Survivor details eight nurses killed by Chicago killer
The sole survivor Corazon Amarao, a 23 year old Filipino exchange student, recounted that the eight nurses debated whether to fight or appease the killer Richard Speck as he attacked them in their town house. The consul general said Amarao described the discussions and the plan to stay quiet fearing “something crazy.” The survivor was brought face to face with Speck but the meeting was canceled for medical reasons.
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Chicago
Corazon Amarao
Miss Amarao
Philippines
Richard Speck
Generose Provido
Counsul General
Provido
Miss Amurao
Associated Press
Speck
Atty
Daniel P. Ward
Supreme Court
Billings Driver Killed in Cooke City Crash
In Yellowstone Park near Cooke City Mark Fasich 55 of Billings died from injuries after a highway crash about ten miles west of Cooke City Coroner said he died on arrival at Lake Hospital. His two passengers Jean Baker 21 and Diane Zimmerman 22 from Mandola Illinois were hospitalized with injuries Baker fractured pelvis and ribs Zimmerman suffered abrasions and shock.
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Livingston
Mark Fasich
Billings
Cooke City
Jack Davis
Fasich
the Lake Hospital
Yellowstone National Park
Park County
Park
Jean Baker
Diane Zimmerman
Mandola
Bozeman man named to Cannon's post
F. G. Fisher of Bozeman was appointed by the Montana Railroad Commission to the $7,500 a year post as supervisor of motor carriers. The job, vacated after Lt. Gov. Paul Cannon was removed, will begin July 25. Fisher previously owned Three Forks Transfer & Storage Co. and has been active in transportation.
Walters recounts new version in Hammer death case
In Helena Montana David Clinton Walters 19 of Keyes Oklahoma testified in district court that he fired the shot that killed Lincoln pole yard owner Donald Hammer last September but said Charles Corliss did not. Walters and Corliss are serving life terms for Hammer kidnapping murder. Walters admitted lying at Corliss trial about Corliss taking Hammer up a mountain and firing. He said he held the gun and drove the car while Walters claimed Conners?
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Walters
Corliss
Montana
Hammer
Rogers Pass
Continental Divide
Skedd
Butte Heat Wave Pushes 90s Toward Record
Butte endures a fifth straight day with 90 or higher as an expected 92 could tie the city’s all time run of 90 plus days. A 90 degree reading was logged at the airport and photographer Jim Oset briefly tried cooling himself with an ice fountain.
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Doug Harrington
N. Excelsior
Harding
Butte
Jim Oset
Harrington
Gemini 10 AGENA rendezvous caps cosmic chase
Astronauts John Young and Michael Collins docked Gemini 10 with the Agena rocket in a pivotal space rendezvous, marking the mission's key goal in a three day space walk. The linkup used onboard navigation, cost extra fuel, and may constrain later experiments.
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Agena
Cape Kennedy
Fla
John Young
Young
Michael Collins
Hawaii
Mission Control
Collins
U.S
Earth
Cape Kennedy Spaceport
Atlantic Ocean
Glynn Lunney
Supreme Court orders end to delaying tactics in Butte sewer case
Helena Montana–The Montana Supreme Court ordered plaintiffs Robert S Noland and Marjorie F Noland and their lawyers to face contempt charges unless their district court case is dismissed by July 27 The unsigned order directed the Nolands and their attorneys to appear before a five member appeals panel on July 29 The action mirrors a prior suit by Tillie Duffy against the Metropolitan Sanitary and Storm Sewer District and involves Butte's 39 million metro sewer project and Acres Club of Butte
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Butte
Robert S
Marjorie F. Noland
Ludvig Tande
John M. Kline
Silver Bow
County Atty
Mark Sullivan
Bob Holland
Metro District
the Acres Club of
Tillie Duffy
Metropolitan Sanitary and Storm Sewer District
Butte Woman Seeks Court Block On Reapportionment Amendment
Montana senator per county rule faces challenge by Phoebe Herweg who filed a motion in U S District Court to enjoin the proposed constitutional reapportionment amendment slated for November. She argues the Dirksen provision violates court decrees and could cause chaos in senate apportionment. Libra represents Herweg.
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Phoebe Herweg
Butte
U.S. District Court
Dirksen
Montana
Herweg
al Libra
Helena
Senate
Libra
Marines-Viet regulars clash near demilitarized zone
U S Marines clashed with North Vietnamese regulars in three engagements near the 17th parallel DMZ. Air strikes hit a major oil depot across the border as Hastings operation reports light overall casualties. B52s bombed positions near Da Nang while Viet Cong terrorism reports surface from South Vietnam.
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U.S
South Viet Nam
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Hastings
International Control Commission
Demilitarized Zone
North
Guam
da Nang
State aviation needs explored at conference in Mining City
Montana Aero nautics Commission sponsored hearing in the Finlen Hotel with business and airport officials. James C. Buckley of Buckley Inc. led an exploratory survey to assess the need and cost of a comprehensive study of Montana's aviation requirements. A statewide survey would be costly and only proceed if a need is indicated.
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Mining City
Finlen Hotel
James C. Buckley
Buckley Inc
New York City
Montana
Charles A. Lynch
Henry Loble
Commission
Lynch
Missoula
Bozeman
Great Falls
Billings
Miles City
Glasgow
Community Pioneer Margaret Keyes to Be Buried in Butte
Services for Margaret D. Keyes 82, a Timberline pioneer and former Basin and Butte businesswoman, will be held Wednesday at Sayatovic-White's Funeral Home and St. Ann Church. She died Sunday night after hospitalization since June 9. Interment is in Holy Cross Cemetery. Keyes was the first white child born in Timberline and the last surviving child of Mountain and Indian Wars veteran Dennis Driscoll. She worked in the circulation department of the old Anaconda Standard from 1920 to 1931, later owned part of Basin’s Butte Tourist Park, and retired in 1964. Surviving: two sons Earl R. and James V. Keyes. multiple grandchildren and great‑grandchildren. Her husband Frank Keyes died in 1932.
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Margaret D. Keyes
Sayatovic-White
Bozeman
Dennis Driscoll
Montana
U. S. Borax Co
Powder River
Keyes
Anaconda Standard
West Park Street
Basin
Butte
Frank Keyes
Sons and Daughters of Mortana Pioneers
Royal Neighbors of America
Neighbors of
Woodcraft
VFW
American Association of Retired Persons
Earl R. Keyes
James V. Keyes
Robert R. Keyes
Michael F. Keyes
Spokane
Richard
Kevin Keyes
Los Angeles
John Beer
Great Falls
James Nugent
Edmonds
Waech
Sharon Burgmark
Colleen
Kathleen Keyes
Dally City
Callif
John Dennis Keyes
San Francisco
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Thomas E. Mooney
Standard State Bureau
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Kline
Nolands
State Senate
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Gemini
Saigon
U.S. Marines
State Motor Vehicle Department
Butte-Anaconda
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