Agencies clash over Clark Fork River pollution
Anaconda Co. and union representatives failed to agree in a Butte meeting on waste pollution of the Clark Fork River. Montana Water Pollution Council says the waste is not now a problem for aquatic life, while Fish and Game and council chiefs warn acidity and copper have harmed life along the river from Warm Springs to the lower reaches.
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Associated Press
Anaconda Co
Butte
Clark Fork
Montana Water Pollution Council
Helena
Fish and Game Department
Pollution Council
Wat
Warm Springs
I Pollution Council
Frank Dunkle
U S Jets Blast Viet Targets In Large Vietnam Raid
U S warplanes launched the largest air assault since February 7 1965 with 49 Navy jets striking military installations at Nha Be south of Saigon. B52s hit a training center and tunnel complex in Long Khanh province while additional missions targeted enemy base camps and fortifications in A Shau and near Da Nang. Thunderchiefs and Phantoms attacked antiaircraft positions as rail yards north of Hanoi were damaged.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. Navy
South Vietnam
Long Khanh
A Shau
da Nang
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Groundbreaking planned for prison research facility in Deer Lodge
Groundbreaking set for Friday August 18 in Deer Lodge for a Hoffman La Roche funded research facility on prison ranch property. Ceremony at 2 pm led by Hoffman La Roche president V D Mattin, with UM Foundation and state boards overseeing the project. Bentley Construction Co. of Butte won a 151000 dollar contract for the lab and a 15 bed ward. The facility will use volunteer inmates and start operations early next year.
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Helena
Tim Babcock
Deer Lodge
Hoffman-La Roche Co
V. D. Mattin
Hoffman-La Roche
Eticigs
Montana
UM Foundation
Board of Institutions
Board of Regents
Bentley Construction Co
Butte
Prison escapee sought in Butte
Montana authorities hunted Frank E. Johnson 23 after his escape Friday from a prison ranch near Deer Lodge. Johnson, serving a second armed robbery sentence from Silver Bow County, is 5 feet 8, 150 pounds with brown hair and has relatives in Butte. An all points bulletin urged swift capture.
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Butte
Montana State
Frank E. Johnson
Johnson
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow County
Partly cloudy weekend with scattered thundershowers
Partly cloudy conditions Saturday and Sunday with scattered thundershowers. A little cooler Sunday. Highs around 80 with a low near 48. Rain probability about 50 percent. Also notes a year ago high 79 and low 42. Weather table Page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
Inquest Called Into Buttelad Motorbike Death
James Reilly aged 15 died in a Gardens road collision with a car driven by William Head Jr. The coroner Leo Jacobsen ordered an inquest within two weeks after a joint investigation by County Atty Mark Sullivan and staff and Highway Patrolman Don Peterson found no eyewitness. Reilly was the son of Seth and Mrs. Reilly of Columbia Gardens.
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James Reilly
Leo Jacobsen
Columbia Gardens
William Head Jr
Stuart
Reilly
Seth M. Reilly
Gardens Road
Jacobsen
Mark Sullivan
Don Peterson
Anyon
Coroner's Office
Butte Man and Boy Drown in Separate Lake Incidents
A 20 year old Butte man Wayne Hendricks and 12 year old James Mark Loewen drowned Thursday in two Montana lakes. Hendricks, swimming with friends near Homestake Lake southwest of Butte, suffered cramps and(cd) assistance failed as divers later recovered his body. Loewen, a Browning native, rolled from a raft in Georgetown Lake Deer Lodge County and drowned. his body was recovered after search efforts.
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Butte
Wayne Hendricks
Sheridan
Homestake Lake
Jefferson County
James Mark Loewen
Georgetown Lake
Deer Lodge County
Hendricks
Camden J. Hendricks
Wayne Challeen
Maryland
Challeen
Ed Depuis
Argyle
John
Mark Taylor
Wallace Jemmings
Ernest Martinez
Silver Bow
Jefferson
Boulder
Helena
Twin Bridges
Young Loewen
John Loewen
St. Ann
Loewen
Buttrey Foods, Inc
Harrison
Deer Lodge
Fire rips uptown block on Main Street and nearby blaze
Early Friday a major fire destroyed the Bork Poster Service and several adjacent buildings on Main Street. Firemen escaped serious harm as an east wall collapsed, possibly saving others. Two fires hit Butte with an hour gap, drawing off-duty crews and local youths to assist. Police and Fire Marshal Penitila were alerted.
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Main Street
Jim Leary
John Lynch
Joe Shea
Bork
S. Main
Leary
Shea
Lynch
Charles Lester
Bill Kingston
Bork Firm
Mouse Trap
Bonner
Inde
Butte
Park and Main
Cusody
Jim Clark
Bill Penitila
Helena
East Broadway
Granite Street
South Main
Draftees clash with antiwar pickets near Chicago induction center
A group of draftees rushed from a Selective Service center west of Chicago’s Loop and attacked about 50 antiwar pickets from CADRE. Signs were torn and literature scattered while several police squads arrived after a five minute melee with minor injuries reported.
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Chicago
Selective Service
Loop
Drunken trouble at South Main fire scene leads to arrests
A major South Main fire drew police and curious bystanders. Three intoxication arrests followed, plus a drunk driver who rolled over four fire hoses and two women who fought at the curb. Lea Patrick faced trial after bond forfeiture, Irene Kegley paid a fine, Donna River forfeited her bond, and three drunkenness cases bailed out at five dollars each.
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J. J. Winston
John H. Matheson
Lea Patrick
Irene Kegley
Donna River
Recreation spots and events across Montana region
Elkhorn Hot Springs near Polaris draws Butte residents for spa leisure. Other area facilities include Gregson Pipestone Silver Star Potosi Boulder and Jackson. Anaconda observes Smeltermen's Day. From Saturday through next week Montana hosts fairs rodeos and wilderness walks in Phillips County Helena Boulder Miles City Billings and surrounding regions.
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Treasure State
Elkhorn Hot Springs
Polaris
Butte
Gregson
Pipestone
Silver Star
Potosi
Boulder
Jackson
Anaconda
Montana
Phillips County
Dodson
Helena
Mission Mountains
Glacier National Park
Miles City
Bitter Root Mountains
Beartooth Area
Midland Empire Fair
Billings
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Tony Fuller
Clark Fork River
Council
Nha Be Naval Base
Ince
Sai
Standard State Bureau
Buttelad
Browning
Whittier School
St. Ann Church
Brad
Red Stone Missle Base
Ala
Robert
Donald
Ronald
Portland
James
Judy) Mulcahy
Missoula
Emily Marsden
Grandfath
Uptown
Main and Silver
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