Butte 4-H and FFA Livestock Show crowns champions
The fat beef grand champion is a 935 pound slick Black Angus calf from 18 month old Boyd Iverson of Townsend. Other grand champions include Harvey Howe with a 90 pound Hampshire Suffolk Cross sheep and Kay Cogdill with a 205 pound Berkshire swine. 133 animals from nine counties were judged at the Montana Livestock Auction Co yards with a sale set for Thursday at 1 pm.
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Boyd Iverson
Townsend Boy
Butte
Townsend
FFA
Montana Livestock Auction Co
Harvey Howe
Kay
Soviets to Resume Nuclear Tests in Push for Superbombs
Moscow says it will restart experimental explosions under pressure from imperialist powers. Officials claim scientists developed plans for a series of bombs with yields up to 100 million tons of TNT and delivery by rockets akin to those that launch astronauts, signaling a global reshaping of nuclear strategy. Britain reacts with surprise noting no notice and no update at Geneva talks.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Earth
Britain
Foreign Office
London
Geneva
United States
Dillon Officer Charged With Assault In Motive Motel Case
Montana patrolman Robert Speer 33 was arraigned on second degree assault in Dillon on a hotel assault case involving Bernice Gleed 33. Bond set at 5000. case under county attorney Carl Davis investigation. Gleed, a former Great Falls schoolteacher, injured in motel cabin attack after an off duty shift.
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Dillon
Robert Speer
Montana
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
James Rochel
Speer
Carl Davis
Bernice Gleed
Great Falls
William Gleed
George Gleed
Beaverhead
Davis
Miss Gleed
Barrett Hospital
Defendant Sentenced to 18 Months for Interstate Car Theft
Alvin Neitch, 30, pleaded guilty in U S District Court to interstate transportation of a stolen automobile and received 18 months in federal prison. He is an escapee from an Oklahoma prison where he was serving two five year concurrent burglary terms, escaping June 9. He admitted stealing a station wagon in York, Maine, and driving to Augusta, Montana, where he abandoned it.
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Alvin Neitch
U.S. District Court
W. D. Murray
Lawrence G. Tmatz
Neitch
Oklahoma State Prison
York
Augusta
Mont
P. L. MacDonald
Neithh
Helena
Butte
Drivers Urged to Heed Highway Patrol Over Labor Day
Helena AP report notes Highway Patrol Supervisor Alex Stephenson promises a stronger enforcement program for the Labor Day weekend. All patrolmen will be on duty with intensified action against hazardous violations to reduce speed and drunk driving, following Gov. Nutter’s proclamation. Lights on patrol cars will remind motorists to slow down from 4 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Tuesday.
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Helena
Alex Stephenson
Stephinson
Donald G. Nutter
Montana
Butte Anaconda Groups Join to Promote Steel Plant
Butte Industrial Development Corp and Deer Lodge County Economic Betterment Corp Anaconda join to promote construction and operation of a proposed $40,000,000 steel mill at Anaconda. Resolutions endorse the project as the top economic need and pledge active joint support under the Area Redevelopment Act.
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Butte Industrial Development Corp
Deer Lodge
Butte
Anaconda
Carl Anderson
William L. Batt
Washington, D. C
Batt
Area Redevelopment Administration
Two Escape State Prison Dawns in Deer Lodge Breakout
State prison authorities and Western Montana officers hunted Wednesday night for two convicts who escaped from the Deer Lodge institution shortly before 2 30 p m. John C Keller 21 of Butte and Larry Cheadle 21 with Billings relatives listed as fugitives. Keller 5 8 blond blue eyed was imprisoned for forgery and parole violated. Cheadle 5 9 150 pounds fair complexioned brown hair hazel eyes. Warden Powell away assistant warden in hills during the manhunt.
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Western Montana
Deer Lodge
John C. Keller
Butte
Larry Cheadle
Billings
Keller
State Industrial School
Miles City
Cheadle
Floyd E. Powell
Warm Weekend Forecast In Montana Sees Higher Temperatures
Helena AP reports Labor Day weekend will bring sunshine and warm temperatures in Montana with highs generally 80 to 90 degrees. The Weather Bureau notes five day outlooks will run about five degrees above normal with scattered thundershowers possible in the afternoons or evenings.
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Helena
Montana
Weather Bureau
Butte Urged as Regional Civil Defense HQ Site
County defense director Cole Sullivan promotes using unused mine tunnels and the Clark Mill site in Butte to cut costs and establish the city as a regional civil defense headquarters. Governor Kennedy addresses in Butte Friday at 5 15 p.m. to back Civil Defense Month and nationwide publicity.
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Butte
Cole Sullivan
Sullivan
Clark
Timber Butte
Donald G. Nutter
Montana
Civil Defense Office
Daylight Time Ends In Butte On Monday
Butte residents who lost an hour of sleep on May 29 will regain it Monday night as Daylight Saving Time ends. Clocks go back one hour at midnight to Mountain Standard Time, changing 12 to 11. Anaconda Co operations in Butte switch to MST at 7 a.m. Tuesday, marking the shift from 7 a.m. daylight saving to 6 a.m. standard time.
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Butte
The
Anaconda Co
Anaconda Mines and Plants to Close Labor Day
All Anaconda Co. mines and plants in Butte will close Sunday Sept 3 and Labor Day Sept 4. Company operations will switch to Mountain Standard Time at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning as 7 a.m. daylight saving becomes 6 a.m. standard time.
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Anaconda Co
Butte
Anaconda
Orientation Day At Butte Junior High
Orientation Day at Butte Junior High School features sessions for seventh graders in the auditorium at 9 30 am. Students will receive rule briefings and locker assignments then take a building tour at 11 30 am. Officials urge early registrations as classes near capacity. Office hours today and Friday are 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 5 pm.
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Butte Junior High School
Show of Arms Made on Berlin Border
The U S Army rushed a small armored task force to the East Berlin border after an American sergeant was held up by armed guards inside the sealed off Soviet sector. A captain and three enlisted men crossed into East Berlin and were blocked by East German police cars. The Army dispatched two extra tanks and five armored cars to Friedrichstrasse crossing as foreign traffic enters and leaves the blockaded zone.
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Berlin
U.S
U.S. Army
East Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
Pssing
Red Lodge Man Killed in Highway Crash
A 26 year old Red Lodge hotel bellhop Judd Patrick Roby died in a motor vehicle crash near Laurel. His car and a northbound truck collided about half a mile south of Laurel on Highway 310 312. The other driver was Adam L. Boehler 30 of Billings. Roby died at the scene and his body was taken to Red Lodge for services. He is survived by his parents a brother and sister. The Montana auto deaths total for the year reached 177.
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Billings
Judd Patrick Roby
Laurel
Roby
Adam L. Boehler
R. J. Griffith
Northern Tank Lines
Red Lodge
Forrest Roby
Montana
Weather update for Montana and regional forecast
Partly cloudy today with thundershowers this afternoon and showers Friday. Montana east expects lighter change with highs 80 to 90 and lows near 48 to 60. Montana west remains cloudy with scattered showers and similar temperatures, totals for 18 hours ending 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Continental Divide
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Coral Powell
Cardwell
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