Word: montana
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...electrical power undoubtedly had something to do with Gloria Ward's decision to walk out of the Freemen's Montana compound last week with her husband Elwyn and her two daughters--the first people to leave the besieged ranch since April. So, probably, did the threat of violence implied by the bureau's moving three armored vehicles near the place. And so did the State of Utah's offer to drop felony charges against Ward for taking her children out of state in the midst of a custody battle. But the real credit, say federal officials, goes to Ward...
Everyone around Jordan agrees that Ralph was the original rebel in the Clark clan. His father, William ("Todd") Clark, arrived in Montana as a homesteader in 1914. When Ralph was growing up during the '30s, he saw many struggling neighbors foreclosed. Todd Clark often bought up their land, eventually amassing thousands of acres, which passed to his four sons...
...JORDAN, Montana: Authorities negotiating with the Montana Freemen said a resolution to the standoff could come in the next few days, now that a jailed Freemen leader has approved an FBI settlement. On Tuesday, the FBI flew Freemen spokesman Edwin Clark to Billings, Montana, to discuss terms of the surrender proposal with Daniel Petersen Jr. and LeRoy Schweitzer, whose arrest in March triggered the confrontation. Clark was returned to the ranch Tuesday evening and the Freemen gathered in a barn later, apparently to confer on the proposal. "Ed Clark puts a lot of stock in Schweitzer's opinion," TIME...
...JORDAN, Montana: Authorities negotiating with the Montana Freemen said a resolution to the standoff could come in the next few days, now that a jailed Freemen leader has approved an FBI settlement. On Tuesday, the FBI flew Freemen spokesman Edwin Clark to Billings, Montana, to discuss terms of the surrender proposal with Daniel Petersen Jr. and LeRoy Schweitzer, whose arrest in March triggered the confrontation. Clark was returned to the ranch Tuesday evening and the Freemen gathered in a barn later, apparently to confer on the proposal. "Ed Clark puts a lot of stock in Schweitzer's opinion," TIME...
...JORDAN, Montana: Authorities negotiating with the Montana Freemen said a resolution to the standoff could come in the next few days, now that a jailed Freemen leader has approved an FBI settlement. On Tuesday, the FBI flew Freemen spokesman Edwin Clark to Billings, Montana, to discuss terms of the surrender proposal with Daniel Petersen Jr. and LeRoy Schweitzer, whose arrest in March triggered the confrontation. Clark was returned to the ranch Tuesday evening and the Freemen gathered in a barn later, apparently to confer on the proposal. "Ed Clark puts a lot of stock in Schweitzer's opinion," TIME...