22 Dec 1963
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1963
Page
1
West Berliners braved cold and snow to cross the anti refugee barrier for weekend reunions with loved ones behind the Iron Curtain. Official tallies show about 7 000 permitted crossings on Saturday, the second full day of the Communist approved Yuletide slit. Friday saw around 3 500 crossings.
Guards at the Berlin Wall stained by recent opening greet visitors with cheer. Erik Zatz, a 24 year old intern in hospital garb, rushes to cross with his sister after years apart and embraces amid onlookers. A West Berlin woman and an elderly grandmother reunite as 25 000 residents queue at the crossing.
A Bulgarian Communist diplomat at the United Nations confessed to spying for the CIA for seven years. Ivan-Assen Hristov Georgiev, 35, served as a senior U N counselor and allegedly passed political economic and military secrets while leading a double life with mistresses and secret meetings in Central Park and New York hotels. He awaits trial in Sofia for treason and espionage.
Partly cloudy today through Monday with a warming trend. Highs Sunday 10-15 east and 20-35 west, Sunday night lows 0-5 north east and 10-25 southwest. Monday highs 15-25 northeast and 30-35 southwest with fog and little temperature change. Precipitation ends Saturday at 5 p.m.
A 30 day mourning period for President John F Kennedy ends Sunday with nationwide memorials. A torch will be lit at Arlington at sunset and carried to the Lincoln Memorial as President Johnson attends. Flags at half staff will be raised across the country near Monday, with New York observing Lehman mourning until Jan 5.
A southwest Montana quake about 10 miles from the August 1959 disaster rattled seismograph needles, reported by Eugene George and Richard Ward of Montana State College. Two Montana Power Co. servicemen also felt the tremor.
Raymond Gonzales is en route to Spokane for treatment at the Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital. Percy Trevethan of the Bagdad Temple coordinated aid after seeing Raymond hobble to school. Raymond, son of Uriel and the late family, will be in hospital for Christmas.
In Nicosia, Cyprus, Saturday violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots leaves two Turkish Cypriots dead and nine wounded in two clashes after weeks of constitutional tension. A midnight fight with machine guns pistols and rifles occurred between a Turkish crowd and a police patrol in the divided capital. Continued on page 2.
Raymond Vernon Garrigus of Billings died in a Terry hospital Saturday night about five hours after a head on crash west of Terry. He succumbed at 8 20 p m to brain injuries. Also hospitalized was Lloyd Malmend of Glendive with chest injuries in fair condition. Passenger Robert Storlie of Glendive had cuts but was not hospitalized. Garrigus was Montana’s 224th highway fatality in 1963, ranking seventh worst on record. The Montana toll for 1963 follows 256 deaths, with 275 the 1961 peak.
Johnson misses hoped 11.1 billion tax cut as Senate Finance Committee eyes voting on the House bill section by section when Congress reconvenes January 8. Byrd promises to move the measure in due time in exchange for future budget spending input.
Mrs Maud E Wulf widow of John S Wulf Sr longtime Butte realtor died Saturday in Hollywood Florida at 75 She lived in Butte 65 years and was active in garden clubs American Legion auxiliary Daughters of the American Revolution Marian White Arts and Crafts Club and led the 1960 Have a Heart drive for needy children Her body to be moved to Richards Funeral Home with funeral details to follow
Santa Claus is due to arrive at Clark Park Sunday at 1 30 p m. Don Peoples recreation director says he will carry a treat for each child. Last year he arrived by helicopter. this year a City of Butte truck. Hot chocolate will be served at Clark Park Club House all day Tuesday.
On Stalin’s birth anniversary a few Georgians and Russians gathered at Red Square to glimpse Stalin’s grave near Lenin’s mausoleum but the area was blocked to the public for a month. A Georgian climbed over a barrier seeking a view, and locals discussed whether Stalin had any monument.
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