Butte Considers 27-mill General Fund Levy Clash
Citizens at a protest meeting weigh a 27-mill general fund levy that would raise millage about 4.64 mills and risk illegal status. Officials warn of layoffs for police and firemen unless the budget is revised, while aldermen debate legality and fiscal impact amid state examiner concerns.
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City of Butte
State Examiner’s
Montana
Tom Powers
Statehouse
W. B. Renouard
Butte
Renouard
Vern Griffith
Butte Anaconda talks reach new settlement in metal trades
Craft unions employed by Anaconda Co reach a fresh settlement after a 14 14 hour bargaining session in Butte Great Falls and Anaconda. The agreement awaits union votes while teamsters and other unions still seek deals as Federal mediators call new meetings.
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Metal Trades
Anaconda Co
Butte
Great Falls
Anaconda Employes Club
Berkeley
Drowning Sets Search End In Billings Ditch Find
The body of 22 year old Lorelie Gunter was found in an irrigation ditch on the south side of Billings after an 18 hour search by hundreds of volunteers. Nora Gunter reported her daughter missing Tuesday afternoon triggering the joint effort by police residents Boy Scouts Rough Riders and law enforcement. The coroner said the body was located in a ditch that had been shut off overnight.
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Billings
UPI
Lorelie Gunter
Nora Gunter
Boy Scouts
Rough Riders
Rail unions order strike prep over anti featherbedding rules
Five rail unions issued strike instructions to about 200000 on train workers in Chicago as they press a legal challenge to proposed Aug 16 work rules changes. They warn a walkout will occur when the rules take effect, outlining plans to seek restraining orders while appealing a federal action.
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Chicago
UPI
Washington
Joseph Sam Perry
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Lester Schoene
Perry
White House
H. E. Gilbert
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
BLFE
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors and Switchmen’s Union of North America
Senate backs Pacific Northwest priority on federal power
The Senate approved a bill to grant the Pacific Northwest first call on power from federal projects in the region. The 51 to 36 vote came after debate over amendments aimed at state by state preferences. The measure seeks to link Bonneville Power Administration with California’s federal power system via new high voltage transmission lines.
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Senate
Pacific Northwest
Washington
UPI
House
Interior Committee
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Jackson
Bonneville Power Administration
California
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Gordon Allott
R-Colp
Washington Democrat
Iowa Republlican
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Jack Miller
One Action Dismissed Another Filed in Butte Strike
In Butte a district court action against Butte Teamsters Local No 2 and union president Edwin Kangas was dismissed without prejudice after objections by the union. A new BA&P complaint followed seeking a temporary injunction to end picketing on BA&P property and banners declaring the railway unfair. The case centers on the ongoing strike with the Anaconda Co and related railway brotherhood actions.
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Butte Teamsters Local No. 2
Anaconda Co
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Co
Teamsters
John B. McClernan
Ba&p
Charles V. Huppe
Railway Brotherhoods
Edwin Kangas
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
General Fund Budget Approved After Hearing in Silver Bow
Silver Bow County commissioners unanimously approved the general fund expenditures of 719,837 for the 1962 63 fiscal year after a midweek hearing and review. The total budget stands at 3 103 754 with other funds not discussed. The panel noted 64 734 for warrant redemption and about 70 000 in unpaid bills across departments. The general fund is projected to be 67 436 less than last year and 284 404 below department heads initial requests. The board planned final adoption Monday as part of budget action.
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Lewis T. Poole
Silver Bow County
Board of Commissioners
H. J. Johnson
Gene Daly
Elizabeth Gerry
Ex-Democratic Chairman Hugh Lemire Dies
Miles City Montana attorney and former Montana Democratic State Central Committee chair Hugh J. Lemire died early afternoon after several weeks in hospital. Cancer caused his death. Lemire practiced law 26 years in Miles City and was Custer County attorney four terms. he led the Montana Democrats from 1958 to 1960.
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Miles City
UPI
Hugh J. Lemire
Montana
Democratic
Lemire
Custer County
Democratic State Central Committee
Funeral Honors Marilyn Monroe With Modest Westwood Service
Joe DiMaggio kissed Marilyn Monroe’s lips at her Westwood Village Memorial Cemetery service as about 300 mourners attended in a simple ceremony. Rev A J Saldan led a non denominational rite while Lee Strasberg read the eulogy to a small crowd of friends and close colleagues.
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West
Los Angeles
Calif
UPI
Joe DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe
Westwood Village Memorial Cemetery
Miss Monroe
A. J. Saldan
DiMaggio
Marilyn
Don Prince
20Th Century-Fox
Lee Strasberg
New York
Actor's Studio
Strasberg
Lee
Weather forecast for Butte area with scattered storms
Partly cloudy today through Friday with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Cooler with highs around 68 today and 75 to 95 across regions Thursday and Friday. Lows 38 to 60, with variable cloudiness and showers west of Divide and southeast portions. Precipitation totals and precise timings noted for a 24 hour period ending 5 p.m. MST Wednesday.
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Butte
Divide
Seete He
Argentina Crisis Deepens as General Seizes Command
Argentina teeters as General Federico Toranzo Montero ousts the war secretary and calls on senior officers to support him. President Jose M. Guido faces a fractured army with several officers refusing to accept new posts, signaling a widening rift amid a third crisis in four months.
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Buenos Aires
API
Argentina
Jose M. Guido
Federico Toranzo Montero
Salta
Juan Bautista Loza
Taranto
California Gas Chamber Executes Mrs. Duncan and Two Hitmen
Elizabeth Ann Duncan, 58, and the two men she hired to kill her daughter in law were executed by gas at San Quentin. The proceedings included last appeals denied by federal courts as her son Frank reacted outside. Moya and Baldonado, 23 and 28, were executed alongside her after pleading guilty to the 1958 jealousy-driven crime.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
Elizabeth Ann Duncan
Frank
San Francisco
Bay
Elinor
Arthur Warner
Cragen
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Pete Evankovich
Pete Sodja
Kansas
Robert Jackson
By Frank Quinn
John Stender
Seattle
Boilermakers’ Union
Tri-City
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Teamsters, Engineers and Electricians
United Steelworkers of America
Anaconda
Billings Ditch
Teamster
Hollywood
Joseph Finnigan
High Low Prec
Belgrade
Broadus
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Missoula
Yellowstone
Mrs. Duncan
Donald D. Jackson
Moya
Baldonado
Fred Dickson
Dickson
Daniel Ledesma
Port Hueneme
Ledesma
Elizabeth Duncan
Luise Moya
Augustine Baldonado
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