Falls Fire Fatal to 4
GREAT FALLS AP A Great Falls smelterman and three of his children died in a pre dawn blaze at a two story wooden apartment house. Seven other people escaped before the building was gutted. Fire officials said the cause was undetermined with careless smoking and a drinking party suspected.
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Great Falls
Edward Falcon
Robert
Ricky
Bernice
Bill Fenton
Fenton
Robert Falcon
Leroy LaMere
Peter Tizzard
U S Sales Record Wheat Export to Soviet Union
Continental Grain Co of New York sold 37 million bushels of wheat to the Soviet Union for cash. The domestic value is about $300 million and the delivered value at Russian ports near $480 million. U.S. export subsidy of about $25 million makes U.S. wheat competitive with world prices.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Continental Grain Co
New York
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Goldwater enters race pledging clear choice not an echo
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater announces bid for the Republican presidential nomination while filing for re election to a third Senate term. He vows a campaign on principles, slams lack of clear rival positions, and outlines New Hampshire primary plans with Denison Kitchel as campaign director.
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Walter R. Mears
Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Johnson
Senate
Arizona Senate
San Francisco
White House
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
America
Grand Rapids
Mich
New Hampshire
New England
Rockefeller
Denison Kitchel
Concord
Griffith Resignation Accepted and District Council Caucus
Mayor Vern Griffith resigned and the City Council accepted. Griffith becomes Montana administrator for the Area Redevelopment Administration, headquartered in Butte. A council caucus Friday evening eyed successors, with Tom Powers Mehrens and Len Vainio as leading contenders. no mayoral election yet.
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Vern (Hanna) Griffith
Griffith
Montana
Area Redevelopment Administration
Tom Powers
Bert Mehrens
Len Vainio
Vainio
Powers
Mehrens
William Geagan
Geagan
Johnson seeks budget cut under one hundred billion target
President Johnson said he aims to drop the budget below 100 billion dollars while maintaining Kennedy era moon program funding of up to 40 billion. He spoke in Johnson City about budget variability and linked the aim to tax cuts and the 1964 campaign context. He also declined to comment on Barry Goldwater entering the Republican race.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Congress
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Butte School Renamed Kennedy School Today
Butte's Big Butte School will be formally renamed the John Fitzgerald Kennedy School with a ceremony at 2 45 PM. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield will speak amid attendance by trustees, PTA members, and delegations from Anaconda Helena Deer Lodge and Philipsburg.
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Big Butte
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
West Side
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Kevin Shannon
False Reputation Questioned Amid Reno Divorce Ratio
Reno in Nevada faces scrutiny as reports claim marriages outnumber divorces by more than five to one, challenging its nickname as the Divorce Capital of the World.
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Reno
Nev
UPI
Weather outlook for Butte area through Sunday
Partly cloudy today with a few snow flurries and a high near 32. East of Divide, mostly cloudy with scattered snow in the mountains on Saturday and Saturday night, then partly cloudy Sunday. West of Divide, mostly cloudy with scattered snow, little temperature change, highs 28 to 38, lows 10 to 28.
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Butte
Divide
Jet Disintegrates In Air Rains Debris On Greene County School
An RB57D test jet disintegrated at 50 000 feet over Greene County plunging the wingless fuselage into Beavercreek High School as 2040 students were in class. Pilot Capt Gerald E LyVere 45 escaped serious injuries by bailing out and was treated at Wright Patterson AFB Hospital. Debris scattered, windows shattered, no students hurt.
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Xenia
Ohio
Greene County
Beavercreek High School
Gerald E. LyVere
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base Hospital
Here
Wright-Patterson
Khrushchev Calls Global Treaty Renouncing Force Use
Soviet Premier Khrushchev issued a New Year peace note urging a worldwide treaty banning force in territorial disputes. The U S State Department called the proposal disappointing but said it would study possible constructive steps. Khrushchev spoke in Poland with Gomulka as the note outlined four core provisions including a pledge not to use force to alter frontiers and a ban on territorial grabs as pretexts.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
U.S
United Nations
Soviet Union
Johnson
Pope to begin historic Holy Land visit today
Pope Paul VI arrives in Jerusalem for a milestone trip to walk Jesus' paths and seek Christian unity and world peace. The visit marks the first papal pilgrimage to the sacred area, with Jordan and Israel banners in a divided city and tense border guards on alert before his arrival.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
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Vatican
Jordan
Israel
No Man’s Land
101-Year-Old Woman Rescued From Fire in Melrose
Granddaughter Agnes DeLeon and neighbor Wayne Decker pulled 101 year old Oshla Kambich from a smoke filled Melrose home after spotting an adjoining bedroom fire. Fire Chief Joe Buyan cited an electric blanket as the likely cause and said Kambich was moved to another granddaughter's home. She will turn 102 on March 16.
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Melrose
Oshla
Grandma) Kambich
Agnes DeLeon
Wayne Decker
Joe Buyan
Montana Democrats Gather In Butte for Annual Get-Together
About 450 Montana Democrats from across the state descend on Butte for a one day conclave featuring a 6:30 p.m. congressional report dinner at the Finlen Hotel. speakers include Senators Mansfield and Metcalf and Rep Olsen with John Sheehy as MC and special tribute to Kennedy.
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Butte
Frank Quinn
Standard Post
State Central Committee
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Arnold Olsen
John Sheehy
Billings
John Newland
John F. Kennedy
Rod Cooney
Silver Bow
Treasure State Room
Mansfield
Metcalf
Olsen
Mike Kuchera
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Emma) Hill
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Jha
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Belgrade
Lilion
Drummond Glasgow
Havre ” Helena
Kalispell
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Livingston
Miles City
Issoula
Yellowstone
Barrett
Democratic State Central Committee
Fred Barrett
Sen, Lee Metcalf
Sen, Mike Mansfield
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