Rivers Kill 30 Massive Action Lunched to Fight Disaster
Montana officials and federal agencies mobilized Tuesday night to respond to widespread flooding. Gov. Tim Babcock joined Maj. Gen. Richard Kendall at Civil Defense headquarters as damage assessment teams prepared to survey losses in highways health sanitation and security. The bridge building and food supply plans target at least ten days of relief with collaboration from the Army Corps of Engineers and local volunteers. Officials cautioned it could take three to four weeks to determine the death toll.
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Helena
UPI
Montana
Civil Defense Headquarters
Tim Babcock
Richard Kendall
Montana National Guard
Babcock
State Highway Department
Corps of Army Engineers
James B. King
Kendall
Civil Defense
Creath Tooley
Civil de
Howard McKinney
Montana Flood Threats Rise Amid Disaste r Declarations
Great Falls faces record flood levels as seven Montana counties are named disaster areas by President Johnson. Rivers and Sun River roared past embankments, threatening upscale and poorer districts alike while national guardsmen call it the worst state disaster.
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Missouri River
Great Falls
Typhoid Epidemic Limits Hospitalizations in Aberdeen
Aberdeen health officials report four new typhoid hospitalizations in the last 24 hours, lifting total cases to 416 with one death recorded. The city continues measures to curb the outbreak.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Municipal Health Department
Senate Votes Down Civil Rights Amendments Showdown Today
The Senate rejected three civil rights amendments amid a 74 day effort as Sen. Hickenlooper’s proposal to strike job discrimination provisions failed. A fourth amendment broadening jury trials in criminal contempt cases passed narrowly. Sen. Byrd began a lengthy floor speech as Wednesday cloture loomed, with Sen. Williams presiding.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
Ready
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
AlIowa
Mit
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Byrd
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Romney declines GOP bid as Nixon says Goldwater could win on first ballot
Michigan Governor George Romney refused Tuesday to enter the Republican presidential race, signaling a likely Goldwater victory on the first ballot. Nixon urged a moderate candidate and said no alternate could emerge this week. Romney may be drafted but will not campaign on his own.
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William Theis
Cleveland
UPI
Michigan
George Romney
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Goldwater
Romney
Nixon
Baltimore
San Francisco
Richard Milliman
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda and Divide region
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with periods of rain and scattered showers across the Butte Anaconda Divide area. Highs range from 55 to 70 degrees with overnight lows in the 40s to 50s and a cool trend persisting through Thursday.
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Butte-Anaconda
Divide
Boulder River Flood Threatens State Training School
The Boulder River rose over its banks threatening the State Training School. Workers hauled four or five trucks to shore up riverbanks while water crested and spread across flatlands up to 300 to 400 feet wide. All side guides bridges were wiped out and crews raced to save a bridge serving buildings such as the heating plant and laundry.
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Boulder
State Training School
Williams
Desolation Hits Indian Mission as Flood Strikes Two Medicine
Bob Williams reports from Holy Family Mission in Montana where Civil Defense lists at least 30 dead after a flash flood breached an earthen dam on Two Medicine Creek. Residents unaccounted for include ranchers and nearby families as the region reels from the disaster.
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Two Medicine Valley
Rocky Mountains
Two Medicine Creek
Bob Williams
Helena
Associated Press
Holy Family Mission
Mont
Blackfeet
A. N. Gillen
Wee
Dick Kullberg
Cut Bank
Panamanian Human Rights Charge Backfires in Geneva
A Panama nian complaint at Geneva accuses U S forces of rights violations while criticizing Panamanian authorities for failing to curb rioters and snipers at the outset. It contends incendiary bombs were used and signals the finding centers on grave violence and risk to life and security.
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Michael Goldsmith Geneva
U.S
Panama
Butte Soldier Killed in Newport News Car Crash
James C. Ambrose 20, formerly of Butte, died in a single car crash on Main Street Newport News Virginia. He had been discharged Monday at Ft Eustis after enlisting in 1961. He is survived by his mother Mrs Helen Bilteau sisters Linda and Sheila grandmother Mrs Josephine Mahoney and numerous aunts and cousins in Butte. Am brose and two Langley Air Force Base airmen were hospitalized with injuries.
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James C. Ambrose
Helen M. Bilteau
Montana
Newport News
Ft Eustis
Ambrose
Langley Air Force Base
Linda
Sheila Bilteau
Butte
Josephine Mahoney
Montana Bar Association to Honor 23 Past Presidents
The Montana Bar Association will award plaques to 23 former presidents during its 76th annual convention. U S District Judge W D Murray will present to listed past leaders including A N Whitlock, Walter L Pope, Horace S Davis, and others across 1920s to 1960s. More than 500 attorneys jurists and guests are expected.
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Montana Bar Association
U.S
W. D. Murray
A. N. Whitlock
Walter L. Pope
Horace S. Davis
R. E. McHugh
C. W. Leaphart
John W. Bonner
W. J. Jameston
Julius J. Wuerthner
H. Leonard DeKalb
E. A. Blenkner
James C. Garlington
James T. Finlen
E. A. Peterson
Frederick D. Moulton
Wesley W. Wertz
Russell E. Smith
Weymouth D. Symmes
Kendrick Smith
Emmett C. Angland
Franklin S. Longan
Stanley M. Doyle
Ben E. Berg Jr
Gene A. Picotte
William H. Coldiron
China accuses U S planes of attack in Laos crisis
Peking said U S Navy jets bombed Communist headquarters on the Plaine des Jarres 120 miles north of Vientiane. Two Navy planes reportedly damaged by antiaircraft fire. Pilot Lt Charles Klusmann missing. Cmdr Doyle Lynn rescued. Washington disputed the report and cited reconnaissance gaps.
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Vientiane
Laos
Peking
United States
Cmdr
Doyle W. Lynn
Mesa
Calif
Reconaissance
Charles Klusmann
San Diego
Washington
Kiuemann
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