8000 Men Battle Regional Forest Fires 8 000 men battle regional forest fires
8000 plus firefighters continued efforts in the Forest Service Northern Region as fires scorched over 110000 acres across national forests parks and BLM lands. The China Creek blaze near Lewiston Idaho grew with Deer Creek and Eagle Creek to about 19300 acres. Alaska Indians and Job Corps workers were flown to Boise to replace exhausted crews amid hopes for containment next week.
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China Creek
Salmon River
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Deer Creek
Eagle Creek
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Trapper Peak
Mansfield predicts Johnson backs U.N. action on Vietnam
Senator Mike Mansfield asserts President Johnson will push for United Nations action on Vietnam after the September South Vietnam elections. He says the administration aims to bring the issue before the Security Council soon after the vote, as U.S. hopes for a durable peace through Geneva accords fade. He criticizes escalation and notes bombing may not force negotiations.
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France
United States
Council
Arthur Goldberg
U Thant
Weapon found in Rockwell death near Arlington creek
Police recovered a large caliber semi-automatic pistol from six to eight inches of water in Four Mile Run at Bon Air Park. The weapon is believed to be the gun that killed George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi party. The gun was sent to the FBI for tests as authorities work to identify body release and next steps.
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George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Four Mile Run Creek
Bon Air Park
Rockwell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fair and warmer with isolated afternoon thunder
Butte and Anaconda area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies from today through Monday with isolated thunder showers. Rain chances under 10 percent today rising to about 20 percent tonight. High near 88 today, low around 45 tonight. One year ago temperatures were 68 and 47. Weather table Page 2.
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Butte-Anaconda
North Viet Namese MIGs use Chinese bases for sanctuary
Informants say North Vietnamese fighter jets base in China or refuel in North Vietnam before combat, with about two thirds of Hanoi’s 75 aircraft tied to Chinese airfields. McNamara has opposed strikes on four Chinese-linked MIG fields, fearing wider Chinese intervention. Admiral Ulysses S. Grant
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China
North Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
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Hanoi
North
Vietnam
Yalu
Peking
Ulysses S. Grant
Peitun
Vietnam- China
Mengtzu
Ground breaks for Big Hole Battlefield visitor center
Ground breaking for a 121000 visitor center and museum at the Big Hole Battlefield west of Wisdom drew attendees from Montana Washington and Idaho. The event featured Nez Perce leaders and a 9 year old survivor Josiah Red Wolf helping with the first shovel as plans for an audio visual center and self guiding trail were outlined. Visitors numbered about 21000 last year and are expected to double in two years as a road and expanded museum are added.
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Big Hole
Josiah Red Wolf
Lapwai
Idaho
Park Service
John McLaughlin
Sop
Greenwich
Conn
Yellowstone
Sam Waters
Park
Fred Fagergren
Poker Joe
Perce
Paign
Nez Perce
Robert Burns
Elroy W. Bolin
Bolin
McNamara Defends Bombing Policy Before Senate Subcommittee
Secretary McNamara argues the bombing has limited aims and is partly effective in reducing North Vietnamese support while admitting bombs cannot halt all war supplies. He outlines three objectives for South Vietnam and notes morale as a needed but complex outcome amid the broader campaign.
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Bob Horton
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Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Senate
McNamara
United States
North Vetnam
South Vetnam
Window Breakage Costs Hit Butte Schools This Summer
Butte public schools face 294 plus panes of glass needing replacement at an estimated 5 848 dollars before opening on Sept 6. Vandalism in summer included wall daubing and BB gun damage across Kennedy Blaine Greeley Harrison Jefferson Longfellow McKinley Washington Whittier Junior High and Butte High with unbreakable glass discussed as costly alternatives.
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Greeley
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Longfellow
McKinley
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Whittier
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