Congress meets today as McCormack wins renomination
Congress opens with McCormack easily defeating Udall as Kennedy’s bid for Senate whip lingers. Democrats hold 243 192 in the House and 57 43 in the Senate. Powell faces a new GOP bid for seating with censure and fines. Ford and Anderson chosen for top House posts. Mansfield and Dirksen unopposed. Kennedy aims to unseat Long as assistant leader.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
John B. Anderson
Illinois
House Republican Conference
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Kennedy
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
MSU Student and Bozeman Woman Die in Montana Crash
Two Bozeman residents died in a two car head on collision about 15 miles west of Hardin on U S 87. Donald Minish 19 a Montana State University student from Fort Smith and Donna DeVoe 39 of Bozeman were killed. Injured were Ronald DeVoe 39 and two children Daniel 9 and D Ann 20 hospitalized in Billings. Minish was attempting to pass a truck on an icy stretch. DeVoe managed a lumber company northwest of The deaths raise Montana's 1969 toll to three.
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Hardin (Ap
Bozeman
Hardin
U.S. 87
Donald Fred Minish
Montana State University
Fort Smith
Yellowtail Dam
Donna DeVoe
Ronald H. DeVoe
Daniel
D’ann
Billings
Highway Patrol
Minish
DeVoe
3-D Lumber Co
Greek airliner hijacked by gunman to Cairo
An Olympic Airways DC 6 was hijacked after takeoff from Crete with 97 aboard. The gunman forced a flight to Cairo, then surrendered. passengers and crew were later to be refueled and flown back to Athens. The aircraft owner Onassis arranged a special plane to repatriate the passengers.
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Athens
Olympic Airways
Cairo
Aristotle Onassis
Crete
Mediterranean
George Xilouris
Elizabeth Petersen
Seattle
Wash
Nile Delta
Eastern DC8 Hijacked to Cuba From New York to Miami
An Eastern Air Lines DC8-61 carrying 138 passengers and a 10 member crew was hijacked and diverted to Havana Cuba after taking off from New York bound for Miami. The FAA reported the plane was near Jacksonville when the pilot said over the radio he planned to fly to Havana.
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Atlanta, Ga
Eastern Air Lines
New York
Miami
Cuba
Federal Aviation Administration
Eastern
FAA
Havana
Jacksonville
Fla
Montana lawmakers weigh dozen tax proposals in 1969 session
HELENA The 1969 Legislature faces more than a dozen tax proposals aimed at Montana taxpayers. Measures vary from a $1 motorcycle license fee to possible 10 percent hikes in income and corporate license taxes, with one estimate suggesting significant revenue effects.
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Helena
Montana
Taxes on tap as Montana lawmakers eye revenue mix
With anticipated revenues from present tax sources falling short, outgoing Gov. Tim Babcock is expected to propose a sales tax to balance the state budget. Democratic Gov elect Forrest Anderson backs a 10 percent income tax increase. Proposals include beer, gasoline, liquor, aviation gasoline taxes, home rule for city property levies, and a statewide 2 mill vo-tech levy as taxes page 2 details.
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Tim Babcock
Babcock
Forrest H. Anderson
William A. Groff
Victor
Anderson
Montana League of Cities and Towns
William H. Bertsche
Great Falls
Bertsch
Legislative Council
Vo-Tech
State Split Weather Favors Montana Split
An arctic front across Montana's Rocky Mountains divides the state into two weather camps with bitter cold to the west and springlike mildness to the east. Snow persists along the front in small amounts while western and southwestern Montana logged mid-30s temperatures.
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Montana
Rocky Mountains
Colbo Named Acting Montana Budget Chief at 27
Keith L. Colbo, 27, a Deer Lodge native and former assistant to Budget Director Richard Morris, is appointed acting state director of the Montana budget office by Gov elect Forrest H. Anderson. Colbo will serve indefinately and proposes changes in the office as the legislature considers the future. Colbo is MSU commerce graduate (1963), married with one daughter.
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Keith Colbo
Deer Lodge
Colbo
Richard F. Morris
Morris
Tim Babcock
Budget Office
J. F. Reid
Edward W. Nelson
Tive Service
Donald L. Sorte
The
Legislative Council
G. Dean Reed
James W. van Koten
Rep
E. W. Christiansen
D-Hardin
Jack D. Rehberg
R-Billings
Sam Gillaly
Historical Museum
Thomas E. Mooney
House
George Remington
Helena Independent Record
W. A. Groff
Senate Finance and Claims Committee
Norris Nichols
House Appropriations Committee
Groff
Nichols
Stevensville
Keith L. Colbo
Forrest H. Anderson
van Koten
David F. James
Battin aide eyes return as U S marshal in Montana
Lou Aleksich Billings executive secretary to Congressman James F. Battin expresses interest in resuming his role as U S marshal for Montana a $15 000 a year post he held 1953 1961 under Eisenhower. He cites a preference for law enforcement and has prior service as highway patrolman and recognition from federal judges.
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Helena
James F. Battin
Battin
Lou Aleksich
Billings
U.S
Montana
Dwight Eisenhower
Aleksich
Washington
Missoula County
George Bukovatz
State Bureau
Justice Department
Fice
Congress
United States Attorney
James B. Patten
Tim Babcock
Otis Packwood
State legislators begin two-day orientation at Capitol
Helena AP reports a two day orientation for state lawmakers opens Friday morning in the Montana Senate chamber with new members targeted. The session, sponsored by the Montana Legislative Council, marks the first in a series guiding legislators as they prepare for the session.
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Capitol
Helena
Montana
Senate
Montana Legislative Council
Montana State University to Start Registration and Montana Legislature Opens
MSU registration will begin Friday morning and run through Saturday January 4. The 41st Montana Legislature convenes at noon Monday with opening ceremonies and swearing in in both houses. Leaders from both parties outline orientation and early sessions focusing on organization and legislative process.
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Bozeman (Ap
Montana State University
MSU
Helen Fechter
Montana
House
Senate
James P. Lucas
Miles City
Colorado
Montana Assembly
Lucas
Gordon McGowan
D-Highwood
Ellis Waldron
University of Montana
J. A. Turnage
R-Polson
Ray Wayrynen
D-Butte
Francis Bardanouve
House Appropriations Committee
Legisla
Snow plows reach isolated families and cattle near Dixon
Snow plows moved through deep drifts to reach two Montana families and hundreds of cattle stranded north of Dixon after river ice knocked out a wooden bridge linking to Dixon. The Moss families were reported safe, and residents noted river receding and a brighter new year. Bob Neuman, who owns cattle nearby, must drive 50 miles to feed them via Sloan Bridge several miles north.
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Dixon
Carl
Howard Moss
Flathead
Bob Neuman
Sloan Bridge
Business sets pace for 1969 at county courthouse
Public officials and staffs settled into 1969 routines around the county courthouse on Thursday. Judge John B. McClernan granted the year's first decree of annulment to Carlotta from
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John B. McClernan
Carlotta
Billings man, 70, freezes to death
The frozen body of William H. Reeves, 70, was found Thursday beside his 10-foot house trailer in Billings where he lived alone. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause of death. It was unclear how long he had been dead before discovery. The county clerk noted a mortgage satisfaction, and Justice of the Peace Georgia Moran had a busy day with the year’s first trial, complaint, and arraignment in a criminal case.
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Billings
William H. Reeves
Reeves
George Rush
Agnes
Bill Bateman
James J. Masor
Deer Lodge
Susan E. Stadler
Butte
D. L. Bowser
Alexa Reed
Hazel McGee
Justice of the Peace
Georgia Moran
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D-N.y
House Republicans
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Butte - Anaconda
League of Cities and Towns
State Highway Dept
Montana Aeronautics Commission
Associated Press
Coca
Whitehall
Glasgow
Missoula
Kalispell
Weather Bureau
Lookout Pass
U.S. 10
Lolo Pass
US. 12
Idaho
Chief Joseph Pass
London
Alan Comfort
Keith L
Federal Court
Jest
John
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