Butte measles drive immunizes thousands at civic center
More than 4 400 children 12 or under received one shot of Sirugen or Schwarz strain vaccine at the Butte Civic Center during the Stop Measles clinic. About 500 were turned away as supplies ran short, with a makeup clinic to be announced once vaccines and equipment are restocked.
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Butte Civic Center
Silver Bow County
Civic Center
Grand Avenue
Butte
Melrose
Pitman-Moore
Dow Chemical Co
Indianapolis
Bobby Baker Convicted on All Government Charges
Former Senate power broker Bobby Baker was found guilty by a mixed jury of tax evasion larceny of campaign funds and conspiracy. The 38 year old stayed silent as sentencing and appeals loom with bond set at five thousand dollars and a probation report due.
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Bobby Baker
Washington
U.S. Senate
District Court
Baker
Dynamite blast rocks Yugoslav diplomatic missions
Page 2 reports a powerful explosion damaging Yugoslav diplomatic missions with details of timing and locations. Page 6 covers a midwestern snowfall event affecting several states. Page 10 notes Palmer narrowly wins in the Los Angeles open. Page 11 lists Rickey and Waner elected to the Hall of Fame.
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Yugoslav
Palmer
Page
Rickey, Waner
Hall of Fame
U S helicopter gunships kill 31 Vietnamese by mistake
UPI reports three Firefly helicopter teams strafed fleeing Viet Cong civilians in sampan fleets on the Bassac River in the Mekong Delta. The attack killed 31 and wounded 38 after coming under gunfire from another unit, as survivors described efforts to reach safety.
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Eugene V
Officials continue probe of spacecraft disaster at Cape Kennedy
A NASA board of inquiry examined the charred Apollo Saturn I craft and data radios after the Apollo 1 fire that killed Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom Lt. Col. Edward H. White II and Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee Memorial services were held in Webster and Seabrook near Houston with burials planned at Arlington and West Point The inquiry leader Dr Floyd Thompson and launch crew investigated the pad fire scene and gathered testimony from the floor of launch pad No 34
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Board of
Air Force
Virgil I
Gus
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Webster
Seabrook
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Grissom and Chaffee
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington, D.C
White
West Point
Highland Falls
N.Y
U.S
Arlington
Board of Inquiry
Floyd Thompson
NASA
Langley
Memorial services for Lt Cmdr Roger Chaffee noted
Memorial services were held Sunday at a Methodist church near the Manned Space Center for Navy Lt Cmdr Roger B. Chaffee. Relatives friends and space officials attended as a minister praised him for seeking to subdue challenges. An air tribute by three jets was planned with a second service at 11 a.m. local time.
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Ronald Thompson
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
America
Roger B. Chaffee
Chaffee
Grissom
White
Public Health Committee to back Montana air pollution bill compromise
The Public Health Committee will recommend the House accept a compromise version of an air pollution control law for Montana, an amended HB8, reportedly supported by the Missoula County delegation. The decision comes as Sunday evening information circulated about the measure.
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House
Helena
Public Health Committee
House of Representatives
Montana
Missoula County
Butte Feels Springlike Relief Amid City Weather
Butte enjoyed relief from bitter cold with a weekend shift to milder temps and showers. FAA reports a Saturday high of 42 and a 25 degree low, followed by a Sunday high of 43 and wind gusts up to 28 mph with a sleet shower. Precipitation totaled .04 inch. Next days forecast include above normal temps and rain showers. In the legislature a pollution bill and two others advance, with six changes to HB8 including fines realignment and removal of commissions. Advisory council added, tax incentives altered, and hearings to be written into record with a full transcript.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Butte
FAA
Tecene
Air Pollution Commission
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Time bomb hits Saint Pius X Church in Rome
A heavy time bomb exploded at Saint Pius X Church on Monte Mario in Balduina Plaza Rome late Sunday tearing a hole in the facade and shattering windows. No injuries were reported and the church was closed at the time.
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Rome
UPI
Saint Pius X
Monte Mario
Balduina Plaza
Nikolai Podgorny
House kills two dollar poll tax in Montana
In Helena, 81 state representatives passed a measure to end the $2 poll tax on vehicle license plates, replacing it with a 17 mill county levy for poor funds. The vote followed debate over exemptions and fairness, with offsets to be considered by the Senate and governor.
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J. D. Holmes
Helena
Senate
Cascade County
Lewis and Clark County
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U.S. Communicable Disease
Edward Bennett Williams
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Midwestern
Seabrook, Tex
Gmdr
Roger Chaffee
Cmdr. Chaffee
Air Pollution Control Council
Communist Party
Ray J. Wayrynen
Dbutte
James P. Lucas
Department of Institutions
University of Montana
W. S. Mather
R-Billings
Wayrynen
Mather
C. R. Fischer
D-Anaconda
Highway Department
Robert C. Prevost
Dambert
Walter J. Ulmer
Miles City
Prevost
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