Snow Blows Through Montana Stretching Statewide Travel Woes
A Pacific storm brings snow and wind across Montana with heavy totals forecast in the southwest. Temperatures drop to 5-25 at night and 20-35 by day as U.S. 191 from Bozeman to West Yellowstone closes to nonemergency traffic. Butte reports 8 inches of snow with 40 percent moisture, with unofficial western Montana totals up to 12 inches.
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United Press International
Montana
Treasure State
Highway Department
U. S. 191
Bozeman
West Yellowstone
Idaho
Butte
Snow Drifts Slow Butte Transit City Roads
Butte sees over a foot of new snow as crews clear highways and sidewalks. Traffic snarls persist downtown while trains run on time and schools announce normal classes for Tuesday. Residents adapt with snow angels and drift hopping as winter stubbornly endures.
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Butte
Tive
Milady
George Tippett
Johnson sees 1964 as boom year with tax cut push
President Johnson forecast rapid prosperity in 1964 driven by an $11 billion tax cut and reduced unemployment. He warned Congress failure to act could erase gains, with national output at a record $623 billion and inflation fears kept in check by wage and price restraint.
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White House
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Heller
British Troops on Alert In Tanganyikan Mutiny
Britain ordered a troop carrier to Tanganyika after a mutiny by Tanganyikan troops in Dar es Salaam. About 14 people were killed and 20 seriously injured. President Nyerere's government fate remained uncertain. Royal Scots Guards and Centaur aircraft carrier were dispatched, with more forces prepared to move if needed.
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Kenya
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Mombasa
Rhyl
Commonwealth Relations Office
Chest Injuries Behind Butte Worker’s Death
An autopsy showed Ralph LeRoy Clawson died from chest and lung injuries after a minor rib injury when he became entangled in a moving conveyor belt at the Anaconda Co concentrator. Coroner Andy Aleksich termed the lung injury hemotherocar dium atelicectosis. He died Sunday in a Butte hospital.
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Butte
Andy Aleksich
Anaconda
Mr. Clawson
Anaconda Co
Butte Anaconda Weather Update Cloudy Snow Likely
Weather report for Butte and east of Divide notes cloudy conditions with light to heavy snow at times. Temperatures reach highs from 10 to 30 degrees and fall to single digits or teens overnight. Snow amounts vary by area, with heavier accumulations in mountains and extreme southwest regions.
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Stassen Resumes Bid for Republican Presidential Nominations
Harold E. Stassen announces a fourth run for the GOP nomination aiming to win the New Hampshire primary on March 10 and California on June 2. He proposes a building for peace program with TOPS technical training and 100,000 more bookmobiles, while criticizing Johnson on unemployment and arms race.
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Man Identified at New Trial As One Who Robbed Couple
Frank Knight 39, of Anaconda and Butte was identified by tavern owners Mr. and Mrs. Charles Landon as the man who robbed their Lost Week Inn at 735 N. Main with a sawed off shotgun on January 16, 1963. Knight seeks a new trial after a Supreme Court ruling on information details. The case resumed before Judge T. E. Downey with Knight’s defense calling five witnesses including his mother. The Landons testified about the $80 robbery and Knight sat largely impassive during the first day of the retrial.
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Anaconda
Butte
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Landons
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Knight
John J. McCarthy
Silver Bow
Montana State
John B. McClernan
McCarthy
Supreme Court
Mark P. Sullivan
County Atty
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Sullivan
Silver Bow County
T. E. Downey
Downey
Supreme Court suspends Butte attorney Walt E. Coyle
Montana Supreme Court suspended the license of Butte attorney Walter E. Coyle and ordered district clerks to notify all clients he represents to obtain new counsel within 20 days. The action follows allegations of financial misconduct and a prior mental competency finding leading to hospitalization.
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Butte
Standard-Post State Bureau
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
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Cubs) Coyle
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Walter E. Coyle
Montana
Warm Springs
Silver Bow
Powell
James T. Harrison
Wesley Castles
John C. Harrison
Stanley M. Doyle
Hugh R. Adair
Judge orders liquor board to license Skaggs beer sales
Helena AP reports Judge Lester H. Loble ruled that only the legislature can limit off premise beer licenses to grocery stores. He ordered the Montana Liquor Control Board to issue licenses to Skaggs Drug Centers at Butte and Great Falls, noting the stores sell substantial groceries and that past licensing existed. The board had barred licenses under a policy restricting off premise beer to groceries.
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Butte Trustees Protest $6000 MHSA Budget Hike
Butte school trustees condemned the Montana High School Association and Rex Dalley over a proposed $6,000 annual MHSA budget increase including a $1,000 raise for Dalley whose current salary is $12,000. The motion was moved by James B. Shea and approved unanimously. The matter will be discussed at the MHSA meeting January 28 in Billings.
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Frank Quinn
Standard Post
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Montana High School Association
Rex Dalley
Missoula County
Butte Board
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Dalley
P.o.est
James B. Shea
Billings
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