Light plane missing on flight to Helena
A red and white Bonanza light plane with four passengers disappeared on a Seattle to Helena flight. Search operations span western Montana, northern Idaho and eastern Washington, focusing from Mullan Pass toward Missoula and Helena after last contact at Felts Field Spokane for weather info.
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Helena
Boeing Field
Seattle
Jack Wilson
Montana Aeronautics Commission
Wilson
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Garland Reynolds
Barrion Springs
Mich
Mullena
Montana-Idaho
Felts Field
Spokane
Wash
Mullan Pass
Missoula
Clifford on Viet tour and Saigon fears of assault
Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford arrived in Saigon for two days of briefings as Saigon braces for a possible Viet Cong offensive. He met General Abrams and planned talks with President Thieu on strengthening South Vietnamese forces. A Korean battalion commander was killed in an ambush near Qui Nhon. Clifford and aides will receive top secret briefings during the visit.
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Saigon
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
South Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S. Command
U.S
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
North
Kim Hong-sin
Tiger Division
Qui Nhon
Nguyen van Thieu
Earle Wheeler
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Bundy
Secre
Secretary Clifford Pledges More Weapons for South Vietnam
Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford said in Saigon that Sunday night he is determined to give the South Vietnamese Army more weapons and greater firepower, even at the expense of U.S. forces. An aide explained the effort would take priority over supplying newer weapons to noncombat units as he arrived from Washington.
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Saigon
Clark Clifford
Ington
Clifford
United States Defense Secretary
Army of
Republic of Vietnam
U. S
Communist summit voiced Czech liberal fears in Warsaw
In Warsaw the Soviet leader Kosygin and Brezhnev met top party delegates from Poland East Germany Hungary and Bulgaria to discuss Czechoslovakia’s liberalization. Czechoslovakia Romania absent with talks continuing as the two word communique noted.
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Warsaw
Poland
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Pap
Alexei N. Kosygin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Tanjug
Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Janos Kadar
Garian
Walter Ulbricht
Council of Ministers
Trybuna Ludu
Czechoslo
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda with showers likely
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies today and Tuesday, with cooler temperatures. Highs near 76 and lows around 44, with a 20 percent chance of showers today and a 10 percent chance tonight. One year ago temps were 83 and 47.
Congress faces busiest week of the year in waning session
AP dispatch from Washington reports a packed week ahead with foreign aid and gun control bills plus over 115 billion dollars in appropriations. Leaders push to finish before the August nominating conventions. Carl Albert and Mike Mansfield voice cautious optimism and note the crucial test lies in the Senate's actions.
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Washington
Congress
House
Carl Albert Dokla
Senate
Mike Mansfild
D-Mont
Purses raised for Dillon Jaycee Rodeo payout
Purses for the Dillon Jaycee Rodeo and Parade on Sept 1-2 are raised to 3800 dollars plus entry fees, among the largest two day payoffs in the Rocky Mountain region. The event runs with Beaverhead County Fair, per Jaycee officials led by Dan Peterson.
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Dillon
Rocky Mountain
Mexican fisherman survives 18 days adrift in Gulf rowboat
Carlos Prado Uribie, 20, of Progresso Yucatan, drifted 534 miles in an 8 foot boat after a storm. A Belgian crewman on the Escaut spotted him in the Gulf of Mexico and helped extract him. He said he attempted suicide with a rope on day 12 and survived on milk and rain water and fish. The ship fed him and his crew collected about $20 and gave him clothes.
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Joe Schula Houston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Carlos Prado Uribie
Progresso
Yucatan
Brownsville
Freeport
Antwerp
Belgium
Uribie
L. Volquenne
Abbie
Houston
Votquenne
Volquenne
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Stanley Park Zoo
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