motor Hotel testified Monday he and his wife were asleep at their home when a fire started at their motel last March. A. H. Fox and his wife are suing the Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.

and the General Adjustment Bureau for $130,000 as a result of the fire. The two companies contend that the Foxes could not collect damages because they destroyed their own property and didn't file proof of loss within the time called for by the insurance contract. The Foxes maintain the fire was started by "person or per- Thyra Thomson, State Treasur And if you keep talking the way you have, you'll be in for 'the Johnson treatment for sure!" FPC Approves Sale of Gas CHEYENNE (APJ-The Fed Hansen Expects Burch to Resign DENVER (AP) Gov. Clif DEFENDS FIRING eral Power Commission has is ford Hansen of Wyoming told newsmen Monday he expects Republican National Chairman Attacks Answer er Everett Copennaver ana State Auditor Minnie Mitchell. Wanted Man Is Arrested WICHITA, Kan.

(AP) Arthur Beacher Henry, 28, of Casper, charged with writing fictitous checks and bigamy, has been apprehended in Wichita, Kan. cott Werner of Denver, FBI agent in charge of the Wyoming area, said Henry was picked up on a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He was chaged with writing bad checks in Natrona and Fremont counties. Henry appeared for a prelim Governor Pearson's Dean Burch to resign in Janu ary. Hansen, a Republican, said he Pearson was given an opportun CHEYENNE (AP) Gov.

hoped the GOP governors meeting in Denver this weekend would not ask for Burch's res SPECIAL New Remington Adders With Subtrac- tion Hand 07 No AQ95 Subtraction No other chorgti OFFICE SYSTEMS Inc. Remington Rand Dealers 111 N. 27th 2S2-5556 sued a temporary order which will keep residents of Thermo-polis from a long, cold winter. The commission has approved the sale of gas from the Montana-Dakota Utilty Co. to the Wyoming Gas' supply of natural gas to the Thermopolis area had been running low.

The secretary of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, Dwight Dahlman, said the sale will assure an adequate supply of gas in Thermopolis during the winter. Cokeville Man Dies of Injuries CHEYENNE (UPI)-The Wyoming Highway Patrol Tuesday added the name of Robert James Walker, 24, of Cokeville to the state's 1964 highway fatality toll. The Patrol said Walker died at Kemmerer of injuries sustained Sunday when his truck rolled over a mile north of Sage ity to resign both last week and early in October. Cliff Hansen said Tuesday former Adj. Gen.

George Pearson's categorial denial of misappropriation of state funds is The governor said, "Confront ignation. He said he felt the governors' meeting would be a start for "a reshaping of the GOP image. We ed as I was with the evidence justifying Gen. Pearson's remov "hardly a fitting reply." Hansen said, "When more al from office, I had no recourse obviously must present a more but to follow that action in the than 120 long distance telephone calls for personal reasons over inary hearing in Justice Court interest of the state. This is a ation among mountain states in promotion tourist travel "is showing good results and it may be that the same approach Accused Man Takes Lie Test ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.

(AP) Sweetwater County Atty. Robert Bath said Monday a 61-year-old Rock Springs osteopath who is charged with murder in the death of his wife has taken a polygraph test. A prelimnary hearing in the first degree murder case of Dr. T. R.

Finney was postponed Saturday until he could obtain counsel. Finney is charged in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife, Thelma Smith Finney, 28, Nov. 16. Bath said preliminary results of a lie detector test taken over the weekend were consistent with the story given by Finney. Basil Smith, 26, was inconsistent with the polygraph test.

Finney told officers his wife was accidentally shot in the chest when he and Smith grabbed for a pistol just as the woman was placing it to her chest. He said the accident occurred in a vehicle parked near the Rock Springs airport. Smith on the other hand told officers the shootings occurred in front of Finney's home in Rock Springs and that two shots were fired. in Casper in September and was difficult course to take, but if I a period of several months are charged to the state it can hard had not, then the duty of my of For Your junction on U.S. Highway 30.

Three other persons were injured in the accident. The death raised the 1964 toll fice would have been neg ly be called inadvertance." attractive image to the voters. Hansen said while he thinks Sen. Barry Goldwater, the defeated presidential candidate, is out as leader of the Republican party, "I don't think the Republican party will be turned over to New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller either." lected." Pearson Monday night issued a statement denying that he had HOLIDAY PARTIES The governor said the public to 142.

On the same date of bound over to District Court under $5,000 bond. The federal warrant was issued when he failed to appear. In addition to the bad check charge, Henry was also charged with being married to three women at one time. has the right to expect that its misappropriated any state 1963, a total of 168 had been killed on the roads. officers will guard the trust lm funds as charged by the gover nor whec se dismissed Pearson posed upon them and that its last wee! funds will be expended only for Hansen state purposes.

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then our government falls apart Ph. 245-3919 108 N. 34th St. and corruption has a foot in the door." Floocf Control Meet Scheduled Some Districts Said Cheated CASPER (AP) A member of the Governor's Committee on Education, Al Schultz of Gillette, says about 25 per cent of available education funds are being used to educate only about one per cent of Wyoming's children. Schultz says under the pres NEWCASTLE, Wyo.

(UPI) The current flood control investigation being conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers in the Upper Cheyenne River Basin Bath said his office is waiting for reports on evidence sent to ent organizational structure of school districts, some districts will be explained to Wyoming- without sufficient tax base are ltes at a public meetmg Dec. 12 in Newcastle. State Engineer Floyd Bishop the FBI. He pointed out that the polygraph test is not used as evidence but only as a directive for the state to determine whether there is evidence sufficent to make a case. said the meeting will outline the activities and the procedure to be followed in the current being cheated.

The governor's committee is recommending that all school districts support a full educational program from the first grade through high school. It is recommending eventual elim-nation of special high school The Cheyenne River Basin includes all the drainage of the t2- i 4 o- 0wYr iim-A 5 Cheyenne River upstream from the junction of the Cheyenne GROUCHY STOMACH? and Belle Fourche rivers, Bish op said. Also at the meeting, Bishop said, it will be decided whether some consideration should be Wyoming Auditor Elected to Post CHEYENE (UPI) State Auditor Minnie Mitchell has been elected first vice-president of the National Association of State Auditors, Treasurers and Comptrollers. given to formulating a statement indicating an interest by Wyomingites to solve flood con Stop it right away with TUMS antacid tablets. Today's good tasting TUMS are fortified -speed soothing, high potency relief neutralize all excess acid release you from the grip of an acid-irritated stomach -completely, gently, on the spot.

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J. R. Bromley says nearly half of the interstate highway system programmed for Wyoming is now completed. Bromley says 425 miles of interstate road in Wyoming has been completed and another 94 miles is under contract. A total of 916 miles of interstate highway is programmed for Wyoming.

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