Montana Pioneer Honored on 97th Birthday at Crest Nursing Home
The last president of the Society of Montana Pioneers, Lumen W. Allen, prepared to cut his 97th birthday cake at Crest Nursing Home while relatives and friends gathered. He is pictured with his great great grandniece Mary Pat Fleming. The piece notes his status as the sole survivor of the organization and references associated memories.
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Lumen W. Allen
Mary Pat Fleming
Crest
Allen
Society of Montana Pioneers
Joe Holly
Butte Welcomes New Year With Midnight Celebration
Butte rang in 1965 with mine whistle blasts and festive crowds. Watchnight services and Christmas mass Octaves filled Protestant and Catholic churches as residents prepared to return to work and school after holiday celebrations.
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Butte
Butte International Birthday Fete for Wigodskys Baby
Buttes celebrates the first birthday of Lisa Wigodsky born just after midnight in 1964. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerald L Wigodsky of Zarelda with sisters Jodi and Sheri. Staff photo.
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Lisa Wigodsky
Butte
Jerald L. Wigodsky
Zarelda
Jodi
Sheri
Missionary William McChesney slain by Congo rebels
Refugees rescued from Congolese rebels recount that American missionary William McChesney was trampled to death and his body mutilated before being dumped into the Wamba River. The 28 year old Phoenix native was among 28 whites killed at Wamba as rebels conducted a death dance.
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Leopoldville
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William McChesney
Wamba River
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Phoenix
Ariz
Wamba
Stanleyville
Mungbere
Aba
Faradje
Weather Aids Flood Mission In Northern California
Break in four day weather sent 12 civilian helicopter pilots aloft on New Year’s Eve relief to Salmon Mountains residents cut off for 13 days by flood and snow. They flew food medical supplies and doctors to isolated communities as a new storm approached. A dog team was flown in from Southern California to reach areas when copters can no longer operate.
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San Francisco
UPS
California
Salmon Mountains
California-Oregon
Jim Jones
Judge Downey Signs Probate Paper Ends 32 Year Bench Career
Judge T E Downey of Butte retires after 32 years on the bench in Dept 2. James D Freebourn will succeed him after winning November’s non partisan election. Downey praised staff and citizens and noted he will be around briefly before hanging his hat.
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T. E. Downey
Montana
Butte
Dept. No. 2
James D. Freebourn
Frank Gabse
Rosellini
James Graham
S. D. McKinnon
Miles City
Graves as bait trigger Viet Cong ambush near Binh Gia
Fresh graves believed to hold four U S Army helicopter crewmen lured Viet Cong into an ambush near Binh Gia. Marines probing the graves were hit as U S casualties rose with Marines withdrawing the wounded. Names of the missing Americans are listed and the death toll climbs.
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South Viet Nam
Binh Gia
U.S
Viet Nam
Red
Weather East and West of Divide Friday Through Saturday
East of Divide sees considerable cloudiness with scattered mountain snow Friday and Friday night and lighter snow Saturday. Temperatures rise Friday night then fall Saturday with highs 5 to 15 northeast to 25 to 40 southwest. West of Divide remains cloudy with snow in the mountains and slight temperature change both days. highs Saturday 20 to 30. Low temps range from subzero to 20 above.
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Divide
Merchandise Damaged In Sears Store Fire
A fire in the Sears Roebuck service department at 32 E. Granite caused extensive smoke and water damage to merchandise throughout the store. Two motorbikes were destroyed and several TV parts, wires, and tires ignited. no structural damage. Firefighters contained the blaze after about an hour with the cause undetermined.
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E. Granite
R. E. Mader
Mader
Serv
Ice Department
Arizona
Granite
Broadway
Traffic Toll Drops To 260 on Last Day
Helena AP reports Montana's highway fatality list updated as Vernon Olson of Glendive is removed after dying of a heart attack while injured in an Aug 30 crash two miles west of Glendive. The yearly toll stands at 260, ranking third worst all time. total since 1952 reaches 3,106 killed and 50,000 injured with a nearly $50 million annual economic loss.
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Olson
Glendive
Highway Patrol
Chiang Pledges to Destroy Red China Nuclear Sites
Chiang Kai-shek vowed to destroy Communist China's nuclear installations to block a delivery system capable of speed devastation worldwide. He urged a strong anti Communist revolution on the mainland and intensified counter offensives from the Taiwan Strait while noting China's October nuclear test as a danger signal.
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Taipei
Formosa
UPS
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Peking
Taiwan
Bamboo Curtain
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