Marines endure 65 day siege at Duc Co camp near Cambodia
AP correspondent Peter Arnett reports from Duc Co where 12 Americans and Montagnard guards endure daily Viet Cong mortar and small arms fire since June 3. The siege has forced desertions among Montagnard troops, with two Americans killed near the camp and many wounded. A nurse, Lien Huong, stays to aid locals as courage rises amid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. Richards
West New York
N.J
U.S
Richards
Duc Co
Pleiku
Cambodia
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
East Orange
Due Co
Lien Huong
Viet Nam
Urban Affairs post may be next big plum
Washington AP reports Congress looks ready to approve a new Cabinet Department of Urban Affairs sought by both Kennedy and Johnson. If approved, it could place Robert C. Weaver as the first Negro Cabinet member. The Senate also moves on a military pay raise, with a proposed near one billion dollar boost for the armed forces and higher base pay for officers and enlisted personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Robert C. Weaver
Uniformed Services
Johnson
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Singapore secedes from Malaysia in emergency move
Singapore announces severance from the federation amid an emergency meeting led by premier Lee Kuan Yew. The 1963 Malaya merger brought Singapore, Sarawak, and Sabah into Malaysia with British bases. Indonesia opposed the move as the new nation takes a distinct path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Federation of Malaysia
le Kuan Yew
Federation of
Malaysia
Malaya
Sarawak
Sabah
Britain
Ing
Malacca
Indonesia
Lee
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Federation
North Borneo
London
Weekend wrecks claim 7 in state
Highway crashes killed seven persons in Montana over the weekend. The deaths pushed the state road toll for the year to 153, compared with 151 one year ago. Thomas Hooyenga, 82, of St. Ignatius, died Sunday a few hours after his car was hit broadside near St. Ignatius. Donald R. Anderson, 20, of Kalispell died late Saturday night when his speeding car sideswiped a pickup truck and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hooyenga
St. Ignatius
Donald R. Anderson
Kalispell
Otto H. Greenwood
Anderson
Stanley Jones
Libby
U.S. Highway 2
Hooyenga
U.S. 93
Larry Fairbanks
Missoula
Fairbanks
Montana
Glacier County
William Riddle
James Weasel Head
Browning
Blackfeet Hospital
Thomas Eubanks
Julia Little Dog
Marian James
Warren
Pharrel) Gower
Bozeman
Edward Holm Westlake
Montana State University
Westlake
Sidney
Dennis Austreng
James Peterson Jr
Maine fires halted after long battle
NORTHFIELD Maine AP An army of bone weary fighters defeated Sunday night after a five day fight Maine s worst forest fire since 1947 holocaust They surrounded the flames with a bulldozed path and stopped the front before it could reach the town Most inhabitants had evacuated and the fire had burned over 13000 acres of bog brushland and forest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Maine
Autopsy settles Livingston trout derby
George Blackfort of Billings won $1,000 in the 20th Annual National Fish Derby held in Livingston after landing a three pound four and one fourth ounce trout in the Yellowstone River. The largest fish, a seven and a half pounder by Francis OLeary of Helena, was disqualified after an autopsy. Violet DeVous of Hardin won a $100 watch for the biggest rainbow in the ladies division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
UPI
George Blackfort
Billings
Blackfort
Yellowstone River
Francis O'Leary
Helena
O'Leary
C.J.D. Brown
Brown
Montana State University
Bozeman
Violet DeVous
Hardin
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda region extended
Partly cloudy today through Tuesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers. Highs near 85 today and 90s Monday across areas east of Divide, with cooler Tuesday. West of Divide mostly fair Monday to Tuesday, continued warm with highs 85 to 95 and lows 50s to 60s. The table notes 12 hour maximums, 18 hour minimums, and 24 hour precipitation ending at 5 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
Greek king blocks Papandreou bid for new government
King Constantine refused to give ousted Premier George Papandreou a mandate to form a new Greek government and instead urged a "third force" governing group led by Stephen Stefanopoulos. Papandreou rejected the plan, warning against any attempt to form a government with another premier. Police guarded the palace as political turmoil deepened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
UPI
Constantine Sunday
George Papandreou
Pap
Andreou
Stephen Stefanopulous
Papandreou
Constantine
Center Union Party
Stefanopulous
Two Butte Firemen Injured Battling Washington Fire
Two Butte firefighters were hurt Sunday afternoon at 205 North Washington while fighting a blaze. Assistant Chief Ralph P. Tiddy fractured a left arm and sprained an ankle after falling from a window ledge onto a fence. firefighter William F. Angove cut his hand on a window. Tiddy was aided by Betty Lalty before hospital treatment. fire crews controlled the fire around 4 40 p m, with furniture damage and interior smoke exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Washington
Ralph P. Tiddy
N. Franklin
William B. Talbot
William F. Angove
Granite
Tiddy
Betty Lalty
W. Granite
Billings man killed as plane hits power line and crashes
John White Kuhlmann 25 a Billings businessman died sunday when his light plane struck a power line and crashed into the Yellowstone River. The FAA said he filed no flight plan. Wreckage found five hours after disappearance behind a river bank near the Yellowstone Valley six miles west and three miles south of Billings. He worked for Barry O'Leary Inc. and is survived by his father and siblings. he was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
UPI
John White Kuhlmann
Yellowstone River
Kuhlmann
Federal Aviation Agency
Yellowstone Valley
Howard Zahler
REA
Zahler
Shiloah
Barry O'Leary
Norwood Bid Soars for Nine Obsolete Missile Silos
Billings man E Earl Norwood and wife Carolyn bid on nine silos after the Defense Department sold 117 obsolete Atlas and Titan facilities. They planned salvage and resale of equipment, citing large electrical and hydraulic systems, but faced uncertainty as the government weighed bids and could reject or accept them within about 20 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Earl Norwood
Billings
Norwood
Carolyn
Defense Department
Civil Defense
Wall Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uvewnitv
Uwiv Jr
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Canadian Royal Mounted Police
Long Beach
Calif
Canada
Mary Lou Farrell
Fred C. Holt
Holt
City High
Belgrade
Ene
Broadus
Cut Bank
Dillon
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Lewistown
Livingstone
Miles City
Yellowstone
Whitehall
Drummond
Ter Union
Center Union
National de
Fense
Norwoods
Mountain Home
Idaho
General Services Administration
South Dakota
Continental Oil Co
GSA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!