Truman alert deepens as kidneys fail amid heart strain
Doctors expressed new concern over Truman's weakening kidneys while ruling out immediate use of an artificial kidney machine due to fear it would overburden his heart. The 88 year old former president remained very serious and semiconscious with no kidney function improvement reported. Bess and Margaret Truman Daniel visited as officials clarified earlier statements on prognosis.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Truman
Ennis Holds Despite Madison River Flood Threat
Ennis residents endured rising Madison River flood risk with diking active at town ends. Mayor Robert Storey said water had dropped but 60 to 70 days of worry remain as sandbagging continued near homes and crews monitored potential sewer problems and ice-choked channels.
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Ennis
Madison
Robert Storey
Storey
Army Corps of Engineers
Civil Defense
Helena
National Guard
Standard
Space walk a big success on Apollo 17 mission
Apollo 17 astronaut Ronald Evans conducted a 44 minute deep space walk 180000 miles from Earth. He floated free in a white pressure suit attached by a 25 foot lifeline while Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt observed from the command ship as the crew prepared for a Pacific Ocean splashdown.
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Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Sch
Mitt
America
Cernan
Schmitt
Pacific Ocean
Evans
Butte Man Howard Toy Dies In Early Morning Fire
Howard Toy aged 78 dies when his three room frame house on 607 W Iron burns to ashes. Firefighters arrive after porch collapse. adjacent house damaged. Toy a retired Anaconda miner and World War I Rainbow Division veteran. Services set for Tuesday at 2 with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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Howard Toy
Butte
W. Iron
Anita Gruell
Dan Hollis
Bill Sever
Mr. Toy
Apri
Anaconda Co
Rainbow Division
Alfred Quilliam
Ross Davidson
Harry Davidson
Everett, Wash
Pat Driscoll
Graniet Falls
Wash
Mine deaths blamed on methane gas explosion at Itmann mine
Rescue teams found an abnormal amount of explosive methane gas at Consolidation Coal’s Itmann No. 3 mine in Itmann West Virginia after an explosion killed five miners and left three severely burned. Company officials say the operation is a gaseous coal mine and investigators seek the cause with UMWA president-elect Arnold Miller visiting the scene. The mine is 80 miles from Charleston and employs about 270 workers.
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Itmann
W. Va
Consolidation Coal Company
Itmann Coal Company No. 3
Peter P. Feretti
Consolidation
State
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Charleston
Nixon pick amid corruption suit faces Senate review
William P. Clements Jr. named deputy secretary of defense faces a civil case accusing him and associates of conspiring to hide profits from an Argentine oil deal. The suit claims bribery linked to Southeastern Drilling and a 1960s contract that boosted Sedco’s growth and profits.
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Dallas
William P. Clements Jr
Nixon
Pentagon
Clements
Southeastern Drilling Co
Newsmen face legal pressure on testifying rights
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 in June ruling newsmen must perform the citizen's duty to testify. Three reporters have been jailed recently for contempt after refusing to answer questions about their stories. Congress has introduced nearly two dozen bills seeking some protection for newsmen and their confidential sources.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Newsmen Shielded by New Jersey Press Protection Bill
The court allowed limited press protection while stating lawmakers may enact stronger rules. Peter Bridge, jailed 21 days in October for refusing to reveal a source in Newark housing affairs, had immunity waived by quoting a source. The legislature approved a broad bill shielding journalists from disclosing information about news gathering.
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Peter Bridge
Evening News of
Newark
N.J
Bridge
Grand Jury
New Jersey
Superior Court
H. Curtis Meanor
Butte Snowmobile Races Set Feb Date For Fifth International Meet
The Butte Snowmobile Club and Bagdad Shriners announce the fifth annual international races will run February 2 through February 4 at Elk Park with 500 plus entrants from 13 states and 3 nations. Purses total 15 000 with 1000 awarded to five modified winners and 400 to stock class winners. Registration opens February 1 at Ramada Inn. entry blanks available from race director Jim Gilman.
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Snowmobile Club
Bagdad Shriners
Western Snowmobile Association
Ramada Inn
Jim Gilman
Butte Snowmobile Club
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