Ruling Lets Civil Rights Law Stand For Public Accommodations
A three judge panel ruled the civil rights act’s public accommodations clause falls under interstate commerce and is constitutional enough to allow 20 day injunctions for the Maddox restaurant and Rolleston motel to desegregate. The decision stops short of full constitutional declaration and the matter likely goes to the Supreme Court.
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Atlanta
UPI
Congress
Johnson
Supreme Court
Lester Maddox
Oper
Page
New Trial Granted Thomases In Death of Hardin Rancher
Robert and Clara Thomas were granted a new trial in the 1963 murder of Frank Tschirgi, a Hardin rancher. Judge Jon C. Derry issued a brief order and a 12 page memorandum citing potential Supreme Court reversal if a new trial was not granted.
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Thomases
Hardin
Billings
Robert
Clara Thomas
Thomas
Frank Tschirgi
Jon C. Derry
Supreme Court
Tschirgi
David
Derry
Big Horn County
Robert Wilson
J. H. McAlear
Red Lodge
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court weighs gambling initiative in Montana
Montana Supreme Court hears arguments over allowing a pro gambling initiative on the general election ballot. Forrest Steen, for the Montana Methodist Conference, seeks to block the measure as unconstitutional. Opponents argue the petitions lack fatal defects, while supporters say the measure would amend the constitution via initiative.
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J. D. Holmes
Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
Forrest R. Steen
Montana Methodist Conference
Steen
Melvin F. Magnuson
Paul F. Reynolds
Frank Murray
Donald A. Garrity
Magnuson
Weather Outlook for Butte Anaconda Region
Mostly fair today with afternoon and evening thundershowers. High 90, low 46. East of DiVide: Thursday mainly fair then partly cloudy with isolated afternoon or evening storms. Temperatures: Thursday highs 80 to 90 west, 90 to 98 east. Friday 85 to 98. West of Divide: partly cloudy with isolated showers or thundershowers day and night. Cooler Friday, highs 75 to 85. Table notes: maximums 12 hours, minimums 16 hours, precip 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Butte-Anaconda
DiVide
Deer Lodge Man Campbell Dies in Wyoming Crash
John P Campbell 36 of Deer Lodge was killed in a Wednesday night automobile crash near Crowheart Wyoming He was born September 24 1927 a Deer Lodge native and miner He leaves a widow Beatrice sons Steven Kevin daughters Debra Denise Janice and Jacqueline mother Elsie Mengel brothers Paul and James sisters Pearl DuBray and Ed Owens and numerous nieces and nephews Services are pending at Ross Funeral Home Coroner Larry Lee said Campbell tried to pass a pickup swerved back into his lane and struck an oncoming car.
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Mr. Campbell
Deer Lodge
Butte
Wyoming
Beatrice
Steven
Kevin
Debra
Denise
Janice
Jacqueline
Elsie Mengel
Paul
James
Chicago
Pearl DuBray
Ed Owens
Ross Funeral Home
Larry Lee
Campbell
Lee
Motor Scooter Hurts Boy on Butte’s South Side
Seven year old Daniel Trbovich was struck by a motor scooter near his home in Butte and is in serious condition at St. James Community Hospital with possible internal injuries. Police say he darted from behind a parked car and the scooter driver Barbara Cashill, 16, was identified.
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Daniel Trbovich
Butte
St. James Community Hospital
Robert Kovacich
1725 Whitman
Ed Moser
Don Plessas
Senate Fighting War on Poverty
Johnson's antipoverty program won support with an amendment allowing state governors to veto federal plans for youth camps. Senate agreed to four hour debate on the bill and one hour per amendment as Goldwater and Tower opposed initial committee action. A job corps provision would provide education work experience and vocational training.
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John Barbour
Washington
Johnson
Senate
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
John G. Tower
Rtex
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Arizona
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Tower
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
House
Whitehall Tragedy: Millegan Girl Drowns at Werner Reservoir
Margene Millegan a 16 year old Whitehall High School junior drowns at Werner Reservoir five miles south of Whitehall while swimming with friends. Corrine Bolland 12 of Livingston attempts a rescue but Miss Millegan passes from the deep hole. Rescue efforts by companions and Mrs Millegan fail and the body is recovered about an hour later.
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Whitehall
Margene Millegan
Roy Millegan
Werner Reservoir
Corrine Bolland
Livingston
Miss Millegan
Whitehall High School
Avis Graumann
Mary
Jewel Werner
Bolland
Miss Bolland
Butte Council Accepts Bond Bid for Sidewalk Repairs
The Butte City Council approved a $53,000 bond issue at 4.6 percent with a $150 premium to finance a special improvement district for vaulted sidewalks in uptown. Kiely Construction will start once the contract is awarded.
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Butte
W. H. Swanberg and Co
Great Falls
Miners National Bank of
Kiely Construction
Butte Boy Saves Girl From Drowning at Lake
A 17-year-old Butte High School student, Gary Hunt, rescued a 22-year-old Phoenix girl who fell from a Denton’s Point dock into Georgetown Lake. He pulled her from nearly six feet of water with two companions nearby. The rescued woman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hollaender, is alive and grateful visitors from Phoenix later praised Hunt’s courage.
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Frank Quinn
Standard Post
Phoenix
Ariz
S. C. Hollaender
Butte
Gary Hunt
Butte High School
Calvin Hunt
Massachusetts
Gary
Georgetown Lake
Denton’s Point
Hunt
Bob Thurmond
Dan Jeniker
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Maddox
Pistol Point
Rolleston
Hooper
Pickrick
New Butte
Post Office
Harrison Avenue
Joe Holly
City
Belgrade
Broadus
Butters
Ilion
Drummond
Glasgow
Kalispell
Lewistown
Miles City
Yellowstone
John P. Campbell
Crowheart
Wyo
Reservoir
Alice McClure
Bozeman
Girls Athletic Association
W Club
Council
Lake
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