Soviet bomber may have flown over U S undetected
A Lehigh University professor reports in a new book that a nuclear powered Soviet bomber may have conducted three flights over U S territory in 1964 undetected by radar. The claimed routes include San Francisco New York City and Hawaii with a payload equivalent to 30 megatons. The Defense Department says it has no knowledge of such penetration and questions the story.
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Bethlehem, Pa
U.S
Arehigh University
San Francisco
New York City
Hawaii
Washington
Defense Department
John Carroll
Lehigh
Dutton
California
Red Chinese Ministry of Defense
Peking
Weather warms up in Montana with lingering snow turns
A warming trend may begin Wednesday as snowfall ends. Temperatures rise five to ten degrees above normal with days in the 20s and nights in the teens. Montana saw general precipitation with West Yellowstone reporting a tenth of an inch. Highs ranged from 29 in Missoula and Great Falls to 11 in Butte, with subzero readings the night prior. Wednesday highs expected in the 30s except near 20 in the eastern corner. Chains remained required on most passes amid intermittent snowpack and ice.
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Associated Press
Montana
West Yellowstone
Missoula
Great Falls
Butte
Metro sewer district holds 2 PM public hearing today
The Board of County Commissioners convenes a public hearing at 2 in Judge James D. Freebourn's courtroom to discuss a proposed 4.5 mill per square foot assessment for Phase 2 construction of Metro District sewer lines and disposal plant. The $1,237,000 district share funds the final construction phase of a $3.9 million program, with payment options through Nov 30 next year or over 20 years at 6 percent max.
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Board of County Commissioners
Metro Sewer District Board
James D. Freebourn
Metro
Wisdom shows $25,000 fire on page three
The page three item highlights a blaze with a total loss estimate of twenty five thousand dollars. Officials report the fire caused significant damage to property and prompt response by local units. The incident is summarized with emphasis on causes and outcome.
Vietnamese elite rangers assault Mekong Delta amid truce
Hundreds of Vietnamese paratroopers and their American advisers launched a large airborne attack in the Mekong Delta during the Christmas truce. Intelligence put the Communist force at about 1,200, facing U S 1st Air Cavalry troops near Bong Son. The assault marked a rare mauling of a heavily armed American unit.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong Delta
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
U.S
Vietnam
U.S. Admit Bombing Civilian Areas During Vietnam War
The Pentagon acknowledged that air attacks damaged civilian areas in North Vietnam while insisting civilians are not targeted. A New York Times dispatch described desolation near Hanoi and mass casualties at Phu Ly, raising calls for clearer limits on bombing.
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North Vietnam
Alties
New York Times
Hanoi
Harrison E. Salisbury
The
Times
Nam Dinh
Phu Ly
Salisbury
U.S
Washington
Pentagon
Local Weather Summary for Butte Anaconda Area
Partly cloudy today with snow in the mountains and a 10 percent precipitation chance. Tonight is likely dry with a zero percent chance of precipitation. High around 18 degrees, low near minus 8. One year ago temperatures were 42 and 27. Weather details continue on page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
Plane crash near Helena claims two Great Falls men
In rough weather a light plane piloted by Charles Stover collided with rolling hills two miles south of Bowman's Corners, killing both 28 year old victims Gary Alfson and Charles Stover. The men had recently moved to Great Falls to work for Boeing and were returning from a Christmas trip.
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Helena
Great Falls
Charles Paul Stover
Gary Alfson
Boeing Aircraft
Stovers
Elna
Wash
Alfsons
Seattle
Stover
Bowman's Corners
Jack Wilson
Coordina
Takeover by influence peddlers in state liquor business
Montana readers learn how Alabama and Ohio became center stage for liquor solicitor takeovers as a lesson for stalled state law changes. The piece notes current Montana bans on solicitors and recalls Alabama ending permits in January 1963 under Gov. George Wallace.
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Alabama
Ohio
Montanas
Thomas E. Mooney
Standard State Bureau
Helena
George C. Wallace
Butte youth 17 fined 300 after high speed chase
Ted Rickey, 17, pleaded guilty to reckless driving after a night chase through Plat inum Nevada Maryland and South Main streets. Police fired at the fleeing car as it traveled up to 90 mph. the car was impounded until the penalty is paid. Rickey was fined 300 dollars and his car impounded.
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Butte
Chase
Ted Rickey
Rickey
Centerville
John Seton
John Gasper
Mau
Rice Hennessey
John T. Sullivan
Gasper
Platinum
Nevada
Maryland
South Main
Front Street
Montana
Centennial
Sullivan
Excelsior
Caledonia
Big Butte
Missoula Shaft
Walkerville
Main
Townsend Soldier Dies in Vietnam
The Defense Department said Army Sgt. Bobby L. Waddell, son of Mrs. Edith L. Larson, Townsend Montana, died in Vietnam. The department noted his death was not connected with the war, and the toll among Montanans reached at least 36 in the last two years.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Bobby L. Waddell
Edith L. Larson
Townsend
Mont
Vietnam
Department
Emergency Landing On Expressway Near Laurel
A single engine plane made an emergency landing on the Baltimore Washington Expressway near Laurel Maryland in the southbound lane forcing a convertible car to serve as a makeshift landing area after the aircraft lost power.
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Laurel
Higher taxes loom as Silver Bow to tax at 40 percent
County Commissioners Hubert J. Johnson and Earl J. Holman told businessmen the county will align with a State Board of Equalization directive by March 1968 to tax local property at 40 percent of assessed valuation, up from 30 percent under reclassification statutes. The group included George B. Schotte, Harold McGrath, a rep-elect, and John Wulf as they discussed uptown Butte impacts.
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Hubert J. Johnson
Earl J. Holman
State Board of Equalization
John C. Alley
George B. Schotte
Harold A. McGrath
Butte Chamber of Commerce
John Wulf
Butte
Woman charged in infant death on train
Forsyth reports 23 year old Judith Beeman of Broadview Montana is charged with murder in the death of 22 month old Michael Scott Hatten found in a locked washroom on a Northern Pacific passenger train on Christmas Eve. County attorney Meisburger says Beeman waived preliminary hearing and will face district court. The child traveled with parents Robert and Mrs Hatten from McLaughlin S C toward Oregon during the holidays. The body was discovered behind a toilet as train reached Forsyth following an ambulance call.
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Forsyth
Northern Pacific
McLaughlin S. C
Oregon
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Tom Landry
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Eugene V. Risher
Bob Horton
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