McCarthy Wisconsin Victory Signals Front Runner Status
Sen Eugene J McCarthy won Wisconsin Democratic primary with about 55 percent of the vote while Johnson trailed. Nixon led Republicans with roughly 80 percent as Edison precincts counted, signaling a strong cross into the November race.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Johnson
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Stassen
Minnesota
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Philadelphia
New York
Park Avenue
Anaconda Co unions to sign copper strike settlement
Anaconda Co and the Butte Miners Union will formalize a 260 day copper strike settlement today at 2 PM in the Thornton Building. The first group of strikers returned to work Monday and rehiring continued Tuesday. Those with 15 to 20 years seniority will be processed at the company employment office 56 W Granite.
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Butte Union
Anaconda Co
Thornton Bldg
Butte Miners Union
W. Granite
Union strikers meet over plant dispute at Helena
Union strikers from Anaconda Co. East Helena plant plan a Wednesday night meeting to weigh all problems said federal mediator Carl Clavadetscher. Company and union reps met in Helena Tuesday with the union rejecting a settlement favored by other Montana locals. About 2,100 workers were recalled Monday and Tuesday.
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Helena
Anaconda Co
East Helena
Carl Clavadetscher
Great Falls
Montana
Antiwar Referendum Seen Losing in Madison Wisconsin
Madison voters appear to reject the antiVietnam referendum with 16 164 no and 11 508 yes after 23 of 41 precincts, calling for an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Vietnam
April Fool Snowstorm Smothers Mining City
Residents grimace at an April Fool storm that lingered beyond the day of humor. Gusty winds and spitting snow brought up to five inches in Anaconda and 8 to 10 inches in Butte, dampening spring fever and mood as Nor th wind gusts reached 23 mph.
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Mother Nature
Butte
Senate approves Easter basket tax bill with surtax
The Senate passed a 10 percent income tax surtax plan amid 18 added amendments in an Easter basket bill that also includes a $6 billion federal spending cut and continuation of auto and telephone excise taxes. The measure goes to a House conference, where prospects are unclear.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
Congress
Selstad seeks GOP nomination for lieutenant governor
State Sen. Tom Selstad of Great Falls, 41, announced his bid for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. A Dutton native, he has served in the House since 1963 and 1965, then moved to the Senate in 1967 as Cascade County’s sole Republican in his second term.
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Great Falls
Tom Selstad
Senate
Selstad
House
Cascade County
Mel Mooney Named Captain of Butte Patrol District
Sg t Melvin M Mooney with nearly 18 years in the Montana Highway Patrol is named captain of Patrol District No 3 based in Butte. The appointment, effective last Monday, comes as he is promoted to probationary captain and succeeds acting Patrol Chief S W Hancock. Mooney, who will be 43 on April 20, joins the district leadership after a long service record with the patrol.
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Helena
Melvin M. Mooney
Montana Highway Patrol
Butte
S. W. Hancock
Mooney
Mooney follows family police path from Miles City to Butte
Weather notes show partly cloudy conditions with mountain snow flurries and a 30 percent chance of snow today, easing tonight. The driver education table at Miles City is dated August 28, 1950. The subject entered traffic work in 1951, moved to Bozeman in 1956, was promoted to sergeant, transferred to Butte on May 1, 1960, and remains there. He is the son of the late Lt. James E. Mooney.
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Butte - Anaconda
Miles City
Bozeman
Butte
James E. Mooney
Bombing Allowed Across North Vietnam Panhandle Under Offset
U S bombing attacks in North Vietnam from the 20th parallel south have been clarified as targeting the Panhandle and southern areas near the DMZ. Pentagon spokesman Goulding said 90 percent of sorties are within 60 miles of the DMZ with only 2.3 percent against Thanh Hoa area, expanding beyond initial impressions of limited strikes.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Pentagon
U.S
North Vietnam
20Th Parallel South
Demilitarized Zone
President Johnson
Johnson
Panhandle
Dmz
Phil G. Goulding
20Th Parallel
Thanh Hoa
Goulding
Loble and Fall Again Seek Judgeships in Helena
Helena AP reports district judges Victor H. Fall and Lester H. Loble paid $150 Monday to place their names on the nonpartisan primary ballots for June 4. Both seek four year terms in First Judicial District covering Broadwater and Lewis and Clark counties. Fall has served since January 1953. Loble since January 1957. Judge Bernard W. Thomas of Chinook seeks election in the 12th Judicial District across Blaine Hill and Liberty counties, after being appointed by Gov. Tim Babcock to replace Judge Charles B. Ellwell who retired last Sept. 30.
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Victor H. Fall
Lester H. Loble
Helena
Broadwater
Lewis and Clark
Fall
Loble
Bernard W. Thomas
Chinook
Blaine
Hill
Liberty
Thomas
Tim Babcock
Charles B. Elwell
Judge Freebourn seeks renomination for second term
Judge James D. Freebourn, 56, announces filing today in Helena for a second four year term as Silver Bow County district judge. He has served as presiding officer of Dept. No. 2 since 1965 after defeating five opponents in 1964 and a runoff with David L. Holland.
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James D. Freebourn
Silver Bow
Helena
Freebourn
Dept. No. 2
Second Judicial District
David L. Holland
Harrison J. Freebourn
Montana Supreme Court
South Pacific
William B. Freebourn
James
Bombers strike 225 miles north of the DMZ in Vietnam
American bombers reached up to 225 miles north of the demilitarized zone on the second day of Johnson's restricted bombing, with carrier planes targeting a Thanh Hoa rail siding 12 miles north northeast of the city. Other strikes remained near Thanh Hoa as the 20th parallel limit defined the raids.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Thanh Hoa
Dmz
Vietnams
Pentagon
U.S
Duncan of Dillon Files for Fifth Judicial District Judge
Judge Philip C. Duncan of Dillon filed for re election in Montana s Fifth Judicial District covering Beaverhead Jefferson and Madison counties He paid the 150 filing fee in the Secretary of State s office.
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Helena
Philip C. Duncan
Dillon
Fifth Judicial District
Beaverhead
Jefferson
Madison
Duncan
Frank Murray
Fulbright says bombing cuts won't prompt peace talks
Senator Fulbright criticizes Johnson bombing pause as ineffective and nonbinding and says raids have extended beyond the DMZ. He cites Mansfield and other lawmakers arguing air strikes near North Vietnam aid US troops and supply lines at Khe Sanh and Con Thien.
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Fulbright
Mansfield
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Khe Sanh
Con Thien
Dmz
Butte Inductees Case Sifts Through Draft Details
John Allen Adams of Butte faced a federal trial for failure to report for induction under the Selective Service Act. The case explored due process in his conscientious objector appeal, with testimony focusing on local draft board and state appeal board records. Judge Murray reserved ruling on a motion to dismiss as evidence wrapped up. Ray Braun named head football coach at Montana Tech after a decade coaching in Montana and North Dakota, with a strong high school record.
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John Allen Adams
Butte
Ray Braun
North Dakota State University
Montana Tech
NDSU
Braun
Missoula Hellgate
Baker
Montana
North Dakota
W. D. Murray
Dist. Atty
Moody Brickett
John L. Hamner
Draft Board
State Appeal Board
Adams
Mines
Jehovah's Witnesses
Silver Bow County
State Board
Alice Fleming
Humphrey weighs path after Johnson exit
Vice President Humphrey delays decision on presidential bid with aides split. An associate says he will take weeks to assess chances, while staff urge immediate entry to prevent Kennedy momentum. Humphrey returned from Mexico, met Johnson at White House breakfast, and plans an important Pittsburgh speech amid speculation he will run.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Mexico
Johnson
White House
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Joseph Barr
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Jack Bell
Gene
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
GOP
Mel Mooney
Standard State Bureau
Edwin Q. White
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
Duncan of
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Mike Mansfield
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New Tech
Sen
D-Mont
Kennedy
James H. J. Tate
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