Butte Wreck Fatal to Insurance Man Edward Monahan
Edward Joseph Monahan 41, a Butte insurance adjuster and Navy veteran, died after injuries from a 1:15 a.m. collision on Butte’s South Side. Police identified Edward Kunesh as the truck driver involved. Monahan, a father of ten, died at St James Community Hospital after an auto struck by Kunesh’s truck on Harrison turning east on Grand. He leaves a wife Rose Carey and multiple children, two sisters, and many relatives. Monahan was active with local civic groups including the Butte Elks and Blue Goose Lodge.
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Edward Joseph Monahan
Butte
Monahan
Andy Aleksich
Aleksich
St. James Community Hospital
Silver Bow County
Sherman
Edward Kunesh
Harrison
Grand
Kunesh
South Pacific
Pawnee
St. Patrick School
Boys Central High School
Rose Carey
Boulder
Ann Monahan
Edward J. Monahan
Rosemary
Francie Ann
Edward Franklin
Joseph Michael
Carey Jean
Diane Marie
Teresa Ellen
William James
Patricia Lynn
John J
Ken Shopher
J. L. Beaudien
Duggan Merrill Mortuary
Butte Elks Lodge
Blue Goose Lodge
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Anxious astronauts set for Gemini 9 launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP scientists technicians and weathermen said okay to astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr for a Saturday start on their eight day Gemini B mission. Final countdown 240 minutes.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
Sanders to be charged with murder in Henningsen death
County Attorney Mark P. Sullivan said Sanders, 74, will face a first degree murder charge for the shooting of Robert Henningsen, 44, a Butte furniture dealer. The filing awaits psychiatric exam results, with an estimated 10 days remaining before Sanders could be returned to Butte. A prior assault charge stands, and Sullivan plans to seek dismissal of that count before the murder filing.
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Sanders
Bob Henningsen
Mark P. Sullivan
Roy F. Sanders
Robert H. Henningsen
Butte
Sul
Livan
Sullivan
James D. Freebourn
John A. Frankovich
Maurice Maffei
Henningsen
St. James Community Hospital
Freebourn
Warm Springs
Tri County Fair opens with rodeo events and big crowds
Deer Lodge hosts a four day Tri County Fair starting at 9 am. Tony Sneberger chairs the fair board as Harold Strobel notes entries surpass last year. Highlights include the Little Buckaroo Rodeo finals and an RCA approved rodeo with top cowboys. Ray Kohrs Rodeo Co supplies stock. Bob Chambers presides. Pete Peterson performs. Parade of Progress planned at 11 am with about 50 entries.
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Deer Lodge
Granite County
Tony Sneberger
Harold Strobel
Ray Kohrs
Inland Empire
Flamboyant Klansman dies in wreck near Tuscaloosa
Ku Klux Klan attorney Matt H Murphy was killed when his convertible veered into a tank truck on a dark highway near Tuscaloosa following a nightrider shooting two hours earlier. The 6 a.m. crash occurred as Murphy, known for defending Collie Leroy Wilkins in the Liuzzo case, faced possible links to the earlier attack.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Matt H. Murphy
Tuscaloosa
Murphy
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Mary Jo Stanford
White seminary student dies in Alabama picket shootout
In Hayneville Alabama a white seminary student Jonathan Daniels was killed and priest Richard Mor risree injured by a shotgun blast as Daniels and two Negroes picketed a grocery store. Tom Coleman a white deputy sheriff was taken into custody. authorities said he admitted the shooting. Daniels a Yale graduate studying at Episcopal Theological School Cambridge Massachusetts worked with the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity in Selma Alabama. Mor risree age 26 from St Columba Chicago was hospitalized in Montgomery after the incident. The two earlier were released from jail a few hours before and had been detained during last week’s racial demonstrations in Fort Deposit.
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Hayneville
Ala
al Lingo
Alabama State Patrol
Tom Coleman
Lowndes County
Lingo
Coleman
Jonathan Daniels
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Mass
Selma
Episcopal Society For Cultural and Racial Unity
Atlanta
Daniels
Yale University
Phillip Daniels
Keene, N.H
Richard Morrisree
St. Columbanus Church
Chicago
Montgomery
Haynevie
Fort Deposit
Postmaster General defends Zip Code plan in Mining City
Postmaster General John A. Gronouski arrived in Butte and joined Rep. Arnold Olsen in promoting the Zip code plan to expedite parcel post mail. He spoke at Columbia Gardens Pavilion and is expected to announce a new Western Montana parcel post service at 11:45. Olsen, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Postal Facilities and Modernization, advocated a research fund and cargo planes to guarantee overnight delivery. Gronouski credited Zip codes with enabling reforms and noted early bugs.
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Butte
Robert E. Sheridan
John A. Gronouski
Sheridan
Mining City
Arnold Olsen
Area Parcel Post
Gronouski
Columbia Gardens Pavilion
Parcel Post
Montana
Finlen Hotel
Pipe
Olsen
East Glacier
Post Office Dept
House
Gronovski
Rioting Job Corps youths in Kentucky center
In Morganfield Kentucky hundreds of white and Negro Job Corps youths rioted at the federal center over food. FBI agents and U S marshals moved in to quell the disturbance as armed state police ringed the camp. At least 10 hospitalized, one a firefighter.
Montana Tourist Chief Charles Lee Out Of Hospital
Charles R. Lee president of the Montana Tourist Association was severely cut in a mysterious explosion at his home. He walked on crutches Friday and may continue for some time. The blast damaged one of his two Lincoln Continentals a black 1963 model valued at about $8 000. The car was in the street in front of his home when dynamite exploded on the trunk lid around 1 30 a.m. Thursday. Lee said his white 1958 model has been in his backyard.
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Associated Press
Charles R. Lee
Montana Tourist Association
Lee
Butte Anaconda Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy Through Weekend
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies in Butte Anaconda with occasional showers on both days. High today around 72 degrees and a low near 50 tonight. One year ago today in Butte the high was 71 and the low 38.
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Butte - Anaconda
Butte
Rioting Greeks denounce king in Athens clashes
Thousands of police used tear gas and clubs as 15 000 demonstrators fought in central Athens protesting King Constantine and the new crisis government. At least 157 injured in the street battles amid continuing protests and calls for Papandreou to act.
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Athens
Constantine
Elias Tsirimokos
Tsirimokos
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Tsirimakos
Bozeman Delegation Wins Key Montana State Offices
The 19th annual Montana Boys State at Western Montana College saw Bozeman delegates seize three statewide posts. Glen Smiley, backed by the Frontier Party, won the governor’s seat over Jim Leary of Kalispell. Michael Morris became lieutenant governor and Thomas Holmquist was attorney general, both Pioneer Party picks. Other winners included Dale Waniata as secretary of state, Bryan Grainger as state auditor, Doug Hyde as state treasurer, Bruce Doering as superintendent of public instruction, Jim Stearns as clerk of the supreme court, Tom Robinson and Dan Stimac as railroad and public service commissioners, and Rick Wade as commissioner at Glasgow Air Force Base. Frank Taber of Great Falls was elected chief justice with associate justices Larry Boice, Greg Curtis, Brad Diggs, and Ed Sale.
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Western Montana College
Bozeman
Michael Morris
Thomas Holmquist
Pioneer Party
Dale Waniata
Great Falls
Pioneer
Bryan Grainger
Billings
Frontier
Doug Hyde
Deer Lodge
Bruce Doering
Helena
Supreme Court
Jim Stearns
Harlowton
Railroad and Public Service Commissioners
Tom Robinson
Conrad
Dan Stimac
Rick Wade
Glasgow Air Force Base
Frank Taber
Larry Boice
Greg Curtis
Chateau
Brad Diggs
Missoula
Ed Sale
Missow
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Jim Oset
Ken Hanig
Alabama
Frank Quinn
Standard Post
Job Corps
Center
Kentucky
FBI
W. O. Newman
Weather Outlook
United Democratic Left Party
Andreas
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Frederika - Gestapo
Frederika
Boszeman
Glen Smiley
Smiley
Frontier Party
Jim Leary
Kalispell
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