U N Council Condemns Israel for Beirut Airport Attack
The Security Council unanimously condemns Israel for its premeditated assault on Beirut International Airport last Saturday and the destruction of 13 aircraft. It avoids immediate sanctions but warns of possible measures if acts repeat and calls Lebanon for redress.
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Sam Popf Brewer
New York
Security Council
Israel
Beirut
Council
Nity
Lebanon
J. R. Wiggins
United States
Old Glory Raised by Soldier Team in Saigon
Pfc. Larry Barnes of Wheeling Virginia and fellow U S soldiers assembled a New Year banner on a building roof in Saigon as part of an observation post team. AP Wirephoto.
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Pfc
Larry Barnes
Wheeling
Saigon
Barnes
After Apollo 8 the next step for space program
NASA faces budget cuts and job insecurity as Apollo 8 proves the U S moon goal but risks stalling momentum. Officials warn of gaps in manned flights, reduced rocket production, and a leaner path to a 1971 workshop mission with a 1975 large space station amid possible new funding.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Russia
NASA
Mars
Volving
Space Agency
Mercury Warmth Sweeps Through Butte Area Tuesday
A Pacific storm front brought unseasonable warmth to Butte and nearby regions with a 53 degree rise from 31 below Monday midnight to 22 above Tuesday 8 p.m. Temperatures hovered near 28 early Tuesday morning, with FAA data showing warming trends across Dillon, Whitehall, and other sections while snowfall warning persists in some areas.
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Butte
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Dillon
Whitehall
Bozeman
Helena
St. Ann
Rocker
James Darnitter
City
Montana Power Co
Dexter Flynn
South Vietnamese to take over some US battle duties in 1969
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced an expansion of the South Vietnamese army to about 924,000 men and the adoption of modern U.S. weapons, signaling that South Vietnam would gradually assume battlefield responsibilities from U.S. and allied forces in 1969. He noted phased U.S. withdrawals were possible but offered no firm timetable. The report also notes a Vietnamese division freed a captured Green Beret, James Nichols Rowe, in the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Republic of Vietnam
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
James Nicholas Rowe
McAllen
Tex
Weather Outlook for Butte Anaconda Through Thursday
Cloudy and warmer through Thursday with periods of snow. High today 28, low tonight 10. Snow chances 70 percent today, 40 percent tonight. A year ago, temperatures were 22 and 1. Weather table, Page 2.
Pacific storm front to bring warmer cays
Weather Bureau warnings posted for western Montana and northern Idaho as a Pacific storm moves in. A warming trend starts midweek, bringing above zero temperatures for many areas for the first time since Friday. Kalispell records minus 10 as six western Montana cities remain below freezing with up to 12 inches of new snow.
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Associated Press
Montana
Idaho
Weather Bureau
Treasure
Kalispell
New Year's Day Reflections on Resolutions
The text reflects on early morning wakeups and a noisy cat on January 1. It warns against dropping a handkerchief and notes a man’s failed promises. It jokes that women make resolutions easily, while husbands struggle to keep them.
Butte copper production up 5 000 tons in 1968
Anaconda Co Butte mines produced 67 548 tons in 1968 up from 66 292 in 1967 as a strike long 1967 68 year affected output. Underground mines declined to 11 769 tons from 19 424 in 1967 while Berkeley open pit and precipitates yielded 55 779 tons, up from 46 868 in 1967. No xine mines operated in 1968.
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Anaconda Co
Butte
Butte Mines
Leonard
Mountain Con
Steward
Berkeley
Viet Cong Free American Prisoners in Saigon
The U S Command announced on Wednesday that Viet Cong forces freed three American soldiers after battlefield negotiations. The three 21 year olds were taken prisoner last year and were flown to the 24th Evacuation Hospital near Saigon for questioning and possible return to the United States within days.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
Mekong Delta
National Liberation Front
Thomas N. Jones
Lynnville
Ind
James W. Brigham
Ocala
Fla
Donald Smith
Akron
New Year Celebrations Mark 1969 Across U S and World
Americans bid farewell to 1968 with large parties from Houston to New York and Central Park. The Astrohall hosted a massive Houston bash for 30 000 guests with 4000 gallons of champagne and four bands led by Duke Ellington. In New York the Waldorf Astoria drew crowds at 55 50 per head while Times Square rang in 1969 with the illuminated ball. President-elect Nixon and wife Pat left Florida for California to view the Rose Bowl while Johnson kept a quiet New Year at the Texas ranch.
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Texas
Berlin
Rome
Houston
Tex
Astrohall
Astrodome
Oklahoma
Southern Methodist
Duke Ellington
New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Guy Lombardo
Central Park
Times Square
Allied Chemical
Tricia
Florida
Pennsylvania
Julie
David Eisenhower
Johnson
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