Cease-fire deadline clash at UN over Middle East crisis
The UN Security Council pushed a 4 pm EDT cease-fire deadline but balked at a UN peace-keeping role. Israel said Arab states had not declared a halt, while the Soviets backed Iraq and Syria and pressed for immediate acceptance by all sides. The Council adjourned without voting on enforcement measures.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Security Council
Middle East
Israel
Gulf
Abba S. Eban
Council
Eban
Jordan
United Arab Republic
Syria
Israel Breaks Gulf Blockade Seizes Sharm el Sheikh
Israeli forces seized Sharm el Sheikh and broke the Gulf of Aqaba blockade while claiming a Sinai victory. Dayan vowed permanent peace and Jerusalem remains in Israeli hands as the war shifts. Ismailia fell and Rabin said the Egyptian army was crushed. Jordan’s Amman saw clashes amid regional upheaval with Lebanon severing U S relations and mass evacuations underway.
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Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
Suez Canal
Moshe Dayan
Jordanian Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Canal
Dayan
Aqaba
Sharm E! Sheikh
Weather forecast for Butte Anaconda region
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers today and Friday. Partly cloudy with some showers Friday. Probability of precipitation 60 percent today and 40 percent tonight. High today 54. One year ago temperatures were 67 and 47. Weather table on Page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
Israel says cease-fire with Jordan in effect at UN
United Nations reports Israel informed the UN that a cease-fire with Jordan is in effect on Wednesday night. The statement did not indicate any halt to hostilities with other Arab states.
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Lebanon
United States
Britain
United Nations, N.Y
Israel
United Nations
Jordan
Speculator Mine Fire Crowned Butte’s Worst Disaster
June 9 1917 morning papers carried a two column headline on Big Fire Rages in Speculator. The afternoon edition detailed the tragedy as one of the worst metal mine disasters in history. Residents learned of the fire’s full scale and dire casualties.
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Tion
Tacoma
Butte
Anaconda Standard
Springfield
Sam Stewart
Forsyth
Speculator
U S planes raid Kep MIG base and nearby SAM site
U.S. aircraft from the carriers Constellation and Enterprise bombed the Kep MIG interceptor base 37 miles northeast of Hanoi and a SAM site 50 miles southwest of Hanoi. Pilots reported destroying or damaging several MIGs and hitting runway revetments. In separate fighting near the DMZ, 19 Marines were killed and 40 wounded as U.S. Marines counterattacked North Vietnamese forces, with 67 enemy killed and a Marine company routed on Hill 881.
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Saigon
UPI
Kep
Hanoi
U.S. Command
U.S. Navy
Skyhawk
U.S
Kep Mig Base
Air Force
South Vietnam
Cor
Ner
Leathernecks
Hill 881
GOP in Montana backs Nixon for president in poll
A Montana GOP poll of over 200 party members shows strong support for Richard M. Nixon for president. Lt. Gov. Ted James and Rep. James P. Lucas run neck and neck for governor in 1968. Continued on Page 2 Col 3.
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Helena
Richard M. Nixon
Ted James
James P. Lucas
Montana
Mine-Mill and Anaconda Co meet to negotiate
Butte Miners Union No 1 and Anaconda Co plan initial talks on a new labor contract for June 15 16. Union president John Glase said the company requested the meetings, as the current contract expires June 30. Glase returned from Denver where a 28 member Nonferrous conference committee of United Steelworkers and the new International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Work met and adopted a unanimous resolution.
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Butte Miners Union No. 1
The
Anaconda Co
John Glase
Glase
Denver
Mem
Anaconda School Bond Election Results Reported
Anaconda district 10 election authorized a 164 820 dollar levy for school operation and maintenance from July 1 1967 to July 1 1968. The measure passed 681 to 433 with 23 percent turnout of 4 795 qualified voters. Swanson noted 1 116 votes cast and one voided ballot.
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Anaconda
Herb Swanson
Swanson
Butte Captain Dies in Vietnam War Action
Capt Ronald Gregory Babich 28 of the U S Marines was killed in action near Quang Tin Vietnam a Defense Department report said He was the third Butte resident to die in the war following Daniel J Janhunen who drowned September 2 1966 and Weston H Reece killed January 13 1967 Babich a Butte High School graduate earned a forestry degree from the University of Montana in 1960 He married Sharon Flynn in 1957 and left the university to join the Marine Corps He received the Purple Heart January 13 for combat injuries He is survived by his widow two sons a daughter a sister and two brothers Burial services are pending in Missoula.
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Ronald Gregory Babich
U. S. Marines Corps
Vietnam
Defense Department
Department
Babich
Quang Tin
Butte
Daniel J. Janhunen
Weston H Reece
Capt. Babich
Butte High School
The
University of Montana
Marine Corps
Virginia
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Okinawa
Adak
Alaska
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Episcopal Church
Missoula
Lawrence
Michael
Sharon
Nicola Babich
Bozeman
Samuel
Squire-Simmons-Carr
New Recreation Head Bob Rowling Selected by City
Bob Rowling, 25, a fifth grade teacher at McKinley School, was approved by the City Council as director of the City Recreation Department succeeding Don Peoples. Peoples resigns April 5 to become athletics director at Butte Central High School but will assist during the transition. Rowling and his family reside at 315 S. Jackson. he is a 1960 Butte High School graduate.
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Robert L
Bob) Rowling
McKinley
Rowling
Board of Recreation
Don Peoples
Tom Powers
Peoples
Butte Central High School
Ann Ellingwood
S. Jackson
Butte High School
Sherry Higgins Faces Setback in National Spelling Bee
In Washington D.C. a tough moment and then a tough break for thirteen year old Sherry Higgins of Miles City. An eighth grader, she competes in the National Spelling Bee as the round advances revealing the high stakes and pressure of the national contest.
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Washington, DC
Washington D.C
Sherry
Sherry Higgins
Miles City
Butte federal grand jury returns seven true bills
U S marshal representatives in Montana pursued seven indicted individuals named in a federal grand jury action returned late Tuesday in Butte. Names were withheld pending apprehension as authorities continued pages of coverage.
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U. S
Montana
Butte
Montana Flood Threat Returns As Heavy Rain Fells
Imminent flood threats returned as heavy rains drenched Montana. Ten inches fell in 24 hours in Petroleum County and adjacent areas, pushing rivers over banks. Flat Willow Creek flooded south of Winnett. Musselshell tributaries rose, with the Musselshell near Ryegate Lavina Mosby and Ft. Peck Reservoir rising rapidly. Canyon Ferry Reservoir gains about a foot daily while Sun River and Missouri drainage show rising levels. Coalwood recorded a record 7.65 inches. hail piled six inches in wheat country. Roads and bridges closed temporarily in Lewistown Ekalaka Forsyth. Beartooth Highway closed. Milwaukee tracks washed out near Lavina. rail service aimed to resume by afternoon.
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Montana
Weather Bureau
Petroleum
Flat Willow Creek
Winnett
Montana Highway Department
Lewistown
Ekalaka
Forsyth
National Park Service
Red Lodge
Cooke City
Lavina
Milwaukee Railroad
Melstone
Harlewton
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Suez
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Buttes
By Gaylord T. Guenin
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Gen Pershing
Europe
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North Viet
Constellation
Enterprise
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
GOP
Nixon
Mine-Mill and
Bers
United Steelworkers of America
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
Ronald Babich
Butte Marine
Sharon Flynn
Josiah
Joe) James
Granite Mountain
James
Berkeley
Jim Oset
Bob Rowling
New Recreation
Tihozse
Eddie Stanky
Rick
City County Health Department
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Ryegate
Mosby
Ft. Peck Reservoir
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Big Hole
Jefferson Rivers
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Sun River
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