Turkish Invasion Scare Ends After Johnson Warning
Cyprus returns to normal after emergency alert ends as Makarios clears guards from duty. Rumors of a Turkish invasion eased by alleged U.S. pressure from President Johnson to Ankara. U.N. peacekeeping force to be reviewed by the Security Council in New York.
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Johnson
Alex Efty
Nicosia
Cyprus
United States
Ismet Inonu
Ankara
Turkey
Makarios
U.N. Security Council
New York
U.N
Two Montana Guardsmen Escape Burning Jet Plane
In Great Falls a Montana Air National Guard F89 Scorpion jet caught fire in an engine during takeoff. Maj. Robert L. Campbell and Capt. Donald B. Solwold escaped with minor injuries as the aircraft was destroyed. Fire crews and city trucks battled the blaze. officials opened an investigation.
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Great Falls
Montana Air National Guard
Robert L. Campbell
Donald B. Sol
Campbell
Solwold
Great Falls International Airport
Air National Guard
120Th Fighter Group
Airplane Search Fails to Find Missing Car in Missouri River
A Saturday air search over the Missouri River failed to locate a 1957 green Ford linked to the death of 50 year old Mrs. West Pat Varland of Harlowton. Varland had been missing since May 23 and was last known to be driving that car. Authorities plan further searches as an autopsy is awaited and the body has been recovered six miles south of Townsend.
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Townsend
Missouri River
West Pat Varland
Missouri
Park County High School
Varland
Helena
Eigg
Henry
Harlowton
Montana
Dillon
Mail Rates and Fees Noted in Kingston Ledger
A fragment lists postage amounts and charges such as 1 Mo and 1 fr with values like $1.60 $3.00 and 824.00, 616.00, 618.00, and 7929-830, suggesting a postal or financial accounting snippet from a historical ledger.
Firing Squad Executes Castro Government Official in Cuba
A Cuban official Cesar Diaz Infante, Oriente Province director of the internal commerce ministry, was executed by firing squad for alleged CIA espionage. He was the eighth Cuban executed in eight days, with two subordinates also condemned as CIA spies.
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Santiago
Cuba
UPI
Fidel Castro
CIA
Diaz Infante
Humberto Sori Marin
Castro
42 Charged in Alleged Plot To Hijack Cuban Airliner
In Havana police arrested 42 people at Jose Marti Airport on suspicion of planning to hijack a Santiago bound Cubana jet and fly it to Florida. The suspects, many army personnel, were among about 80 aboard the flight. the plane later departed two hours late as weather grounded the service.
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Havana
API
Jose Marti
Florida
Cubana
Santiago
Cuba
Oriente
Common Market pact with 18 African nations takes effect
The European Common Market treaty of association with 18 African states mostly former French colonies has entered into force. The pact intends mutual abolition of tariffs and trade restrictions to boost commerce and economic integration.
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Brussels
Belgium
European Common Market
Nuns to Observe Golden Jubilee in Helmville
Two Roman Catholic nuns from pioneer Blackfoot Valley families will be honored June 15 in Helmville with a Mass of Thanksgiving at noon at St. Thomas Church followed by luncheon and reception in the community clubrooms. Invitations extend to Avon Ovando Helmville and nearby areas.
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Blackfoot Valley
Helmville
St. Thomas Church
Avon
Ovando
Montana stream flow rises above average in May
USGS reports May stream flow above normal in west central and northeastern Montana with near normal elsewhere. Heavy May moisture eased drought in north central Montana and snowpack runoff caused small drainage flooding. Fort Peck Storage up 13 percent above average and 20 percent above last year. high elevations remain snow covered. USDOE notes 21,910 more female graduates than male among 1,710,844 last year.
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U.S. Office of Education
Fuss Over Harriet Miller and Education Board
Helena AP report on C R Anderson challenging Harriet Miller in Montana state superintendent race. Dispute centers on distributing funds to local districts before June 30 and the board’s requirement to fund up to 100 percent of each school’s budget, with Miller opposing that level and Anderson arguing funds must be distributed.
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Anderson
Miss Miller
Bozeman
State School Foundation
Peewee Baseball Team Benefits Return of Wallet
William Van Leishout of Eureka found a wallet with 186 dollars and papers proving it belonged to Wallace Wise of Kalispell. He handed it to Kalispell police chief Elvin Christopherson. Wise later recovered the wallet and rewarded Van Leishout with ten dollars for his honesty, noting it would help his peewee baseball team.
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Kalispell
William van Leishout
Eureka
Wallace Wise
van Leishout
Elvin Christopherson
Wise
Nationwide gambling crackdown nets over a hundred arrests
Government agents arrested 113 people in 44 cities in a nationwide raid aimed at bookies numbers game operators and other gamblers who did not purchase a $50 gambling stamp and avoided a 10 per cent federal tax on winnings. There were no raids in Montana. The IRS Coast to Las Vegas led the operation.
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Wahington
Internal Revenue Service
Las Vegas
Montana
Soviets Launch 31st Cosmos Satellite
The Soviet Union launched Cosmos-31, the 31st unmanned satellite in the series, per Tass. The craft records orbital conditions and orbits Earth every 91.6 minutes with apogee 506 miles and perigee 228 miles at a 49 degree inclination, aiding prep for a possible manned flight.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Tass
Earth
Billings Girl Hospitalized After Fall From Car
A two year old Billings girl, Robin Gregory, was reported in fair condition after abdominal surgery for injuries from a fall when the passenger door opened as her mother left a grocery store. Her mother, Mrs. Jean Gregory, reached out but could not stop the girl in time.
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Billings
UPI
Robin Gregory
Jean Gregory
Tax System of Rome At Its Height
The Roman tax framework imposed charges on land and property as well as income, along with poll, luxury, temple and road fees to fund state needs and infrastructure.
Bagdad Shrine Drill Team Heads Seattle Tour
Members of Bagdad Temple of the Shrine depart Butte for Seattle by air to perform exhibitions at the Seattle Fairgrounds and Seattle Coliseum and join a Shrine parade. The 22 man drill team travels with Rex Henningsen Ray Wayrynen Lou Rudolph and others aboard a DC-3 chartered flight.
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Bagdad Temple of the Shrine
Butte
Seattle
Shriner
Seattle Fairgrounds
Seattle Coliseum
Rex Henningsen
Ray Wayrynen
Lou Rudolph
John Tobin
Richard Nixon
al Olsen
Bagdad Temple
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Willard F. Johnson
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Camaguey
Alberto Fernandez
Lions Club International
Harriet Miller
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Cosmos
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Arnold Olson
Pol. Adv
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Bagdad
Jerry V. Lombardi
Stratford
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