Soviet troops begin large rear‑area maneuvers amid Prague tension
Soviet Union announces large scale support and supply troop exercises in western frontier regions including near Czechoslovakia. Izvestia says maneuvers run until Aug 10 with reserve troops and civilian vehicles. Analysts link to Warsaw Pact discord and Prague reforms crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond H. Anderson
Moscow
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Izvestia
Prague
Krasnaya Zvezda
Vaclav Prehlik
Russian
Ukraine
Byelorussia
Latvia
Ivan K. Bagramyan
Bonn
West Germany
Electric workers and Bell arrange Demo convention plan
Striking IBEW members and Illinois Bell reach an emergency schedule to install communications gear for the Democratic National Convention set to open August 26. The truce covers the Amphitheatre on the South Side but not hotels, complicating news coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Aykroid
Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Robert A. Nickey
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Richard J. Daley
Illinois Bell
Nickey
IBEW
Bell
South Side
Man pleads innocent in tax case
John S. Stephan of Butte pleaded innocent before U S District Judge W D Murray to two counts alleging incorrect filing of gross income tax returns. Stephan waived trial by jury referral and a trial date was set for October. Government says 1964 income was 7069.28 versus 12794.78 and 1965 return showed 103.61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Stephan
Butte
Ris
U. S. Dist
W. D. Murray
Stephan
Robert O’leary
U.S. Iles
J. J. McCaffery
Dye
Murray
U.S. District Court
County population and job gains lag state trends
Projections from a Maryland computer project Silver Bow County population rising 9 percent from 46,454 in 1960 to 50,934 in 1975 and employment up about 9 percent to 18,321. Montana overall sees faster growth, with farmworker declines and gains in food products, printing, machinery, and services across 12 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
Montana
University of Maryland
Office of Program Analysis and Economic Research
Office of Economic Opportunity
Howard Shinrock
Anaconda
Intercounty Industrial Development Corp
Washington D.C
Silver Bow County
Deer Lodge
Ravalli
Anaconda Co
Beaverhead County
Granite County
House blocks state licensing of gun owners
The House rejected a proposal to require state licensing for gun owners by a nonrecord vote of 179 to 8 as debate continued on an administration bill to ban interstate mail order sales of rifles shotguns and ammunition. An amendment narrowly limiting the ban to pistol ammunition passed 77 to 0 and the bill faced many more changes before final action. The Senate Judiciary Committee also planned to vote Wednesday on stalled gun control legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Hunter
Washington
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
Robert McCloy
Weather Outlook Butte Anaconda Mostly Fair Through Thursday
Mostly fair weather continues through Thursday with a slight warmup. Daytime highs around 85 and nighttime lows near 50. Rain chances stay under 10 percent. One year ago temperatures were 84 and 47.
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Butte - Anaconda
Montana Board Hikes Welfare Budget to 49.9 Million
Montana's Board of Public Welfare proposes a 49.9 million all funds budget for 1969 71 up 10.1 million from the current biennium. Of the total 28.2 million would be federal 13.7 million general fund and about 8 million from counties. The increase funds aid to dependent children boosting the average monthly payment from 37.10 to 45 with a 10 percent COLA and an ADC earned income exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Holmes Helena
Montana
Board of Public Welfare
State Budget Office
Jeremy G. Thane
Missoula
ADC
Missoulian killed in car bus crash west of Butte
A 39 year old Missoula man died Tuesday night when his car collided with an Interstate Mountain bus four miles west of Butte on Highway 10 near Nissler Junction. The bus driver sustained a minor head bump and five Anaconda Job Corps workers were uninjured. The victim died of multiple head injuries and was transported to Richards Funeral Home.
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Missoula
Intermountain
Butte
Nissler Junction
Don Peterson
Clark H. Thomas
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Peterson
Silver Bow
Leo Jacobsen
Silver Bow County
Jim
Dewey Burns
George Thomas
William Little
Richards Funeral Home
J J Burke Butte Leader Dies After Long Service
John J. Burke Sr. 77 former chairman of First Metals Bank and Trust Co. and president of Pacific Northwest Power Co. died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral set for Friday at 9 a.m. with Requiem Mass at 9:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. Burke, born June 30, 1891 in Butte, held multiple banking and civic roles including Montana Bankers Association president 1955-56 and chair of the Pacific Coast Banking School. He served in World War I and worked in banking and credit before rising to bank presidency. active in Navy, hospital, cancer society, Boy Scouts, and Chamber committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Burke Sr
First Metals Bank and Trust Co
Pacific Northwest Power Co
Dolan
Immaculate Conception Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Mr. Burke
Butte
Butte Business College
New Method Laundry Co
Coast Artillery Service
Credit Departeent
Hennessy’s
Butte Water Co
Silver Bow National Bank
Metals Bank
Silver Bow National
Burke
Metals
First Trust Co. of
Montana
National Resources Conference
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Washington Water Power Co
Silver Bow County
Chamber of Commerce
Butte Rotary Club
University of Montana Alumni Association
Stella Duncan Memorial Institute
Endowment Foundation For Advancement of Medical Research
Alpha Kappa
Air general shot down as Viet Cong attack near Saigon
U S 9th Division infantrymen halted a Viet Cong battalion pressing toward Saigon from the Mekong Delta. Maj Gen Robert F Worley deputy commander of the 7th Air Force was killed in actions. About 115 Viet Cong engaged, 23 killed, four U S dead and seven wounded. The action followed increased shelling around the country.
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Saigon
Mekong
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Robert F. Worley
U.S
9Th Division
Hijacked Israeli plane lands in Algeria after hijack
An El Al Boeing 707 seized en route from Rome to Tel Aviv landed in Algiers. Twenty non Israelis were released in Paris later. The hijackers remained aboard with the Israeli crew and 15 passengers. Prime Minister Eshkol condemned the act as highway robbery.
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Carl Hartman
PARIS
Algiers
Don d’Allessandro
Algeria
iParis
el- al
Rome
Tel Aviv
Levi Eshkol
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Missoulian
J. J. Burke
Montana Bankers Association
Executive Council
Pacific Coast Banking School
American Banking Association
U.S. Treasury
John J. Burke
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Israel
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