Miners defy orders to return to jobs
About 60,000 soft coal miners in eight states walked out in the largest US soft coal strike in 15 years, defying President Boyle’s back-to-work order. Some locals voted to return to work at U S Steel’s Robena complex with conditions and sought better terms from the contract with independent producers.
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Pittsburgh
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Colorado
Virginia
Alabama
Bituminous Coal Association
Utah
Indiana
Ohw
U.S. Steel Corp
Big Robena
Butte High Track Team Beats Maroons
Butte High wins a track meet against the Maroons as readers are urged to check Page 6 for a debate over a Highway Beautification bill and Page 5 for a report on downstream water user barges possibly facing curbs. Republicans are urged to seek votes from Southern Negroes on Page 14.
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Page
Butte
Boulder school lands $8,520 grant for mental health work
From Washington D C Senators Mansfield and Metcalf announce a 8520 federal grant to the State Training School and Hospital at Boulder to fund a student work experience program. The money from the Public Health Service aims to encourage graduates and college students to pursue careers in mental health.
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Helena
Boulder
Sens
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Washington, D.C
U.S. Public Health Service
Viet Cong attack on Tan Son Nhut Airbase kills seven
Viet Cong raiders attacked Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Airbase early Wednesday with mortars and recoilless rifles. Seven Americans were killed and 141 wounded along with 14 Vietnamese. The base housing 12,000 to 15,000 personnel saw 28 aircraft destroyed or damaged and a fuel dump wiped out. The strike hit a tent city where most casualties occurred as smoke rose over the base under red alert. Col William J. McGinty of Washington, D.C. provided the information.
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Saigon
U.S
Wiliam J. McGinty
Washington, D.C
Air Force
China
Buddhists Shape Next Move in Viet Nam Crisis
In Saigon the Buddhist leaders threaten to push for a civilian government as the military regime pledges elections once a constitution and voting system are ready. A preparatory congress drew only about half its delegates, signaling unclear progress amid mounting tension.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Congress
Unified
Buddhist Struggle Group
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Two named to serve on liquor board
Insurance men Mike Felt of Great Falls and Francis B. Welsh of Billings were named to Montana’s Liquor Control Board. They replace Ashton Jones and John J. McLaughlin who resigned to pursue other work.
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Helena
Mike Felt
Great Falls
Francis B
Red
Welsh
Billings
Montana
Liquor Control Board
Ashton Jones
Broadus
John J. McLaughlin
Jones
McLaughlin
Railroad and Public Services Commission
Felt
Boston
Billings Brewing Co
Kook-Tv
Rocky Mountain College
University of Montana Professor Vanishes in Missoula Mystery
Susan Elizabeth Pearson, 30, an assistant professor from Portland, disappeared on the University of Montana campus March 13. Her car was found with purse inside on a downtown Missoula street as her mother helped police search, returning home after weeks of searching.
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Missoula
UPI
Portland
Ore
University of Montana
Susan Elizabeth Pearson
David Pearson
U.S. rejects De Gaulle pullout deadline in NATO row
The United States refused France's one year deadline for removing U.S. forces, warning such action could threaten NATO security. Washington offered up to two years to withdraw 26,000 personnel and bases, and said France would bear removal costs and installation losses. France would also lose access to NATO atomic stockpiles if it remains on German soil.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Charles de Gaulle
France
NATO
Paris
State Department
de Gaulle
U.S
Germany
Charles E. Bohlen
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Department
Rusk
Metro sewer project faces appeal delaying bids and bonds
Tillie Duffy and Acres Club opponents appeal Montana Supreme Court a district court ruling that approved the Metro District plan. The appeal could delay May 16 bid openings and May 19 bond issuance for $825,000, while officials seek early court action to keep construction on schedule. The program targets sewer system modernization for Butte Walkerville and surrounding unincorporated areas with potential federal aid totaling about 1.35 million.
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Metro Sewer District
Tillie Duffy
Montana Supreme Court
Metro District
Supreme Court
Robert J. Holland
John T. Prothero
Duffy
W. W. Lessley
Bozeman
Butte
John M. Kline
Glasgow
Ludvig Tande
Plentywood
Mrs. Duffy
L. Neil Axtell
Kline and
Tande
Timber Butte
Lessley
Board of County Commissioners
Silver Bow and Bell
Blacktail
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Walkerville
Two tankers load oil amid Rhodesia blockade defiance
Beira Mozambique two tankers prepared to unload 34 000 tons of oil believed headed for Rhodesia despite a UN ban. The Ionna V and Manuela docked at Beira and Durban to unload 18 000 and 16 000 tons respectively as Britain pressures Portugal to stop shipments.
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Beira
Mozambique
UPI
Rhodesia
United Nations
Panama
Ionna V
Durban
South Africa
Ian Smith
Britain
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Salisbury
Smith
U.N
Hit and run injures six-year-old boy in Butte
Daniel Jensen six son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Jensen of 2009 Thornton suffered bruises and lacerations when a motorcycle struck him as he walked home from Whittier School Tuesday afternoon. He was treated at a local hospital and released. Mrs Jensen told the sheriff the driver was a girl who fled the scene.
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Daniel Jensen
Gerald Jensen
Thornton
Whittier School
Jenson
Bozeman Holds Man Named in Check Fraud Case
The FBI reports the arrest of James Aldrich Marshall in Bozeman on a federal charge for transmitting a fraudulent check in interstate commerce. He appeared before U.S. Commissioner Michael J. O'Connell with a $5,000 bond set and was sent to Gallatin County jail after initial local arrest by Bozeman police.
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FBI
Bozeman
James Aldrich Marshall
U.S
Robert W. Evans
Montana- Idaho
Marshall
Michael J. O'Connell
Gallatin
Butte Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Showers
Partly cloudy conditions persist through Thursday with a few showers this afternoon. High near 44 and a low around 25. A year ago in Butte the temperatures reached 56 and 23. Montana weather page 2.
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Butte
Montana
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Richard Erman
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