Marines Sent to Da Nang Air Base for Limited Action
The Defense Department announced 3,500 Marines will be sent to Da Nang to relieve South Vietnamese forces, strengthening security of the Da Nang Air Base. The two battalions are drawn from U.S. forces in Southeast Asia with no landing date disclosed.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
da Nang Air Base
Seen Mae
Southeast Asia
United States
Viet Nam
United States Marine Corps
da Nang
U.S Army
Qui Nhon
U.S
U.S. Iiece
Governor Signs Public School Foundation Bill
Governor Tim Babcock signed SB200 into law despite objections from lawmakers and critics who warned the measure raises permissive property tax levies and shifts funding away from equalized school costs. The act, approved amid Democratic control, establishes a state aided spending schedule for public schools with districts allowed to raise taxes to fund increases.
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Babcock
Senate
House
Senate Okays 28 Million School Funds in Montana
The Montana Senate approved a 28.1 million dollar public school money bill and sent it to the House for concurrence with amendments. It designates 25.75 million for state equalization aid and 2.333 million for transportation, with 300 thousand in equalization aid cut to offset automatic school gains from tax changes.
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Helena
Montana Senate
House
Senate
Robert S. Cotton
D-Valley
Congress Rift Grows Over U S Relations With Reds
Congress debates East West cooperation and trade with Communist powers as Fulbright urges expanded exchanges to ease Cold War tensions. Dirksen rebukes proposal, calling for no concession until Viet Nam aggression ends, while Fulbright argues for international ventures such as a Panama Canal consortium to foster understanding.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Viet Nam
U.S
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Sen. Fulrbright
Dirksen
Berlin Wall
GOP
Fulbright
Russia
Panama
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. Soldiers Urge Better Weapons in Viet Nam Fight
Reports from Saigon and Da Nang detail U.S. servicemen complaining of shoddy weapons ammunition shortages and gear gaps. An Army adviser notes Soviet clips outperform US munitions, while Defense Department pledges full support and prioritizes rearmament.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Army
United States
da Nang
Viet Nam
Laos
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda shows increasing clouds
Increasing cloudiness today and tonight with a mostly cloudy Monday. Temperatures little changed with a high near 47 and a low around 25. A year ago in Butte the high was 24 and the low 17.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
I City
Anaconda
Billings
Belgrade
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena Kalispell
Lewistown
Weather overview for Cloudy East of Divide region
Partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night with northeast Monday. Mostly cloudy south and west Monday. A few showers in the southwest Monday. Cooler northwest Sunday and Monday. Highs Sunday 30s to 40s north and 40s to 50s south. Lows Sunday night 10 to 25. West of Divide fair Sunday through Monday north. Minor temperature change south. Highs 40s to 50s. Lows 10 to 25. Table notes maxs for 12 hours min 18 hours precip 24 hours through Saturday 5 p.m.
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Divide
Smashup Takes Life Of Second Butte Man
Thomas Stafford 29 of 415 E Granite dies from crash injuries early Saturday after a Friday night collision 14 miles east of Butte. Companion Marvin Dickman 33 of 702 E Park is killed outright. Stafford dies in a Missoula hospital. Maiden Rock Mine worker, he leaves mother Aileen Stafford and brothers James and Michael among survivors. Arrangements by Wayrynen Funeral Home.
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Mayo Ashley Standard Post
Thomas Stafford
Granite
Montana
Butte
Harding Way
Stafford
Marvin Hunter Dickman
E. Park
Silver Bow General Hospital
Missoula
Sen
Navy
Aileen Stafford
James
Seattle
Michael
Wayrynen Funeral Home
Senate approves Montana redistricting plan for 1967
Montana Senate backs a 42 to 1 vote for a congressional redistricting plan to preserve representation in the 1967 U.S. House. The measure moves to the House, which approved an identical bill in committee. The plan shifts Park County into the Western District to minimize population disparity near 14.9 percent, within a 15 percent cap. President pro tempore rules adjusted to speed passage and avoid potential delays.
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Helena
Montana
U.S. House
Senate
House
Park County
Congress
Butte Native Lloyd Casagranda Dies at 35 in Bozeman
Lloyd G. Casagranda chief of the Information and Education Division of the Montana Fish and Game Department died early Saturday in Bozeman after a heart attack at a banquet. He was born March 7 1930 in Butte and had served as a department official since 1963. He is survived by his wife Shirley Ciscel of Livingston.
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Lloyd G. Casagranda
Montana Fish and Game Department
Bozeman
Casagranda
Fifth
Helena
Butte
Canada
Shirley Cissel
Livingston
Cas
I and E Division
Frank H. Dunkle
John Casagranda
N. Main
Walkerville
Sherman
Butte High School
American Legion
Fish and Game Department
Montana
Malta
Dillon
China Blasts Soviet Union Over U.S. Policy Claims
Communist China charged that the Soviet Union feared provoking the United States and accused Moscow of ruthlessly pushing rivals out of Russian hospitals for political reasons. The dispatch notes this claim and references continued coverage.
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Tokyo
China
Soviet Union
United States
Ruby to face sanity trial hearing in Dallas court
Jack Ruby, sentenced for killing President Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, will appear in Dallas for a sanity trial hearing before Dist. Judge Joe B. Brown. The court action, long sought, could determine if Ruby is insane and escapes the electric chair.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harve Oswald
Ruby
Dist
Joe B. Brown
Brown
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Henry Wade
Wade
Two Butte Girls Hit by Autos
Two Butte girls were injured in separate Saturday afternoon accidents. Mariana Adler twenty four of Lexington was listed in good condition at St James Community Hospital. Jane Hyndman six of Colorado was held for observation near St James.
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Butte
Mariana Adler
Lexington
St. James Community Hospital
Jane Hyndman
Colorado
St. James Community
Adler
William Chebul
E. Mercury
Chebul
James E. Adler
Harry Romero
Andr Nelson
Silver Bow County
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Washington Grade School
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James F. Battin
Repub
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Montana Fish Game
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