Looting and arson plunge city into insurrection in South Los
Lt Gov Anderson impose curfew across an 18 square mile zone after 8 PM to quell unrest. Gov Brown cuts Greece trip to try halt riot as Fire Captain Clutterham reports eight major fires and dozens of small blazes in the Negro district. He says crews cannot keep up. the pall of smoke shrouds the area as chaos continues.
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Edmund G. Brown
Greece
Brown
Fire Department
William Clutterham
South Side Negro District
Butte Drugist and Son Drown in Flathead Lake
POLSON AP A Butte druggist named Eli Asid about 38 and his 15 year old son John drowned Friday in choppy Flathead Lake water. The family home is at 3653 Sherman. Sheriff coroner Archie Coulter said authorities are investigating the drowning.
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Polson
Butte
Eli Asid
John
Flathead Lake
Sherman
Archie Coulter
Lake County
Coulter
Kalispell
Asid
More Marines land in South Viet Nam
An estimated 1,200 more U.S. Marines arrived to strengthen the Da Nang Air Base complex joining 2,000 Marines who landed at Chu Lai. The move lifts total U.S. forces in country to about 90,000 with 35,000 Marines. Guam based B52s conducted a saturation raid 50 miles inland against Viet Cong forces. In a separate ground action, two South Vietnamese companies killed 36 Viet Cong with no government casualties.
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U.S
da Nang
U. S
Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
China Sea
Guam
Okinawa
3Rd Marine Division
Illinois orders 2000 Guardsmen into Chicago area
Gov. Otto Kerner moved 2000 Illinois National Guardsmen to active duty in the Chicago area to quell rioting on the West Side after a fire station clash in Lawndale. Police Supt. Orlando W. Wilson asked for help as officials warned lives could be lost, with Guardsmen on standby in city armories and state police alerted in suburban districts.
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Otto Kerner
Illinois National
Illinois
Marines and Navy receive four month draft extensions
Tens of thousands of Marines and Navy personnel face four extra months of active duty after orders from Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze. The move aims to bolster manpower amid expansion and Viet Nam deployments, affecting about 25,000 Navy and 12,000 Marines initially, with broader implications for officers and extended-term enlistees.
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Washington
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Viet Nam
Marine Corps
Nitze
Marines
Lewistown native named new state institutions director
Lewistown native Floyd A. Green was named director of the Montana Department of Institutions by the Board of Institutions. He will start in a month to six weeks, replacing Buck Harmon who resigns to become Kentucky child welfare commissioner. Green, former Gould Medical Group administrator in Modesto, California, will lead at an estimated $16,000 annual salary. Stephen Chiavaro was named acting superintendent of the Boulder State Training School and Hospital.
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W. Granite
Eli's Pharmacy
Amherst
Silver Bow County Pharmaceutical Society
Tor
Gould Medical Group
Modesto
Calif
M. A
Buck) Harmon
Kentucky
Herbert T. Caraway
Charles Dell, Jr
Green
Caraway
Harmon
Dillon Hosts 1965 Montana Boys State at Western Montana College
Montana youths arrived for the 1965 American Legion Boys State at Western Montana College in Dillon. Officials anticipate a record 484 participants, led by Ted Hazelbaker, with Gov. Tim Babcock and state leaders set to address sessions during the nine day program.
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College
Montana Highway Patrol
Alex Stephenson
Harriet Miller
Orvin B. Flare
Ted Hazelbaker
Dillon
Soviets Take Moon Photos From Space Probe
The Soviet Union announced it photographed the moon again from a space probe, producing near close up images that may map the moon from both near and far sides. Tass said photos were taken July 20 at 720 to 6,500 miles, as the craft drifted past the moon, revealing features with sidelight.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Mariner 4
Mars
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda area
Weather brief shows fair skies and warmer daytime temperatures for today and Monday. Butte highs near 78 with 42 lows, compared with 82 and 41 a year ago. East of Divide sunny and warmer Sunday and Monday with 80 to 90 highs and 50 to 60 lows. West of Divide sunny Sunday and Monday with 75 to 85 highs and 45 to 55 lows. Data covers 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Butte - Anaconda
Butte
East of
Divide
Missoula publisher heads Montana press group convention set
Lloyd G. Schermer publisher of the Missoulian-Sentinel was elected president of the Montana Press Association for the coming year. The group scheduled its 1966 convention for July 15-16 in Missoula. Other officers include Helen Peterson first vice president Irvin Hutchison second vice president and Strand Hilleboe third vice president. Rep Arnold Olsen warned that privately owned carriers must improve service or the Post Office Department may receive its own cargo fleet.
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Glacier National Park
UPI
Montana Press Association
Lloyd G. Schermer
Missoulian - Sentinel
Missoula
Schermer
Harmon F. Tuttle
Hinsdale
Helen Peterson
Hardin Tribune - Herald
Irvin Hutchison
Liberty County Times
Chester
Strand Hilleboe
Billings Gazette
Arnold Olsen
D-Mont
Post Office
Morrison heads AP third time in Montana
Richard E. Morrison publisher of the Montana Standard-Butte Daily Post was elected to a third consecutive term as president of the Associated Press of Montana at the annual AP meeting held with the Montana Press Association convention. New publishers Chandler and Cordingley joined the association in the session.
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East Glacier
Richard E. Morrison
Montana Standard-Butte Daily Post
Associated Press of Montana
Montana Press Association
Morrison
Montana
Robert W. Chandler
The
Miles City Star
William A. Cordingley
Great Falls Tribune
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Saigon
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Karen
Therese
Frances
St. Ann School
Boys Central High School
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UPI Telephoto
Chicago
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Kerner
Elgin
Des Plaines
Blue Island
Joliet
William H. Morris
Richard J. Daley
By Elton C. Fay
Lewistown
New State Institutions
Tim Babcock
Jack Hallowell
Moon
By Preston Grover
Billings
Broadusee
Cut Bank
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
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Miles City
W. Yellowstone
Whitehall
Montana Press Group
Office Department
Olsen
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Post Office Department
House Committee
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