Home fire fatal to Butte woman
Mrs. Merriam Herbeck, 71, of 27 Casey died Wednesday night in a residence blaze believed due to undetermined causes. Her husband Edwin was hospitalized in shock and later released. An autopsy is pending as investigators from the fire department, police, and coroner’s office continue the probe. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Merriam Herbeck
Casey
Edwin Herbeck
Silver Bow General Hospital
Leo Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Constance Tallent
Herbeck
Mrs. Herbeck
William Angove
Dolan
Montana seals over $1 million in oil leases in 1967 bidding
Montana oil bids totaled $1,058,103 for 112,208 acres across 232 leases in an auction dominated by Powder River and Broadus area tracts. Phillips Petroleum paid $26.50 to $27.50 per acre for several tracts as bidding topped the million-dollar mark in the Capitol.
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Helena
Montana
Southeastern
Williston Basin
Land Board
House Chamber of the
Capitol
Powder River County
Bell Creek
Broadus
Mons L. Teigen
Phillips Petroleum
Rader
Powders River
Strike board in Butte today in copper dispute
Montana's Strike Fact-Finding Board members met Gov. Babcock and planned sessions in Butte with Anaconda Co. and labor spokesmen to define core issues in the 145 day copper strike. The panel members emphasize they are not arbiters and aim to uncover true facts for both sides.
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Helena
Montana
Tim Babcock
Butte
Copper Company
Anthony M. Brown
Carroll College
Norman E. Taylor
University of Montana
Missoula
Marjorie Paisley
Montana State University
Bozeman
Babcock
Msgr. Brown
Anaconda Co
Labor
Bombers hit road targets near Dong Hoi in large raid
B52 bombers pounded targets around the Dong Hoi area in North Vietnam in a predawn strike. The attack, part of a larger bombardment of highways and military facilities, followed air sorties by Air Force, Marines, and Navy jets.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Dong Hoi
Marine
South Vietnam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
Weather Outlook for Butte-Anaconda
Cloudy through Friday with scattered snow showers mainly over mountains. Warmer today with a high near 38 and a low around 18. Snow chances remain 60 percent through tonight.
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Butte - Anaconda
Tax property sale offers 119 parcels in Silver Bow County
Silver Bow County will offer 119 parcels of tax delinquent property at public auction Thursday Dec 28 at 10 am in Judge James D Freebourns courtroom. Appraised values range from 3500 for 401 S Montana to 10 for a Belle of Butte lot. Some parcels priced higher include two lots at 311-13 W Silver 2500 649 S Montana 1500 one lot at 1211 Farrell 600 one at 231 E Platinum 500.
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Silver Bow County
James D. Freebourn
S. Montana
Jensen Drug
Belle of Butte
W. Silver
Farrell
Board of County Commissioners
Montana
Motion to Dismiss Cheadle Case Moves Ahead
A motion to dismiss the wrongful death suit filed in Butte against six Montana Prison officials is filed by John L. Peterson. The $205,000 damages claim arises from Larry Cheadle’s solitary confinement death. plaintiffs include Janet Sirrine.
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Cheadle
Associated Press
Montana
U.S. District Court
Butte
John L. Peterson
Larry Cheadle
Peterson
E. C. Ellsworth Jr
Reuben L. Dwight
Norman D. Crawley
Robert Haam
Anton H. Jersnick
Jack W. Goodman
Janet Sirrine
Billings
Galen union approves contract 78 to 0
The Galen Employees Independent Union accepted a state crafted contract retroactive to July 1 after a unanimous vote by 78 of 95 members. Wages top out at 325 for class 2 workers and 287 for class 1 laundry staff, with 299 for practical nurses and 275 for trainees. Vivian Randall led the union.
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Bob Shannon
GALEN
Galen Employes Independent
Board of Institutions
Vivian Randall
Steel price hikes spark imports question amid price rise
U S Steel Corp and Bethlehem Steel Corp announced second weekly price increases on galvanized and cold rolled sheets amid calls for Congress to curb imports. European and Japanese firms weigh higher export pricing as steel-labor talks loom, with imports rising 60 percent in 1965 due to hedge buying.
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Jack Lefler
New York
Congress
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Armco
Inland
United
U.S
British Steel Corp
Anaconda Talks Edge Toward Reno Meeting
In Reno Nevada the Anaconda Co and its striking unions ended a full day of negotiations with a pledge to study proposals and reconvene on Thursday. A federal mediator attended as unions supplied more wage package material and company officials said there was no progress to report.
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Reno
Nev
Anaconda Co
Nevada
Kennecott Copper Corp
Anaconda
Weed Heights
Hugo Wagner
Nevada Industrial Council
H. R. Burch
Chamber asks LBJ to stay clear of copper strike
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged the White House to avoid intervention in the national copper strike. A spokesman said White House action would undermine collective bargaining and asked President Johnson to withhold appointing a fact finding board.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
White House
Chamber
Montana Standard
Warren Franklin
Copper Strike Information Bureau
New York City
Anaconda Co
Johnson
U.S
City county call for bids on Butte landfill operation
Silver Bow County and the City of Butte jointly seek bids to operate a 15 acre Timber Butte landfill starting Jan 1. Bids due by 2 30 p m Friday Dec 22 at the county courthouse or city hall with opening immediately after.
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Lewis T. Poole
Standard
Silver Bow County
Butte
Commissioners’ Office
City County Health Department
Park Board
Montana Standard
Thomas F. Powers
Hubert J. Johnson
Timber Butte
City Council blasts NP power firm over rail cuts
The Butte City Council grilled Northern Pacific over Mainstreeter service cuts and a proposed through Helena reroute of trains 25 and 26. Aldermen protested a rail merger and questioned Montana Power Co. billing as they considered letters to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Butte
Robert Lee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific
Garrison
Helena
Logan
Great Northern
Bernard J. Sullivan
Terry W. Kelly
Montana Power Co
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Herb Slodounik
Judy Duffey
Utes
Galen Union
LBJ
Metro Sewer
Sewer District
City Council Raps NP
Power Company
Jest
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