Sleeping Child forest fire deaths and cold toll rise
The Sleeping Child blaze in southwest Montana claimed a third life as LaVerne Clifford 42 of Pine Ridge South Dakota died on a government plane en route home. Clifford a Department of Interior bus driver and crew member had just left the fire line ill. The fire expanded over 30 000 acres aided by 60 mph winds and thunderstorms as 1 500 firefighters battled it.
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LaVerne Clifford
Pine Ridge
S.D
Butte
Joseph
Clifford
Department of Interior
Hamilton
Billings
al Forhart
Silver Bow
Andy Aleksich
Alek Clifford
Essie
Nebraska
Montana
Forest Service
Bitterroot National Forest
Max Moffett
Opportunity
Wash
A Roberts
Spokane
Melvin Laughlin
Twin Falls
Idaho
Corn Creek
Alaska
Casey Peak
Helena
Beaver Creek
Canyon Ferry Lake
Great Falls
Region One
Surprise Creek
Horseshoe Lake
Clearwater
Clearwater National Forest
Strike Votes Okayed for 3 Auto Plants
The United Auto Workers authorized strike votes at General Motors Ford and Chrysler plants to press for new contract demands while a vote at American Motors was denied. Local unions will set voting dates before August 31 when current three year contracts expire, with Walter Reuther noting AMC’s proposal starts a basis for further talks.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
International Executive Board
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
American Motors Corp
Carre d Beaune? Thieves steal Cezanne works in Aix en Provence
Thieves broke into Pavillon Vendome in Aix en Provence and stole eight Cezanne paintings valued at about 2 million dollars. Among the works is Les Joueurs des Cartes loaned by the Louvre. Police say entry was via window while guards slept.
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Aix-En-Provence
France
Pavillion
Marie Cezanne
Aix
Cesar
Caesar's Tower
Big Hole Battlefield Sets July Visitor Record
The Big Hole Battlefield National Monument drew an all time high of 3 643 visitors in July, an increase over July 1960 despite road work mosquitoes and hot dry weather.
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Big Hole Battlefield
Wisdom
Big Hole Battlefield National Monument
The
National Park Service
Planes Hijacking Backlash Sways Castro Return
US sources say Castro will release the hijacked Eastern Air Lines plane on Tuesday while the US frees a Cuban patrol boat seized to Florida. Leaders praise the move as civilized handling though questions remain about the plan’s motives and the fate of hijacker Wilfredo Roman Oquendo.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Eastern Air Lines
Castro
United States
Florida
Arson Probe After Fires In Butte Area
Police investigate a string of fires near the 800 block on Emma in Butte possibly linked to arson. A storage shed burned near Emma after midnight, destroying the shed and its contents. Owner James Schara was away in Billings. house vacant. The incidents include two car fires and a trailer fire over the past year.
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Emma
James Schara
Billings
Castro Regime Praises Air Hijack Pact and Calls for Antipiracy Ties
Havana officials hailed the agreement to return a hijacked Eastern Air Lines Electra to the United States and urged ongoing talks to curb air and sea piracy. A Foreign Ministry note described the accord as a major step in repressing piracy that endangers Cuban and U.S. citizens and proposed reciprocal hijacker returns and shared penalties. The note followed notes between Washington and Havana that led to the pact, including plans for an American crew to fly the plane out of Havana and a Cuban crew to retrieve a Cuban patrol boat from Key West.
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Castro
Cuba
United States
Washington
Oquendo
Fidel Castro
Electra
Foreign Ministry
Key West
Fla
Regime to Seize 37 Million From 27 Illicit Fortunemakers
In Seoul the ruling junta announced a special law to punish illicit fortunes built under prior regimes. Twenty seven businessmen must return 47 760 783 134 hwang amounting to 87 million dollars within 180 days or face prison terms.
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Seoul
South Korea
Sunday
Former Filipino Star Seeks Presidency
Rogelio de la Rosa, a former movie star and senator, announced Sunday he will run for the presidency as an independent. He pledged to root out graft and corruption if elected, though he has little chance in the November vote against President Carlos P. Garcia and Vice President Diosdado Macapagal.
Iron Curtain Deepens as Reds Seal Berlin Border
In a tense Monday, East and West Berlin clashed as Communist forces sealed the border to halt refugees. West Berliners faced militiamen and tanks while thousands gathered near crossing points. Refugee intake at Marienfelde reported 4,130 registered from Saturday to Sunday.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Kreuzberg
Brandenburg Gate
East
Potsdamer Platz
Berneet le Atte Manes
West
Marienfelde
East Germany
Students Will Register at BHS Wednesday
Butte High School sets registration for all new students for the next term. Principal Forrest Wilson says this applies to transfers and students not enrolled last spring and not present at last term. Registration starts at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the auditorium entrance on Wyoming Street at Study Hall No. 1.
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Butte High School
Forrest Wilson
Butte High
Wilson
Wyoming Street
Weather Report for Butte and Montana Regions
Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers today and Tuesday. Highs around 85 to 95 in eastern Montana and 80 to 90 in western Montana, with nightly lows near 50 to 65 and 42 to 52 respectively. Sunday’s highs near 86 and lows about 48. The table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending at 5 p.m. MST Sunday.
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Butte
Montana
Titov to Visit Hungary in First Foreign Trip
Soviet cosmonaut Maj. Gherman Titov, the second man in space, is expected to visit Hungary next week in his first international tour since his 2 hours in orbit.
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Budapest
Hungary
Soviet Union
Maj
Gherman Titov
Rusk Denounces East Berlin Closure With Kennedy Backing
Secretary of State Dean Rusk denounced the East Berlin border closure as a flagrant violation of Soviet agreements. With President Kennedy’s approval he warned the Reds against threatening West Berlin and noted refugees prove communism’s failures in East Germany. Consul notes will be sent to Soviet authorities while London and Paris await Western notes.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
East Berlin
Rusk
West Berlin
East Germany
East
State Department
Asst
Foy D. Kohler
European Affairs
Joseph Reap
United States
Berlin
Three Tulsa families killed in Colorado plane crash
A twin engine Cessna carrying five Tulsa residents to a ranch vacation crashed into a Colorado mountainside near Salida. Pilot Charles M. McKnight, his maid and his 12 year old son died. McKnight’s two younger sons survived, one critically injured, with hospitalizations following the crash.
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Salida
Colo
Tulsa
Okla
Colorado
Charles M. McKnight
McKnight
Mary Alice Wallace
Michael McKnight
Guy
Kevin
Pueblo
Continental Divide
Poissons Village Chooses Mayor Who Cannot Serve
In Poissons, France, five voters elected a mayor who refused to serve. A sixth candidate was accepted but barred by law since his brother sits on the Municipal Council.
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Nancy
France
Poissons
McCloy Outlines U.S. Plan for Disarmament Step
John J. McCloy, Kennedy's disarmament adviser, said the United States plans a comprehensive universal disarmament strategy to be ready this fall. He noted talks with allies, potential submission at an international conference, and possible inclusion of China. He cited Khrushchev as more receptive to nuclear inspection but called him obdurate on other issues.
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New York
John J. McCloy
Kennedy
United States
McCloy
China
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Geneva
Eight waterspouts menace Galveston
Sun day morning beach strollers watched in frightened awe of towering waterspouts churn Gulf of Mexico off this island city. An estimated 10,000 lined Sea wall Boulevard as the spouts appeared, silhouetted against a boiling black cloud of a thunderstorm. Witnesses said water spouted 500 feet in the air. No damage was reported. One water spout inched close to pies.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Seawall Boulevard
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