20 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1969
Page
1
A nationwide sample of Roman Catholics shows most lay members oppose changes to Mass attendance rules on holy days though clergy and religious orders lean toward some change. Preliminary results by Bishop Aloysius Wycisle will be presented mid November to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops with final findings pending.
Gulfport Mississippi governor Williams announced that Hurricane Camille's death toll could rise well beyond current estimates as bodies were found. He cited numbers over 500 and possibly 1,000 with 170 confirmed dead and 162 killed along the coast. Martial law placed guards and patrols in control to quarantine and curb visitor flow.
Madison County Fair and Horse Show begins Thursday in Twin Bridges with new additions. Pete Novich reports registrations ahead of last year as youth activities start with 4H and FFA exhibits and horse classes. Judging for youth exhibits Friday morning, talent show and cake sale Friday evening at Twin Bridges High School. Open class entries Friday with judging Saturday morning. Open Horse show starts Saturday. Motor bike races Saturday in two age groups. 4-H dress revue and awards program at 7 30 Saturday in Twin Bridges.
In Dillon Montana over 500 delegates to the American Legion Montana Boys State hold county general elections Tuesday afternoon. Ballots were to be counted late Tuesday on the Western Montana College campus and results released Wednesday morning as Pioneer and Frontier parties refine platforms and discuss candidates for Thursday's state primary.
Fair and warm weather dominates with 86 planning today and 45 overnight. Final rallies Thursday and the general election Friday. Tuesday panel discussed drugs with Capt Dean Lokridge Ron Cutting Herb Dietsche and Attorney General Robert Woodahl urging responsible legislative change as campus unrest persists. High School auditorium hosts a fair dance at 9:30. Sunday schedule includes Little League games Twin Bridges vs Dillon and Twin Bridges vs Montana Children's Center plus a street parade by Twin Bridges American Legion. Horse show and 4H events follow with carnival all day. Professor Ion says Guardsmen focus on police and rescue matters. Nixon declares Louisiana major disaster area with 1 million in federal funds and sends Agnew and Romney to survey coast with 2,000 more troops asked. Death toll rises to 23 in Pass Christian complex and eight in Plaquemines Parish as the monster storm battering Louisiana moves inland.
Meteorologists and pilots prepared for another attempt to disrupt Debbie with silver iodide seeding. Project director Dr Cecil R Gentry said the storm calmed after Monday's seeding but could not confirm cause. Officials outlined two options for Wednesday including eyewall or rainband penetration.
Robert J. Harper, 29, of 68 Missoula, was appointed Tuesday by the Board of County Commissioners to succeed Pat Williams and serve until the 1966 general election. Harper, a Democrat, won the vote of Chairman Robert W. Sparks and Earl J. Holman amid competition from Ruth E. Boulter and others. he plans to seek re election in the Democratic primary.
The Defense Department announced that Army Spec. 4 Richard J. Kilwine of Fromberg was killed in action in Vietnam. The confirmation came on Tuesday from the Department.
Riot troops gas and club crowds in downtown Prague on the Soviet invasion anniversary eve. Police fired three gas volleys after warnings, driving hundreds into side streets while crowds returned later. Husak endorsed the 1968 invasion hours earlier amid calls for a national day of shame.
Anaconda Company announces major summer upgrades to its waste water disposal in the Butte Anaconda area. General manager Martin K Hannifan says work includes expanding settling capacity near Warm Springs log booms to curb wave action and a new pump and dredge at the Butte copper concentrator. The project cost ne arly 500 000 bringing total Clark Fork treatment system spending this year to about 1.6 million.
The liberal Montana paper will pause publication after editor Ben Hansen resigned to join the Great Falls Tribune. Clarence Stoltz says no editor currently, plans to resume once a new editor is found, with job printing continuing. The Voice Plant sits across from the state capitol, with officials studying potential use for a new supreme court building.
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