Sitka Fire Ruins Main District and Russian Church
A severe Sunday fire in Sitka Alaska destroyed more than 16 businesses two churches and a utilities office on Lincoln Street. The 121 year old Russian Church of St Michael was leveled as crews battled 15 to 20 mile per hour winds. No injuries were reported as residents evacuated apartments and Coast Guard and state officials arranged aid and disaster declarations.
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Sitka
Alaska
Lutheran Church
Ksa-Tv
Orthodox Church
Alaska Pioneers Home
Pioneers
George D. Symon
17Th Coast
ST. Michael
Blast site near Helena residential area claims youth life
Fire and smoke marked a hillside blast site near Helena with LeGrand Cannon Blvd. A dead youth’s body lay scattered across the rocky slope, while residents watched and described the area as four blocks from nearby homes through open land.
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Helena and LeGrand Cannon Blvd
Massive snowstorm grips Great Lakes region
The storm spread from the upper Great Lakes toward New England with up to 8 inches of snow in northern Wisconsin and Michigan. Warnings covered eight states as snow and freezing rain created hazardous driving conditions. In Green Bay fans trudged through four inches of snow to reach the game site.
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Associated Press
Upper
Great Lakes
New England
Wisconsin
Michigan
Green Bay
Wis
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tupelo
Miss
Appalachians
Rockies
Plains
Gotham transit strike drags on amid protests and walkouts
New York faced a transit strike as talks between the city transit authority and the Amalga mated Transit Unions stalled after a brief session. Mayor John V. Lindsay urged Manhattan workers to stay home unless essential, planning a four mile walk to City Hall to show citywide disruption. A Civil Defense center was activated to manage the emergency.
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UPI
City Transit Authority
John V. Lindsay
Civil Defense Control Center
New York City
Midtown Manhattan
City Hall
Transport Workers and Amalgamated Transit Unions
Authority
City Transit
Lindsay
Castro says China breaks rice for sugar pact
Fidel Castro disclosed in Havana that Communist China has reneged on the rice for sugar agreement. China will neither send Cuba rice this year nor buy Cuban sugar, signaling belt tightening and potential economic fallout alongside Cuba's missed sugar target. He urged unity against the United States and warned that workers who sign up for emigration would be fired and reassigned to farm work.
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China
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Revolutionary Plaza
Humphrey says non Communist Asia seeks peace with neighbors
Vice President Hubert Humphrey told Hawaii crowds that Asians in free Asia refuse peace at neighbor’s cost. He cited his Southeast Asia tour including Japan, the Philippines, Nationalist China and South Korea and said American resolve is key to their safety amid the Viet Nam war.
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Honolulu
Hubert Humphrey
Southeast Asia
Asia
Humphrey
University of Hawaii
Free Asia
Japan
Philippines
China
South Korea
Viet Nam
Dea
Nation's drivers push New Year toll to record high
Deaths on U S highways set a New Year weekend record 535, surpassing last year. Weather Rain and snow worsened travel danger as safety officials warned the toll could reach 600, up from a preholiday projection of 360 to 440. An Associated Press nonholiday weekend tally counted 420 deaths in similar span.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Butte Weather Outlook Turns Colder With Snow
Mostly cloudy with snow and cooler today in Butte Montana. Temperatures rise to 20 and fall to minus five tonight as a potential additional snowfall moves in this afternoon or tonight. One year ago in Butte the highs and lows were 31 and 8.
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Butte - Anaconda
Butte
Montana Weather
Montana hit by new cold wave and heavy snowstorm
A new cold wave and storm swept into Montana on Sunday bringing gusty winds and heavy snowfall. Great Falls saw 33 degrees drop in three hours with three inches of snow, while other areas faced five to six inches. Ground blizzards formed near West Yellowstone, and highways were closed to non emergencies.
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Northwest
Pendleton
Ore
Cascades
Seattle
Wash
Mississippi Valley
Associated Press
Montana
Great Falls
Livingston
Continental Divide
West Yellowstone
Chateau
Dutton
Lost Trail
Chief Joseph Passes
Hamilton
Lewiston-Moscow
Idaho
Envoys push peace offensive to India and Africa
U S envoys broaden a peace mission for Vietnam visiting New Delhi and Algiers with Harriman and Williams leading talks. In London Kaiser met Wilson as Humphrey briefed Johnson on Asia, while Seoul warned against talks risking a stalemate. Pope Paul VI prayed for peace appeals to Soviet Union and Viet Nam. Communist responses were largely negative.
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India
North Africa
London
U.S
United States
Viet Nam
Europe
W. Averell Harriman
New Delhi
International Control Commission
Poland
Canada
Asst
G. Mennen Williams
Algiers
Africa
Philip Kaiser
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Arthur J
North
South Korea
Vatican City
Pope Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
Soviet Union
Red China
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Young collegian rescued from cave by deputy in Tennessee
In Putnam County Tennessee an 18 year old college student was freed after a rock trapped him in a cave. Deputy Bill Cosby hoisted in upside down and removed a 50 pound rock while a team of rescuers supported the operation. The youth Ren Smith, a sophomore at Middle Tennessee State College, was taken to a hospital in good condition.
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Charles Smith
Putnam County
Bill Cosby
Smith
Cosby
Ren Smith
Middle Tennessee State College
Five Butte residents hurt in toboggan collision
Five residents of Butte were involved when a toboggan towing behind a Jeep collided with an oncoming car on Roosevelt Drive south of the city. Hospitalized was Mrs. Ann St John and Hazel Younce at Silver Bow General. others treated and released included Margaret Duddy Robert McLean and John Duddy. Also aboard were Richard and Jeanie Blow and Donald St John. driver Jim Duddy along with Daniel Gregier gave statements. The wreck happened between Harding Way and the railroad trestle.
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Butte
Roosevelt Drive
Silver Bow General Hospital
Ann St. John
Oregon
Hazel Younce
Washoe
Margaret Duddy
California
Robert McLean
S. Main
John Duddy
Iowa
Donald St. John
Jim Duddy
Daniel Gregier
Montana
Harding Way
Butte Students Short Changed by Overcrowding
A Page 2 brief reports on overcrowding affecting students in Butte, detailing how class sizes have grown beyond capacity and draw of attention from officials and parents seeking relief.
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Butte
Green Bay
Cleveland
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New Cold Wave
Knifes
Weather Bureau
Lebanon, Tenn
Civil Defense
Richard Smith
Richard and
Jeanie Blow
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