Train derailment kills 19 in Harrisburg area crash
A Pennsylvania Railroad baseball special derailed after a faulty rail caused five miles from Harrisburg. Nineteen people died and at least 120 were injured as three cars plunged down an embankment into the Susquehanna River. Rescue teams battled wreckage and water while officials investigated the track misalignment.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Susquehanna River
Robbie Kennedy
Robert C. Kennedy Sr
Anaconda to host State Elks Bowling Tournament
Helena reports Livingston was chosen as the site for the 1963 State Elks Convention with the midwinter Elks meeting awarded to Sidney. The Elks wrapped up their 60th annual state meet Saturday night after installing new state officers. The State Elks Bowling Tournament will be held in Anaconda.
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Helena
API
Livingston
Elks
The
Sidney
Anaconda
Russians boast of nuclear subs despite sparse navy day display
Leningrad observers report Soviet naval leaders tout Polaris type submarines as the main strike force though none of the nuclear boats appeared at the Neva River display. Cruisers destroyers and several subs were shown, with officials praising atomic power and advanced guidance systems.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Neva
Soviet Union
Kirov
Baikov
Ivan I. Baikov
Adm
F. V. Zozulya
Red Star
Zozulya
Whch
Russia
Soviet Russia
Adm. S. Gorshkov
Suntans Elect Royalty at Nudist Conference in California
Delegates at the Western Sunbathing Association Conference in Sacramento named a new king queen prince and princess in a contest described as like a beauty pageant but with Suntan counting for 25 percent.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Western Sunbathing Association
Cattlemen Back Higher Grazing Fees in Montana
The Montana Cattlemen's Association board voted for a reasonable grazing fee increase on state land to raise revenue for Montana schools. They warned punitive legislation could follow if cattlemen do not cooperate, and said higher rents would benefit Montana children.
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Great Falls
UPI
Montana Cattlemen's Association Board of Directors
Montana
Board of
State Mine Mill Locals Vote on Pact Tomorrow
More than 700 members of Butte Miners Union No. 1, SUMM&SW, voted to cast ballots Tuesday on a bargaining agreement with the Anaconda Co. The Great Falls and East Helena locals will also vote Tuesday, with union committees recommending acceptance. No developments were reported in the ongoing Butte Teamsters strike.
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Butte Miners Union No. 1
Summ&sw
Anaconda Co
Mine-Mill
Great Falls
East Helena
Butte
Ike Seeks to Mend Sweden Criticism After Greeting
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Stockholm for a four day visit and apologized for previously criticizing Sweden's social security program. He and Mamie were greeted by thousands of Swedes at the railway station as their train from Copenhagen pulled in.
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Stockholm
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sweden
Eisenhower
Mamie
Copenhagen
American Statesman
Eisenhower Defends Sweden Remarks At Chicago Breakfast
In a July 27 1960 Chicago Republican breakfast Eisenhower rejected criticism of his Sweden remarks calling Sweden a socialist nation with crises and alcohol issues He apologized saying he erred and hopes to settle the controversy The president smiled through events and recalled proposing to Mamie as his hardest decision
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Ing
Sweden
Eisenhower
Chicago
U.S
Mamie
Three Ransomed Soldiers Return From Cuba
Three prisoners from the abortive Pig’s Bay invasion were freed by their families for 175000 dollars and returned to the United States. In Miami they told of sickness and deprivation in Cuban jails while Fidel Castro’s government received the payment. They were Jorge Gavin Nelson Fitzgerald Williams and Fabio Treyre Aguilera, greeted by about 2500 exiled Cubans at Miami International Airport.
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Miami
UPS
Pig’s Bay
United States
Fidel Castro
Jorge Gavin
Havana
el Mundo
Nelson Fitzgerald Williams
Fabio Treyre Aguilera
Miami International Airport
Two Kalispell Men Die in Swan Lake Boat Accident
Two Kalispell men Patrick Dunlap 43 and Charles Berger 40 drowned after a boat owned by Price Harris struck a snag near shore at Swan Lake two miles north of Kalispell. The craft carrying Harris and family plus Berger’s fiancée Eleanor Walter sank. Dunlap a race boat driver and Equity Co-Op sales manager, and Berger were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Swan Lake
UPI
Kalispell
Lake County
Bill Graham
Patrick William Dunlap
Charles M. Berger
Dunlap
Equity Co-Op
Montana
Berger
Graham
Price Harris
Harris
Greg
Eleanor Walter
Ben Berger
Republicans Humphrey Press for Immediate Tax Cuts
Senate Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey and two New York Republicans urged a rapid tax cut, proposing a $7 billion reduction to spur growth. Sen Javits proposed a $5.5 billion incentive cut including corporate rate drops and bracket relief, while Keating urged lower rates with spending cuts.
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Washington
R-N.y
Kenneth P. Keating
Keating
Grand Teton Challenger Dies Nine Saved
A rescue recovered ten climbers from Grand Teton National Park after three days adrift on a stormy ascent. Steven Smith, 21, of Holden Massachusetts, died of exposure at 12,000 feet as nine others, including three women, were reported in reasonably good condition. The group, about 30 members from the Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston, were on a summer expedition. the rest did not complete the ascent.
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Jackson
Wyo
UPI
Grand Teton Mountain
Steven Smith
Holden
Mass
Grand Teton National Park
John Walker
Garnet Canyon
Russ Dickinson
Appalachian Mountain Club of
Boston
Butte Man James T. Purcell Dies of Heart Attack While Driving
James T. Purcell a 69 year old Butte native died of a heart attack Sunday while driving west along the 600 block of East Park. Fire crews failed to revive him. he was pronounced dead at St James Community Hospital after the ambulance brought him there at about 1 30 a m. He was with his wife when the attack occurred. she held his head and braked to stop the car on the sidewalk. Purcell had been a stationary engineer for Anaconda Co until retirement and was a member of the Butte Pioneers Club and a former president of the Anaconda Co Employes Club board. The family home is 1034 Placer. Requiem is at St Joseph Church at 9 30 a m Tuesday with rosary at Duggan Merrill Mortuary Monday at 7 p m. Burial will be Holy Cross Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Ada a son James Jr a granddaughter Jamie and other relatives in Butte and California.
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James T. Purcell
Butte
East Park
Andy Aleksich
Purcell
St. James Community Hospital
Anaconda Co
Butte Pioneers Club
Anaconda Co. Employes
Placer
St. Joseph Church
Duggan
Merrill Mor
Flathead Lake Claims Life Of Small Boy
Randy White age 24 years old son of Mr and Mrs Leroy White of Echo Lake drowned Saturday night in a boat lagoon at Flathead Lake about two miles south of Big Fork. He fell into about three feet of water. Tom Carter recovered the body and the Big Fork Fire Department could not revive him. The body was taken to the John 200 Funeral Home.
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Kalispell
UPI
Randy White
Leroy White
Echo Lake
Flathead Lake
Big Fork
Tom Carter
Philipsburg boy tops Anaconda Co scientific fair winners
A Philipsburg junior high student and two Anaconda girls placed high in the Anaconda Co science achievement program at the state fair. Robert R. Greenbeck won senior high honors and a 500 dollar scholarship. Dorothy A. White and Ann Chalmers earned 250 and 150 dollar scholarships respectively. Karl Schmidt Jr. of Great Falls led the junior high division with a 50 dollar bond. Honorable mentions went to several entrants from Butte, Great Falls, Anaconda, and Chateau.
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Great Falls
Philipsburg
Anaconda
Anaconda Co
Robert R. Greenbeck
Dorothy A. White
Ann Chalmers
Choteau
Catherine M. Bownes
Karl F. Schmidt Jr
Carol Matthews
Butte
Gerald M. Wilkins
Rochelle Philip
Timothy J. Jovick
Janice M. Stromswell
Donna Chalmers
Chateau
Greenbeck
Lois Greenbeck
Granite County High School
L. J. Ingvalson
Henry Fisk
W. A. Vine
School of Mines
Montana
Two Men Jailed In Counterfeiting Case
Secret Service agents arrested two men in Los Angeles on suspicion of counterfeiting $434000 in $100 bills. Paul Gilberto 33 a former Washington DC policeman and now owner of Gilbert Gilbert Private Detective Agency is named alongside Rolland M Marshall 44 an aircraft quality control engineer as suspects.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Secret Service
Paul Gilberto
Washington, D.C
Gilbert & Gilbert
Rolland M. Marshall
Death Pushes State Road Total to 124
Stanley Eugene Martin age 20 of Billings died in a one car crash a mile north of Laurel on a county road. The vehicle driven by Marvin L. Johnson 20 of Billings left 175 feet of skid marks then rolled over. Martin died from a skull fracture while Johnson was not hospitalized.
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Billings
UPI
Stanley Eugene Martin
Adam Martin
Laurel
Montana
Martin
Marvin L. Johnson
Wayne Michael
Johnson
Weather Outlook East of Divide With Showers Likely
East of Divide expect a partly cloudy to unsettled pattern through Monday and Tuesday with isolated to scattered thundershowers mainly in the southwestern mountains Monday and over north and central areas Tuesday. Temperatures warm with highs from 70 to 85 and lows near 45 to 55, while west of Divide should stay fair with similar temperatures and brief thunder chances.
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