Postal service stays normal after Senate exemption vote
The Senate voted to exempt the Post Office Department from a government wide manpower cutback allowing offices to remain open and mail collections on a normal schedule. Postmaster General Watson warned a full cut would affect deliveries and urged House approval. If not, Saturday closures could resume August 3 with August conventions approaching.
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Senate
Department
Post Office
House
A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Post Office Department
John J. Williams
Rdel
W. Marvin Watson
Congress
Watson
Senators Attack Fortas Defense and Ongoing Action
Atty General Ramsey Clark’s criticism of senators opposing Abe Fortas as chief justice drew anger on the Senate floor. Senators Brooke Pearson Cooper Miller challenged Clark’s claim that opposition is tied to civil rights, demanding apologies and calling the remarks unfair and an attack on Senate integrity.
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
Abe Fortas
Funay
Fortas
Senate
Justice Fortas
Clark
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Rpublican
Brooke
James B. Pearson
Rkan
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Pearson
Cooper
Jack Miller
Iowa
Weather Outlook For Butte Anaconda Region
Fair to partly cloudy and warm through Sunday. Highs around 80 degrees, lows near 45. Only a slight chance of rain. A year ago the high was 79 and the low 46 with trace precipitation.
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Butte - Anaconda
Liberals urge Czechs to defend reformist road against Soviets
Prague editors of Literarni Listy publish an open letter urging Czechoslovak leaders to stand firm for socialism sovereignty and freedom. The call warns of a fateful showdown with the Soviet Politburo and aims to mobilize mass support across a 14 million nation.
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Prague
Soviet Union
Alexander Dubcek
Literarni Listy
Soviet Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Czechoslovak Party
Vaclav Vales
Crazy Days sales prompt wild outfits and top winners
Crazy Days draws shoppers and staff in wild costumes on opening day. Four of the top six winners in the men’s and women’s contests pose for photos with vendors Hennessy’s Sears and Christ mas tree named in the brief.
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Butte
Brown
Linda Laird
Henn
Nessy
Pravda Warns Of U S Interference In Czechoslovakia
Pravda accuses the United States of planning intervention to aid liberal forces in Czechoslovakia as the Prague regime faces decay. The claim cites a Wall Street Journal article urging weapons and supplies for anti-Communists.
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Pravda
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Prague
Wall Street Journal
Air base attack by terrorists hits Udorn Thailand
U S forces report a small terrorist band attacked Udorn air base in northern Thailand wounding four Americans and one Thai. In South Vietnam, US forces uncover base camp 114 near Hue with large stocks of blood medicines and 100 pounds of heroin. Da Nang base sustains light damage from rockets with no casualties.
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U.S. Air Force
Thailand
North
Vietnam
U.S
Udorn
Bangkok
Ment
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Panhan
South Vietnam
1St Air Cav
Alry
Hue
da Nang
Lightning sparks forest fire near Basin Creek Reservoir
A lightning caused fire about one mile northeast of Basin Creek Reservoir was controlled Friday after a four man crew from the Butte Ranger District fought trees, grass and brush. Burning conditions in Deer Lodge National Forest were rated very high with start and spread risks noted. Authorities urged precautions and reporting of smoke sightings to forest offices.
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Basin Creek Reservoir
Forest Service Air Patrol
Butte Ranger District
Ralph Stodden
Butte
Dale Thompson
Deerlodge National Forest
Thompson
Nixon's backing shows only hairline cracks at convention
Washington delegates shift five away from Nixon in AP tabulation amid Rockefeller claims of soft support. Delegates counted are bound by primaries or bound by pledged preferences in AP polls, showing no decisive break yet.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Washington State
Associated Press
Senate shifts and wild horse letter hint at party divisions
A Wyoming senator notes a letter signed by 50 penitentiary inmates urging preservation of a wild horse herd on the Montana Wyoming border. Across the states, preference tallies show divisions among Nixon Rockefeller Reagan and undecided delegates, with shifts noted in Illinois Florida and Washington as candidates seek support.
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Washington (Ap
Cliff Hansen
Wyoming
Montana-Wyoming
Lowell
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Rockefeller
Florida
Claude Kirk
Nixon
Percy
Kirk
California
Ronald Reagan
Washington
Bozeman expert to head development
Helena AP Rex Bell of Bozeman chaired the Community Development Subcommittee at a daylong Montana Rural Area Development meeting. Campbell, a development consultant, works for the State Extension Service and Arthur Hartenberger was named vice chairman for 1968 69. The group discussed coordination and a Roundup mush room plant project and citizen roles.
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Arthur Hartenberger
Montana Planning and Economic Development Department
Campbell
Hartenberger
Bear skull method lets researchers age grizzlies
In Whitehorse Yukon Territory the Canadian Wildlife Service explains a formula to estimate a male grizzly bear's age. Use the skull width in millimeters, take its logarithm, multiply by 4.503 and subtract 9.355 to obtain the logarithm of the bear's age.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Canadian Wildlife Service
Kennedy ends bid for Democratic vice presidency
Sen Edward M Kennedy says he will not accept any VP nomination this fall. In a Boston office statement he cites personal reasons after the assassination of his brother Robert Kennedy and notes his focus on foreign and domestic policy as a U.S. senator. The move heightens pressure on Hubert H Humphrey's presidential campaign.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Robert
Montana Standard
New York Times
Kennedy
California
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic Party
United States
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