Five GOP Congressmen Begin New Stop Goldwater Drive
Five Republican lawmakers from eastern industrial states led a July Fourth challenge to Senator Barry Goldwater's path to the GOP nomination. The group backed Governor William Scranton, arguing he could win crucial urban and suburban votes. The Ripon Society endorsed the stance, while Roy Wilkins of the NAACP criticized Goldwater over civil rights votes.
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GOP
Goldwater Drive
Washington
UPI
Congress
Barry Goldwater
Ripon Society
Goldwater
Lincoln
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Johnson
White House
William W. Scranton
Pennsyl
Scranton
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
California
Ripon
Wis
Republican Party
Butte Fourth Parade Dazzles City With Centennial Theme
Frank Quinn reports Butte’s July 4 parade drew 80 plus entries reflecting national state and local pride. Spectators lined streets three to five deep amid perfect weather as “Montana Native Sons and Daughters of California” joined in 17 convertibles. The event marked Uncle Sam’s birthday and Montana’s Territorial Centennial with costumes spanning the 60s to the Gay 90s.
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Park and Main
Montana
Uptown
Harrison
William Daley
Utah
Ali
Standard-Post Plans Special Convention Reports
The Standard-Post will provide on the spot convention coverage from July 13 in San Francisco. Thomas E. Mooney of Helena will report major events and Montana delegation activities with sidelights. The GOP convention is seen as influential for Montana's 1964 campaign and five day schedule.
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San Francisco
Standard-Post
Thomas E. Mooney
Helena
Statehouse
Montana
Cow Palace
Prize Winners At a Glance From Butte Parade
Winners in Butte Fourth of July Parade include Grand prize for South Side Athletic Club rail road locomotive Driving of the Northern Pacific's Golden Spike at Gold Creek Mont 1883. Commercial division top floats Bob and Joe's Wells Fargo stage coach and Indian raid first place Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph 100 Years of Plenty tied for second and third Anaconda Co Arrowhead Partners In Montana Progress 1880 1964, Prudential Federal Savings and Loan home and garden scene fourth Montana Amateur Speed Skating Association Olympic and local club salute first Bae and Girls Central High School Montana Progress Through Education second Calanthe Lodge Knights of Pythias Centennial salute third Decorated cars Missoula Nursery first Special awards from Butte Celebrations Inc to Butte High School Anaconda High School Cathedral High School Helena bands Girls Central twirlers Western Montana College of Education drum and bugle corps Montane Centennial Band
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Butte
South Side Athletic Club
Northern Pacific
Gold Creek
Mont
Bob and Joe's
Wells-Fargo
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Anaconda Co
Montana Progress
Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Association Home and Garden Scene
Montana Amateur Speed Skating Association
Bae and Girls Central High School
Montana Progress Through Education
Calanthe Lodge
Knights of Pythias
100Th Lodge
Missoula Nursery
Butte Celebrations, Inc
Butte High School
Anaconda High School
Cathedral High School
Helena
Girls Central Twirlers
Western Montana College of Education
Montane Centennial Band
Butte Area Weather Outlook With Showers Through Monday
East of Divide sees partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers Monday and highs near 80 to 90, while west of Divide experiences variable cloudiness and isolated thundershowers with similar highs. Cooler Sunday. Sunday night lows 40s to 50s. Table notes 12 hour maximums, 18 hour minimums, 24 hour precipitation ending 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Divide
Six Deaths Mar Holiday In Montana Police AP
The first half of the July 4 weekend in Montana saw four highway deaths and two drownings with a 14 month old Billings infant dying en route to a hospital due to a throat blockage. Toll for the year reached 118, up from 112 a year ago. Victims include Kenneth R. Anderson 25 Billings Joe Nesperse Hays Hoagie Lembke 23 Missoula Dana Frame Butte David Schalk 8 Anaconda Daniel Booth 34 Glendale Calif Shawn Merrick 14 months Billings. Anderson was injured Friday night when a collision occurred.
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Associated Press
Montana
Billings
Kenneth R. Anderson
Bil
Dana Frame
Butte
Bozeman
David Schalk
Anaconda
Daniel Booth
Glendale
Calif
Madison River
Ennis
Shawn A. Merrick
Anderson
Sailors Abandon Search for Rights Workers
In Philadelphia Mississippi weary sailors call off a hot noon search as 400 Navy men continue scouring Leake County for three civil rights workers missing since June 21. Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, both white New Yorkers, and James Chaney, a Mississippi Black man, remain unaccounted for after being last seen in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
Navy
Leake County
Neshoba County
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Flames Hit Missoula Taxidermy Studio Fire
AP report from Missoula details a propane gas unit explosion that destroyed A. E. Masters Taxidermy Studio. Owner A. E. Masters, 63, was hospitalized with burns to the face and hands as trophies and an extensive collection of game photos and records were lost.
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Missoula
A. E. Masters
Masters
White Mob Attacks Civil Rights Activists At Wallace Rally
Three SNCC members and a white girl were beaten by a mob inside a Georgia rally as Gov. George Wallace spoke. Police removed the injured as officers struggled to reach the group near a large grandstand. No arrests were reported.
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Atlanta
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Charles Neblett
Carbondale
Matthew Jones
Knoxville
Tenn
Wilson Brown
Birmingham
Karen Haverman
Fireworks End July Fourth Festivities at Big Butte
Fireworks valued at 3000 dollars will end the city’s July 4 celebration atop Big Butte. Sheriff Bill Dalling oversees the display which starts after dark following a band concert in front of St. James Community Hospital. The Butte Municipal Band performs as the bursts light up the sky for miles.
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Big Butte
Bill Dalling
St. James Community Hospital
The
Butte
Firecrackers injure two boys in Butte
Two youngsters were treated for firecracker injuries on Saturday. David A. Miller of San Anselmo California received care for a minor eye injury at St James Community Hospital and was released. A second injured boy received aid for a small hand cut at Silver Bow General Hospital. his name was not released.
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David A. Miller
San Anselmo
Calif
St. James Community Hospital
Silver Bow General Hospital
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