Fires rage in Yellowstone Park as crews surge
United Press International reports two fires in Yellowstone Park kept burning out of control on Wednesday. The Buffalo Flat fire near Gardiner grew to more than 100 acres with 200 firefighting personnel deployed. The U.S. Forest Service added two 25 man crews due to fire proximity to Gallatin National Forest. Winds hinder efforts but officials remained hopeful.
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Yellowstone Park
Park
Buffalo Flat
Gardiner
U.S. Forest Service
Gallatin National Forest
Shooting suspect nabbed in boy’s death during Brooklyn riot
Ernest Gallashaw, 17, is shown center after arrest on charges of firing the shot that killed an 11 year old Negro boy in East New York Brooklyn during racial disorders. Police traced the rifle used in the sniper shooting to Gallashaw as authorities sought the weapon.
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Ernest Gallashaw
Center
New York City
East New York
Brooklyn
Gallashaw
UPI Telephoto
Senate approves $792 million foreign military aid bill
The Senate approved a one year foreign military aid package totaling $792 million after a $100 million cut from the Foreign Relations Committee plan. A separate amendment to reduce $250 million from the $892 million total failed before the final vote. The bill includes a ban on military aid to Latin American nations with juntas unless the coup regime would restore constitutional government.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Europe
Sen
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Pump station breakdown repaired ends Butte water shortage
Butte residents may water lawns and wash cars again after the Divide pump station failure on the Big Hole River was fixed by Butte Water Co. crews. General manager John Hazen said the system operates well and noted a possible winter redesign to prevent future outages.
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Big Hole
Butte Water Co
John B. Hazen
Hazen
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Tax increase possible in 1967
Page 2 notes a potential taxpayer hike for the next year as officials weigh budget needs and legislative actions. Details on scope and affected groups are awaited from city and state discussions.
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Dave McNally
California nurses threaten first US mass walkout
San Francisco area hospitals limit admissions to emergency cases as more than 2,000 registered nurses resign at 33 hospitals effective next Wednesday unless a salary increase is agreed. Nurses seek up to 150 dollars extra monthly. talks with the California Nurses Association remained deadlocked.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ing
Laurence Corbett
Corbett
California Nurses Association
Nurses’ Association
Negotiators asked to resume talks
Labor Secretary Wirtz summoned negotiators in the 20 day old airlines strike to restart talks Thursday as congressional hearings on proposed endgame legislation continued. Wirtz urged action stalled and warned the dispute could become an emergency if unresolved.
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Washington
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Senate Committee
U.S. strikes new blows as Communists gun down two planes
U.S. pilots score newer hits on North Viet Nam while helicopters rescue all three airmen from a downed craft near Saigon. Guerrilla units raid U.S. bases in the Mekong Delta and at Soc Trang, with heavy Viet Cong casualties reported at a post northwest of the airfield. Premier Ky warns of invasion or a prolonged war lasting years.
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Saigon
U.S
Soc Trang
Mekong Delta
Mekong
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
North
Viet Nam
Railroads seek ICC reconsideration of Chicago area merger
Great Northern Northern Pacific and Chicago Burlington & Quincy petition the ICC in Washington to reconsider their proposed 24000 mile merger Chicago to the Pacific Northwest after the commission rejected the previous plan 6-5 last April The new proposal adds six ICC conditions including gateways for Milwaukee Road and service rights to Portland and Billings and would raise Milwaukee Road revenues by about 16 million annually
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
ICC
United States
Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Billings
Mont
Milwaukee Road
North Western Railway
Mississippi Lifts Whisky Ban in Historic First Since 58 Years
In Biloxi at 6 55 p m a bartender served the first whisky since prohibition ending, as T M Dorsett drank it amid a ribbon cutting by Mayor Daniel Guice and Laz Quave. The Broadwater Beach Hotel trophy room hosted the event as Harrison County began under the new local option law.
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T. M. Dorsett
Mississippi
Dorsett
Daniel Guice
Laz Quave
Broadwater Beach
Jackson
Harrison County
Gulf Coast
Partly cloudy with showers possible for Butte Anaconda
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a chance of scattered showers later. High 86, low 46. Fair Friday with a mild, dry day expected. One year ago in Butte the temperatures were 83 and 44. Weather chart on page 9.
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Butte - Anaconda
Butte
Anaconda Men Honored for Helena Boy Rescue
Bernard Peterson and Jim Pollack were credited with saving four year old Matt Campeau from drowning at a Helena swimming pool. They received letters of commendation from Mayor David A. Lewis and checks from the boy’s father. Pollack serves in the Air Force at Rome New York. Peterson works as a pipefitter at the Anaconda reduction plant.
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Bernard Peterson
Jim Pollack
Matt Campeau
Jackson
Butte
David A. Lewis
Matt
N. J. Campeau
Pollack
Anaconda
Air Force
Rome
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