Saigon Coup Ousts Quat as Catholic Protests Grow
In South Vietnam a military coup toppled Quat's civilian regime amid heavy fighting near Saigon. At least 1,000 casualties occurred in two days of combat including 16 Americans reported dead or missing in the Dong Xuai battle. Military leaders may install a caretaker government as a new regime forms.
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South Viet Nam
Saigon
Pentagon
Dong Xuai
Quat
Armed Forces Council
Johnson Upgrades Gemini 4 Crew To Lt Colonel Rank
President Johnson promotes James McDivitt and Edward White to lieutenant colonel in a ceremony at the Mission Control Center. He also nominates Virgil Grissom and Gordon Cooper for colonel. The remarks reflect space program pride and White's spacewalk details.
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Houston
Tex
America
Earth
Johnson
James McDivitt
Edward White
Air Force
McDivitt
White
San Antonio
President Johnson
Virgil
Gus) Grissom
Hearing Set Here Wednesday To Consider Price of Milk
The Montana Milk Control Board schedules a 10 a.m. public hearing in the county courthouse to set milk prices for Market Area No. 7 covering Deer Lodge Silver Bow and Powell Counties. The board aims to determine reasonable processing and delivery costs and wholesale and retail prices to protect the milk industry and ensure wholesome milk. Prices in Butte area cited. Miles City Glendive Lewistown Bozeman show lower per quart and per gallon rates, tied to litigation involving Safeway Stores in several regions.
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Montana Milk Control Board
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow
Powell
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Havre
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Montana
Miles City
Glendive
Lewistown
Bozeman
Safeway Stores
Creston Girl Drowns in Lake
Judy Huston 16 of Creston drowned Friday afternoon while swimming with five companions at Peterson Lake east of Creston. Her body was recovered about five minutes later by Don Strucek 19 of Bigfork. The party included her brothers Joe and John Huston and sister Carol and two other girls. It is the second Flathead County drowning of the year.
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Joe
John
Carol
Flathead County
Guerrillas Lose Battle for Town
U S paratroopers recaptured Dong Xoai 6 miles north of Saigon after two days of heavy fighting. Government and Viet Cong casualties exceeded 1,000, with U S air strikes and helicopter lifts aiding a relief effort for a 200 to 300 man government battalion.
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Dong Xoai
Viet Nam
Saigon
U. S
Pleiku
Sagon
da Nang
U.S
Tor
Bank Killer Duane Pope Surrenders After Slayings
Duane Pope, 22, who had been sought for the June 4 Farmers State Bank killings in Big Springs Nebraska, surrendered in Kansas City after fleeing. He is accused of killing bank president Andreas Kjeldgaard and cashier Glen Hendricks and bookkeeper Lois Hothan and wounding Franklin Kjeldgaard, with $1598 taken. Pope, a recent McPherson College graduate, flew from Las Vegas to Kansas City before being captured.
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Duane Pope
Big Springs
Neb
Vernon Scoville
Hote
FBI
Pope
McPherson
Kan
Farmers State Bank of
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glen Hendricks
Lois Ann Hothan
Franklin Kjeldgaard
Salina
Billings
Mont
Wichita
Cpl
Scoville
Las Vegas
Nev
Butte Miner Receives Holmes Medal for Heroism
James Francis Novak a 22 year old miner from 1111 W Park Butte received a gold medal for heroism at the Montana Mines of the Stauffer Chemical Co Maiden Rock in front of about 100 miners including John Turk 48 of 3160 Amherst Butte Turk applauded loudest Novak saved his partner from a collapsing cav ing in the East LaMarche workings on Dec 10 1964 The medal was presented by L D Knill of Salt Lake City a Bureau of Mines official Also present Donald Martin from Salt Lake Kn oll will serve as arbitrator at the Miners Union Day first aid contest Knill praised the Stauffer Co safety record and read the medal inscription Continued Page 2 Col 3
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McDivitt
Manned Spacecraft Center Auditorium
Pat McDivitt
Pat White
Jim
James Francis Novak
W. Park
Friday
Montana
Stauf
Fer Chemical Co
Maiden Rock
John Turk
Amherst
Butte
Turk
Novak
Y Young
Stope
LaMarche
L. D. Knill
Salt Lake City
Knill
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Butte Young
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Joseph A. Holmes
Bureau of Mines
Donald Martin
Salt Lake
Martin
Stauffer Co
James F. Novak
Needful Boy Gets a Hand in Kansas City Area
Terry Nalley born without a left wrist receives a custom artificial wire and felt hand fitting a baseball glove. The hand and glove were lost at a lunch counter but later mailed from Kansas City with a Kansas City Star clipping reading pick up by mistake glad to find owner. Terry tried it on and smiled.
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Clathe
Kan
Terry Nalley
Terry
Kansas City
Neal Nalley
Civil Service
Olathe Naval Air Station
Post Office
Sunday Observed As Miners Union Day In Butte
Butte Miners Union No. 1 members observe Sunday June 13 as a paid holiday marking the union’s 1878 founding. Most city businesses close Monday while Sunday events at Columbia Gardens include an first aid contest rides and ice cream. Some mines and certain services operate Sunday or Monday with restrictions and notices from the Anaconda Co. about specific work days.
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Miners Union
Butte Miners Union No. 1
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Butte
Butte Union
Columbia Gardens
Weather Outlook For Butte Area Through Sunday
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and possible thunder storms from Friday through Sunday. Cooler conditions with high values around 74 in Butte and mid 70s to 80s elsewhere. Overnight lows range from 35 to 50 with varying night-time temperatures across Divide and West of Divide.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
Youth 20 Dies After Near Livingston Pool Accident
A 20 year old North Dakota youth, Daniel Clifford Brown, died near Livingston after a fall from an inner tube in an indoor hot springs pool. Park County Coroner John Davis ruled suffocation from vomit lodged in the windpipe as the cause. Brown had hitchhiked 40 miles from Columbus, Montana, to reach the pool and walked a mile over a gravel road to the site.
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UPI
North Dakota
Here
Park County
John Davis
Daniel Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
Underwood
N. D Davis
Brown
Columbus
Mont
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