Viet Nam Battle Yields Heavy Losses Near Da Nang
Viet troops suffer massive casualties as a Communist assault 70 miles south of Da Nang Air Base kills or wounds 600 to 700 government troops. The attack, aided by North Viet Nam regulars, prompts reinforcements and signals the rainy season offensive. American casualties include one captain and one enlisted man killed, with others wounded.
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Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
da Nang
Spaceflight push to Gemini 4 rendezvous near satellite
NASA clears Gemini 4 launch for Thursday with James McDivitt and Edward White II. White will exit the capsule in a space walk tethered 25 feet from the ship to approach the Titan II booster as both craft pass over the southern United States.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
White
National Aeronautics and Space
MacDivitt
Com
United States
McDivitt
Rifle-Toting Woman Scares Off MSU Party Beaters
In Kalispell a woman armed with a rifle drove off five Montana State University students who beat her husband and father after a party. Stan Young and Capt. Richard McGinnis were injured. five Great Falls men face second degree assault charges. sheriff to hold hearings.
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Flathead
Stan Young
Stan Craft Boat Co
Richard J. McGinnis
Bruce Lyle Showen
William Earl Grant
William Robert Trensen
Randle Lawrence Stevenson
Richard Neil Zadick
Great Falls
Ross Wilson
Justice Court
McGinnis
London
Texas
Parking Meter Stymies Beautification Project
Pittsburgh officials condemned landscape architect M. Robert Fenton for removing a sidewalk and a parking meter to plant a 25 foot white ash in front of his office. Four crews, a 15 ton truck and a high lift assisted the moonlit operation. He paid for the meter and vowed to replace it, while city forester Earl Blankenship warned the tree hid business signs and violated street regulations. The city ordered barricades around the tree and promised an investigation after the holiday weekend.
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UPI
M. Robert Fenton
Johnson
Fenton
Department of Public Works
Earl Blankenship
Alcoa and Steelworkers Reach Contract Before Strike Deadline
Alcoa and the United Steelworkers announced a three year contract covering about 12 500 Alcoa employees at 10 plants. The deal includes a 50.1 cent hourly increase over three years and a new pension plan effective June 1 1966 allowing retirement after 30 years service. Wage gains begin Tuesday with year one raises from 10 to 15.2 cents per hour. In year two pension payments rise to 5 per month per year of service and year three allows voluntary retirement after 30 years.
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United Steelworkers
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Roosevelt
Alcoa
USW
Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ormet, Inc
Kaiser and Reynolds
Two Israelis killed by Jordanian troops in raid
Israeli officials say Jordanian soldiers fatally shot a 19 year old nun and a 29 year old gardener and wounded four women, including two nuns, in what Israel calls an indiscriminate vendetta. French born Georgette Bour 62 and Caroline Delas uis 19 are in serious condition.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Georgette Bour
Caroline Delasuis
Great Assis
Three-Day Memorial Day Toll Sets Record High
The Associated Press reports a three-day Memorial Day traffic death toll reaching 446, surpassing the prior record of 431. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council cites competent driving errors as the main cause, with several fatal crashes across Louisiana, Tennessee, Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Abbeville
Gallatin
Tenn
Grand Island
Neb
Terre Haute
Ind
Lansing
Ill
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Holiday Weekend Accidents In Butte Leave Four Hospitalized
Five car crashes over the holiday weekend sent four people to Silver Bow General and St. James Community Hospital. Donald J. McGehey, Dewey Hogard Jr., Patrick O’Rourke, and Mrs. John Hamill Jr. were treated for injuries. Hogard required surgery for a torn scalp.
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Silver Bow
Donald J. McGehey
Walnut
Dewey Calbert Hogard Jr
Columbia Falls
Silver Bow General Hospital
McGehey
Hogard
Patrick O'Rourke
Michael O'Rourke
Mina
St. James Community Hospital
John P. Hamill Jr
Nevada
Logan
Joe
Anaconda reorganizes Montana operations four new executives named
Edward I Renouard announced the Montana realignment creating four executive positions to direct all Montana activities. Martin Hannifan becomes general manager. William Kirkpatrick western general counsel and business manager. Edward Bonner manager of mines. John Moore manager of metallurgy. Effective June 1. Bonner and Moore are Montana School of Mines alumni. Hannifan has a Nevada mining background.
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Anaconda Co
Montana
Martin K. Hannifan
William M
Kirkpatrick
Butte
Georgetown University
Western General
Bonner
Butte Mines
Moore
Perth Amboy
N.J
Raritan Copper Works
Montana School of Mines
LaCrosse
Wis
Weather forecast for Butte Anaconda region amid scattered showers
Partly cloudy today and Wednesday with afternoon and evening showers or thunder showers east and west of Divide. Highs reach 60s to mid 70s with mild nights. Temperatures vary by location, with 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums noted.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
Montana counts nine holiday traffic deaths
Montana tallied nine holiday weekend fatalities as the long weekend ended Monday night. Four deaths occurred in one crash Saturday night that killed a Superior woman, her two daughters, and a son in law. The toll for the year reached 86, compared with 100 at the same time last year.
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Montana
OAS Accused of Favoring Junta in Dominican Republic
Dominican rebel leader Francisco Caamano Deno charged the Organization of American States with bias in selecting a government and mediating postwar aid. He objected to payments to unpaid government workers based on the Cabral payroll, alleging Secretary General Mora backs Maj. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barreras and the junta.
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APT
Organization of American States
OAS
Francisco Caamano Deno
Caamano
Jose Mora
Junta
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Donald
Imbert
Doctor Mora
Mora
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