Nuclear armament on bomb crash near Palomares
UPI reports a SAC B52 collided during in flight refueling near Palomares Spain killing all four crew. A missing atomic bomb sparked a Spanish blackout while hundreds search with geiger counters. Air Force says weapons unarmed and safe though one bomb remains unfound.
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Palomares
Spain
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Here
Air Force
Granada
SAC
Cuevas de Almanzora
Torreon Air
Mediterranean
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
North Carolina
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
Viet Cong Fire Roughly Near Saigon As Lunar Truce Drags On
Viet Cong forces, tapping every chance to strike, continued to fire on U S troops as the lunar new year truce entered its second day. Four skirmishes were reported involving Vietnamese troops, with light American casualties in several incidents nationwide.
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Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Central Highlands
Tuy Hoa
Hanoi
Happy New Year Greeting From Butte Family
15 month old Nancy Tan Ling Wong whose parents are Mr and Mrs Daniel Wong of 117 S Main sends New Year greetings to Chinese people in Butte with the phrase Gung Hoy Fet Choy.
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Nancy Tan Ling Wong
Daniel Wong
S. Main
Butte
Soviet Spy Ring Cracked in West Germany
In Bonn AP reports a Soviet spy ring active in North Rhine Westphalia and tied to the Soviet trade mission in Cologne may have been broken. Three members worked with Tass and Soviet intelligence. no arrests were announced and details remain undisclosed.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Interior Ministry
Juelich
Cal
North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne
Ruhr
North Rhine- Westphalia
Moenchengladbach
Tass
Vucurovich Named State Liquor Inspector for SW Montana
The Montana Liquor Control Board approved Pete Vucurovich of Butte to become state liquor inspector for four Southwestern Montana counties effective Feb. 1. His Martys Bar licenses were transferred to Lloyd F. Nocter while inspection duties in the district are covered by Glen Hanson.
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Standard-Post
Helena
Montana Liquor Control Board
Pete Vucurovich
Butte
Montana
Vucurovich
Marty's
Lloyd F. Nocter
Tim Babcock
Eddie Price
Silver Bow
Jefferson
Madison
Beaverhead
Marty
Harrison
C. B. Shelton
Glen Hanson
Butte Anaconda Cloudy Skies Bring Scattered Snow Showers
Increasing cloudiness and scattered snow showers through Saturday. Warmer today with a high of 18 and a low of 15. One year ago in Butte temperatures were 36 and 23. Montana weather page.
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Butte - Anaconda
Butte
Montana
Page
June in January ends for Butte
Butte warms slightly after a frigid spell as Thursday night temperatures hovered near 15 degrees above zero downtown and about 6 at the airport. The day’s high reached 10 above, with Anaconda at 20. Forecasters expect warmer weather and snow showers through Saturday in the Butte area.
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Butte
Anaconda
Johnson Warns North Viet Nam Not To Wait For U S
President Johnson urged North Viet Nam not to assume the United States will tire of the war and pull out. He blamed Communists for stalling peace, offered to bargain, and stressed that the U S must stay firm to protect allies and prevent aggression.
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Johnson
North Viet Nam
U.S
Independence
UPI
United States
Southeast Asia
Harry S&s. Truman Center For the Advancement of Peace
Israel
Truman
United States of America
Rusk
Harriman
County officials defend city as mayor blames delays
Vera O Connell and county sewer district commissioners fended off Butte mayor Thomas Powers accusations that county and Metro Sewer District hinder city improvements. They said state of city remarks are inaccurate, noting court delays block Metro construction while county seeks federal grants and clarifying funds spent and city finances.
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Silver Bow
Metro Sewer District
Butte
Thomas F. Powers
Vera O'Connell
Sewer District Commission
Powers
O'Connell
Hubert J. Johnson
Gary F. Garrett
Garrett
Tion
Metro District
Bellevue and Gilman Addition
State Board of Health
Metcalf to Read Washington Farewell Address in Senate
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey named Sen. Lee Metcalf of Montana to deliver George Washingtons farewell address on February 22 in the Senate, marking a ceremonial observance.
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Washington
Hubert H. H
Lee Metcalf
Dmont
George Washington
Senate
Corliss Sentenced To Life For Murder In Hammer Slaying
Charles Edward Corliss received life imprisonment for first degree murder and 10 years for kidnapping with intent to confine. Judge Nat Allen said he would have imposed the death penalty if proven who fired the shot. Co-defendant C L Walters, 18, pleaded guilty and testified Corliss did the shooting. Walters later admitted lying about who fired the fatal shot.
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David C. Beeder
Helena
Charles Edward Corliss
Corliss
Donald C. Hammer
Lincoln
State Penitentiary
Hammer
Nat Allen
Tate
Allen
Fulton
N. Y
Walters
Indira Gandhi Accepts Johnson Invitation for U.S. Visit
India's new prime minister Indira Gandhi accepted President Johnson's invitation for a U.S. visit. Johnson voiced friendship and cooperation and urged talks in Washington on shared problems. Kosygin sent congratulations and hinted at increased aid.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Johnson
United States
Tashkent
Soviet Central Asia
Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Gerdhi
Alexei N. Kosygin
Cuban exiles coordinate renewed raids against Castro
Militant exile groups say a new phase begins with coordinated raids on Cuba after US bans. Ernesto Freyre of RECE notes weekly meetings in West Flagler Street discuss a unified plan while preserving group identities. The aim is periodic actions to harass Castro and limit his time for other aggressions.
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Theodore A. MI
New Havana
West Flagler Street
Freyre
Castro
Cut Bank Hosts Manly Fragrance Day In Subzero Welcome
In Cut Bank Montana residents braved 20 below weather as George C Finlay of Richard Hudnut cosmetics led a forgiveness event after ads linked to the town. Gov Tim Babcock Lt Gov Ted James attended as 2000 bottles spray the town. The celebration featured a high school band and tribal welcome with Finlay named Chief Sweet Grass.
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CUT Bank
George C. Finlay
Richard Hudnut
Finlay
Tim Babcock
Ted James
United States
Main Street
Dustin Lohoff
Montana
Glasgow
Weather Bureau
Cut Bank High School
Donald Ferguson
Col. Bogey
Earl Old Person
Montana Blackfeet Tribal Council
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Shelby
Chief Sweet Grass
Ol’ George
Richard Kullberg
Chamber of Commerce
Richard Gunrikson
Babcock
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Marks
Missouri
Lewis T. Poole
Standard Post
Metro
Montana Judiciary
Tillie Duffy
Mrs. Gandhi
LBJ
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