Montana records bloodiest month in state traffic history
On June 15 Helen Goltz and her two children died in a head on crash near Chester. Two days earlier four people in their 70s perished near Missoula. By month end Montana logged 48 traffic deaths and 190 for the year, with 21 more than 1969. Authorities cite excess speed and alcohol amid rising multi casualty crashes.
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Lee James Helena
Helen Goltz
Glasgow
Montana Highway Patrol
Chester
Ovel Snediger
Fred Snediger
Leona
Nellie Tremper
Missoula
Goltz
Snediger
Robert McKay
Irish Catholics Flee Belfast as Violence Escalates
Belfast sees mass Catholic exodus as Northern Ireland violence claims five more lives. A Belfast police officer died in Antrim Road, with two soldiers and two gunmen dead earlier. Refugees exceed 5,000 heading south while 1,000 plus women and children flee Catholic areas.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Antrim Road
Irish Republic
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Antiwar veterans dispute FBI informer in RNC case
Viet Nam Veterans Against the War say the informer William Leamer fed false testimony that underpins a Florida indictment charging six VVAW leaders with conspiring to disrupt the Republican National Convention. They claim Leamer admitted FBI work and provided 14 hours of taped statements casting doubt on the charges.
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New York
FBI
Florida
VVAW
William Leamer
Gainesville
Fla
Leamer
U.S
Justice Department
Fayetteville, Ark
Legion in Montana opposes Atlantic Union Convention Plan
The American Legion of Montana approved a resolution opposing a world government Atlantic Union Convention Plan to be sent to Congress. The annual convention in Butte runs three days, ending Sunday with officer elections and delegates to the national convention. The resolution labels a world court genocide treaty and universal church as steps toward world dictatorship.
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American Legion of
Montana
Congress
Legion
Butte
Universal Church
Six Californians held as suspects in $400 Buttrey theft
Six Californians between 21 and 33 were held overnight as suspects in a $400 theft at Buttrey Food Store. They were released Saturday noon for lack of evidence after authorities cited witnesses' inability to positively identify them. The cashier could not pinpoint when the money was taken.
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Buttrey
Dillon
Rupert Schneider
Schneider
Meany Readies Battle Over AFL CIO McGovern Endorsement
Washington AFL CIO faces a bruising decision on endorsing George McGovern or remaining neutral to Nixon. Meany and COPE prepare for a pivotal Wednesday meeting of the 35-member executive council as labor leaders clash over the Democratic nomination aftermath and internal strategy.
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Washington
George Meany
Aflcio
George McGovern
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Meany
Committee On Political Education
COPE
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Henry Jackson
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers
Muskie
al Barkan
Barkan
Humphrey
Wurf
Butte Weather Forecast Says Mild Conditions Continue
The forecast indicates fair skies and continued mild weather with a high near 77 and a low around 40. Readers are directed to the weather map on Page 4 for details.
Prison riot breaks out at Maryland House of Corrections
About 250 inmates stormed a recreation yard fence during an apparent escape attempt at the Maryland House of Corrections in Jessup. Guards fired from two towers as the disturbance escalated, injuring at least six people in the 1500 inmate facility.
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Jessup
Maryland House of Corrections
U S claim of breaking Soviet codes cited in Ramparts
The August Ramparts Magazine reports a former NSA analyst saying the U S has refined electronic intelligence to break Soviet codes hear their communications and track Soviet missiles and subs worldwide. The unnamed ex analyst is quoted saying they can break every code.
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Washington
United States
National Security Agency
Ramparts Magazine
Berkeley
Calif
Central Intelligence Agency
NSA
Rifle scare at Nixon daughter diving meet in Lincoln
A 22 year old man was taken into custody near Woods Pool in Lincoln after being found with a partially disassembled .22 caliber rifle wrapped in paper. Police say the incident occurred while Tricia Nixon Cox attended the national AAU outdoor diving championships. The suspect, not identified, is being held awaiting a Lancaster County attorney decision on charges.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nixon
Tricia Nixon Cox
Lancaster County
Mink and blue jeans dominate Rome fashion shows
Italian designer taps mink shirts to elevate blue jeans as fall winter fashion opens in Rome. Couturiers showcase furs from broadtail to beaver with monkey fur trim and moss green shades, while Tivioli promotes a 1000 lines collection of fur cutups stitched in contrasting colors.
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Rome
Tivioli
Martieri
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