Mississippi May Prosecute Slayers of 3 Rights Workers
Governor Paul Johnson said Mississippi will prosecute those responsible for the slayings of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County near Philadelphia if evidence warrants indictments. The FBI arrested 21 white men on federal civil rights charges. a federal grand jury is seated to examine the case.
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Jackson
Miss
Paul Johnson
Mississippi
Joe Patterson
Bill Johnson
Neshoba County
Raiford Jones
Jones
Philadelphia
FBI
U.S
Punishment Sought for Two Democrats Backing Goldwater
A group led by Rep. Blatnik calls for action against Rep. John Bell Williams of Mississippi and Rep. Albert Watson of South Carolina for endorsing Goldwater in 1964. The background paper cites racialized campaigns and says they abandoned the Democratic Party, while Thurmond had switched parties. No specific punishment is proposed.
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Washington
UPI
House
Barry Goldwater
John A. Bilatnik
Dminn
House Democratic Caucus
John Bell Williams
Dmiss
Albert W. Watson
D-S. C
Goldwater
Dem
Williams
Watson
Blatnik
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Violence deaths in Silver Bow County total 30 in 1964
Silver Bow County recorded 30 violent deaths in 1964, matching 1963 and well below 1962's 37. Heart disease killed 77 people, gunshots 9, traffic 8, with one knifing linked to a wife and a later self-inflicted gunshot.
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Silver Bow County
Gordon Mickelberry
Nora Jean
Granite High School Principal, Wife, Teen Die in Idaho Crash
Philipsburg mourns as Granite County High School principal Myron L. Lee 30 his wife Grace 44 and Linda Johnson 13 die in a two car crash near Downey Idaho on New Year’s Day. Lee’s daughter Mary 8th grade and wife’s mother died recently.
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Granite County High School
Downey
Idaho
Granite County
Myron L. Lee
Grace
Linda Johnson
Victor Johnson
Black Pine Ranch
Marsh Hospital
Mary Lee
Lees
Lee
South Dakota
Johnson
Mary
Nick Munis
Pocatello
Munis
Lee Valentine
Keith Criddle
Richard
Viet Nam Battle Sees Vietnamese Reinforced Near Binh Gia
U S helicopters ferry two fresh Vietnamese battalions to Binh Gia to bolster government forces in a five day battle with a tenacious Viet Cong regiment. Casualties include an American captain killed and a Marine battalion commander lost in an ambush.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Binh Gia
U.S. Navy
Navy
da Nang
Washington
Kurt C. McDonald
Craig W. McDonald
San Bruno
Calif
Edward R. Dodge
James H. Dodge
Norfolk
Red
Weather Overview For Butte Anaconda Montana
Partly cloudy today with a shift to mostly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Snow flurries scattered tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures. Highs near 24 today, lows around 5. Montana east shows variable cloudiness with snow in western mountains and warmer periods, while Montana west predicts cloudy conditions with snow in mountains and colder nights. The table notes maximums cover 18 hours.
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Butte-Anaconda
Montana
State Records First 1965 Traffic Death
Montana's first highway fatality of 1965 occurred when James N. French 20 of Wagner failed to stop at a stop sign and drove into Frank Vonar 24 of Nashua at a rural US Highway 2 intersection west of Malta. French died from injuries in snow. Loren Wombold 18 and Frank Vonar escaped serious injury.
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Malta
Montana
James N. French
Wagner
Gerald Winkler
French
Loren Wombold
Frank Vonar
Nashua
Winkler
Vonar
National Toll Climbs Sharply During New Year Holiday
Traffic deaths across the nation rose rapidly during the extended New Year weekend. The National Safety Council reported fatalities since 6 p.m. Thursday more than tripled the rate of the 1961-62 three day holiday, reaching 213 by Friday night as the period was only about a third complete.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Johnson orders inquiry into steel price hikes
President Johnson directed a government inquiry into recent selective steel price increases. He asked Cashman Gardner Ackley of the Council of Economic Advisers to determine if federal action is warranted. Johnson noted concern over inflationary potential and urged steel firms to consider the public interest.
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Johnson City, Tex
UPI
Johnson
White House
George E. Reedy
Cashman Gardner Ackley
The
Council of Economic Advisers
Reedy
Ackley
Ack
Look Ma No Chute stunt shocks Arvin skydivers
ARVIN California AP A stuntman Rod Pack 26 jumped from a plane at 14600 feet without a parachute and, during a free fall, Bob Allen 25 handed him a chute. Pack deployed and landed safely in a plowed field after 8 000 feet of descent at 125 mph. Pilot Harry Hanes 41 and two aerial photographers witnessed the feat.
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Arvin
Calif
Rod Pack
Pack
San Joaquin Valley
Bob Allen
Allen
Harry Hanes
Schaefer
van Nuys
Mining City businessman Joseph Knuckey dies at 64
Joseph H. Knuckey 64, Butte contractor and former Cahill Mooney superintendent, died in a local hospital Friday. Born February 10 1900 in Olyphant PA he moved to Butte in 1901 worked as a carpenter joined Knuckey Construction Co opened Easy Washateria and Dry Cleaning 1010 S Main in 1960 Navy WWI veteran and longtime member of American Legion Elks Carpenters Union Mount Moriah Lodge. Surviving wife Nellie Costen daughter Mrs Ted Starysky aunt and many relatives. Body in White's Funeral Home.
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Joseph H. Knuckey
Butte
Mr. Knuckey
Olyphant
Cahill-Mooney
Knuckey Construction Co
Easy Washateria
S. Main
Knuckey
American Legion
Butte Elks, Carpenters Union
Mount Moriah Lodge No. 24
Af&am
Nellie Costen
Ted Starysky
Arizona
White
Train Car Derails Near Manhattan
A Northern Pacific freight train derailed Friday between Belgrade and Manhattan, leaving only two wheels on the track and halting rail traffic for about five hours. An NP employee cited unknown derailment cause.
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Manhattan
Northern Pacific
Belgrade
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