Churchill Buried With Royal Farewell at Bladon
Sir Winston Churchill was laid to rest at Bladon after a state funeral at St Pauls Cathedral. The service drew royals presidents and leaders, with Eisenhower and De Gaulle among guests, before a private burial beside his parents. Crowds along the route totaled over a million, and wreaths from leaders and admirers marked the ceremony.
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London
Winston Churchill
Bladon
St. Paul’s Cathedral
St. Paul’s
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
Sir Winston
Thames River
Eisenhower
United States
Thames
Festival Pier
Waterloo Station
Lord Randolph Churchill
Westminster Hall
St. Paul's
Britain
Coldstream
Warren
Harriman
David K. Bruce
France
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Gen
de Gaulle
King Baudouin
Belgium
Juliana
Netherlands
Frederik
Denmark
Olav
Norway
Constantine
Greece
Catafalque
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
St. Michael and St. George
Walter R. Matthews
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Commonwealth
Tower of London
Lady Churchill
Randolph
Burglars Spooked After Seven Vault Holes Opened
Burglars failed to crack the Prudential Federal Savings and Loan vault at 10 W Broadway Christie Ridge after drilling seven holes in the reinforced wall and eight in the vault roof. They had two electric drills and tools but left without opening the Diebold door. Police and FBI investigated. estimated potential haul was $5,000 to $10,000.
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Prudential Federal Savings and Loan
Christie Ridge
W. Broadway
Bob O'Neill
White
FBI
O'Neill
Joseph E. Massa
Lewisohn
Massa
Asst
John O'Leary
Thomas F. Powers
O'Leary
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles J. (Buck) Henry
Bill Dalling
Frank Harper
Bill Duckham
Butte
Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Association
Charles J. Henry
Henry
Christie
PFS
Montana House Approves Reapportionment Resolution
The Montana House gave final passage to a controversial joint resolution on reapportionment and tentatively approved another. It also passed a property tax relief bill for elderly widows. The body concurred with a Senate joint resolution urged by Gov. Tim Babcock calling for a constitutional amendment to be ratified by three-fourths of the states.
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Helena
UPI
Montana
Senate
Tim Babcock
Congress
Page & Col
Trade Stamp Bill Killed By Senators
The Montana Senate killed a bill outlawing trading stamps after an unfavorable judiciary committee report. Sen. Eugene H. Mahoney said merchants did not testify in support and many merchants and stamp firm representatives argued against the measure. The panel concluded the legislature should not prohibit merchants from using trading stamps.
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Helena
Montana Senate
Judiciary Committee
Eugene H. Mahoney
Sanders County
Fire Department Seeks 130000 Bond Issue Here
Butte residents will circulate petitions to place a 130000 fire department bond on the April 5 city election ballot. The bond funds would buy two pumper trucks and one aerial truck with equipment, plus remodeling and repairs for fire stations. Signatures from more than 20 percent of qualified electors are required.
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Butte
Jack McCarthy
Dillon student dies after motor scooter crash with semi
Larry Patrick 18 died at St. James Community Hospital after a Dillon street accident involving a borrowed scooter and a semi truck. He suffered internal injuries and an autopsy was ordered. The incident raised Montana's 1965 death toll to 13. Patrick, born 1946 in Spokane, was a Western Montana College student and former Whitehall High athlete who had recently moved to Dillon with his father.
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Jimoset
Standard-Post
Western Montana
Butte
Dillon
Andy Aleksich
Silver Bow
Larry Patrick
Beaverhead
Raymond Schwartz
Montana
College
Patrick
St. James Community Hospital
James E. Nelson
Lewistown
Spokane
Washington
Great Falls
Whitehall
Whitehall High School
Jack H. Patrick
Northwest
Eastern Montana College of Education
Billings
Norma Wear
Norene
Mount Vernon
Wash
Jack van
Donald Roy
Spo
Great Falls Man Dies of Wreck Injuries
Harold Gemar, 48, of Great Falls, died from injuries sustained in a crash on January 2 near Belt on U.S. 87 89, adding his name to the state traffic toll. His wife Jean Gemar was killed in a highway crash in November 1958.
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Associated Press
Harold Gemar
Great Falls
Gemar
Belt
U.S
Jean
Butte Recalls Many Chinese New Years
FRANK QUINN recalls Butte’s Chinese New Year traditions as a memory of Chinatown once vibrant with thousands, the 1876 first cabin on Main Street, and annual New Year celebrations with rice wine, firecrackers, and family reunions reflecting Confucian values. The community once housed 2500 Chinese in winter, who mined Alder Gulch and surrounding areas before returning to their diggings in spring.
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Butte
Alder Gulch
Main Street
Galena
Chinatown
Mercury Streets
Main
Colorado
China Alley
Joss House
R. Y. Amrine
Cal
Montana Weather Outlook For Sunday Through Monday
Montana forecast warns of hazardous driving in the northwest Sunday with heavy blowing snow and near blizzard conditions spreading to the south and east. Sunday highs range from zero to 15 degrees in the northeast to 15-35 west and south, with bitter lows near or below zero in parts. Cloudy with snow in Butte and a drop in temperatures, with wind gusts 25 to 45 mph.
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Montana
Butte YMCA Drives Open with Dinner for Fund Campaign
Nearly 400 Butte residents will attend a smorgasbord at the Finlen Hotel Monday at 6 30 p m to launch the Butte YMCA six five thousand dollar finance drive ending February 16 with a YMCA gymnasium dinner. The drive aims to boost memberships and contributions.
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Butte
Finlen
Butte Ymca
YMCA
Red Cross
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