Vancouver windstorm kills nine injures hundreds across Vancouver area
A violent tornado like wind tore a quarter mile wide swath through Vancouver Washington killing at least nine and injuring hundreds. An elementary school was leveled and a discount store and bowling alley damaged. The toll included four in the store and one in the bowling alley with no deaths at Peter S Ogden Elementary.
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Wash
Peter S. Ogden
Army
Thomas Fuller
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Fort Vancouver High School
Bill Gibbons
Butte names Robert James Russell police chief
The Butte city council unanimously approved Robert James Russell as police chief after 11 months as acting chief following James A. Clark retirement. Russell faces up to a year of probation with possible full confirmation by Mayor Mike Micone during the period.
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William J. Clark
Russell
Mike Micone
Micone
City council annexes South Montana property
The 16 aldermen unanimously approved annexation of a commercial area on South Montana from Fuller Paint Store to the Tape Deck amid protests by Davies Paxson Phillips 66 Eva Frazer Treasure State Gas Pacific Northwest Agencies. Annexation becomes final in 30 days as protests invalidated.
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Montana
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Davies and Paxson
Phillips 66
Eva L. Frazier
S. Montana
Treasure State Gas and Electric
F. H. Buck Sales Wholesale Furniture Company
Pacific Northwest
KXLF
John Alexander
Davies and
Paxson
Frazer
North Vietnamese Push Opens Third Front Near Saigon
North Vietnamese tanks and troops breach a Cambodian border gap to within 60 miles of Saigon, widening the war front as President Thieu asserts the fight for existence. In Quang Tri a bid to sever the provincial capital continues, MIG sightings spark tension, and allied forces withdraw from Quan Loi base.
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Quang Tri
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South Vietnam
Vu van Giai
Mander
Far Northern Front
Quan Loi
Crippled Prosecutor Recalls Courthouse Shootout
Deputy District Attorney Gary Thomas testifies from a wheelchair about shooting four abductors during the Marin County courthouse siege on Aug 7 1970. He describes a van ambush outside San Rafael with a judge and two jurors held hostage as the assailants tried to flee.
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Calif
Marin County
Gary Thomas
Angela Davis
Thomas
San Rafael
Jonathan Jackson
Jackson
Archie Bunker Debuts as Night Club Entertainer in Reno
Archie Bunker, in a sharp tuxedo and frumpy fedora, makes a successful stage debut at a Reno supper club. Carroll O’Connor jokes with a 35 minute set addressing politics and morality while the crowd, paying about $15 for dinner, watches. He riffs on a Polish Irish joke dynamic and notes the 1968 presidential race with George Wallace backing busing. Chance of showers and cooler Friday with a 58/35 outlook.
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Ing Carroll O’connor
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Mecca
George Wallace
OConnor Credits Montana Ties in Bridge Plan Debate
O Connor recalls his supper club appearance and support for a bridge project linking Alabama to West Africa. He says the plan hinges on hiring Black workers for construction. He thanks the audience for their warm reception and notes his University of Montana background.
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West Africa
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O’connor
The
University of Montana
Witness recounts fatal van siege and paralyzing wound
A witness describes a 1968 van shooting spree that killed Jonathan Jackson and James McClain, with Judge Harold Haley also dying. He claims a shot from outside the van crippled him, and disputes the guards firing any shots inside.
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Jackson
Jonathan Jackson
James McClain
William) Christmas
Ruchell Magee
Magee
Harold Haley
Leo Branton
Judge rules topless dance is protected free expression
A King County Superior Court judge ruled that topless go go dancing is constitutionally protected free expression. The ruling came in an appeal by Ruby L. Code and Frank Hinkley, who were convicted after Code performed topless at Hinkley's Seattle tavern.
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King County Superior Court
Robert W. Winsor
Winsor
Ruby L. Code
Frank Hinkley
Miss Code
Hinkley
Bert Mooney Dies After 35 Years in Flight at 71
Albert S. Mooney longtime Montana aviator and aviation leader dies in a Butte hospital after a long illness. He served as chief pilot for Western Airlines and Inland Airlines and chaired the Silver Bow County Airport Commission after its reorganization. Born 1900 in Billings he learned to fly in 1919 and helped deliver the first air mail pouch to West Yellowstone. He belonged to the Quiet Birdmen and the OX5 Pioneer Club. Funeral plans set with rosary Thursday night and burial Friday at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Albert S
Bert’’ Mooney
Butte
Duggan Merrill
St. Ann Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Bert Mooney
The
Silver Bow
Mooney
West
West Yellowstone
Kearney Plans Historic James Homestead as Tourist Ark
In Kearney Missouri a move converts the James homestead into a memorial of Jesse and Frank James. The crumbling cabin, birthplace of Jesse and hideout for both brothers, draws about 5 000 tourists yearly and now prompts forgiveness and local monetization of their notorious legacy.
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Jesse
Frank
James Homestead
Car-Knee
Fannie Shanks
Kearney Promoter Hails Jesse James Festival Plans
A local restaurant owner and promoter in Kearney speaks of a forthcoming Jesse James Festival with square dances and shooting contests. He notes the era is history, as time and memory fade, with descendants scattered to California and the old cabin cared for by a local caretaker.
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Frank
James Brothers
California
Jesse
Committee opposes compulsory vehicle inspection plan
Helena Montana lawmakers' Interim Highway Committee votes against recommending mandatory vehicle inspection. It directs staff to prepare a report on the study with no recommendations. Members cited minimal crash linkage to lack of inspection and the high cost to state and public.
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Helena
Albert Goke
Mantz Hutchinson
Robert Prevost
Cambert
Kenneth Wolfe
Rshelby
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