Butte School District trustees win in election
John W. Whelan Independent Party and Allen R. McKenzie United Party were elected district trustees. Voters approved special mill levies for high and elementary schools, a $1,196,790 bond for a new elementary school, site acquisition, and land for a Vocational Technical School. Whelan led with 5,642 votes. McKenzie had 4,904. Helen Kneebone and Paul M. Keith trailed. Board composition shifts minorly. United Party holds five seats to Independent’s two. Board will reconvene to canvass and reorganize.
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John W. Whelan
Independent Party
Allen R. McKenzie
United Party
Butte
Wyoming
St. Ann
Whelan
McKenzie
Helen Kneebone
Paul M
Sandy” Keith
Associ
Frank Burgess
Law Center
Harrison Avenue
Argyle
Roberta
Poore
Kevin Shannon
Lester Zeihen
Robert Vivian
William VanMatre
Thomas W. Eva
Bech Becomes First in Anaconda Area Spelling Bee
Nearly 300 parents and teachers packed the Anaconda High School Little Theater for the Butte area spelling bee. Pete Beck, an eighth grader from Deer Lodge Junior High, finished first among 60 contestants from six counties after a long elimination round.
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Bill Parks
Pete Beck
Butte
Beck
Charles Beck
Deer Lodge
Barry Beardslee
St. Paul School
Anaconda
Howard Beardslee
Jill Oliphant
Park View School
Dillon
Bert Oliphant
Bill Earhart
Beaverhead
Granite
Madison
Silver Bow
Powell Counties
Johnson delays speech to Congress due to King funeral
The White House says President Johnson will not address a joint session on Monday night and has postponed the appearance with no new date set. Press secretary George Christian cited Martin Luther King Jr funeral in Atlanta on Tuesday as the reason and said Johnson consulted with Capitol Hill leaders before postponing his address. Johnson had hoped to offer constructive actions for the nation in this hour of need.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Congress
George Christian
Martin Luther King
Atlanta
King
Capitol Hill
Downtown explosion kills 16 in Richmond Indiana
A large blast at the Marting Arms Co sporting goods store on Main Street toppled three buildings and damaged five others. Authorities feared up to 50 more may be buried as the National Guard listed 58 missing. more than 100 injured. FBI and state police investigated gunpowder and possible gas leak factors. An emergency morgue was set up at the National Guard armory as residents searched for relatives.
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Martin Biemer
Richmond
Ind
Robert Konkle
The
National Guard
Main Street
U.S. 40
Marting Arms Co. Sporting Goods
FBI
Leo Collins
Sporting Goods
Collins
Sex motive disclosed for first time in 1965 Butte double slaying
Silver Bow County Sheriff Ken Cunningham and Martin Poole report new focus on a sex motive in the 1965 Butte double slaying as detectives continue to probe the case.
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Lewis T. Poole
Standard
Silver Bow County
Ken Cunningham
Martin
Reward Offered In Butte Double Slaying Case
Relatives of Eva Marjorie McQuiston and Nancy McQuiston offer 500 dollars for information leading to solving their double murder in 1965 at their McGlone Heights home. The McQuistons were found April 14 with the car nearby in a gully. Authorities say the case remains active.
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Eva Marjorie McQuiston
Nancy McQuiston
Butte
Montana Standard
Marjorie Regan
Sandy
Utah
Regan
Nancy
McGlone Heights
Big Butte
McQuiston
Soldier from Logan dies of shrapnel in Vietnam
LOGAN AP Army Spec. Jimmy D. Pickle, 23, died April 4 from shrapnel wounds suffered in action March 9 in Vietnam, Defense Department said. He served 342 years in Germany before being sent to Vietnam a year ago. Survived by parents Franklin and Mrs. Pickle, two brothers Willis and Gilbert, and sister Mrs. Ann Taylor of Longdale California. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Logan
Army
Jimmy D. Pickle
Defense Department
Pickle
Germany
Vietnam
Franklin Pickle
Willis
Gilbert
Ann Taylor
Longdale
Calif
LeRoy regrets error on McKeon fight over bill
State Sen. LeRoy Anderson says his Friday Great Falls speech misstated Luke McKeon’s motives. He now says McKeon opposed the water conservancy district bill at the urging of soil conservation district members in three counties of his district and acted for constituents.
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Associated Press
LeRoy Anderson
D-Conrad
Great Falls
Luke McKeon
Water Conservancy
Soil Conservation Districts
Forsyth Fatal Crash Raises Toll to Forty
A one car wreck half a mile west of Forsyth Saturday evening killed Billings man Richard C. Bears 36. His wife Jerry and one of his three children were slightly injured. Coroner W E Bears said the car failed to negotiate a curve and overturned on old Highway 10 near Interstate 94. Bears death is the 40th in 1968, matching last year’s toll on this date.
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Forsyth
Billings
Richard C. Bears
Jerry
Rosebud
W E. Bears
Baars
GOP Women Hear National Officer in Butte Conference
Mrs. John Salmon of Tucson spoke at the District 8 Republican Women's spring conference in the Finlen Hotel Butte with Gov. Tim Babcock among attendees. She urged better government and personal political involvement this election year. Isabel Moberly described mounting domestic and foreign challenges as problems that have piled up.
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John Salmon
Tucson
National Federation of Republican Women
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Tim Babcock
Salmon
Isabel Moberly
Shelby
Republican National
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Chicago
Baltimore
Martin Luther King Jr
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Palm Sunday
Samuel H. Shapiro
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
Shapiro
Allen McKenzie
Dominion
LBJ
Christian
Kathleen Chappel
T. Mangan
Cunningham
William L. Dalling
LeRoy
McKeon
GOP
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