New Clues Raise Hope in Sinatra Jr Kidnapping
Nevada Highway Patrol removed roadblocks near Lake Tahoe as FBI reported developments in the case. Frank Sinatra Sr waited at a Reno hotel, saying he would strike a deal if needed, while investigators pursued gunmen and possible ransom angles.
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Stateline
Calif
Frank Sinatra Jr
Nevada Highway Patrol
Lake Tahoe
Sinatra Sr
FBI
Reno
Dean Elson
Nevada
Truckee River
Max Wilson
Sinatra
Frank
Jim Mahoney
Ernest Carlson
Bolivia Pleads U S for Arms Over Hostage Crisis
In La Paz Bolivia asks the United States for arms including planes to aid in the effort to free four American hostages seized by miners at Catavi. President Paz Estenssoro moves carefully, while Washington protests the seizure and pledges assistance.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
United States
U.S
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Education Bill Sends 1.2 Billion to President Johnson
Congress approved a 1.2 billion education bill authorizing federal funding for construction at public and private four year and junior colleges. The measure backs classrooms laboratories and libraries to meet expected enrollment growth and allows loans for construction with up to 50 year terms. Increase funds target four year colleges private junior colleges and technical institutes with state sharing and caps per year and per state.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate
John F. Kennedy
House
Winter Storm Rides Out Of Rockies Boosts Warnings
Arctic blast triggers blizzard and tornado warnings across the plains and Great Lakes as temperatures plunge. Snow totals reach 12 to 18 inches in parts of Pennsylvania and New York state, while several states report school closures and deadly fires. Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri record multiple fatalities amid cold waves and fires.
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Rockies
Plains
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Erie County
New York
Ohio
Cleveland
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma Panhandle
High Plains
Weather Bureau
Denver
Colo
Texas
Oklahoma
Canada
Indiana
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri
Lindrith
N. M
Utah
Orbiting Manned Space Lab Planned for 1968
Defense Secretary McNamara announced the near earth Manned Orbiting Laboratory program to be led by the Air Force, a space lab the size of a small house trailer designed for up to a month in orbit with military objectives. It will operate separately from NASA's Apollo program.
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Darrell Garwood Washington
UPI
Johnson
Defense Department
Manned Space Laboratory
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Air Force
Gram
Nearearth Manned Orbiting Laboratory
MOL
McNamara
Orbiting Laboratory
Civilian National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Bomb attack wounds British officials in Aden
A hand grenade exploded near the British high commissioner as his party left Aden Airport. A 38 year old Indian woman died and 39 others were injured including three British officials and several federation ministers. The attacker fled, with authorities narrowing suspects to Yemeni or Arab nationalists.
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Aden
London
Kennedy Trevaskis
Federation of South Arabia
Yemen
Emirates
Arabia
Jamnadas Bhagavanji
India
Weather Outlook for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Fair and cold today with gradually warmer conditions starting Thursday. Highs near 15, nighttime lows around minus 8. East of Divide, fair Wednesday and Thursday with colder spells east. Northwest portions see warmer winds Wednesday and Wednesday night, then warmer Thursday. Highs Wednesday 5 to 20, lows Wednesday night minus 15 to plus 5. Highs Thursday 20 to 40, varying by east west. West of Divide fair midweek with very cold Wednesday and night, then warmer Thursday.
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Butte
Divide
State Highway Fatality Toll Reaches 216 With Two More Deaths
Montana’s highway death toll rose to 216 as of Tuesday with two new fatalities, Dennis George Donahue and Dennis Swank. Donahue, 33, an insurance executive from Great Falls, died after a two car crash. Swank, 21, from Busby, perished when a vehicle rolled off a Crow Reservation highway near Lame Deer. Authorities warn December could be deadly as winter travel and holiday traffic rise.
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Dennis George Donahue
Great Falls
Dennis Swank
Busby
Donahue
Swank
Lame Deer
Crow Indian Reservation
Alex Stephenson
Montana Highway Patrol
Stephenson
Appeal of Gas Rate Increase Heard by Montana Supreme Court
Helena AP reports the Montana Supreme Court heard arguments on whether a February 1962 natural gas rate increase for Montana Power Co. was lawful and supported by substantial evidence. The case compares a cascade of hearings and a 3,000 page record to a 1963 lower court ruling that the rate hike was valid.
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Kalispell
William P. Mufich
Helena
Public Service Commission
Robert D. Corette
Sam B. Chase
Montana Power Co
Butte
Montana Consumers Association
P. J. Gilfeather
Leo Graybill Jr
Great Falls
C. W. Leaphart Jr
Munich
Temperatures Plunge in Montana Statewide Freeze
Clear skies sent Montana temperatures into the 2 below range Tuesday night as State Highway Department crews cleared snowpacked roads. Wednesday may reach 10 to 25 degrees east of the Continental Divide and 15 to 25 west of the mountains with Missoula at 20, Glasgow 19, and Great Falls 2 above. Chains were required on towing units over several passes including Lolo and Lost Trail as well as Hudson Bay Divide in Havre Division.
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State Highway Department
Continental Divide
Missoula
Treasure State
Glasgow
The
Mercury
Great Falls
Havre
Billings
Glendive
Lolo Pass
U.S. Highway 12
Lost Trail Pass
U.S. 93
Montana 43
Hudson Bay Divide
U.S. 89
Youth with suspended term faces new burglary charge
A Butte youth who received a three year suspended term for burglary about three weeks ago is back in jail on another burglary charge. Two other Butte youths, facing $2,500 bonds, stand charged in a $500 clothing theft from an uptown store. Thomas Headley 20 Raymond Craft 24 William Helsley 18 and a 16 year old companion are tied to the Stratford Men's Shop break in. Headley pled guilty November 15 to burglary of the Montana Barber Supply. The trio await pleas as their cases move toward district court.
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Butte
Thomas Headley
Raymond Craft
William Helsley
Headley
Dist
John B. MccClernan
Montana
E. Park
T. F. Downey
Thomas F. Kiely
Craft
John McCarthy
Lewis F. Rotering
Helsley
Atty
John T. Prothero
Stratford Men's Shop
N. Main
Stan Gronfien
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