Winter Storm Binds Montana Amid Deep Freeze Across State
A statewide blast of heavy snow and extending subzero temperatures disrupted travel and closed schools. Western Montana saw easing by Friday night while eastern areas remained severe with winds up to 40 mph. Highways stayed open but some routes limited to one way as drifted sections and passes required chains and snowplows. Authorities urged cautious travel and monitored road conditions as forecasts predicted continued cold through Saturday.
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Cascade County
Milligan
Great Falls
Highway Department
Lewis
Fergus County
Livingston
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner
Billings
Harry Wolferton
Laurel
Bozeman
Missoula
Reserve St
Lookout Pass
U. S. 10
U. S. 12
Lolo Pass
Chief Joseph Pass
Lost Trail Pass
Bombers strike near China line
American F105 Thunderchiefs raided targets within nine miles of the Chinese frontier, destroying the Lang Son railroad bridge and four anti aircraft sites while avoiding Hanoi and Haiphong. Two Thunderchiefs were reported downed, bringing US losses to five planes since Wednesday as Hanoi claimed fifteen enemy jets shot down.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Frontier
Lang Son
Red China
U.S
North
U S regrets damage to Soviet ship in Haiphong raid
The United States voiced regret over any bombing of Soviet merchant vessels in Hai Phong harbor and noted that accidents can happen as it opened a Washington inquiry into Moscow s charge. Moscow alleged a pirate attack on the 3726 ton Pereslavl Zalessky during an air raid.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U.S
Haiphong Harbor
State Department
Moscow
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Haiphong
Phosphate Plant at Garrison Ordered Closed Temporarily
The Rocky Mountain Phosphates Plant at Garrison must shut down temporarily after state officials ordered controls on fluoride emissions. State air pollution director Benjamin F. Wake said a closure letter was sent to plant president Bryce L. Rhodes, with meetings confirming cooperation though fluoride levels have risen again at testing stations.
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Garrison
Helena
Rocky Mountain Phosphates
Benjamin F. Wake
State Board of Health
Bryce L. Rhodes
Rhodes
Wake
Montana
Crime rate in Silver Bow County falls from 1966 to 1967
District court filings show 32 major felony and indictable misdemeanor matters in 1967 down from 41 in 1966. Burglary led with 13 defendants, plus cases of robbery, rape, manslaughter, lewd acts, grand larceny, and other offenses. sentences ranged from probation to several years in state prison.
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Silver Bow County
Snowbound Bread Trucks Block Colorado Street
A Montana Standard report notes a stuck Eddy’s bread truck in the 600 block of Colorado during Friday morning’s snowstorm. Rescue efforts began as a Sweetheart bread truck attempted to pull the disabled vehicle free.
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Colorado
Montana Standard
Eddy
Glasgow AFB Could Become Jet Airport
Industry spokesmen after an on site visit at Glasgow Air Force Base told Montana officials the $100 million facility could become an international air terminal. Avco Corp subsidiary representatives outlined a long range plan to convert the base after its June 30 deactivation into a human resources development training center before a move to an international port of entry for supersonic transport planes.
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E. T. Stonecipher
Public Systems
The
Economic Systems Corp
Washington, D. C
Avco
Tim Babcock
Samuel J. Chapman
James F. Watkins
Mons L. Teigen
Charles A. Lynch
Stonecipher
Thomas M. Reilly
Suboidiary Corporation
Transportation Systems
Babcock Believes Nixon Will Win GOP Nomination
Gov. Tim Babcock returned from California convinced Richard Nixon will secure the Republican presidential nomination. He said Romney and Rockefeller cannot defeat President Johnson, while Reagan has a heavy general burden. Babcock met Eisenhower and Dirksen, spoke of politics and the war, and noted Roosevelt’s era ally Freeman Gosden was present. He hinted Eisenhower’s favorite was known but not disclosed.
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Helena
Tim Babcock
Capitol
California
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Babcock
Barry M. Goldwater
Michigan
George W. Romney
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Johnson
Ronald O
Reagan
Babcock
Eisenhower
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Associated Press
Palm Desert
Freeman Gosden
Amos and Andy
Queen Air
Dillon
Snow piles up in Butte as deep January storm hits city
Snowstorm dumps 18 inches by Friday morning in Butte with 20 below zero forecast for Saturday. City crews clear streets while traffic delays and cab shortages mount. Two airline flights bypassed the airport due to snow removal. planes resumed landing after noon.
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Butte Area
Butte
Granite
Broadway
Park and
Galena
Woman mission teacher and children found safe in jungle
An American woman missionary teacher Miss June Laing and three Indian children were found safe after four days wandering in Cameron Highlands jungle. They were cared for in a British military hospital in good condition but exposed. Aborigine trackers led rescuers to them as helicopters and nearly 200 personnel searched the area north of Kuala Lumpur.
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Kuala Lumpur
June Laing
Altoona
Malaysia
Cameron Highlands
Ruth Kelck
Mason
Laing
Miss Kelck
Miss Laing
James Thompson
Thompson
Thailand
Spock indicted in draft resistance case in Boston
A federal grand jury charged pediatrician Benjamin Spock Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr and three others with conspiring to counsel young men to avoid the draft. The case will be tried in Boston federal court on a date to be set.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
Yale University
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Justice Department
Spock
U.S
Arlington Street
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Connie Williams
Timmy
Maury Williams
W. Silver
Herb Slodounik
Nixon
Pasadena
Edmonton
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Northern Pacific
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Kalispell
Montana State University
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