Good morning; on this date in 1974 Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency as a result of the Watergate scandal.
On the Beacon this morning, the fourth annual Stillwater Landing Music Gathering kicks off outside Olney this weekend, and the venue is amazing. One of only two certified radon specialists in Northwest Montana talks about how to detect the gas that is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. The SWAT team was dispatched to Harmony Road to deal with a couple holed up in their home. And in Warren Miller’s world, he bears witness to a root canal for a Labrador retriever.
Hey everybody, Dick Cheney’s coming to town! A federal judge ruled American Indian plaintiffs are entitled to $455 million in the long-running “Cobell” lawsuit against the federal government, a fraction of the $47 billion sought. The Crow tribe struck a $7 billion deal with an Australian firm to produce liquid fuel from coal. The death toll of bison succumbing to anthrax on Ted Turner’s ranch has risen to 175. A Great Falls man has dedicated himself to solving the ciphers within the letters written by the Zodiac Killer of the 1960s to the San Francisco police.
And finally, a Brooklyn artist has created an attraction at Coney Island where visitors can pay to see robotic dolls waterboarding each other in a depiction of interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay. Fun for the whole family! Have a great weekend.