Evicted Blind Man With Family For Rent Arrears
Kenneth Bell, a 25 year old blind man, and his wife with a 15 month old daughter and a newborn son, were driven to the street when four days of late rent prompted eviction. Police sheltered them, a $128 collection aided a brief stay, and officials say humane concerns prompted help. Bell's only income is a $105 monthly blind pension and a $140 welfare check. they face homelessness with only uncertain options.
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Kenneth Bell
Philadelphia
Dolores Diane
Kevin
Bell
Philadelphia Board of Realtors
Joseph Pearson
Hubert ready to enter race
Vice President Humphrey plans to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. A formal campaign committee is to be announced soon as labor and state organizers mobilize. Close associates say the timing reflects focus on Vietnam and King’s assassination unrest.
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Washington
Humphrey
Vietnam
Martin Luther King Jr
King rites to draw 50,000 mourners for MLK funeral
Dignitaries from the nation and world prepare to attend the funeral of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta. Crowds up to 50,000 are expected as mourners march five abreast along a 3.5 mile downtown route in a city that will be virtually shutdown for the service.
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Anthony Ripley
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
North Viet Nams accept U S peace talk bid
President Johnson announced North Vietnam formally accepted talks on Vietnam and summoned advisers to Camp David to decide next steps. Washington and Hanoi weigh initial contact sites and potential negotiations with Geneva 1962 facilities in mind, while Phnom Penh is proposed by Hanoi Radio but deemed impractical for large delegations. Ellsworth Bunker, Dean Rusk, and Clark Clifford prepare for Camp David briefing as Saigon worries over representation.
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Johnson
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Vietnam
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U.S
Laos
Hanoi Radio
Nguyen Duy Trinh
CBS
Charles Collingwood
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Community pool gains multiple donations including $100 gift
Mayor Powers and County Commissioner Sparks announced a $100 donation from the Butte Junior Woman's Club for ward construction of a new community swimming pool. The gift follows prior $100,000 from Mr. and Mrs. John E. Corette, with additional support from the Butte Kiwanis Club at $500 and Sam Finberg's carpeting donation for the pool area.
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Thomas F. Powers
Robert Sparks
Butte Junior Woman’s Club
Powers
Jack Hendrickson
John E. Corette
Butte Kiwanis Club
Sam Finberg
Workers Delay Train at Montana Street Crossing in Butte
A BA and P locomotive pulling empty slurry tank cars from Anaconda to the Weed Concentrator in Butte was held up briefly Monday at the Montana Street crossing. Railroad officials cited an assemblage of BA and P employees at the crossing as the reason for the tieup.
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Ba&p
Anaconda
Weed
Butte
Montana Street
Cor life sentence appeal denied by Montana board
In Butte district court a three judge Montana Supreme Court review board denied Paul D. Cor’s bid to reduce his life term for first degree murder. Cor was convicted December 22, 1961 and sentenced January 15, 1962 by Judge John B. McClernan. The board held it lacks jurisdiction to shorten a life sentence. The murder occurred June 10, 1960 in Walkerville over railroad work disputes leading to a gunshot death of Shaun McEwen, 16. The stoppage involved railway workers and an Anaconda Co. concentrator incident following a strike.
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Butte
Montana Supreme Court
Paul D. Cor
Cor
John B. McClernan
Victor H. Fall
Helena
Philip C. Duncan
Dillon
Paul G. Hatfield
Great Falls
Weather forecast for Butte Anaconda region
Fair to partly cloudy and warmer through Wednesday. Probability of showers near zero. High today 53, low tonight 28. One year ago: 48 and 24. Weather table, Page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
Metro Sewer plant bids due May 7
The Board of County Commissioners will open bids May 7 on the third phase of Metro Sewer construction for a sludge sewage treatment plant near Silver Bow Creek and Centennial. Completion will end a $3.9 million program authorized in 1964.
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Board of County Commissioners
Metro Sewer
Silver Bow Creek
Centennial
Higher phone rates effective April 16 in Montana
Montana subscribers face an April 16 rate increase approved by the Board of Railroad and Public Service Commissioners. The pricing, rising 7.6 percent to total 2.39 million dollars, follows a previous 1964 reduction and uses a sliding scale by community. Helena moves from Group 5 to 6, boosting business rates to 17.80 for one party, with other increases for single and multi-party lines.
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Helena
Montana
Board of Railroad and Public Service Commissioners
School trustees reorganize in Butte district
Butte School Dist No. 1 trustees meet Wednesday at 7 30 pm to reorganize electing a chairman and a vice chairman. John W Whelan and Allen R McKenzie, winners in Saturday's election, join the board after certificates of election were issued following Monday's canvass. Before adjourning sine die, the board hired Eldred F Moyle and Associates as architects for a new elementary school with four trustees voting for the hire: Lester Zeihen, chairman. William Van Matre. Robert Vivian. Thomas W Eva.
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Butte School
William van Matre
Robert Vivian
Thomas W. Eva
Moyle
Kevin Shannon
James B
More troops in Baltimore amid riot duties and curfews
About 1,900 additional federal troops were sent into Baltimore to quell looting and violence as fires burned for a third day. Ohio Guardsmen were alerted for Cincinnati and Youngstown, with Pittsburgh also hit by vandalism. Nationwide, 55,000 troops and guardsmen were deployed to civil emergencies, marking a historic scale.
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Associated Press
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Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Raymond Shafer
Martin Luther King Jr
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Avondale
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Tenn
Tallahassee
Fla
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