Johnson approves 1.5 billion space lab project
President Johnson announced a 1.5 billion US effort to build a manned orbiting laboratory with two man crews and military potential. He said the lab will not carry weapons of mass destruction but will show how space work relates to national defense. Johnson also praised Gemini-5 and invited a Soviet scientist to Gemini 6’s October launch while urging peace negotiations in Vietnam.
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U.N. team shuffled by Goldberg and Johnson
President Johnson announced a major reshuffle of the U.N. delegation replacing Adlai Stevenson's team with four Goldberg picks. James Roosevelt and James Nabrit Jr. were named to top U.N. posts, with Eugenie Anderson and Charles Yost also receiving leadership roles as the administration moves to assert control during the Vietnam era.
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Senate clears defense funds bill with Viet Nam emergency outlay
The Senate approved a 46.756 billion defense appropriations bill with a 1.7 billion emergency fund for the Vietnam War. The measure passed 89 to 0 as House votes must reconcile changes. Senator Stennis urged approval while noting a long, bloody war ahead.
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Viet Nam
House
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Gaylord Nelson
John Stennis
D-Miss
Gemini 5 astronauts set US spaceflight duration record
Gemini 5 pilots L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. sped toward a five day flight to top Soviet endurance marks. At 10:59 a.m. EST they held a new U.S. record of 98 hours 31 minutes 30 seconds as they orbited above New Guinea, with aims to reach 121 orbits and eight days while facing cramped cabin conditions and cuff inflation glitches.
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Tex
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Pete) Conrad Jr
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
New Guinea
MacDivitt
Space Center
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Conrad
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Volkswagen
Retired mining engineer W D McLaughlin dies
William D. McLaughlin 81 of 1928 Grand retired Anaconda Co. mining engineer died after a two week illness. Born August 11 1884 in Silver Bow he graduated Montana Tech 1908 and joined Anaconda Co. in 1910 retiring 1950. Survived by wife Gertrude two sons Donald and William C. brother Elwood P. and grandchildren. Funeral Friday at St John Evangelist Church with Requiem High Mass and Mount Moriah Cemetery. Rosary tonight.
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Butte Business College
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Butte
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Ireland
St. John the Evangelist Church
World Museum of Mining
Senior Citizens Club
Donald
William C
Philippines
Elwood P
Seattle
Bill
Dan
Don
Richard
White
St. John Evangelist Church
Mount Moriah Ceme
Malmstrom crew fires missile seen by astronauts
The 490th Strategic Missile Squadron at Malmstrom AFB launched a Minuteman missile at Vandenberg AFB California after selection from 150 Montana missiles. The sighting by astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. occurred over the Pacific during Gemini 5. Capt. Warren H. Glenn and Lt. Juri Randman led the firing team.
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Steelworkers reject offer and vow to strike
The United Steelworkers Union rejected an industry wage offer of 40.6 cents an hour over three years and warned of a possible nationwide strike at midnight next Tuesday. Union President N W Abel said the offer was below 40 cents, with 16 cents separating the sides. Federal mediator William E. Simkin arranged a joint session for Thursday as talks continued.
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William E. Simkin
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Collision kills Billings girl near Two Loggins Bridge
A head on crash on the Yellowtail Dam Road near Two Loggins Bridge killed Joan Dobrenz 3 of Billings and injured four others including her parents Charles and Dorothy Dobrenz and brother William. The other driver Charles Izatt of St Xavier, was hospitalized in Hardin with chest injuries. Coroner J Everett Bullis noted clear weather and a straight stretch as the cars collided. The 1965 Montana traffic toll rose to 169.
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Charles Izatt
St. Xavier
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Big Horn County
J. Everett Bullis
Two Loggins Bridge
Fort Peck
Montana
Explosions Toll At Du Pont Rubber Plant Kentucky
Ten feared dead and 10 missing as 26 blasts over nine hours turned Duponts synthetic rubber plant in Louisville into a blazing inferno. 35 injured, damage estimated at 5 to 10 million dollars as firemen and National Guardsmen operated under curfew and risk of a 150 ton acetylene tank blast.
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Butte and Helena firms take biggest small business loans
Helena and Butte firms received the largest shares of 81 SBA backed loans totaling 3.5 million dollars for the year ending June 30. Cave Bay Lodge on Canyon Ferry Lake near Helena secured 337,000 with a 90 percent SBA guarantee. Pasley Motors in Butte obtained 200,000 with 75 percent SBA backing and 25 percent from a bank. The year’s total surpassed the 1964 figure of 1,692,365 to 36 firms, with nine loans accounting for 1,557,000.
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Rex Zachary
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Montana
Cave Bay Lodge
Canyon Ferry Lake
Pasley Motors
Regents back Aikins for EMC interim president
Eight of eleven regents voted to approve Dr. Lincoln J. Aikins as acting president of Eastern Montana College. Edward W. Nelson said the Montana University System polled the board. eight supported, two could not be reached, and the governor’s vote was not cast in a tie. A letter from Gov. Tim Babcock asked Aikins to lead Billings College until a successor to Dr. H. L. Steele is chosen.
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Butte Anaconda Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy today and Friday with warmer temperatures on Friday. High around 70, low near 49. One year ago in Butte reached 63 and 37. Montana weather page two.
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Montana
Central agency reveals names of job winners
HELENA AP Names were announced Wednesday of 72 persons hired since July 1 when a new employment agency began operating through the State Department of Labor. Democrats accused the agency of patronage and demanded the governor reveal the hired list. Mary Helen Cheney operates the agency and said 72 of 195 applicants found jobs, 54 with the Highway Department including 10 from Lewis and Clark County. Governor Babcock defended the office as good administrative practice.
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State Department of Labor
Tim Babcock
Babcock
Mary Helen Cheney
Highway Department
Lewis and Clark County
Coun
Fire damages Lee household in early morning blaze
A 12:15 a m fire heavily damaged a one story white brick house at 509 W Aluminum across from Charles R Lee's residence. Fire started in the bathroom and spread to the roof with extensive water damage. Mrs Laverne Waymire rents the home and plans to move soon. Lee and family reportedly packed belongings and headed to an unknown destination after a prior blast incident.
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Lee
Laverne Waymire
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