Snowed-in Navajo respond to aid amid harsh isolation
Rescue teams reach remote Navajo Reservation areas as illness spreads among stranded residents. Dr. Charles Brown reports several children sick at Lower Greasewood boarding school and five Navajos hospitalized for exposure and infectious diseases in serious but non critical condition. Air Force crews report icing limits for early missions, while a Navajo woman gives birth to twins at Inscription House Trading Post and tribal official notes food shortages before air drops begin from March Air Force Base.
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Howard Graves
Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo Reservation
Charles Brown
U.S. Public Health Service
Fort Defiance
Tina Begay
Air Force
Lower Greasewood
Canada
Brown
Nez
Inscription House
Robert F. Forsyth
Chinle
Christmas in Butte: miners face strike and scarce gifts
In December 1967 in Butte three boys sing carols for pennies to help a strikebound family. Pregnant Mrs. Clifford Gustavsen counts food stamps and a weekly union coupon as 3,500 copper miners endure a nationwide copper strike with few gifts and meals like venison.
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Butte
Clifford Gustavsen
Fred Chase
Santa Claus
Christ
Thai soldiers repulse Viet Cong attack near Saigon
Viet Cong attacked a base camp of Thailand's Queen's Cobra Regiment 15 miles southeast of Saigon in a four hour clash that extended past midnight. U S officers said the Thai forces beat off the assault. more than 50 enemy bodies were found and several weapons were captured. Thai casualties were not yet known.
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Saigon
Thailand
Queen’s Cobra Regiment
U.S
Vietnam
Miles City Woman's Brother Killed in Vietnam
The Pentagon reports 1st Lt. Tracy H. Murrey, Army, brother of Mrs. Jane Anderson of Miles City Montana, was killed in action in Vietnam after previously being listed as missing.
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Miles City
Vietnam
Washington (Ap
Pentagon
Tracy H. Murrey
Army
Jane Anderson
Mont
Butte bar owner testifies in cigarette for wine scheme
In Helena at a Montana Capitol hearing, a Butte tavern owner and his bartender described miners trading cigarettes for wine and paying no tax. Unstamped cigarettes seized in a boxcar break-in were linked to the scheme as witnesses explained paychecks pledged to stores and trades at lower cash values.
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Helena
Butte
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Howard H. Lord
Board of Equalization
Dillon matron Louise Rosenau marks 100th birthday without fuss
Louise Ann Rosenau of Dillon, born December 20, 1867 near Berlin, Germany, reached her 100th year with an open house at her daughter Dorthea Lohr’s home. A longtime Beaverhead County resident, she arrived in Dillon before incorporation and remains alert and in good health. She will celebrate Christmas with her daughter, grandson Howard Smith, and three great grandchildren. her husband Gus and son Howard are deceased.
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Dillon
Louise Ann Rosenau
United States
Chicago
Tas
Beaverhead County
Rosenall
Samaritan to send Billings amputee home for Christmas
Billings sailor Ted Eichele, 20, will return home from Vietnam for Christmas after a California benefactor arranged a private plane flight. He lost a leg October 26 after stepping on a land mine and has since been in hospitals with a full-body cast. Trader Vic, a Polynesian restaurant chain owner and amputee, arranged the flight. Earlier, Gen. Westmoreland and Vice President Humphrey visited him in overseas hospital.
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Billings
Ted Eichele
Vietnam
California
Eichele
Navy
Trader Vic
William Westmoreland
Hubert Humphrey
Livingston nurse gains popularity with Vietnamese readers
A Livingston nurse attracts attention within the Vietnamese community, gaining popularity for her care and outreach. Her work highlights cross cultural connections and local health service impact.
Johnson Opens Talks With Allies After Holt Memorial
President Johnson arrives in Canberra for memorial ceremonies for Harold Holt and meets New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. He praises Holt as courageous and builds on U S ties with Australia and regional partners amid the Vietnam era. Johnson calls Holt a very great friend and stresses shared pursuit of a wiser world.
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Canberra
Australia
Johnson
America
Vietnam
Washington
Harold E. Holt
New Zealand
Keith Holyoake
Rex Hotel
Pacific
John McEwen
Holt
Edward A. Clark
U.S
Pago Pago
Harold Holt
Asia
Phelps Dodge offer rejected in five-month strike
Douglas Arizona AP five month strike workers rejected Phelps Dodge wage offer and presented a counter proposal United Steelworkers representative Orville Larson said the offer misvalued wages and benefits and fell short of typical settlements this year He noted the 63.7 cent hourly increase over three years includes 7.7 cents called impact and claimed the real value is about 56 cents. The union proposed a revised plan aimed at genuine bargaining to settle the dispute.
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Larson
Phelps Dodge
Heart transplant pioneer dies in South Africa
Louis Washkansky the first person to receive a human heart transplant died at Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town after 18 days with the donor heart. Officials cited lung complications and tissue rejection as the cause of decline following the operation.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Jacobus Burger
Groces
Washkansky
Mayor explains salt use on city streets
City Council discusses switching from sand to salt for winter streets. Mayor Powers cites economic gains and reduced dust but notes sand would cost money to apply and remove. He says sand supply from a local pit near the airport may run out in two years and that county and state road departments also rely on it.
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Bill Parks
Alvin Nelson
Council
Butte
Tom Powers
Graveyard shift keeps vigil on winter police calls
Deputies Earl Little and Al Anderson describe a quiet graveyard shift with several incidents. A stalled car on the Interstate leads to a battery charge, a tavern disturbance ends without violence, a suspicious car yields nothing after a transmission failure, and a young man questioned about a girlfriend is sent on his way. After eight hours the officers conclude the shift with generally favorable dispositions.
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Sheriff's
Earl Little
al Anderson
Sheriff's Office
Little
Anderson
Dillon County Attorney Davis weighs run for attorney general
Carl M. Davis of Dillon says he is seriously considering a bid for the Democratic attorney general nomination if Forrest H. Anderson runs for governor. Davis, in his 17th year as Beaverhead County attorney, notes support from Southwestern Montana and hints at statewide backing if he enters the race.
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Beaverhead County
Carl M. Davis
Dillon
Montana Standard
Forrest H. Anderson
Anderson
Davis
Montana
Weather Outlook For Butte Anaconda Through Friday
Variable cloudiness and continued cold through Thursday night. Not quite so cold Friday with a chance of light snow showers. High today near 3 below zero, low tonight around 28 below. Snow probability 20 percent through Thursday.
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Butte - Anaconda
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Livingston
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