U Thant hints talks may begin shortly
U Thant expressed optimism that preliminary talks between the United States and North Vietnam could begin soon perhaps this week He named potential sites including Phnom Penh Warsaw Paris or Geneva while a State Department spokesman denied any agreement For Hanoi and Washington the choice of neutral venue remains unsettled and Paris has gained attention as a possible site The secretary general spoke after returning from Tehran where he attended an international rights conference
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Robert Quiricom
PARIS
U Thant
United States
North Vietnam
State Department
Washington
New York
U.N
Hag
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Warsaw
U.S
Geneva
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Hanoi
Thant
Iran
Tehran
Montana highway bids rise as one contract rejected
The Montana Highway Commission let five road contracts totaling about 35 million for the year and rejected a sixth, a Deer Lodge County project for fencing and a bridge on the Opportunity road. Washington Construction Co. of Missoula bid 445,242 minutes over estimate.
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Dawson
Glendive- Sidney Road
Glendive
William Clairmont
Bismarck
N.D
Thirteen Mile Creek
Sidney
Milton Rue Co
Jefferson-Broadwater
Milligan Creek
Whitehall- Three Forks
Sappington Junction
Maronick Construction
East Helena
Rosebud
Northern Pacific Railway
Clair Boulet
Butte
Montana Democrat Hamner files for lieutenant governor
John Leslie Hamner, a 30 year old lawyer from Rocker west of Butte, filed for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. He joins five other Democrats in the June 4 primary, promising to curb waste and protect natural treasures without increasing taxes. Republican contenders are Gary Marbut, Marian Erdmann, and Tom Selstad.
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John Hamner
Rocker
Helena
John Leslie Hamner
Butte
Frank Murray
Fred E. Barrett
Chester
Edward T. Dussault
Missoula
Mike Kuchera
Billings
Thomas L. Judge
Hamner
Gary Marbut
Marian Erdmann
Tom _ Selstad
Great Falls
James challenges Babcock to debate Nixon endorsement
In Butte on Tuesday Lt. Gov. James challenged Gov. Tim Babcock to a debate on Nixon’s endorsement. He travels Montana campaigning, citing 15,000 miles, and notes Nixon’s Montana visit as evidence of out-of-state support for Babcock. James touts Montana Republican leaders backing change and calls Nixon’s stance a mistake.
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James
Babcock
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Tim Babcock
Montana
Ted James
Butte
Bozeman
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Great Falls
Miles City
Hel
J. Hugo Aronson
George Gosman
Morris Nichols
Elmer Schue
Tom Holmes
Bennett
Turnage
Moritz
Folsom
Hazelbaker
George Sarsfield
Robert Poore
Lee Metcalf
Western foresters concentrate on cooperative management
Governor Tim Babcock opened the annual meeting of the Council of Western State Foresters in the Finlen Hotel. Sixty foresters from 13 states attended with guest speakers from national and regional offices and private groups. The governor presented a plaque to Ed Nelson and staff for meteorological support to fire control during last summer’s disaster fires in northern Idaho and western Montana.
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Council of Western State Foresters
Finlen Hotel
Tim Babcock
Ed Nelson
Missoula
Thomas F. Powers
Gareth C. Moon
Babcock
Rocky Mountain
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda region clears later week
Cloudy conditions persist through Thursday with a chance of mountain showers and cooler temperatures. Highs around 45, lows near 30 with about a 10 percent probability of showers today and tonight. Weather table appears on Page 2.
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Butte-Anaconda
Two More Bodies Found in Helena Hotel Ruins
In Helena, workers recovering remains from the Grandon Hotel fire found two more bodies among the rubble. The March 14 blaze left three missing, including hotel owner Sarah Brown, 85, and men Charles Vee and Casper Gross. Eyeglasses near one body match Miss Brown. Sheriff-coroner Dave Middleman said the remains would go to Dr. John Pfaff for examination.
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Dave Middleman
Lewis and Clark County
John Pfaff
Great Falls
Bus Crash Kills Two in Decatur Alabama
A Morgan County school bus brakes failed while turning from a highway in Decatur. The vehicle plunged 30 feet into an embankment, fatally injuring two children and injuring 46 others.
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Decatur
Ala
Morgan County
Write-ins trailing Gene lone entry
Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy led the Pennsylvania presidential preference write ins with a wide margin, but was the only candidate on the ballot. Other candidates drew almost no votes while Joseph Clark captured the Democratic nomination for a third term in a close race.
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Philadelphia
Minnesota
Eugene F. McCarthy
Pennsylvania
Pri
John Dent
House
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
George Wallace
Alabama
Johnson
Clause aims to curb river pollution with new contract
Standard State Bureau in Helena reports the Anaconda Co may avoid a Clark Fork River pollution repeat. A company spokesman says a clause in the newly negotiated contract should prevent a recurrence after last summer's incident.
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Helena
Anaconda Co
Clark Fork
Standard State Bureau
Butte
Anaconda
State Board grants aid to Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties
The State Board of Public Welfare awarded 165000 in grants to Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties to run their poor funds through May. Silver Bow receives 150000 and Deer Lodge 15000 after copper strike losses. Grants issued under budget amendments with Gov. Babcock approval, amid debate on contract terms for the Clark Fork precipitator.
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Helena
State Board of Public Welfare
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow County
W. Fouse
Deer Lodge County
Tim Babcock
Inquest Stated in Boy's Death Near Divide
Coroner Leo L. Jacobsen will open an inquest at 1 Thursday into the Friday night death of Daniel J. McNaughton eight, in a highway crash on U S Highway 91 seven miles north of Divide. The boy was a passenger in a pickup camper owned by his parents C D and Mrs McNaughton when it collided with a car driven by Tom Tomkins of Butte. Both vehicles left the road and rolled. the boy was pinned beneath the wreckage.
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Leo L. Jacobsen
Daniel J. McNaughton
Divide
Atty
Mark P. Sullivan
Ken Cunningham
Highway Patrol
C. D. McNaughton
Tom Tomkins
Butte
Ex-cellmate says Ray eyed million-dollar King bounty
Raymond Curtis, a 40-year-old former inmate, says James Earl Ray discussed a $1 million bounty for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while in Missouri and Leavenworth prison. Curtis recalls Ray noting Kennedy’s assassination and plotting with meticulous care, hinting at potential financial motive.
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Curtis
Leavenworth
Ray
Atlanta
Missouri State Penitentiary
Kennedy
King
Man's own blood saves life in Amarillo incident
J. R. Banes, 60, gave a pint of his rare Type P RH negative blood to Coffee Memorial Blood Center. After a gravel truck struck him, Banes required a transfusion and doctors used his own pre-donated blood in surgery. He was reported improving Tuesday.
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Amarillo
Tex
J. R. Banes
Coffee Memorial Blood Center
Banes
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Ena
Western Foresters
Frank Quinn
Standard
Agi
Kontum
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
By Lee Linder
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Jackson County
Kansas City
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