Fire Sweeps Butte Stockyards. $150000 Loss Reported
A Montana Livestock Auction Co yard south of Butte burned from 1:10 to 2:30 PM Sunday destroying receiving pens for cattle sheep and swine. Loss estimated at 150000 with 20 cattle 10 cows 10 calves and 15 head of swine killed. Owners include Earl H. Britton George Boundhar Charles Hod son Leo Lake.
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Frank Quinn
Standard Post
Montana Livestock Auction Co
Butte
Receiving
Earl H. Britton
George Boundhar
Charles Hodson
Cascade
Leo
The
Mon
Easter Sunday Blaze at Montana Livestock Auction
Thousands flocked to Butte as a fire at the Montana Livestock Auction Co. yard destroyed pens and buildings. About 1,500 cattle, 70 swine, and 40 horses were in the affected areas, with 3,000 cattle in a shipment for Tuesday’s sale canceled. Firefighters and volunteers battled the blaze for over an hour. injuries included Donald Hogan with second degree burns and Tony Krusich narrowly escaping a truck explosion.
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Butte
Montana Livestock Auction Co
Southwest
Britton
Boundhar
Lake
Donald Hogan
Dewey Boulevard
Stockyard
Tony Krusich
Krusich
Pete Peterson
Tony
Peterson
Laos Leaders Stage Temporary Truce Cease Fire
Premier Souvanna Phouma announces a temporary cease-fire in northeastern Laos as neutralist Gen Kong Le and Pathet Lao Col Singakpo pledge no further shooting until Souvanna returns. He wants ICC teams stationed in the Plain of Jars to oversee the agreement.
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Laos
UPI
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Souvanna
Kong le
Col
Singakpo
Pathet Lao
Singakapo
Souphanouvang
Vientiane
International Control Commission
Xieng
Phoumi Nosavan
India
Poland
Canada
Plains
Easter joy as 25000 tourists visit Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre
In Jerusalem tourists numbering about 25 000 joined in Easter joy near dawn. Clergy choirs and pilgrims marked Christ rising as border tensions remained visible with tank traps and guards along the Israeli Jordanian frontier.
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Jordan
UPI
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christ's Tomb
Kennedy Enjoys Catamaran Ride With Young Palm Beach Crew
President Kennedy rode out with six youths aboard the Pattycat a 27 foot catamaran after waving from his Honey Fitz yacht on Lake Worth The group included Paul Lindenberg Charles Graves and Dr Ivan Schmidt all from West Palm Beach Fay the Navy Undersecretary joined as Kennedy steered the catamaran the 20 knot spin prompted the President to call the ride sensational Graves said the President discussed medical and dental school funding and expected it to pass in Congress
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Michael Posner
Palm Beach
Fila
UPI
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Honey Fitz
Navy
Paul
Red) Fay
Lake Worth
Fay
Paul Lindenberg
Charles Graves
Palm Beach Junior College
Ivan Schmidt
West Palm Beach
Graves
Congress
Steel firms raise prices on plates in new hike
Lukens Steel Co. announced a five to seven dollar per ton price increase on steel plates in Coatesville Pennsylvania. This marked the second recent price rise in the sector.
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Coatesville, Pa
UPI Lukens Steel Co
Wheeling Steel Corp
Wheeling
W. Va
Lukens
Kennedy
White House
State Road Death Toll Rises Ahead of 1962 Toll
A Shelby High School student Kenneth Cochran age 15 died after his car left U S Highway 2 six miles east of Shelby Montana police say he likely fell asleep at the wheel. The death toll on Montana roads reached 50 this year compared with 49 at the same date last year.
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UPI
Montana
Kenneth Cochran
Ronald J. Cochran
U.S. Highway 2
Jack Kenyon
Balloon Explosion Toll Climbs to 5 in German Incident
In Schwelm Germany five people have died from a balloon explosion after a sports balloon was deflated. Two additional victims died in hospital Sunday, bringing the death toll to five. An unidentified person reportedly lit a cigarette during the deflation following a perfect landing.
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Germany
UPI
Here
Oslo Airliner Crash Kills 12 at Fornebu Airport
An Icelandair Viscount dived to the ground in rain and sleet at Oslo Fornebu, killing all 12 aboard including Danish actress Anna Borg Reumert. The night tragedy damaged Icelandair’s safety record while Icelandic Airlines保持 its own spotless record.
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Norway
UPI
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Oslofjord
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Icelandic Airlines
United States
Court Resumes Today on Sinking of Sub
Navy court of inquiry reopens Monday to determine last hours of the Thresher. Witnesses may include shipyard personnel and officials from Ports mouth Naval Shipyard. Twin memorial services planned in Groton and at Squalus Mall with a floral dive replica released at sea.
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N.H
UPI
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Portsmount Naval Shipyard
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Thresher
Groton
Conn
Squalus Memorial Mall
Cmdr
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Skylark
Cape
Butte Weather Outlook Scattered Showers Through Tuesday
Jha Weather reports scattered showers and cooler conditions through Tuesday. Highs near 60 today, 40s to 50s Tuesday, with lows around 25 to 35 Monday night. Western mountains may see heavy snow above 5,000 feet late Monday night into Tuesday.
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Butte
Divide
Submarine Nautilus Allegedly Damaged Deliberately
Rear Adm. Charles J. Palmer of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard said a fellow officer told him the atom ic submarine Nautilus was deliberately damaged in 1959. He noted a court of inquiry reportedly found deliberate damage but that responsibility was never fixed and cited Capt. Lando Zech as the damaged submarine's commander who relayed the information.
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Portsmouth, N.H
UPS
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Charles J. Palmer
Palmer
Lando Zech
Helena Sees Hopper Threat Forcoming Montana Summer
Early warmth and storms forecast join warnings of low water supplies for Montana. Reports from Helena area describe large numbers of nearly mature grasshoppers and crickets observed by residents near Montana City during Easter weekend outings.
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Montana
Helena
Easter Tax Deadline Spurs Verbal Tax Talk
Hundreds of thousands mailed 1962 income tax returns by Monday night as Congress diplomats returned for Easter recess. Kennedy aides view the coincidence as boosting voter tax cut sentiment before lawmakers weigh Kennedy proposals in mid June.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Kennedy
Train Hits Car Killing Seven In Louisiana Crash
A speeding Southern Pacific train struck a car at an isolated grade crossing in Boutte Louisiana on Easter Sunday. Seven people inside the car died, and mangled bodies were scattered for hundreds of feet. The victims were two brothers and their families returning from church services.
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UPI
Southern Pacific Railroad
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