New Fires Hit Montana Idaho Forests
Wind and lightning sparked multiple new blazes across Region One in Montana and Idaho. Montana’s Kootenai Lolo and Flathead forests faced about 30 fires while Idaho’s Coeur d Alene and Nez Perce areas saw rapid spread and six new fires. The Forest Service extended the target control date to Thursday as planes and crews respond.
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Montana
Idaho
Region One
Kaniksu
Coeur d'Alene
Kootenai
Lolo
Flathead
Flathead Indian Reservation
Northern Montana Protective Association
Kalispell
Crooked Creek
Nezperce Forest
Forest Service
Fourth of July
Canyon
Highway 10
McGee Area
Court Overrules Defense in Negros Trial
Judge Russel Moore rejected defense claims of racially biased jury lists in the first Freedom Rider trial in Hinds County Court. The defense contended Negroes were excluded. witnesses testified racial gaps existed, but the court found no pervasive discrimination and noted race did not determine juror eligibility.
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Jackson, Miss
Russel Moore
Hinds County
Moore
William Kunstler
Kunstler
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Henry Thomas
St. Augustine
Fla
Mississippi
A. H. McCoy
R. L. T. Smith
M. J. Lyells
Spade Cooley Sentenced to Life for Wife's Death
Former Western music star Spade Cooley was sentenced to life imprisonment after waiving a jury trial on sanity. A conference among the district attorney defense attorney and Judge William L. Bradshaw led to the ruling in Bakersfield California.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Spade Cooley
William L. Bradshaw
Cooley
Crooked Gaming Exposed for Senate Probers
Senate investigators heard about crooked gambling devices and marked cards from John Scarne of Lyndhurst New Jersey who demonstrated spotting cheats. He cited statistics on horse racing with tens of millions betting and billions in bets yearly, outlining legal and bookmaker sums and losses.
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Washington
John Scarne
Lyndhurst
N. J
Butte Fire Destroys Unit. Infant Rescued From Walnut Home
A fire in an eight-family housing unit at 1959 Walnut destroyed a Kenwood Realty residence in Butte, with five children and a baby rescued by the Frank Pelzmans. Firemen from South Side and Quartz Street stations contained the blaze to one unit, causing extensive smoke and heat damage to nearby homes. The infant was found in the living room as adults fled, and the cause remained undetermined.
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Butte
Frank Pelzmans
Walnut
Pelzmans
South Side
Quartz Street
Kenwood Realty
Second Cop Killer Nabbed by Posse
The second member of a Chicago trio that shot two police officers in a Monday gunfight, 27 year old Larry J. Fletcher, was captured Tuesday by a 300 man posse including officers from six counties volunteers and National Guardsmen. The hunt for William Welter 23 continued in central Wisconsin woods near Lake Delton. Police say Welter and Richard Nickel 28 are charged with first degree murder in the Jantz shooting.
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Lake Delton
Wis
Larry J. Fletcher
Wisconsin
William Welter
Manston
Richard Nickel
Chicago
Welter
Nickel
Sauk County
James Jantz
Robert Kohl
Madison
Fletcher
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George Kristovich
Kristovich
FBI
John Krug
Stand Lake
Wisconsin Dells
Jerry Coughlin
Coughlin
Don Schleicher
Lead Zinc Bill Clears Hurdle in House Debate
The lead and zinc stabilization bill, authored by Rep. Ed Edmondson, won Rules Committee approval for one hour of floor time. It would pay out 16.5 million dollars over four years to small producers when market prices fall below 14.5 cents per pound, with zinc at 36 percent of the gap and lead at 75 percent.
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Washington
House
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
House Rules Committee
Edmondson
Rules Committee
Wayne N. Aspinall
D-Coro
House Interior Committee
Hospital Walkaway Provokes Police Pursuit
A patient from the State Hospital at Warm Springs escaped during a walkaway late Tuesday night. He lay in the road on U.S. 10 east of town, jumped into a nearby slum pond, and was retrieved by officers for return to the hospital.
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Anaconda
State Hospital
Warm Springs
U.S. 10
Wolves on the loose in eastern Finland
Wolves invade eastern Finland in record numbers with 250 confirmed livestock killings this summer and none killed so far. The report notes the unprecedented scope of the attack across multiple areas near Helsinki and other eastern regions.
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Finland
Helsinki
Rusk Says Berlin Talks Likely With Soviet Union
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said negotiations with the Soviets over the Berlin crisis seem inevitable as a prudent course. He called his statement a prediction not a deal and noted Allied plans have been under consideration since Khrushchev’s June briefing. He declined to detail how talks might occur or comment on alleged Allied splits.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Rusk
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
East Berlin
Idaho Boy Drowns In Yellowstone River
Paul Roy Ingebretsen, 16, of Pocatello Idaho, drowned while fishing with his father near Mud Volcano in Yellowstone Park. He slipped in a deep hole as he waded toward a rock, his chest waders filling with water. His body was recovered downstream about 8:30 p.m. Two visiting skin divers from Lansing Illinois assisted in the recovery.
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Yellowstone Park
Paul Roy Ingebretsen
Pocatello
Idaho
Yellowstone River
Lemuel A. Garrison
Paul E. Ingebretsen
Garrison
Ingebretsen
Bill Knight
Jim Wright
Lansing
Ill
Jagan Becomes Premier of British Guiana Presses for Independence
Cheddi Jagan’s wife Janet announced he will push immediately for independence after his PPP secured a working majority in the 35-seat assembly. Jagan, Chicago born dentist and Marxist leader, is set to return to Georgetown to accept the premiership amid a divided vote that included Forbes Burnham’s PNCC and Peter Daguiar’s United Force.
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Richard G. Maslock
Georgetown
British Guiana
Cheddi Jagan
Jagans
Britain
Guiana
Janet Jagan
People’s Progressive Party
Legislative Assembly
PPP
Assembly
Jagan
Senate
Ish
Writer's cramp casts shadow over Montana Power hearing
During the Butte marathon hearing on Montana Power Co. gas rate increase, veteran court reporter Frank V. Rice revealed his right arm is in a cast. Doctors diagnosed writer's cramp after he transcribed an estimated 1.6 million words in shorthand.
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Butte
Montana Power Co
Frank V. Rice
Silver Bow County
East Germany tightens travel limits around Berlin
East Germany announced new travel restrictions cutting eastward border crossings to seven and ordering foreigners and Western officials to use the Friedrichstrasse crossing. Western officials denounced the move as a violation of Berlin’s four power status, while the measure aimed to curb provocations linked to West Berlin authorities.
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Friedrichstrasse
West Berlin
Berlin
West
Insurance Agents Meet Ends with Installation of Officers
The 30th Montana Association of Insurance Agents convention closed with installation of new officers who will take office in 1962. Carl W. Daniel of Butte remains president. E. D. Patenaude, Helena, is president-elect. Walter J. Peterson, Livingston, vice president. James E. Driscoll, Butte, secretary treasurer. Gardner C. Waite, Bozeman, national representative. W. H. Forcier of New York urged advertising effectiveness, noting plans for nationwide newspaper campaigns and other media.
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Montana Association of Insurance Agents
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Agents’ Association
Carl W. Daniel
Butte
E. D. Patenaude
Helena
Walter J. Peterson
Livingston
James E. Driscoll
Gardner C. Waite
Bozeman
W. H. Forcier
New York City
National Association of Insurance Agents
Forcier
John J. Holmes
Commis
Anaconda and Kennecott Face Chilean Probe
Chile's Chamber of Deputies voted to form a commission to investigate advertising publicity and administrative practices of Anaconda and Kennecott, the two major U.S. copper miners operating in Chile. Their properties are shut down by a nationwide strike.
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Santiago
Chile
Chamber of Deputies
U.S
Anaconda Co
Kennecott Corp
McCloy Questions Soviet 100 Megaton Bomb Feasibility
U S disarmament chief John J McCloy said it doubtful the Soviets could build a 100 megaton bomb without testing yet they could possibly test a superbomb without the West knowing. Khrushchev spoke of a weapon equal to 100 million tons of TNT as Geneva talks proceed with Arthur H Dean returning to negotiate a ban on nuclear tests. The Soviet troika would give them veto power in any treaty.
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Washington
S AP
U.S
Hiroshima
McCloy
National Press Club
Arthur H. Dean
Geneva
Reds
Solomon kept 700 wives from being old maids
Norman Oklahoma AP report notes Linda Allen an 11 year old girl quotes a Sunday School lesson on I Kings Chapter 11. The pupil answers that King Solomon kept 700 women from being old maids highlighting a humorous child’s misinterpretation noted by teachers.
Montana Weather: warm today with storms possible
The forecast shows hot today with possible evening thunderstorms and cooler conditions by Thursday. Montana east expects 90s to 100s today with 50s to 65s overnight. west Montana sees 100 today with 45 to 55 overnight, then cooler Thursday.
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Montana
De Gaulle blocks talks on Berlin plan
Paris reports that President Charles de Gaulle balked at Allied efforts to bring the Soviet Union into discussions on Berlin and Germany. U S and Britain may pursue a framework with Moscow, while Kennedy and Macmillan favor a broader approach to European security.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Moscow
European
de Gaulle
State Jobless Total 5037 in Montana Amid Layoffs
Helena report shows 5037 unemployed in Montana with 3675 on regular benefits and 1362 on federal emergency terms. Regular claims fell below 1960 levels for first time in 29 weeks as cuts hit retail and service sectors while construction slows in Glasgow and some hiring resumes in Libby Lewistown and Miles City.
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Helena
Montana
Bozeman
Kalispell
UCC
Edgar H. Reeder
Reeder
Butte
Billings
Great Falls
Glasgow
Libby
Lewistown
Miles City
Four Year Old Grandmother Misplaced in Taiwan School
In Formosa Taipei a four year old grandmother named Ma Pang was sent to a primary school in Hu alien for compulsory education. Officials quickly noted the error and returned her home with apologies.
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Taipei
Formosa
Ma Pang
Hualien
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Broadus
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Drummond
Havre
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