Montana Snowstorm Dazes Regions With Heavy Falls
A wind driven snowstorm left Montana counties with heavy accumulations, West Yellowstone reporting 15 inches and Helena 9 inches. The capital saw its heaviest snow since 1959 and roads were impassable for many drivers. Blizzard conditions affected North Dakota as temperatures plummeted across the state and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
West Yellowstone
Helena
Canada
Dakotas
North Dakota
Divide
Mines Student Considered as Rhodes Scholar
Montana School of Mines senior Lee W. Saperstein in mining engineering was named one of two Montana candidates for the Rhodes regional selection in Portland. The Elmhurst New York native has honors on the college honor roll every term and holds multiple scholarships. He led Residence Hall Council and Copper Guards, edited the student paper in 1962 and 1963, and worked with Anaconda Co. Wintershall A.G. and American Smelting and Refining Co. in Idaho and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee W. Saperstein
Montana School of Mines
Rhodes
Missoula
Montana
Portland
Elmhurst
N.Y
Saperstein
Germany
Wintershall A. G
Kassel
American Smelting and Refining Co
Copper Guards
AIME
Anaconda Co
Wallace
Idaho
Economy Cuts 33 Military Bases Nationwide and Abroad
The administration ordered broad base closures saving about 106 million dollars and eliminating 8500 civilian jobs while trimming 7800 military personnel over 30 years. McNamara said replacements would be found, as lawmakers criticized the plan and targeted seven New York bases and Ft. Chaffe in Arkansas amid lingering protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Congress
Sen
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Keating
Edward F. Hebert
D-La
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Ft. Chaffe
Faubus
Capitol Hill
House Approves Major LBJ School Aid and Job Training Bill
The House passed two large bills totaling over 2 billion dollars to expand vocational education and student loans and extend defense education aid. The vocational school measure increases federal aid to nearly 300 million a year and funds for college loans rise to 135 million. the Manpower Training Act expands courses for dropouts and older workers.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson Administration
Senate
Bolivians Rally in Support of Tin Miners Holding Hostages
Thousands march in La Paz to back tin miners who hold four Americans and about 15 others hostage. The crowd presses Paz Estenssoro’s government as miners demand release of two jailed leftist union leaders.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Labor Ministry
Victor Paz
Defense Ministry
Andes
Oruro
Bolivian Mining Commission
Amando Roas
Red Cross
Irineo Pimentel
Federico Escobar
House Debates Knowles Dam in 816 Million Water Bill
The House faces an uphill vote to include Knowles Dam on the $816.5 million water projects measure. Opposed by Montana governor and Rep. Battin, backed by Senators Mansfield and Metcalf, Knowles would flood sites on the Flathead River, aiding flood control and power but facing private utility opposition.
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House
Knowles
Washington
Arnold Olsen
D-Mont
Senate
Flathead River
Montana Power Co
Flathead Indian Reservation
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Montana
Tim Babcock
James Battin
R-Mont
Olsen
Army Engineers
Interior Department
John F. Kennedy
Jha Weather Butte Forecast Snow Likely Into Saturday
Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly cloudy with light snow tonight and Saturday. Highs near 12 degrees, lows around -5 with a cold spell persisting east of divide. Snow flurries in western mountains Friday and Saturday with continued cold east Friday and Friday night.
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Helena
Butte
Bozeman
Divide
Butte Youths Sent to Prison in Burglary Case
Two Butte youths with suspended terms pleaded guilty to burglary in district court and were sent to the State Prison. A juvenile was sent to Miles City in the same case. Headley received four years plus revoked suspended term. Helsley got one year. Craft faced related charges. a 16 year old was committed to Miles City.
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Bert Gaskill
Standard Post
Butte
Miles City
Tom Headley
T. E. Downey
Headley
John B. McClernan
McClernan
Raymond Craft
Stratford Men's
N. Main
Downey
Craft
Thomas F. Kiely
Anaconda
State Industrial School
Deer Lodge
State Board of Pardons
Helsley
Down There
Jack McCarthy
Lewis F. Rotering
John T. Prothero
Butte beer wholesaler challenges liquor board renewal
A Butte beer wholesaler seeks a writ of mandate to compel renewal of his license issued in 1961 and 1962 but denied for the coming year. The case, heard by Dist. Judge T E Downey, centers on whether the Liquor Control Board can revoke or refuse renewal for nonuse of the license.
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Butte
Liquor Board
Bert Gaskill
Standard Post
Butte Beer
Montana Liquor Control Board
Dist
T. E. Downey
James F. McCarthy
Downey
State Board
McCarthy
Cate
L. H. Christiansen
Helena
State Liquor Control Board
Edgar Price
John R. Price
Christie Transfer
E. Aluminum
Herman C. Frank
Billings
John T. Prothero
Luxan
AIME President Addresses Montana Section in Butte
Roger Pierce of Salt Lake City and a 1935 Montana Mines mining engineering graduate will address the Montana AIME section in Butte. The meeting opens with a 6 30 p m social hour at the Finlen Hotel Silver Bow Ballroom followed by dinner. Clifford Hicks, western field secretary of AIME, will also attend. Pierce will speak on The Rocky Mountain Challenge and is a consulting mining engineer.
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Roger Pierce
Salt Lake City
Montana School of Mines
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
Montana Aime
Butte
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Montana Society of Engineers
Clifford Hicks
Western
AIME
Pierce
Montana Mines
Martha Hawke Taken at 85
Mrs. Martha Louise Hawke, 85, of Billings and former Butte resident, died Thursday. Widow of Thomas Hawke, fatally injured in 1961, she lived in England and Cornwall before moving to Billings to be with a daughter. Survived by son William T. Hawke and daughter Martha Nan Flynn. funeral Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Richards Funeral Home with burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery.
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Martha Louise Hawke
Billings
Thomas Hawke
Butte Hill
Butte-Ramsay
Hawkes
England
Hawke
Cornwall
Aldersgate Methodist Church
William T. Hawke
Butte High School
Roland Flynn
William
Robert
Stephen
Thomas
Constance Hawke
Ramsay
Martha Nan Flynn
Richards Funeral Home
Ole Aarvold
Mount Moriah Cemetery
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Roxanne Johnson
District of Columbia General Hospital
Roxanne
THE
Associated Press
Montana Highway Patrol
Mines
Lee Saperstein
Armed Services Subcommittee
Leroy Johnson
Army Overseas Supply Agency
New Orleans
New York
Texas
Johnson
Pentagon
Navy
Outback
San Diego
Jha
Belgrade
Broadus
Cut Bank Dillon
Ll Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Kalispell
Livingston
W. Yellowstone
William Helslery
Montana Barber Supply Co
E. Park
Justice Court
J. J. Winston
Martha Hawke
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