Gun registration fail in House faces skirmish over felon penalties
The House rejected federal gun registration proposals amid debate on mandatory prison terms for gun crimes. Aimed at rifles and shotguns and hand guns, the move sought to speed a related bill banning mail order sales. Support and opposition split along administration lines with amendments pending and a Senate path unclear.
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Washington
House
Robert McGlory
R-Nl
Jonathan Bingham
DN. Y
McClory
Train and truck crash near Galen State Hospital crossing
A violent collision at the Galen State Hospital crossing in the Deer Lodge Valley scattered plywood along 200 yards of the Northern Pacific right of way. Passengers suffered minor injuries while crew members escaped harm as the North Coast Limited collided with a tractor-trailer at 7:50 a.m. Pat R. McGee and Fireman G M Calatori, both Missoula residents, sustained minor bruises and cuts.
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Northern Pacific
N. P. North Coast Limited
Galen State Hospital
Deer Lodge Valley
Pat R. McGee
Missoula
G. M. Calatori
Edward R. Lindquist
Hel
Jest Second Jest Second It’s the wallpaper store inquiry
A wallcovering retailer asks if their sample books are finished. The note records a business-related question about inventory or display materials. No dates, people, or locations are provided.
Johnson Thieu meet on war and peace efforts
President Johnson and South Viet Nam’s Nguyen Van Thieu met at Pearl Harbor with top advisers to discuss continuing war in Asia and potential peace talks. Thieu signaled a bid for more financial support but not more U.S. troops to strengthen Vietnam’s defense, while no immediate agreement on halting bombing in North Vietnam was announced.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Honolulu
Johnson
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Asia
Paris
Thieu
U.S
Vietnam
Commander In Chief of the
Pearl Harbor
North Vietnam
Doubt Over Fortas Confirmed As Chief Justice Bid
The Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped its questioning of Abe Fortas amid strong doubts about his viability as chief justice before Labor Day. Judge Homer Thornberry, nominated as associate justice, faced limited questions as Eastland noted a vacancy doubt and promised further sessions after Fortas’s fate is decided.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Abe Fortas
United States
Homer Thornberry
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Supreme Court
James 0. Eastland
D-Miss
Thornberry
Eastland
Fortas
Senate
Miami man blocks street to force paving decision
Joe Muscare chained two felled trees across Northwest 79th Avenue to halt traffic near 50th to 1st streets in Miami. He demanded the Dade County Commission pave or buy the road, arguing years of dust and potholes from nearby industry justified action. An officer removed the trees and arrested him for scattering rubbish and obstacles in a street.
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Miami
Fla
Joe Muscare
Dade County Commission
Muscare
Betwen
Industry criticizes Montana air standards as too strict
Industry spokesmen at a Helena meeting argued Montana ambient outdoor air goals are severe and restrictive and urged enforcement via realistic emission standards. Representatives from American Smelting & Refining, Kaiser Cement, Montana Dakota Utilities, and others proposed regional and flexible approaches, stressing economic feasibility and community air shed needs.
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J. D. Holmes Helena
Montana
State Board of Health
Montana Air Pollution Advisory Council
John Abersold
el Paso
Tex
American Smelting & Refining Co
U.S. Public Health Service
R. Lewis Brown Jr
Butte
Anaconda Co
Brown
Montana Petroleum Association
Doyle T. Graves
Great Falls
Emis
P. J. Deutschman
Helena
Kaiser Cement & Gypsum Corp
Faith
Don Adams
Washington State University
Robert Helding
Missoula
Robert T. Nelson
Bismarck
N. D
Montana- Dakota Utilities Co
Electrical Workers Promote Humphrey at IBEW Meeting
Joseph D. Keenan of Washington DC urged union backing for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey at the Eighth District IBEW convention in the Finlen Hotel. Keenan, IBEW international secretary treasurer and AFL-CIO vice president, stressed Humphrey’s labor friendly record and goals for education health elder care and labor issues.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Joseph D. Keenan
Washington, D.C
Finlen Hotel
Keenan
Ibew International
Afl-Cio
Humphrey
Victor Whitehouse
IBEW
Jake Gold
Dept. of Labor
Washington
Russell Williams
Butte
Beaverhead Highway Death Highlights Montana Fatality Toll
Truck driver Gary Hewitt, 23, of Tooele Utah, was killed when his tractor and semitrailer left U S 91 near Clark Canyon Dam and overturned. Cargo of watermelons scattered across the roadway. Beaverhead County recorded its first highway death of the year. total state toll reached 122. The report also notes labor conference remarks on IBEW growth and industry forecasts.
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Dillon
Gary Hewitt
Tooele
Utah
U.S. 91
Clark Canyon Dam
Hewitt
Montana
Beaverhead
Biggest U.S. housing bill approved byHouse Senate panel
A House Senate conference committee approved the largest housing bill in history a 5.3 billion measure to build or rehabilitate over 1.7 million housing units mainly for low and moderate income households. It would for the first time fund substantial federal aid to help the poor buy homes.
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Washington
A _ House- Senate conference committee
Johnson
Britannia backs glass reinforced hull for ships
London AP reports Britannia approves glass reinforced plastic hull construction with GRP tested for minesweeper use. Royal Navy notes it could be used for large ship structures but likely won’t. Similar US testing ongoing.
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London
Britannia
Royal Navy
United States
Moscow calls Czechs on carpet for their national liberalism
Moscow urged a meeting between Soviet and Czechoslovak ruling bodies next Monday or Tuesday in Moscow Kiev or Lvov to press conservatives. Tass said 16,000 Soviet troops would leave by Sunday and Podgorny pledged all round support for Prague conservatives while Grechko returned early from Algeria. Possible aim was to exploit divisions among Czech liberals.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Tass
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Andrei A. Grechko
Algeria
Grechko
Prague
Kremlin
Soviet Communist Party
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Kiev
Ukraine
Lvov
Palomino horse found as Dillon slayer hunt widens
In a continuation of the Dillon area shooting case, a Palomino horse believed linked to the fugitive Richard Jacoby 58 was found Thursday night in the Centennial Valley west of Monida. Sheriff officials say Jacoby remains in the sparse Beaverhead County area near the Idaho line. Victim William Coty was shot at a sheep camp late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The discovery escalates the search for the suspect and intensifies the manhunt in the valley.
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Dillon (Ap
Dillon Area
Centennial Valley
Monida
Richard Jacoby
Beaverhead County
Idaho
William Coty
Satan
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