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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1960
Page
4
Charles Phillips aged 14 and his brother Earl aged 13 from Edmond Oklahoma report encountering a bear during a hike. The incident continues from page one with details of the sighting and reaction.
The text recounts multiple bear encounters near Helena and the Glacier and Yellowstone regions. Victims include Charles with a 13 stitch foot gash, Earl with eight stitches, Corbin Ross bitten while asleep at a Glacier park campground, and Ranger Eckerson wounded in a Sun River encounter. Kalispell cops chase a 300 pound grizzly cub. About 90 people are injured by bears annually in Yellowstone, roughly one in 17 000 visitors.
Local notes report the annual Jaycee Distinguished Service Award banquet and bosses night set for January 23 at the Legion hall beginning at 7. Vacationing David Drivdahl in Vallejo and sister Teresa visit parents Emil and Mrs Drivdahl. Several Christmas visits and travels are noted across towns.
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