Assassination Intensifies Laos Crisis Amid Civil War Threat
A Laotian police colonel Col. Khanthi Visaphanthong was killed by a single gunshot Friday. The shooting escalates tensions as ICC trips are canceled and fighting between neutralist forces and Pathet Lao increases. Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma calls for withdrawal of Neo Lao Haksat support to halt the violence.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Col
Khanthi Visaphanthong
Prince Souvanna Phouma
Neutralist
Quinim Pholsena
Quinim
Khanthi
International Control Commission
ICC
Plain of Jars
Kong le
Xieng Khouang
Souvanna Phouma
Neo Lao Haksat
Pathet Lao
Butte Observes Good Friday Across Churches
Thousands of Butte residents attended Holy Week services commemorating Jesus Christ. The United Good Friday service at Mountain View Methodist featured seven last words sermons by Protestant pastors, readings, solos, and a cross procession. Catholics held liturgical rites including communion, stations, and veneration across town while Holy Saturday and Easter observances continued in several churches including Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox chapel.
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Standard-Post
Butte
Jesus Christ
Mountain View Methodist Church
Elbert Harlow
Jerusalem
Charles Nowlen Jr
O. D. Harris
First Christian Church
William A. An
First Presbyterian Church
Rov Leon Furth
First Baptist Church
Ed Forbes
South Baptist Church
Richard Vick
Word of Victory
Joel Peterson
Evangelical Covenant Church
Stodden
C. D. Harris
Lois Ann Miller
Robert Stevens
Bertha Duykers
Reid Stevens
al Armbruster
Presbyterian
Holy Trinity Church
Mountain View Methodist
Sam Melhorn
Sub search delayed as scientists ride out rough seas
A Woods Hole team could not transfer echo sounding gear from the Hazelwood to Atlantis II by high line due to rough seas. The scientists planned to operate the gear aboard Atlantis II and await Hazelwood’s return for a full data relay while the Thresher wreck lies about 8,400 feet down. The Trieste is expected to descend later to view the wreck, as Navy officials confirm hope is fading for survivors.
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William J. Eaton
U.S.S. Hazelwood
UPI
Atlantis II
Thresher
Woods Hole
Mass
Oceanographic Institution
Hazelwood
Atlantis
Sydney Knott
Cmdr
C.D. Lilly
Adm
John McCain Jr
Navy
MSU Professor Admits Nonoriginal St. Paul Speech
Montana State University history head Dr. Morton Borden told a Bozeman audience that portions of his St. Paul speech were not original. He said he relied on letters from late Senator James C. Murray and noted general agreement with the remarks while denying new statements.
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Bozeman
UPI
Morton Borden
Montana State University History Department
St. Paul
Minn
Borden
U.S
James C. Murray
Montana
Montana State College Student Union
Barry Goldwater
John Birch Society
South Viet Nam Rangers Score Against Commies
Reported battle near Saigon in the Viet Cong delta left several dozen dead or wounded, with the spokesman offering few details. Simultaneously Saigon faced multiple fires in suburban districts, raising fears in the war zone.
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South Viet Nam Rangers
Commies
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Stebhdeeen
Two Men Die in Montana Highway Crashes
Two separate fatal accidents on Montana highways claimed the lives of James Stewart, 22, of Glasgow Air Force Base, and Richard Fitzpatrick, 24, of Hardin. Stewart died after a crash two miles south of Nashua on Secondary 249, with Harold Ash injured. Fitzpatrick’s brother Michael suffered shock and cuts. Stewart died en route to Deaconess Hospital, while Ash was treated at the base hospital.
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James Stewart
Glasgow Air Force Base
Richard Fitzpatrick
Hardin
Stewart
Harold Ash
Glasgow
Fitzpatrick
Michael
Deaconess Hospital
Nashua
Highway Patrol
Weather Outlook for East and West of Divide
Partly cloudy today with a high near 61 and a low around 30 east of the Divide. Saturday will be warmer with highs 58 to 68 and a Saturday night low 25 to 40. Sunday brings cloudiness and scattered showers, cooler in all zones with highs 50 to 60.
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Butte
Divide
Inquiry Moved to Home Port of Ill-Fated Sub
A Navy court of investigation into the sinking of the submarine Thresher moved to its home port Portsmouth New Hampshire to resume inquiries into the disappearance of the vessel with 129 men aboard The court will tour the Portsmouth naval shipyard inspect debris from the Thresher and hear testimony including a sealed bag of oil cork and glove samples The Thresher had recently undergone overhaul and repairs prior to its final voyage with some doubt about its seaworthiness raised by the crew and others
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Portsmouth
N.H
UPI
Thresher
New London
Conn
Portsmouth Naval
Pearson Gains Majority With Rebel Social Credit Support
In Ottawa Liberal Leader Lester B. Pearson secured a parliamentary majority when a six man Quebec rebel faction of the Social Credit party pledged support. The signed document urged immediate formation of a Pearson government and a swift action program, signaling the end of Prime Minister Diefenbaker's uncertain tenure.
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Pearson
Ottawa
UPI
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Social Credit Party
Minis
Ter John Diefenbaker
George Vanier
Quebec
Parliament Hill
Renne Leading in Montana Democratic Gubernatorial Rumors
A legislative poll shows Montana State College President Roland Renne as the favorite for the 1964 Democratic gubernatorial nomination among lawmakers. Renne led with three times as many first place votes as State Sen. David F. James, with LeRoy Anderson a strong third, though Renne has not declared candidacy.
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Renne
David F. James
Liberty County
Senate
U.S
LeRoy Anderson
Conrad
House
Fred W. Schepens
D-Dawson
Bomb strikes home of Detroit Negro legislator in Mississippi
UPI reports Negro congressman Charles C. Diggs of Michigan was awakened by a homemade fire bomb at Aaron Henry’s house in Clarksdale. Two suspects, Theodore A. Carr and Luther Aubrey Cauthen, were arrested after admitting the bombing. Diggs aims to urge House Judiciary hearings on civil rights in the Delta.
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Clarksdale
Miss
UPI
Detroit
Charles C. Diggs
D-Mich
United States
Aaron Henry
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Theodore A. Carr
Northwest Junior College
Senatobia
Luther Aubrey Cauthen
Mississippi
House Judiciary Committee
Dallas
Tex
Diggs
Mississippi Delta
Delta
Montana and Wyoming Officers Probe Large Narcotics Ring
UPI reports Montana and Wyoming law officers with FBI in a joint probe into a wide narcotics network. Three people, Louise Danson, Tony Ludesma, and Major Murdock, were jailed on possession charges in Billings and Great Falls with $5,000 bail each.
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Montana
Wyoming
Great Falls
UPI
FBI
Cascade County Atty
Ralph Randono
Randone
Lovell
Wyo
Billings
Len J
Louise Danson
Tony Ludesma
Murdock
Dist
Paul Hatfield
Cascade County
IRS relaxes deadline for last minute tax returns
The IRS announced that returns postmarked by midnight Monday will be considered timely, relaxing the usual rule since the deadline falls after a Sunday when post offices are closed. The agency said last minute returns postmarked by midnight of April 15 will be treated as timely.
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Washington
Integration Leader Arrested For Flaunting Court Order
Dr Martin Luther King Jr led a segregation protest in Birmingham with about 1 000 participants. King and Revs Ralph Abernethy and F L Shuttlesworth were arrested for parading without a permit and contempt of court after a temporary injunction banned further demonstrations. Police arrested 53 Negroes and one white man as the march neared Sixth Avenue Zion Hill Church.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Sixth Avenue Zion Hill
Eugene Conner
Conner
Ralph Abernethy
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
Abernethy
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