Marines clash near Con Thien in heaviest fighting in weeks
U S Marines battled a strong Communist force south of the DMZ in a six hour engagement near the Leatherneck outpost at Con Thien. Eight Marines were killed and 39 wounded as Allied officers warned of a potential major offensive in the border area within days.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Leatherneck
Con Thien
U.S. Marine
da Nang
Associated Press
Robert D. Ohman
Red High Command
Dmz
Leatherneck Square
Camp Carroll
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
1St Corps
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
South Vietnam
Justifiable homicide verdict in Kenneth Patrick death
A coroner's jury ruled justifiable homicide in the January 9 shooting at Ross's Atlantic Bar in Butte. Kenneth Patrick, 29, died from a body wound after confronting Philip J. Ross, who said the shot was fired as Patrick advanced threateningly. No charges filed against Ross.
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Kenneth Patrick
Philip J. Ross
Uptown Butte
Ross
Patrick
Atlantic Bar
W. Park
Frank Burgess
Mark P. Sullivans
John T. ‘Prothero
Rossi
Billy D. High
S. ‘Main
Louis Markovich
Arizona
Butte
Ben F. Worrell
Virginia City
High
Markovich
Butte Businessman Pushes Montanans to End Copper Strike
M. Jack Newman president of Louis S. Cohn Co. urged Montanans to write wire or call their congressional delegation to implore the President to help end the copper strike now in its seventh month. He met with Arnold Olsen and Jim Battin in Washington and discussed a potential presidential fact finding board.
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Bert Gaskill
Standard
Butte
Montana
Newman
Congress
Arnold Olsen
Jim Battin
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Senate
Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Butteman
Teenager Rescued After Butte Pool Drowning Mishap
Teena Werblow a 12-year-old sixth grader at McKinley School is recovering in St. James Community Hospital after a near drowning at the Butte High School pool. Ron Rooney and lifeguard Betty Griffin acted quickly when Teena appeared in distress during a recreation swim.
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Frank Quinn
Standard
Teena Werblow
W. H. Collins
N. Henry
St. James Community Hospital
Butte High School
McKinley
Bob Rowling
Teena
Ron Rooney
Old Butte High School
Dan P
Betty) Griffin
S. Washington
Rooney
High Board
Griffin
Weather Outlook Predicts Warmer Weekend In Butte Area
Considerable cloudiness remains with warmer trend through Saturday. Highs near 40 and lows around 24. Snow chances are under 10 percent today and about 20 percent tonight. Weather table appears on Page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
Laos Faces Rising Communist Pressure Near Luang Prabang
Reports say 4 000 strong Communist battalions maneuver north of Luang Prabang after Nam Bac retreat. Only about 1 000 have returned. Luang Prabang air field shelled with American planes damaged. Premier Souvanna says the situation is not too critical and the king remains relatively secure.
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John T. Wheeler
Vientiane
Laos
Luang Prabang
Nam Bac
Prince Souvanna Phouma
US Soviets Agree On Nuclear Pact Draft
The United States and the Soviet Union jointly submitted a complete draft treaty to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Co chairs Adrian Fisher and Alexei Roshchin announced final agreement on the verification article after five years of bargaining at the disarmament conference. The draft was sent to the 17 nation conference with hopes of world support.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Adrian S. Fisher
Alexei A. Roshchin
Montgomery first to file for Congress attacks Montana Power
Wayne W. Montgomery Lima rancher filed for the Republican nomination in Montana's western district, the first candidate to pay the $300 fee. He seeks the seat held by Democrat Arnold Olsen since 1961, criticizing GOP leadership as a Birch oriented conservatism bulwark and noting past support for Democrat Lee Metcalf over Governor Babcock.
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Montgomery
Congress
Montana Power ‘Establishment
J. D. Holmes
Capitol
Helena
Wayne W. Montgomery
Lima
Montana
Frank Murray
Arnold Olsen
Olsen
GOP
Lee Metcalf
U.S. Senate
Tim Babcock
Metcalf
Babcock Finds Some Good in LBJs State of the Union
Helena Montana governor Babcock Republican vice chairman of the Republican Governors Conference praised President Johnson's State of the Union. He supported plans on consumer protection child health care crime and military readiness while critiquing the $8 billion deficit and copper strike impact. He spoke by phone to about 100 reporters in Washington and noted GA B AF closure and SAC base concerns.
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Babcock
Capitol
Montana
SAC
Strategic Air Command
Kasperak Survives Intestinal Bleeding Operation
At Stanford Medical Center Mike Kasperak 54 a retired steel worker living on a borrowed heart for two weeks endured a three hour operation to halt intestinal bleeding. Bulletin says hemorrhage stopped and transplanted heart function remains satisfactory. He remains in intensive care and is alert.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Stanford Medical Center
Kasperak
Viet Cong Terror Waned in Saigon After Pressure
Heavy military and police pressure over two years reduced Viet Cong terrorism in Saigon. Many cells and cadres were identified, arrested or killed, bases overrun, and communications with higher HQ disrupted. The South Vietnamese police improved, aiding the decline, while operations around Saigon tightened control and isolated remaining VC groups.
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Hanson W. Baldwin
New York Times
New York
Saigon
Vietnam
Military Region 4
U. S
MR-4
Iron Gon
Cedar Falls
Giadinh
Et Etvc
Mbined
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San Antonio
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