Senate confirms first Negro Cabinet member in history
The Senate unanimously confirmed Robert C. Weaver as secretary of housing and urban development, making him the first Black member of a U S Cabinet. Weaver, 58, heads the Housing and Home Finance Administration and was supported by both parties despite past opposition. Also approved was Robert C. Wood as No 2 in the new department.
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Patrick J. Slovan Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Weaver
Housing and Urban Development
Senate Banking Committee
Robert C. Wood
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wood
MIT
Banking Committee
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Willis Robertson
D-Va
John Sparkman
Dala
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Robertson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Senate
GOP vows spending attack in new Senate term
The GOP plans a spending attack to sharpen the party line for the new session of the 89th Congress. Ford vows to cut wasteful programs and poor accounting while targeting antipoverty efforts. Dirksen stresses a balanced diplomatic peace push with necessary military action in Viet Nam.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
Ford
Dirksen
White House keeps flexibility as Pentagon plans big buildup
The White House maintains flexible approach to Vietnam negotiations as Defense Secretary McNamara seeks a $12.3 billion supplemental for fiscal 1966 to fund 113000 more uniformed personnel and 94000 civilian workers. Moyers notes no end date for peace efforts and no reserves callup.
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White House
Defense Department
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Namara
Moyers
McNamara
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
South Viet Nam
Department
Jacobsen Files for Coroner Nomination in Butte
Leo L. Jacobsen 26 filed Monday as a Democrat for coroner becoming the year’s first candidate. A mortician with Richards Funeral Home since 1958 and a former Butte baseball player he lives at 1930 Silver Bow Blvd with wife Dorothy Carlyon and daughter Julie Ann. He holds a San Francisco College of Mortuary Science degree and is active in civic groups.
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Jacobsen
Richards Funeral Home
Deer Lodge
Leo A. Jacobsen
Butte
Tim Deasy
McKinley School
Butte High School
San Francisco College of Mortuary Science
Dorothy Carlyon
Centerville
Julie Ann
Silver Bow Blvd
Butte Legion
Walters Maintains Corliss Fired Shot in Lincoln Kidnap Case
In Helena UPI reports the accomplice David Walters testifies under heavy cross examination that Charles Corliss fired the fatal shot in the Lincoln kidnapping and murder of Donald Hammer. Walters admits lying in prior statements while defense questions timing, sight lines, and sound in the wooded murder site.
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Helena
UPI
Donald Hammer
Lincoln
Charles Corliss
Fulton
N. Y
Lloyd Skedd
David Walters
Keyes
Okla
Corliss
Atty
Thomas Hanrahan
Skedd
Walters
Dave Middiemas
Perry Miles
Spokane
Hammer
Butte Vocation School Grant Effort Approved
Butte school trustees authorized Maurice Driscoll to seek federal grants for a vocational school. He noted up to 50 percent construction aid may be available under the Economic Development Act, with $160 million nationwide and deadlines by June. He urged all Montana funds be explored and attached the grant application.
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Frank Quinn
Standard Post
Butte
Maurice Driscoll
Driscoll
Montana
Viet Cong kidnaps American civilian as Saigon sees attacks
In a surge of Viet Cong violence near Saigon, Douglas Ramsey, a U.S. aid official from Boulder City Nevada, was abducted near Trung Lap as Viet Cong attacked a government school at Thu Duc and a Saigon police officer was killed. A 78 hour cease fire was ordered to align with a lunar new year truce.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Cong
Douglas Ramsey
Boulder City
Nev
Trung Lap
Ramsey
Cu Chu
Viet Nam
Can
William C. Westmoreland
Hearing Waived in Butte Robbery Case
Patrick L. Herman, 22, waived preliminary hearing in a Butte robbery charge and asked to be bound over to district court. Witness Pete Moran of the Milwaukee Tavern reported being robbed at gunpoint last Friday. police recovered $623.70 and a pistol from Herman.
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Patrick L. Herman
Justice of the Peace
William County
Mark P. Sullivan
Pete Moran
Milwaukee
S. Montana
Moran
Charles Parker
Butte
Herman
Shriver loses Peace Corps post to focus on poverty fight
President Johnson moves Sargent Shriver from Peace Corps leadership to full time war on poverty chief. Jack Vaughn becomes Peace Corps director, a return to his former role after serving as US ambassador in Panama. Johnson praises both men as Shriver commits to poverty work.
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Peace Corps
Washington (Ap
Sargent Shriver
Johnson Johnson
Jack Vaughn
Vaughn
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Vaughnne
Panama
Anderson defends law as Babcock weighed loyalties
Montana Attorney General Forrest H. Anderson says Governor Tim Babcock cannot object to a law after it is enacted and signed. He notes Babcock could veto specific items but not block a statute, as the Board of Examiners must enforce it. Anderson criticizes Babcock for not backing a law he signed.
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Shriver
Peace Corps
Elizabeth K. Mason
Dale McKnight
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Administration Center
Helena
United States
Board of Examiners
Babcock
Ap Anderson
Dont miss these Montana pages offer brief notices
Page 3 highlights the annual legislative sessions. Page 6 reports Ruby River stretch closed to fishing. Page 7 recounts two Montanans saved from a mountain top. Page 7 notes a school bond issue seems likely here. Page 10 features an Anacondan seeking a return to war.
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Ruby River
Mountain Top
Governor Babcock to headline Civil Defense conference in Anaconda
Gov Tim Babcock will speak at a Western Montana Civil Defense conference opening today at the Marcus Daly Hotel in Anaconda. Registration begins at 8 30 with Anaconda Mayor Henry F Lussy welcoming attendees. A noon luncheon is provided by Mountain States Telephone Co and the North American Air Defense Command.
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Marcus Daly
Anaconda
Tim Babcock
Henry F. Lussy
Mountain States Telephone Co
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Montana Weather Report For Butte Anaconda Area
Mostly cloudy conditions persist with snow flurries and cooler temperatures through Wednesday. Highs around 32 with overnight lows near 15. Compared to a year ago, temperatures mirrored 32 and 15. Page 7 notes Montana weather details.
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