State Highway Users oppose law giving communities voice in highway routing
The Montana Highway Users Conference seeks repeal of a 1965 law that lets local communities influence highway location, arguing it could jeopardize federal funds. The group also opposes pending federal safety rules and notes rising costs for Montana road construction, including potential $137 million more for four-lane interstates and added state funds.
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Standard Post State Bureau
Helena
Montana
MHUC
Harlem
Congress
Montana Highway Department
Howard T. Buswell
State Highway Department
Buswell
George T. Schotte
Butte
Schotte
State Bureau
Napalm attack saves trapped U.S. unit amid Viet Cong assault
U.S. and South Vietnamese forces endured a deadly week with 902 Communist casualties and 363 Vietnameses. Paratroopers under Carpenter were counterattacked by 400 elite troops, pinned down, and saved by napalm strikes after Col. Emerson prepared honors for Carpenter.
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U.S
United States
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Carpenter
Walter R. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Brown
Henry E. Emerson
Milford
Monroe
N.Y
Emerson
Fire damages vacant house and car in separate Butte incidents
Firefighters fought a blaze in a vacant one story frame house at 352 E Galena around 3 30 p m Thursday causing extensive damage. Later that evening about 6 30 p m a fire was reported in a car in the 100 block of South Main with the interior badly damaged.
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Butte
E. Galena
South Main
Do Not Soak Iron Skillets In Sinks
Advice warns against long soaking of iron skillets in sinks as it can discolor enamel and porcelain coatings.
Veterans recall 1965 plan for new Montana home
The Montana VFW proceedings describe earlier push to spend 750000 for a veterans home not approved by the 1965 legislature. Officials from Malta to Butte attend the open assembly in Butte with memorial services, a memorial address by Rev. Flemming, and rotund program details for Friday sessions and dances at the VFW Hall and Silver Bow Ballroom.
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Montana
L. J. Eskildsen
Malta
VFW
Gladys Hippe
Froid
Department
E. G. Koch
Montana Tech
Bernard F. Sullivan
Butte Post
Loretta Krall
Women’s Auxiliary
Silver Bow
Auxiliary
William Flemming
Sacred Heart Parish
Butte
Della Worth
Virginia Pratt
Finlen
VFW Hall
Treasure State Room
Two twisters strike northwestern Chicago suburbs
Two tornadoes ripped through Mount Prospect Arlington Heights Hoffman Estates Rolling Meadows and Northfield killing a child and wounding 14. Property damage surpasses 5 million with 30 planes at Pal Waukee Airport destroyed and a radio tower toppled. Father injured g e Helfoght survives tragedy amid trailer damage.
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Arlington Heights
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Mount Prospect
Richard V. Ogilvie
Pal-Waukee
Hoffman Estates
Rolling Meadows
Northfield
Darlene Helfoght
Wheeling
Gene Helfoght
Arlington Park Race Track
Wnwc-Fm
Buddhist roadblock smashed by Marines in Hue drive
Vietnamese marines crushed a Buddhist roadblock south of Hue arresting 63 armed youths. In Saigon, Henry Cabot Lodge met monk Thich Tam Chau and agreed to postpone a planned anti American demonstration. Quang warned future convoys would face attacks on Buddhist altars.
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South Viet Nam
UPI
Thich Tri Quang
Saigon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Thich Tam Chau
U. S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Quang
Bud
Chau
Nguyen van Thieu
Lodge
Washington
Sang Co
da Nang
Hurricane Irene Winters Found Adrift Near Sunshine Skyway
Mrs Irene Winters in a life jacket was found floating under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge near Tampa Bay. Capt J David Winters remains missing after the pair tried to reach Bradenton in their 58 foot Range III. Jim Marratt of Tampa reported abandoning Rambler and drifting on an ice chest. Two Florida residents died of heart attacks during the storm. St. Petersburg suffered severe damage as the hurricane carved a 250 mile debris trail from Key West to the bay.
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Tampa Bay
St. Petersburg
J. David Winters
Bradenton
Winters
Jim Marratt
Tampa
Florida
Neil W. Mills
Key West
Variable Clouds and Showers Across Montana This Weekend
Montana forecast calls for scattered showers and possible thunderstorms Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings. Warmer conditions in the east Friday, cooler Saturday. highs 65-75 west, 75-85 east, with overnight lows 45-55. Also notes laundering electric blankets before summer storage with instructions.
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City
Butters
Belgrade
Ovee
Billings
Broadus
Cut Bank
Dillon
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Yellowstone
Whitehall
Drummond
Lethbridge
Healy Seeks Montana House Seat With Pro Education Stand
Butte native Jack Healy outlines a record of opposing a personal income tax increase and supporting Montana Tech while opposing its downgrading. Healy emphasizes free port legislation benefiting Silver Bow County with Butte as a regional traffic hub and backs sportsmen protection and opposition to sales taxes. He is a former contract miner, now an Anaconda Co. engineer, with Forest Service and county surveying experience. Healy, a Montana Tech attendee and UW graduate, lives at 624 W Granite and is active in engineering and sportsmen groups.
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Montana Tech
Butte College
Silver Bow County
Butte
Anaconda Co
Forest Service
Silver Bow
University of Washington
Granite
John E
Boeing Aircraft
Auburn
Wash Rep
Montana Society of Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
Skyline Sportsmen's Association
Kosygin to Visit Finland for Six Day Official Trip
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin will make a six day official visit to Finland starting next Monday. The Finnish Foreign Ministry announced the invitation came from President Urho Kekkonen.
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Helsinki
Finland
UPI
Alexei Kosygin
Foreign Ministry
Kosygin
Urho Kekkonen
Helena Woman Dies in Traffic Crash as Montana Toll Rises
The Helena mother of five, Sonja Carnline, died when her car struck a concrete bridge abutment near Helena while she was driving alone early Thursday. The accident increased Montana's 1966 traffic toll to 96, with the year still ahead of 1965’s pace.
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Associated Press
Montana
Helena
Sonja Caroline
Carnline
Ten Mile Creek
Freedom march tensions mount amid MLK remarks
The march features hostile chants including black fools and Don't wave at me phrases as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads roadside services for Phipps. Dr. Alvin Poussaint cites salt tablets for cause. Leadership signals retreat with King, Kissick, and Farmer leaving the route.
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Phipps
Alvin Poussaint
Jackson
King
Chicago
Floyd Moe Kissick
Congress of Racial Equality
James Farmer
New York
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