200 Boys and Girls Parade In Butte Highlights Pets and Dolls
A Butte parade drew 200 children with prizes including two bicycles awarded after a pet and doll showcase. Winners were James Moran and Debra Wilcox with the Moran family sharing the prize for the police dog Rinnie. The event kicked off merchant fall promotions and dollar days amid light rain.
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Frank Quinn
Florida
Snowball
Wedneston
Leonard Kelly
Frank Heston
Retail Merchants Promotional Plans Committee
R of Commerce
James Moran
Leo J. Moran
W. Broadway
Rinnie
Debra Wilcox
Stanley Wilcox
Moran
Michael Panisko
Frank Panisko
N. Crystal
James
Michael
Montana
Wyoming
Granite
Main
Broadway
Court
Sleeping Child fire roars in Bitterroot near Deer Lodge
A massive blaze in the Bitterroot National Forest near Missoula, Montana, the Sleeping Child fire, threatens the Deer Lodge forest as 200 firefighters battle high winds. The 16,000 acre wildfire scorched lodgepole stands and forest floor while observers described a mushroom cloud and intense heat as volunteers and the Forest Service work to contain it.
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Bitterroot National
Missoula
Montana
Philipsburg
Deer Lodge Forest
Georgetown Lake
Associated Press
Bitterroot
Forest Service
Gen. W. B. Smith Dies at 65 in Washington
General Walter Bedell Smith, Ike’s World War I chief of staff, died at Walter Reed Hospital at 11:30 p.m. EDT. The 65-year-old former diplomat and soldier had served as under secretary of state and as ambassador to Russia, retiring Oct. 1 1954 after 48 years in government service.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Walter Reed Hospital
Smith
Harry S. Truman
Russia
Eisenhower
Hijacked Jetliner Flown to Havana
A hijacked passenger jet was diverted to Havana Cuba carrying a crew and passengers. Officials report a ransom or valuables totaling eighty one dollars aboard though details remain scarce. Investigators scrutinize flight origin and motives as authorities coordinate with Cuban officials.
Cubans Release Pan Am Jet After Hijack
A hijacker forced a Pan Am DC8 to Havana with 81 aboard after a Mexico City takeoff. Cuban authorities freed the plane and passengers, which returned to Miami as American fighters failed to intercept. Fidel Castro greeted Colmbia's foreign minister before departure.
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Miami, Fla
Pan American World Airways
Mexico
Havana
Miami
Colombia
Fidel Castro
Mexico City
W. L. Morrison
Pan American
Five Montana highway projects to be bid August 30
Montana announces five more highway contracts valued in the 63 million dollar program. The awards cover 22 miles of interstate work in Butte and surrounding routes, including concrete surfacing and fencing, plus primary and secondary projects in McCone, Silver Bow, Broadwater and Hill counties.
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van Norman
Fort Peck
Silver Bow
Montana Street
Butte
Hill
Sage Creek
U.S. 2
Gildford
McCone
Fort Peck- van Norman
Montana 24
Montana 20
Broadwater
Townsend
Canyon Ferry
Okay Given to City Budget in Butte 1961-62
Butte City Council adopted a 1 931669 budget for 1961 62 with no protests at a two hour special session. Police and firemen sought wage increases in a 20 minute huddle but no raises were approved. Garbage fee hikes to 12 dollars per dwelling from 7 50 faced anticipated protests. Alderman Pete Sodia voted against the budget, offering no explanation.
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Butte
Vern Griffith
Pete Sodia
Food Coupon Program Grows in Silver Bow County
The federal food coupon pilot in Silver Bow County shows July gains over June with 157 eligible households and 1,550 participants by Aug 4. June and July totals reflect $20,759 and $30,838 in coupons issued with $11,600 and $21,098 in cash and vouchers received, while July bonuses reach $9,740 as participation ebbs and eligibility shifts.
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Silver Bow County
Josephine McArthur
State Welfare Dept
Miss McArthur
Khrushchev Warns West Of A Superbomb At Kremlin
Premier Khrushchev warned that Soviet scientists could build a weapon equal to 100 million tons of TNT if peace prospects fail, telling U.S. disarmament negotiator John McCloy and Italian Premier Fanfani. He tempered the message with a claim of wanting peace while signaling readiness to counter any attack, amid Berlin tensions. Titov praised the Soviet capability from atop the Lenin-Stalin tomb, declaring the USSR could easily defeat the West.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Soiet
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Maj. Gherman
Titov
John McCloy
U.S
Red Square
East Germany
Berlin
Lenin
Germany
Youth Confesses Butte Burglary At Corner Bar
Clayton Marquardt a 21 year old two time loser confessed burglary of Corner Bar at 501 S Montana Butte. He signed a statement in the presence of Police Chief Jim Clark Night Chief John Gardner Lt Elmer Powell and Asst City Atty Maurice Hennessey. He admitted entering a bar window early Aug 2 stealing liquor cigarettes and about $60 from a juke box and a gun machine.
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Clayton Marquardt
Montana
Butte
Jim Clark
John Gardner
Elmer Powell
Maurice Hennessey
Marquardt
Man Charged With Hit-Run Driving in Butte
Harry Ernest 47 of 59 West Broadway faces a district court charge of hit and run after an incident Monday night injuring 8 year old Larry Pericich who was riding a bicycle near his home. Deputy County Attorney Mark Sullivan filed the charge. Ernest was held on $2000 bond after arrest by sheriff’s deputies. The boy was treated at Silver Bow General Hospital where doctors described his condition as apparently good with a probable shoulder injury.
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Harry Ernest
W. Broadway
Ernest
Larry Pericich
Walter Pericich
Walnut
Sheriff's Deputies
Mark P. Sullivan
T. E. Downey
Perkich
Silver Bow General Hospital
Refugees flood West Berlin as East shortages rise
More than 2,000 East German refugees fled to West Berlin on Wednesday as supply shortages worsen in the East. Special flights carried evacuees toward West Germany, bringing the yearly total to about 150,000. The exodus persists despite border guards and rationing of potatoes and scarce consumer goods.
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West Germany
Gherman Titov
Hannover
Berlin
East Germany
Montana Weather Forecast Briefs
The Montana forecast shows cloudy and cooler conditions in the east with widely scattered thundershowers Thursday and warmer Friday. The west region expects partly cloudy skies Thursday with scattered thundershowers, clearing by late Thursday night and Friday. highs range from 75 to 90 degrees across zones.
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Montana
Occupation Costs in Japan Exceed 181 Million
The U S Army reports spending 181 039 659 dollars on supplies and services in Japan during fiscal 1061.
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Tokyo
U.S. Army
Japan
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Deer Lodge
Gen. W. B. Smith
Castro
Morrison
Hancock Avenue
Goodwin and
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Harrison Avenue
Bert Gaskill
Sodia
By Lewis T. Poole
McArthur
Arthur W. Edwards
San Francisco
United States
Nikita
By Preston Grover
Man
East Berlin
By Carl Hartman
West Berlin
Montana High
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Yellowstone
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