Rivers Rising Slowly Across Montana Ahead Of More Rain
Five Montana rivers were forecast to rise but remain within banks with shallow flooding possible inland. Sun River at Simms was set to crest about one foot above Wednesday levels. Big Hole and Jefferson also showed minor rises. Gallatin and West Gallatin stayed near flood thresholds while Missouri at Toston rounded out the affected basins.
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Associated Press
Montana
Thankful
Weather Bureau
Sun River
Great Falls
Simms
14Th
Big Hole
Divide
Melrose
Jefferson River
Sappington
Gallatin
Logan
West Gallatin
L. C. Peck
Squaw Creek
Missouri River
Toston
Miss These Page 3 Will Battin Run for Governor
Page 3 previews a possible gubernatorial bid by Battin with local readers noting political interest.
Fiddle Champs Sing to Aid School at Boulder
National and state champion fiddlers perform at Boulder High School to raise funds for a chapel at the Montana State Training School and Hospital. Loyd Wanzer and daughter Cheryl headline with Grant Rader among 25 musicians, with acts from Grand Ole Opry and Lawrence Welk affiliations.
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Boulder
Boulder High School
Montana State Fiddlers Association
Montana State Training School
Loyd Wanzer
Caldwell
Idaho
Wanzer
Cheryl
Grand Ole Opry
Lawrence Welk
Grant Rader
Columbus
Rader
Roy Rogers Ranch
Apple Valley
Calif
Mickey Finn
San Diego
Mansfield urges Big Four summit if UN fails Middle East fix
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said the United Nations Security Council should settle the Middle East crisis or the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union might convene a Big Four summit. He suggested a free passage arrangement in the Gulf of Aqaba similar to Montreux and noted the Soviet Union could gain prestige from participation. He was also asked about continued U S aid to Jordan in light of King Hussein s pact.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
United States
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
Montreux
Bosporus
Dardenelles
Montana
Russia
Mansfield
U.S
Jordan
Hussein
Ser
Israel
Elath
George Brown
House of Commons
London
Britain
U.N
U Thant
Britain warns Egypt as Nasser resists Gulf blockade
Cairo reports show Egypt standing firm against Western calls to keep the Gulf of Aqaba open. Israel vows to block the gulf if passage is restricted, while Washington and Moscow push diplomacy. Arab unity strengthens with Jordanian-Egyptian defense ties and regional mobilization.
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Cairo
Britain
Nasser
Egypt
Gulf of Aqabas
Gulf
Gamal Abdeli
Nas
Jordan
Palestine
Hussein
Record clears Maj. Reno after Little Big Horn service
Maj. Marcus A. Reno, famed for the Little Big Horn battle, has his 1880 dishonorable discharge overturned to honorable. An Army Board cited harsh frontier conditions as unfit for creating “plaster saints” as it moves toward possible reburial in a national cemetery. Charles Reno, great grandnephew, pressed for correction and reburying in Montana’s National Cemetery where Custer fought.
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Washington
Maj
Marcus A. Reno
Little Big Horn
Reno
Stanley Resor
Adjutant General of the Army
Washington Cemetery
National Cemetery
Charles Reno
New York City
Army Board
Case National Cemetery
Montana
The
George A. Custer
Custer
of Inquiry
Dakota Territory
McDonalds Share Sailor Tradition As Jack Headed For Navy
Jack A. McDonald 18 of Butte graduates tonight as he prepares to enter Navy boot camp in San Diego on July 5. His grandfather John T. McDonald 70 of Pu yallup Wash and father Jack H. McDonald recount Navy service including USS New York WWI North Sea surrender and LST 466 WWII in the South Pacific. The family home is 827 W Mercury.
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Navy
Jack
San Diego
Jack A
New York
North Sea
Scapa Flow
Anaconda
South Pacific
Mariana Islands
Philippines
McDonald
W. Mercury
Jim
Jets strike Haiphong fuel dumps as ground fighting rages
U S air cavalry and Marines clash with North Vietnamese forces on the central coast and near the DMZ while Navy jets bomb two fuel dumps near Haiphong. U S Command reports 25 North Vietnamese killed. American losses not confirmed. Marines assault Hill 174 to dislodge dug-in defenders. about 300 enemy troops reportedly on the ridge.
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Saigon
U.S
Haiphong
U. S
1St Air
4Th Marine Regiment
Regents to Open Bond Bids for Western Montana Dorm
Regents will open bids Monday at Havre on a 1,676,000 bond issue to repay interim financing for a new dormitory at Western Montana College in Dillon. The dormitory is nearly complete and part of the Montana University System.
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Regents
Helena
Board of Regents
Havre
Western Montana College
Dillon
Montana University System
Weather Forecast for Butte Anaconda Area
Scattered showers reported with a 40 percent chance. Expect a high near 56 and a low around 42 tonight. The page notes a one year high of 71 and a low of 39. Weather table appears on Page 2.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte High and Boys Central Graduation Ceremonies Tonight
Butte High School will award 438 diplomas including 212 girls at 8 in the Civic Center. Boys Central Commencement at the Fox Theater will grant 93 diplomas. Speakers include Prof. Earl H. Fellbaum of Montana State University and Rev. Brother J. M. Egan of Iowa College, New York.
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Butte High School
Civic Center
Boys Central
Fox Theater
Earl H. Fellbaum
Montana State University
Butte High
Central
Brother J. M. Egan
Iowa College
New York
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Jolly Green Giants
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Black Sea
Turkey
Marmara Sea
Dardanelles
Intrepid
Suez Canal
Arab Unity
Damascus
Syria
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Baghdad
Little Lebanon
American Legion
Lester Zeichen
Board of
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Butte
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