Montana’s Dwayne Howe enters national spelling bee
Montana spelling champion Dwayne Howe, 14, travels to Washington D C to compete as one of 71 finalists. He meets Congressman Battin and Senators Mansfield and Metcalf, tours the FBI building, Mount Vernon, and the Capitol as he prepares for the Bee set to begin at 8:30 a.m. today with finals Thursday and prizes over 5750 dollars plus a New York trip.
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Montana
Dwayne Howe
Halispell
State
James Battin
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Capitol Hill
Howard L. Hanes
Missoula
Judy Tschache
Bozeman
Mayflower
Washington
Dwayne
New York City
Hendrickson
FBI
Mount Vernon
George and
Martha Washington
Bee
Potomac River
Virginia
Lee Newspapers of
Helena
Telegraphers Strike After Contract Deadline Missed
Western Union telegraphers across jobs begin a midnight strike after negotiators failed to seal a new two year labor pact. Supervisors will maintain service to government agencies and avoid interruptions. The CTU sought a 6 percent annual raise. Western Union offered 4 percent first year and 3.9 percent second year.
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Washington
UPI
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
George Shaffer
Shaffer
Sewage plant grant approved for Libby Montana
Libby Montana wins a total 240000 project funding with 48600 from EDA and 72000 from HEW aid. Libby will provide 120000. Construction tied to Libby Dam growth could create over 1000 jobs in seven years. State health warnings cited Libby as a major river pollution source.
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Washington
Libby
Mont
Eugene P. Foley
Montana Board of Health
Billings Chamber backs community development plan
The Billings Chamber backs a 24 million dollar community plan including a civic plaza over 45 blocks. The project aims to develop private and public facilities and will be funded partly by federal funds with a 35000 dollar study cost.
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Billings
Pol — Chamber of Comp
Darrel Booth
Vice County
NATO says East-West meeting premature and risky
NATO ministers led by Secretary of State Rusk oppose a hasty East West conference on European security. They favor cautious, continued efforts and reject a Danish proposal for a NATO Warsaw Pact meeting, as France urges no rush and emphasizes national steps toward détente. French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville supports cautious approach and notes de Gaulle’s planned visit to the Soviet Union.
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Germany
France
Washington
Paris
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Rusk
Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Billings youth dies after fall into cistern
Three year old Gary Fitzwater of Billings fell through a yard cistern lid and plunged about four feet to water eight to ten feet deep. He was pulled out by his mother Virginia Fitzwater and neighbor Shirley Peterson, given rescue efforts, and died at St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Billings
UPI
Gary Fitzwater
William Fitzwater
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Gary
Virginia
Shirley Peterson
Peterson
Miss Peterson
Weather outlook Montana east and west portions
Montana east faces considerable cloudiness with showers and a few thunderstorms moving eastward on Wednesday. Showers end by night, then partly cloudy Thursday with cooler, highs 65 to 75 and lows 40 to 50. Montana west sees scattered showers and storms diminishing to a few showers mainly in mountains, then partly cloudy, cooler Thursday, similar temperatures.
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Montana
South Portion
Western Montana College announces 1965 66 award winners
President James E Short presents the 1965 66 Western Montana College awards and scholarships. Sissel K Selvig wins the Rush Jordan Scholarship Cup for top woman, Edward C Thompson Man of the Year, Connie Sprout and Wayne Montgomery receive $500 scholarships, and multiple students earn art, journalism, music, English, and PTA scholarships. MVPs include Molendyke Fischer Anderson, and other honors go to Richards Gillespie and more.
Burglars Hit The Modern Pharmacy In Whitehall
The Modern Pharmacy in Whitehall was burglarized early Tuesday. Owner R A Taylor reported narcotics and about $1100 in cash taken from a safe. Entry was gained by prying the front door as Sheriff George Paradis and City Marshal Pat Fennell led the investigation.
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Whitehall
R. A. Taylor
Jefferson County
George Paradis
Whitehall City
Pat Fennell
Beaverhead airport board rejects bid on improvements
Beaverhead County Airport board rejects the sole bid for a concrete overlay and apron extension at Beaverhead County Airport as too high. A second bid call runs to June 21 at 7 30 p m with plans and forms available from Morrison-Meierle in Helena.
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Helena
Morrison-Meierle, Inc
Tour of East Bench Scheduled Today
The second annual East Bench tour in Dillon will highlight progress on the East Bench Project despite a tough 1966 season. Area residents may ride a bus from Barretts Diversion Dam to the project's lower end in Madison County, starting at 9 from East Bench headquarters. Participants should bring sack lunches.
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Dillon
East Bench
Barretts Diversion Dam
Madison County
Beaverhead Ranchers’ Roundtable
Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce
Beaverhead
Ruby Valley
Babcock forecasts all weather road to Alaska
Governor Tim Babcock told a 70 member U S Highway 287 caravan that an all weather paved highway to Alaska could be finished in years. He cited Alaska governor William Egan and a waning opposition from water rail and air interests and noted a Canadian study backing western province benefits. The 287 route spans 2797 miles from Port Arthur Texas to Dawson Creek British Columbia starting in Montana at West Yellowstone and ending near Chateau.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Dawson Creek
B.C
Montana
U.S
West Yellowstone
Chateau
Missing patient at State Hospital Warm Springs
A 16 year old boy at the State Hospital at Warm Springs is reported missing Tuesday night. He has hazel eyes black hair wears glasses weighs 135 pounds and stands five feet three inches. He is wearing a tan windbreaker and blue jeans. His home is in Ravalli County.
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State Hospital
Warm Springs
Ravalli County
Montana Dial System Goes Full Automatic on June 19
Mountain States Telephone Co says Montana will switch to 100 percent dial on June 19 as Fort Benton’s manual facilities are replaced. Officials and guests will tour the new Fort Benton exchange to mark the change.
California primary results reshape race for governor
With 7,533 of 30,586 precincts reporting, Reagan leads Christopher for the Republican nomination while Brown trails Yorty in the Democratic contest. Gov. Brown states he will quit politics, while Christopher pledges support for Reagan. Lt. Gov. Anderson leads Democrats Braden and Hand in a three-way race.
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Edmund G. Brown
Los Angeles
Samuel W. Yorty
Reagan
Christopher
Brown
Yorty
Glenn M. Anderson
California
Anderson
Thomas W. Braden
Lloyd N. Hand
Special bus for Daughters of Isabella to Helena convention
Butte residents have a special bus for Daughters of Isabella members traveling to the Helena convention on June 26. Reserve by June 12 by calling 792-9919.
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Daughters of Isabella
Helena
Gemini 10 crews prepare Titan 2 launch for July flight
Gemini 9 cleanup completed as Air Force and Martin Company teams assemble a Titan 2 rocket to loft John W. Young and Michael Collins. The July 18 mission aims for a three day flight with Collins performing a three minute space walk and docking with an Agena satellite using its propulsion system. The attempt to dock with Gemini 8’s discarded Agena failed previously when the ATDA shroud failed to eject, splitting into two and resembling an angry alligator as wires prevented full separation.
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Air Force
Martin Co
John W. Young
Michael Collins
Young
Collins
Space
Stafford
Robert D. Wilson Dies At 69 In Dillon
Robert D. Wilson 69 a ranch worker died Tuesday at Barrett Hospital Dillon Nebraska native born April 17 1897 survived by sisters Bessie Davis Chicago and Alice Parsons Lincoln Neb and niece Mrs Carl Miller Dillon services pending The note adds a historical line about early Sunday closing efforts in 15th century England.
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Dillon
Robert D. Wilson
Barrett Hospital
Nebraska
Bessie Davis
Chicago
Alice Parsons
Lincoln
Neb
Carl Miller
Meredith’s Mississippi march ends in assassination near Hernando
Meredith, the 1962 UM integration figure, was shot at mile 27 of a 225 mile Memphis to Jackson trek. Seven congressmen visited him in hospital as investigators held Aubrey Norvell on a $25,000 bond for assault with intent to kill.
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Selma
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Memphis
Jackson
Miss
Dick Gregory
Hernando
Aubrey James Norvell
B. L. Garner
Ed Whitten
Norvell
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