Marines Battle Viet Cong Mortar Duel At Da Nang Airbase
A Red mortar crew fired on Da Nang airbase, US Marines returned fire as a replica of a prior exchange. The clash followed ongoing bombardment plans as Washington weighs renewed bombing of North Viet Nam. Secretary Rusk seeks $41 million foreign aid with most to South Viet Nam.
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North Viet Nam
Washington
UPI
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Aid diverted in Viet Nam aid program says lawmakers
House Foreign Affairs Committee heard that unknown sums of U S aid to Viet Nam are being stolen and funneled into black market schemes. Secretary Rusk and aid chief Bell urged approval of 415 million in economic aid, 275 million for Viet Nam, while Bell said efforts to track and stop diversions are underway.
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Washington
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Dominican Republic
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UPI
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Ohio
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Union shop bill back at beginning on Senate floor
After three days of maneuvering on the Senate floor, Dirksen says we are right back where we started. Mansfield agrees the chamber is stuck on repeal of Taft-Hartley section 14B. The bill would end state bans on union shop contracts where workers must join a union or pay dues. The Senate plans to debate the measure next morning with opponents ready to speak.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Conservatives could force Engles hand in Montana GOP row
Montana Republican chairman Mel Engles said he may run again to oppose arch-conservative pressures within the state party. He planned to announce his decision in early February while en route to a Republican meeting in Washington. Engles noted his six years as chair and said calls urged him to contest the floor fight at the March state convention in Billings as the arch-conservatives press to take over the GOP. Michael Foley leads the opposing faction.
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Missoula
Mel Engles
Billings
Helena
Michael Foley
Burglars Sent To Prison In State Term
Two confessed burglars began two year terms at the state prison while a third had his sentence suspended. Elfred J. McKee Joseph A. Brian and Norman D. Kane pleaded guilty to first degree burglary for the Parrot Bar break in Butte. Brian and Kane sent to prison. McKee received suspended sentence with jurisdiction retained.
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John B. McClernan
Department of District Court
Elfred J. McKee
Joseph A. Brian
Norman D. Kane
Parrot Bar
Watson
McKee
John
T. Mullany
Brian
Kane
William Dee Morris
Butte
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Winston
District Court
Johnson unveils 2.3 billion plan to clear slums nationwide
President Johnson proposed a six year program to wipe out urban slums through new “demonstration cities” guided by imaginative local planning. The plan would coordinate housing and social services under a new federal department, with an initial 12 million for first year planning.
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UPI
Johnson
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Page notes invite readers to explore features across sections including urban renewal planning grants, a new state program, and a bomb incident ending a refueling over Spain while a Soviet blame dodge emerges in the Mott death case.
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Stoup
Spain
Mott
High school mother fights Alvin school board policy
Kathy Ann Cooper, 16, clashed with the Alvin Texas school board over a policy barring married students with children from classes. The teen mother, who had dropped out, faced disciplinary action as she moves to keep her daughter Tina Marie in her life.
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Tina Marie
Cooper
Alvin, Tex
Alvin High School
UPI
Voting in Hall special election could decide Wilson fate
In Hall England a tight Thursday by election could topple Harold Wilson's Labour government. Polls show bookmakers favor Conservative chances though Labour remains in contention with Kevin McNamara for Labour Toby Jessel for Conservatives Laurie Millward for Liberal amid independents Richard Gott Kelvin Woodburne and Russell Eckley.
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Labor
Toby Jessel
Laurie Millward
Liberal Party
Richard Gott
Wilson
Viet Nam
Kelvin Woodburne
Russell Eckley
Butte Montana Weather Forecast Frigid Flurries Expected
Mostly cloudy today with scattered snow flurries in Butte Montana. High around 30 and a low near 5 tonight. Tomorrow will turn partly cloudy. One year ago in Butte the high reached 36 and the low 27.
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Butte Chamber Dinners Draw 350 for Annual Event
Reservations for 350 or more have been made for the Butte Chamber of Commerce annual dinner meeting at the Finlen Hotel. Calvin Johnson of Washington DC will speak. Speakers include Earl N. Genzberger and Dr. J. A. Newman with Dr. E. G. Koch outlining 1966 plans. Dinner at 7 with a 6 o clock cocktail hour. Music by Eddie Mace.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
Liver Bow
Calvin Dean Johnson
Washington, D.C
Johnson
Congress
American Trucking Associations, Inc
Earl N. Genzberger
Butte
J. A. Newman
Chamber
E. G. Koch
Montana Tech
Thomas Smalta
D. B Harrington
Eddie Mace
Montana Chief Justice Reverses Assault Conviction
Chief Justice James T. Harrison writes for a Western style reversal in a shooting case. The court orders District Judge W R Flachsenhar to dismiss the charge against Thomas Blair. Blair shot Bud Moulette with a shotgun on November 24, 1963 at Blair ranch near Chalk Buttes country between Broadus and Harrison. Blair is described as 52, 5 feet 10 inches, about 160 pounds. Associate Justice John C. Harrison dissented without disclosed reasons.
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Blair
Moulette
Northwest rancher recounts self defense claim in Blair case
Judge writes Moulette unarmed and pursuing Blair led to a gate struggle and Blair firing as Moulette fled. Blair faced an assault charge, with 1964 date cited. jurist found no justification for conviction, noting Moulette did not withdraw in good faith to end the conflict.
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