MIRV missile tests disclosed by Soviets in secret testimony
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird told the Senate armed services committee that the Soviet Union has begun flight testing a MIRV missile capable of delivering several warheads to separate targets. The disclosure marks a potential shift in strategic balance as MIRV tech has been an American monopoly.
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Washington
Defense
Melvin Laird
Senate Armed Services
Soviet Union
Laird
Senate
Jerry Friedheim
Pentagon
United States
Moscow
Sen
Henry Jackson
Dash
Defense Department
Lonnie Cross surrenders in murder case seeking relief and confession
Lonnie Cross, aged 66 and frail, surrendered to Duval County police in Jacksonville claiming to seek the Lord. He faces a 1935 first degree murder indictment for the killing of Edward Bozier, with inquest reports detailing a violent scene and a past life under the name Richard Mosley in New Orleans.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lonnie Cross
Cross
Duval County
Don Nichols
Lonnie Smith
Edward Bozier
New Orleans
Richard Mosley
Bozier
Butte Weather Forecast For Today
Variable cloudiness and scattered thunderstorms are possible in Butte. Today’s outlook calls for 77 degrees high and 55 degrees low with a chance of storms later. Page 10.
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More Weather
Butte mayor seeks engineer ouster
Mayor Mike Micone pressures city engineer Jack Brown to resign but Brown refuses and remains in charge of city projects. Brown has hired lawyer Dave Holland and will not discuss the matter. The mayor has not discharged Brown and has no declared successor as of now.
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Mike Micone
Jack Brown
Brown
Micone
City Hall
Dave Holland
Tom Powers
McGovern seeks Montana vote in Democratic contest
A Montana McGovern supporter predicted the state’s delegates will commit to McGovern at the Democratic National Convention, while a labor-backed push favors an uncommitted delegation. State Rep. Thomas E. Towe said McGovern could win about 80 percent of Montana’s delegates, with potential control of several counties including Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Silver Bow, and Missoula. An uncommitted faction led by State Sen. W. A. Groff contends for separate organization, though Groff declined comment.
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Helena
George S. McGovern
Montana
South Dakota
Miami Beach
Thomas E. Towe
McGovern
Towe
Billings
Cascade
Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow
Missoula
Yellowstone
Gallatin
W. A. Groff
Victor
Groff
Old man solves money problem ends two lives
In Miami Florida 81 year old Elisha Campbell invited relatives to discuss medical expenses for his wife Emma Campbell. He then shot himself and his wife with a .32 caliber pistol, killing Emma and taking his own life.
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Miami
Fla
Elisha Campbell
Campbell
Poice
Emma Campbell
Rebel the Mynah Bird Lays Egg Surprising Owner
Rebel a chatty nine year old mynah bird known for flattery to visitors laid an egg while owner Harriet Grossman found the surprise after removing the bird’s cover. Scientists note it's rare for a mynah of nine years to lay. Rebel isn’t talking after the event.
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Chicago
Rebel
Mynah Bird
Harriet Grossman
Mynah
Fort Kipp Missing From Montana Vote Tallies
Montana reports state tally nearly complete with 981 precincts in except Fort Kipp late and unreachable since Tuesday due to lack of telephones. Roosevelt county official says delays common, but weather and downed wires complicate contact and tally progress in distant Wolf Point area.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Fort Kipp
Wolf Point
Wolf
Montana delegate warns ballots may endanger constitution vote
Helena AP Montana delegate Charles H. Mahoney warned that blank voided and partially completed ballots could alter the official totals for the new constitution. Unofficial returns show 116,492 for and 113,510 against with canvass to finalize electors. Mahoney noted many skipped the constitution question while voting other issues and predicted a very tight majority.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Charles H. Mahoney
Clancy
Frank Murray
Murray
Mahoney
Billings youth elected governor at Boys State event
In Dillon AP report Dick Myhre won the mythical state’s governorship as Boys State wrapped with its annual general election. Other state race winners include Jerry Schuyler lieutenant governor Al Turk secretary of state Gary Montgomery auditor Tom Gomez attorney general Bill Marchildon treasurer Bill Sorenson superintendent Dan Fleming clerk Bruce Ewing Drew Fossen and Tony Aspholm all serving as public service commissioners. Bradley Wirth listed on the Boys page.
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Anaconda
Supreme Court
Tony Aspholm
Bruce Ewing
Kalispell
Drew Fossen
Public Service
Bradley Wirth
Great Falls
Butte girl wins top post at Girls State in Helena
A Billings girl, Ann Regan, was elected governor at the week-long Girls State in Helena. She also became mayor of a mythical city, as districts split into Gold and Blue parties. Other officers include lieutenant governor Cathy Weis and secretary of state Veronica Brown, both from Butte and Great Falls respectively, with several other winners named in the slate.
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Helena
Billings
Ann Regan
Alice Davis
Dillon
Colleen Sweeney
Belt
Girls Nation
Cathy Weis
Butte
Marlie Thomas
Great Falls
Veronica Brown
Cindy Johnson
Missoula
Marcia MclIntosh
Kathy Connors
Miles City
Susan Barmeyer
Barb Booker
Townsend
Janice Hope
Big Horn
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John Cross
Glendive
Warm Springs
Department of Institutions
John Thomas
Willis McKeon
Malta
McKeon
Edwin G. Kellner
Kellner
Essie B. Smith
Bessie
Essie
Smith
Savannah
Legion
Ana
Butte Konda
Butte Weather
William J. Clark
Standard
McGrath
Kelly
Tate
Rebel Is
Chicago Daily News
Roosevelt County
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