Yellowstone opens 100th season under spring snow
Yellowstone National Park begins its 100th season with limited roads and facilities. Crews clear east and south entrances amid deep snow 8 to 23 feet in places and 18 foot drifts. Beartooth Highway aims to open by Memorial Day as Mammoth areas start the season.
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National Park Service
Dan Nordgren
South Park
Jack Anderson
Park Service
Craig Pass
Old Faithful
West Thumb
Dunraven Pass
Canyon
Tower
Memorial Day
Cooke City
Red Lodge
Yellowstone
Anderson
The Art of Keeping Warm By Standard State Bureau
Mammoth Springs campers find spring in Yellowstone Park resembles winter with teens temperatures. Dennis E. Curran braves a cold night in Mammoth campground sleeping bag and tent then seeks a heated restroom as a warm refuge but finds it cramped and unusable. The tale offers a blunt grade on camping gear and advice to use warmer bags.
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The
Standard State Bureau
Dennis E. Curran
Mammoth Campground
Yellowstone Park
Curran
McGovern and Humphrey vie for black voters in Ohio primary
Sen McGovern campaigns in Cleveland and Cincinnati with black leaders as he seeks to win 15 percent black vote. Humphrey counters and returns to Ohio after a day of campaigning. Jackson says primaries may be inconclusive.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
George S. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ohio
Henry M. Jackson
McGovern
Humphrey
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Bonner Man’s Car Hijacked in Butte Abduction Case
Phillip Senechal, 23, reported his Bonner plant commute was interrupted by a hitchhiker who hijacked his car at gunpoint. The suspect paid for gas at Garrison, forced Senechal to drive to Butte, and fled near country road after attempting to wake residents. The FBI joined. a man matching the description was seen en route to Ryegate.
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Anaconda Forest Products
Bonner
Butte
Phillip Senechal
Silver Bow County
Senechal
Garrison
Nee
Uir
Billings
Ryegate
FBI
Daylight Saving Time Begins Across the Nation
Sunday marks the official start of Daylight Saving Time nationwide. Clocks are set forward one hour to extend evening daylight.
North Vietnamese push seen near DMZ and Hue
U S officials forecast a major North Vietnamese offensive this week as elements of the 325 C Division move within 10 miles of the DMZ. The rest extend about 100 miles, with air plans to target tanks and artillery as North Vietnam redeploys toward Hue and Saigon.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Paris
Dmz
U.S
Pentagon
Or Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
North
Standards staffers sweep Montana journalism awards
The Montana Standard, Lewistown Daily News and Lewistown News Argus and the Missoulian won top prizes at the Montana Press Women State Writing Contest in Butte. Marcia Lee of the Standard received the sweepstakes trophy. Roberta Donovan led first place wins. Lynn Schwanke earned a photography trophy.
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Montana Standard
Lewistown Daily News
Lewistown News-Argus
The
Missoulian
Montana Press
Butte
Marcia Lee
Standard
Betty Ann Raymond
Standard Women
Roberta Donovan
Lewistown Papers
Lynn Schwanke
Donovan
Evelyn King
Carol Saboe
Billings Gazette
Pat Gudmanson
Miles City Star
Carolyn Larsen
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Boulder
State Bureau
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
National Park
Mammoth
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Federal Power Commission
Hart
FPC
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Commission
Supreme Court
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Mammoth Hot Springs
Quang Tri
Hue
Central Highlands
Saigon
Moni
Toring
Vietnam
Park Street
TNT
Bill Sailee
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