Post Department Plans Saturday Delivery Curtailments
The Post Department will end Saturday and Sunday window service at first and second class offices starting July 27 with general delivery windows limited to two hours. It also plans to close 250 fourth class post offices on August 2 and 97 more on August 30, shifting rural delivery and reducing vacancies to cut payroll costs under a new tax bill.
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Post Department
Pest
Montana
Bynum
Enid
Forestgrove
Trident
Lothair
Molt
Sumatra
Sandusky
Washington
Olsen seeks to stop mail delivery cuts in Congress
Montana Representative Arnold Olsen urged Congress to exempt the Post Office from budget cuts that would threaten mail service. Postmaster General Marvin Watson outlined a $6 billion reduction and the closing of thousands of post offices, while Olsen warned that service quality would deteriorate as mail volume remains high.
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Helena
Arnold Olsen
Conss
Congress
Marvin Watson
House and Means Committee
Olsen
House
Postal Rates and Parcel Post Subcommittee
Standard State Bureau
Washington
Post Office Dept
Watson
Montana
Canada postal workers threaten strike next Thursday
OTTAWA AP Canadian postal workers threaten to strike at 5 am next Thursday unless wage talks produce a satisfactory offer within 48 hours The 24 000 member Association of Postal Unions seeks a 75 cent hourly raise over 14 months Clerks maximum pay is 2 75 The union vows round the clock bargaining and a three day member poll to call off the strike Local conciliation urged mediation but parties show no concessions The 1965 walkout is recalled with potential cross border mail impacts.
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Ottawa
Cochairmen
Roger Decarie
William Houle
Association of Postal Unions
Decarie
Houle
FBI investigates Potlatch Idaho bank burglary
John W. Burns of the FBI Montana Idaho Division said agents are probing the Thursday burglary at the Idaho First National Bank in Potlatch. Entry came from an adjacent business into the main vault, with several safety boxes looted and tellers coinage taken. paper money in a separate safe was spared. Loss estimate awaits determination.
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John W. Burns
Montana-Idaho
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Potlatch
Idaho
Idaho First National Bank
Burns
Montana Prison officials reply in Cheadle case
The five Montana state prison officials deny all charges in Janet Sirrine’s amended complaint over Larry Cheadle’s death at Deer Lodge on October 31, 1966. They say Cheadle was incorrigible and that the disciplinary cell was necessary and lawful. Ellsworth says he was out of state when the death occurred. The suit seeks 205000 in damages. Marine Pvt Louis G Healy of Dodson Montana has been killed in action in Vietnam.
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E. C. Ellsworth Jr
R. L. Dwight
Janet Sirrine
Billings
Larry Cheadle
Cheadle
Deer Lodge Institution
Butte
Ellsworth
Washington (Ap
Louis G. Healy
Percy G. Healy
Dodson, Mont
Vietnam
Defense Department
Delta jet hijack thwarted by crew in Miami landing
A Delta Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Houston was hijacked at gunpoint by a man claiming cancer. The crew persuaded him to surrender in Miami where police took him into custody. Senator William Eastland was aboard and questioned by the FBI. The pilot Forest Dines led the disarming effort as the plane diverted to Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Delta Airlines
Philadelphia
Houston
U.S
William Eastland
D-Miss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Walter Jureski
Delta
Jureski
Forest Dines
Chicago
Baltimore
Sen. Eastland
Final rodeo night sets Championship bids in Butte
The 37th annual Butte rodeo crowns Winter Championship honors and prize money tonight at 9 p.m. with top cowboys chasing $3,500 plus added entry in a thrill filled event. Calf ropers posted fast times while saddle bronc riders delivered high scores and several disqualifications. Leaders after two mounts include Marvin Joyce, Ray Rodewold, and Chet Morrison with totals in the 100s.
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Greenbacks
Butte
Franklin
Dean Oliver
Boise
Benny
Johnny Reynolds
Ray Rodewold
Craig
Okla
Wayward Wind
Marvin Joyce
Helena
Chet Morrison
Ellensburg
Wash
J. C. Bonine
Hysham
Rebel
Trail’s End
Pat Howe
Ennis
Montana Optometric Association elects new officers
Friday's MOA session at the Holiday Inn elected Dr. James H. Wilkins of Helena as president with Dr. William Shull of Plains as president elect and Dr. A. T. Rasmussen of Helena as vice president. Rasmussen spoke on health care trends while Fred H. Klinefelter of Seattle discussed prepaid vision care as a growing fringe benefit.
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Montana Optometric Association
James H. Wilkins
Helena
William Shull
Plains
A. T. Rasmussen
Wilkins
T. L. Kitts
Livingston
MOA
Holiday Inn
Fred H. Klinefelter
Seattle
Klinefelter
Montana
Rasmussen
New 10 Percent Tax Surcharge Effective July 14
The Internal Revenue Service sets July 14 as the effective date for the 10 percent surcharge on individual income tax withholding. Wages paid on and after July 14, 1968, are subject to higher withholding. An updated Circular E Employer's Tax Guide was mailed to employers to aid the transition. FRIDAY afternoon events featured an optometry convention golf tournament at Butte Country Club with Dr. Ralph Schrock of Chula Vista as lecturer and a Sunday speaker lineup.
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Helena
Internal Revenue Service
Johnson
Montana
Butte Country Club
Ralph Schrock
Chula Vista
Calif
William A. Tooke
Deer Lodge
Robert Thompson
Billings
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda area turns cooler
Partly cloudy and cooler through tonight with showers unlikely. Sunday looks mostly fair and a bit warmer with a high near 74 and low around 42. Today’s shower probability about 20 percent, tonight about 10 percent. One year ago temperatures were 88 and 64. Weather table, Page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
New York Customs Seize Four Million in Heroin
U S customs officials at Kennedy Airport said they found four million dollars worth of pure heroin taped to the bodies of two women travelers from Brazil. The women a schoolteacher and a hairdresser were described as couriers for a possibly vast heroin smuggling ring.
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New York
U.S
Kennedy
Brazil
Khe Sanh Withdrawal Used in Asian Propaganda War
North Vietnamese broadcasts from Hanoi portray the Khe Sanh pullout as an American defeat and a Communist victory. Officials cite U S claims of vital importance while broadcasts claim mass deaths and a doomed American strategy in Asia.
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Nam
Khe Sanh
U.S
Asia
South Vietnam
Thailand
United States
Johnson
America
Dien Bien Phu
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Havana
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Cotulla
Tex
Ernie Forsberg
Chatsworth
Mark Schricker
Sutherlin
Ore
Sam Halverson
Herb Slodounik
J. H. Wilkins
New York Customs
Hanoi
Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
North Vietnam
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