101st Airborne Troops Land In Viet Nam
The 101st Airborne Division paratroopers landed at Cam Ranh Bay as U.S. and Vietnamese forces wage major offensives in South Viet Nam. Maxwell D. Taylor arrives with the unit’s arrivals and warns of a new kind of war. Air strikes target North Viet Nam with RF101 and B52 operations supporting Ba Ria and other fronts.
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Saigon
101St
Taylor
U. S
Bastogne
Normandy
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Hanoi
Okinawa
Ba Ria
Guam
Pacific
City protests sewer district assessment in Butte
City Attorney William N. Geagan filed a three page protest with the Board of County Commissioners alleging that public lands are improperly taxed and demanding exclusion of such lands from the district. The protest questions the 3.9 million project funding and asks for timing on federal aid and detailed allocation of the 825000 portion for costs. The board had set a final levy after a Monday hearing and expected the protest.
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Lewis T. Poole
Standard Post
Butte
William N. Geagan
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Metropolitan Sanitary and Storm Sewer District No. 1
Geagan
Board of Commissioners
Quintuplets born in Sweden and New Zealand
A Swedish mother delivered quintuplets with four deaths within hours. The mother had fertility hormone treatment—also used for a New Zealand birth where four of five infants survive. The drug gonadotrophin was administered under careful monitoring, with multiple pregnancies acknowledged as a risk.
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Falun
Sweden
New Zealand
Samuel Lawson
Lawson
Carl- Axel Gemzell
Uppsala
Gemzell
Mars starkly scarred by vast craters in Mariner photos
Washington reports 18 new Mariner 4 images show Mars heavily pockmarked with craters up to 75 miles across. Scientists note Earthlike features are absent in the photographed area, but findings do not rule out primitive life. NASA officials discuss implications for solar system origin and landing feasibility.
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Mariner 4
Mariner
Mars
Space Agency
James Webb
Johnson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Planet Earth
AEC to Announce Potential Atom Smasher Sites
The Atomic Energy Commission will reveal a list of 30 possible sites for the 280 million atom smasher. Montana offers a site near Arlee 25 miles north of Missoula as screens widen to 118 localities in 46 states seeking the project. The complex would be the world’s largest basic research facility with a six to eight year construction phase.
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Associated Press
Montana
Atomic Energy Commission
Arlee
Missoula
Johnson Briefs Governors on Vietnam Policy
President Johnson addressed 49 governors in the White House State Dining Room and described the briefing as constructive. Governor Romney opposed the motion initially but backed the President after new information, while Governor Hatfield voiced confidence in Johnson's aims and urged national support. Draft calls were doubled to 35 000 monthly and U.S. strength in Vietnam increased to 125 000 troops. U.N. Ambassador Goldberg was sent to New York to press for peace efforts.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Michigan
George Romney
Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Southeast Asia
National Governors Conference
Minneapolis
U.S
White House
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
Ireland
Romney
Hatfield
United States
United Nations
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
Court Approves Reapportionment Plan for Butte Wards
U S District Court approved a plan to equalize Butte eight wards with populations from 3,550 to 3,625 based on the 1960 census. Judge W D Murray praised the Butte City Council for its dedication to good city government. A map and detailed descriptions will appear in the Montana Standard Post on Sunday.
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Butte
U.S. District Court
Montana Standard Post
W. D. Murray
William N. Geagan
Maurice F. Hennessey
Higher County Budget Sees Smaller Levy in 1965-66
The Board of County Commissioners proposed a 1965-66 budget of 3,551,773 dollars, up from 3,062,096 for 1964-65, with a reduced local mill levy of 55.98 to the dollar from 56.71. Major changes include increased Kerr-Mills funding and cuts in the poor, airport, agricultural agent, library, health and bond funds, while levies for general, road, bridge, retirement and other funds are listed with precise mill figures. The plan covers a 35.7 million dollar taxable valuation, against 34.3 million last year, and notes no levy for county garbage collections funded by 18 dollar per unit taxes.
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Board of County Commissioners
Kerr-Mills
Thomas M. Connolly
Bridge Fund
Joe Center
Dan J. O'Connell
Gary F. Garrett
Johnson to Sign Medicare Bill in Truman Library Ceremony
President Johnson will fly to Independence Missouri to sign a 133 page Medicare bill in the Truman Library auditorium with former President Truman present. He will meet Truman after the signing and discuss topics from agriculture to civil rights, with several Congress members along for the trip.
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Washington
Johnson
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Truman Library
Independence
Truman
Kansas City
Horace Busby
Busby
Congress
Mis
Cattle and motorists collide on U S Highway 10 near Rocker
Two vehicles damaged after dawn collisions with Black Angus cattle on U S Highway 10. A two year old heifer was killed and another injured, while aWisdom driver and a Rocker-area motorist reported damage to their cars. Deputies Thomas and McEnaney filed the incident.
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U.S. Highway 10
Rocker
George Thomas
J. P. McEnaney
Mike Sullivan
Borrow
Bob Peterson
Wisdom
Peterson
Lewis T. Poole
Budget Shows No Job for Crime Sleuth
Silver Bow County 1964 65 budget omits funding for a special crime investigator in the county attorney's office despite County Atty Mark P Sullivan's request for a $412 monthly position to probe local illegal gambling. Sullivan, away Thursday, had begun anti gambling efforts since taking office March 1 and contacted Sheriff William L Dalling and Police Chief James A Clark. He has since corresponded with county and city officials on gambling in Butte and vicinity.
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Silver Bow County
Mark P. Sullivan
Sullivan
William L. Dalling
James A. Clark
Butte
Weather Report for Butte Anaconda and Surrounding Areas
Mostly fair conditions prevail with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms today and Saturday. Highs near 83, lows around 48. East of Divide expect variable clouds with a few thunderstorms and little temperature change tonight through Saturday. West of Divide expect variable showers and mild changes.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
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