Tap Room Reporter Questions Butte Portrait
A Letter denounces a National Observer feature on Butte, arguing the depiction is biased and false. It criticizes Hunter S. Thompson for mischaracterizing the city, highlights optimistic civic leaders, and defends Butte as a progressive metropolis with redeeming venues like the Gun Room.
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National Observer
Dow Jones and Co., Inc
Wall Street Journal
Hunter S. Thompson
Finlen Hotel
Butte
Galena
Butte Montana Daily Name and Publisher Details
The Montana Standard is published seven mornings a week by The Standard- Post, member of Lee Newspapers of Montana, Inc. The staff includes Publisher Ward Panning, Associate Publisher Walter L Nelson, Editor D R Campbell Jr, Advertising Director Joan Calcaterra, Managing Editor Frank Quinn, Feature Editor T K Conway, Office Manager Joseph Stocke, Circulation Manager Peggy Verstappen, and Women's Editor. It serves Silver Bow County and the City of Butte.
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Standard- Post
Lee Newspapers of Montana, Inc
Richard & Morrison
Ward Panning
Walter L Nelson
D R Campbell Jr
Joan Calcaterra
Frank Quinn
Peature
T K Conway
Joseph Stocke
Peggy Verstappen
Silver Bow Counts
City of
Butte
Montana Crossover in State Election Sparks Party Debate
The Montana crossover vote in which Republicans backed Mike Kuchera to dilute Dr. R. Renne’s margin is condemned by state Democrats. The piece argues the two party system requires voters to align with party platforms and stresses that candidates represent parties, not individuals, and warns against chicanery that weakens GOP and Democratic competition.
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Mike Kuchera
R. R. Renne
Fred E. Barrett
Montana
Tim Babcock
Renne
Him
Kuchera
Statehouse
Capitol
Primary turnout hits near eighty percent in Silver Bow County
Silver Bow County voters turnout for the primary neared eighty percent, a modern record for a primary though past laws complicate exact tallies. The writer notes the result, hopes it inspires higher participation in the general election and civic duty among the remaining twenty percent.
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Silver Bow County
US wheat helps Egypt amid Cold War windfall
The United States supplies about 60 percent of Egypt’s wheat and flour, financing part of the Aswan Dam and UAR defense alongside Saudi oil interests. Soviet and Chinese rivalry multiplies foreign aid windfalls for African and Asian nations, while Khrushchev warns money is scarce and urges self help.
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Cairo
UAR
United States
Aswan Dam
Aswan
Nasser
Yemen
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Uncle Sam
Israel
United Nations
Congo
Belgrade
Russia
China
Khrushchev
American Legion expands Americanism project across Montana
Bozeman teachers' essays revealed gaps in Americanism basics leading to a school wide program. Legion Post 14 spearheads a statewide effort with 128 posts promoting the project. Two months and 200 hours of volunteer work yield 500 mimeographed texts endorsed by Governor Tim Babcock and State Superintendent Harriet Miller.
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Bozeman, Mont
America
Bozeman
Legion Post 14
Legion
Montana
Tim Babcock
Harriet Miler
Montgomery Upsets GOP in Western Montana Primary
Wayne Montgomery defeated Edna Hinman to win the Western Congressional District nomination, capturing every county except Lewis and Clark. The Lima rancher led against incumbents and GOP favorite candidates, with margins ranging from a few votes to four to one in several counties.
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Helena
Montana
Wayne Montgomery
Montgomery
Arnold Olsen
Olsen
Knowles
R. R. Renne
Sgagen
Hinman
Beaverhead
Sanders
Gallatin
Lincoln
United States Senate
Antoinette Fraser Rosell
Billings
House of Representatives
Alex Blewett Jr
Great Falls
Lyman Brewster
Revealing Figures Everman Texas Times
A humorous item notes some residents in Everman Texas struggle with counting calories as they reveal their funny figures.
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Everman
Texas
Classified and Department Contacts for Standard Post
The page lists display advertising and classified want ad numbers along with departments. It includes telephone lines for circulation news ee society editor business office and job printing with respective contact numbers.
Time zones voyage across Alaska from Attu to Ketchikan
Q and A column explores Alaska time zones Pacific Yukon Alaska and Bering and notes Attu near Russia uses the IDL with days and dates shifted. It contrasts daylight and standard time and jokes about travel and the far west reach.
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Alaska
Pacific
Yukon
Bering
Montana
Man
Attu
Bering Sea
Pacific Ocean
Siberia
Pole
Aleutians
Alaskan Islands
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Weirton
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Jersey Shore
Butte Daily Post
Drew Pearson
Dam
Moscow
American Legion
American Legion Magazine
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Interlandi
Citar
Thomas E. Mooney
Standard Post State Bureau
Standard Post
Lewis T. Pooley
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Philomena
Adland
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