Railroad agent saves woman at Plains station shocked crowd
Ratcliffe, a railroad station agent, dashed in front of a freight train moving 55 mph on May 7 at Plains and shoved an elderly woman from danger, racing 35 feet to safety on a gravel and wooden foot crossing. Meanwhile, Young Good, a Missoula schoolboy, and 16 year old David C. Presta were attacked by a bear.
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Ratcliffe
Plains
Ratcliff
Young Good
Missoula
David C. Presta
Killing cold grips the nation from north to south
Arctic air surged south across the midwest and south into Florida and the Gulf Coast. Temperatures plunged below zero from Minnesota to Tennessee while a prior snowstorm lingered from Virginia to New England. The Weather Bureau warned of widespread hard freeze and deadly conditions with several deaths and rescues noted across multiple states.
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Florida
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Chesapeake Bay
New England
New York State
Rocky Mount
Maryland
Virginia
Minnesota
Nashville
Tenn
International Falls
Minn
Oneida
Erie
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Iowa
Illinois
Johnson ties inflation warning to U.S. prosperity message
President Johnson forecast a continued business boom and urged labor and business to hold inflation in check. Democrats praised the outlook while Republicans warned of inflation risk in a war economy. He pledged noninflationary goals and asked leaders to make sound wage and price decisions.
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LBJ
U.S
Washington
Johnson
Congressional Dem
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
America
Capitol Hill
Butte Chamber backs using surplus food for military aid plan
In a 1966 Butte Chamber dinner speech, Calvin D. Johnson urged shifting surplus food and foreign aid into a military program. He proposed funding farmers via foreign aid budgets and using UN distribution with U.S. ships and troops. Johnson cited global hunger and criticized past aid totals.
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Frank Quinn
Standard Post
Illinois
Calvin D. Johnson
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D.C
Finlen Hotel
Earle N. Genzberger
E. G. Koch
Montana Tech
Chamber
Don G. Ulrich
Guy Ossello Sr
Ulrich
Butte Chamber
Montana State Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
American Trucking Association, Inc
United Nations
Marines Suffer Heavy Casualties in Viet Cong Clash
A Marine patrol tangled with a guerrilla force several times its size and suffered heavy casualties. Allied units reported killing more than 150 Communists and capturing about 300 over two days in broad sweeps. U S warplanes targeted Viet Cong strongholds in the south, destroying hundreds of structures and sinking 19 sampans.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S
Washington
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
Youth jailed in Butte stickup by WILLIAM J. CLARK
Frank Emory Johnson Jr. 21 was arrested after an armed holdup at Hord's Jewelry Store in Butte. He was armed with a loaded 38 caliber revolver and yielded $36. He faced armed robbery charges and was remanded after bond set at 7500. Johnson had earlier served a Montana prison term and parole dates are listed.
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Frank E. Johnson
Mark P. Sullivan
Don Plessas
Johnson
Hord’s
Butte
Hord
W. Park
Frank Emory Johnson Jr
Archie Hord
Asst
Lee Williams Johnson
Butte Police Commission
Robert Russell
Russell
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Winston
Winston
Pone
Charles E. Olsen Jr
Elma Maloney
Ed Moser
John T. Sullivan
West Broadway
Moser
Plessas
Bill Dalling
Highway Patrol
S. W. Hancock
Montana
Jensen Drug Co
Dalling
Hancock
Granite Street
Wilson wins Hull seat in Labour landslide vote
Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour party defeats the Conservatives in Hull for a House of Commons seat by 5351 votes. The victory raises Labour's Commons margin to four, with a national swing signaling potential gains if repeated in general elections. Dame Edith Pitt’s seat remains to be decided in a forthcoming by election.
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Hull
England
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
House of Commons
London
Wilson
Labor
Kevin McNamara
Commons
Edith Pitt
Sub zero cold grips wide region in state
Severe cold kept a firm grip across northern and eastern Montana with temperatures below zero. Snowfalls were heavy in the Hi Line with Malta Saco area reporting 10 to 11 inches while West of the Divide stayed warmer with highs near 35 at Whitehall and 30 at Missoula. Forecast calls for warming into February with continued cold in eastern Montana and light snow totals elsewhere.
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Montana
Glasgow
Havre
Cut Bank
Billings
Miles City
Great Falls
Lewistown
Phillips County
Continental Divide
Whitehall
Butte
Missoula
Malta-Saco
Wolf Point
Culbertson
Malta
Weather Bureau
West Yellowstone
Kalispell
Helena
Arctic
Divide
Butte Anaconda Weather Outlook Flurries Track Weekend
Variable cloudiness brings a few scattered snow flurries today then mostly cloudy conditions rise Saturday with light snow. High around 35 and a low near 10. One year ago temperatures were 35 and 18.
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Butte - Anaconda
Butte Man Dies After Illness In Whitehall
Butte resident Al Lehman Young aged 39 of 3530 S Arizona died late Thursday in a Butte hospital after being stricken ill in Whitehall. His wife Stella remained hospitalized. Coroner Dr. Andy Aleksidissid Young ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The body lay at Sayatovic White Funeral Home.
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al Lehman Young
S. Arizona
Butte
Whitehall
Stella
Andy Aleksidissid Young
Aleksich
Sayatovic-White
Butte Chamber Plans Event Highlights
A page tease notes upcoming activities by the Butte Chamber and previews of local coverage. It mentions preparations for potential races and a commissioners meeting discussing proposed legislation affecting the region.
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Butte
Battin
Centralia Faught
Dior Charleston look draws glamor girls' ire in Hollywood
Hollywood glamor girls condemn Dior’s new Charleston look that hides the bosom and trims the waistline. Zsa Zsa Gabor calls it a big mistake while Rusty Abbe Lane praises short skirts but dislikes the flat silhouette and dictation. Barbara Werle weighs in on bosom fashion versus freedom of style.
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Hollywood
UPI
Dior
Charleston
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Abbe Lane
House of
Christian Dior
Barbara Werle
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Presta
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Nigg
Flathead
United States
Dred
William J. Clark
Standard-Post
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