Troops Rush to Meet Red Threat Near Khe Sanh
U S Command says 3500 air cavalrymen from the 1st Cavalry Division have moved north to bolster Marines at Khe Sanh amid ongoing fighting near the main invasion route from Laos. The 4000 strong enemy pressure includes mortar attacks as B52 strikes hit southwest of the base. Marine casualties rise as the siege of Khe Sanh continues with limited ceasefire observance during Tet.
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Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
26Th Marine Regiment
Laos
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Sanh
Con Thien
1St Air Cavalry Division
da Nang
Hue-Phu Bai
Phelps Dodge Hearings Set in Copper Strike Probe
Union workers for Phelps-Dodge Corp. will present Tuesday morning in Washington as part of the presidential fact finding commission hearings into the nationwide copper strike. Phelps-Dodge management follows Tuesday, with Dean Scott Corp. union reps on Wednesday and Kennecott management. Anaconda and ASARCO labor and management spokesmen appear on Thursday and Friday respectively.
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Associated Press
Phelps-Dodge Corp
Washington
Arnold Olsen
D-Mont
Phelps-Dodge
Olsaidecott Corp
Kennecott Management
Anaconda Co
Olsen
American Smelting and Refining Co
Butte Firms Poised for Third Orchids for Enterprise Honor
About 45 firms are expected to win Orchids for Enterprise in Butte for 1967 investments. The Chamber relations committee of the Butte Chamber of Commerce will host the Third Annual Orchids for Enterprise banquet on March 6. Committee chair Pat Kenney cited roughly 45 firms likely to qualify.
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Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Pat Kenney
Mansfield Offers Concession to End Pueblo Crisis
Sen. Mansfield says he would accept admitting the Pueblo was seized in North Korean waters if it avoids war and frees the crew. He urges avoiding military force while calling for congressional inquiry into naval intelligence ships and u s backed diplomatic efforts continue amid UN debate.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
Mansfield
Senate Democratic
Korea
Red China
Soviet Russia
U.N. Security Council
United States
Kremlin
Moscow
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Sen
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mundt
Peterson elected president of Butte Country Club
John L. "Jack" Peterson was elected president at the annual stockholders meeting. Vern Killingstad became vice president. New three year directors named include Harry Finberg and James Doran. Outgoing directors are Mark Sullivan and Loren Findly. Findly named secretary. Doran named treasurer. Holdover directors remain Clair Boulet, H. R. Bud Stanaway, Les Sheridan, Peterson, Pete Yerkich, and William Frender.
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John L
Jack” Peterson
Butte Country Club
Vern Killingstad
Harry Finberg
James “Man” Doran
Mark Sullivan
Loren Findly
Findly
Doran
Clair Boulet
Killingstad
H. R
Bud”’ Stanaway
Les Sheridan
Peterson
Pete Yerkich
William Frender
Frender
Findlly
U S prestige in a bad week with Cold War pressures
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan outlines a week of embarrassment for the United States as a B 52 carrying four H bombs crashes near Greenland and Denmark allows the incident as an accident. The Pueblo seizure by North Korea and warnings of a North Vietnamese offensive compound the crisis atmosphere in Washington. South Vietnam’s pacification chief resigns amid Saigon regime dissatisfaction. North Vietnamese activity in Laos raises fears of expanded war and complicates U S policy and leverage.
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United States
Soviet Union
Washington
U.S
Greenland
Denmark
North Korea
Ves
Sel Pueblo
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Saigon
Laos
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Pyongyang
South Korea
Red China
Moscow
Peking
Avalanches kill fifteen in Swiss Alps as toll rises
A night of heavy snow broke loose across central and eastern Switzerland sending avalanches across the Alps. At least 15 Swiss residents were killed and 13 more were missing as routes were blocked and villages evacuated. Davos and St Moritz faced the worst slides with multiple locales reporting fatalities and continued storms hampering rescue efforts.
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Geneva
Europe
Davos
St. Moritz
Davis
Zermatt
Switzerland
Klosters
Eastern Alps
Bernese Oberland
Alps
Mont. State U. Bozeman drives research to national scale
Montana State University Bozeman expands research into areas from biological transplants in animals to wood chip pipeline ideas and weather related studies. Expenditures in the current year near 5.8 million dollars, with 1966 67 close to that level, as Dr Roy E Huffman coordinates programs to avoid duplication and boost recruitment and economic development while expanding basic knowledge.
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Bozeman
Montana State University
MSU
Roy E. Huffman
Huffman
Massive snow depths hit West Yellowstone
AP reports West Yellowstone saw 32 inches on ground by early Saturday, rising to 46 inches six hours later as heavy snowfall continued. Weather teams monitor drifting and road conditions amid record winter storm impact.
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West Yellowstone
Former Florida Residents Adjust To Snowbound Patch
A couple of former Florida residents, Martyne and Susan Anderson, cope with unexpected snow in a northern area. The couple navigates slippery conditions and cold winds as they adapt to a season far from their sunny home.
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Florida
Martyne and
Susan Anderson
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Jack Gerry
Robert Berry
Cary Duncan
Herb Slodounik
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Mike
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John A. Gronouski
Warsaw
Josef Winiewicz
Tokyo
John Peterson
Country Club
John L. Peterson
William L. Ryan
Swiss Avalanche Center
Switzer
Urigen
Gotthard
Italy
Montana
Louisville
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