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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1968
Page
1
Viet Cong shells pounded Saigon's Tan Son Nhut air base early Wednesday in a wave of bombardment that has alarmed U S authorities and residents. The strike followed a major Tuesday attack killing 19 civilians and wounding 116, with about 130 dead and 1,000 injured over 39 days.
Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield proposed a nationwide one day primary, abolition of nominating conventions, direct popular vote for president, a single six year term limit, 18 year old voting, and restricted candidate appearances by TV and radio. He said constitutional amendments would be needed and Congress likely could not enact them this year.
Three miners Louie Evans 57 Joe Merritt 58 and Evans son Wayne 24 were rescued from a cavern in the White Rabbit Mine near MacDonald Pass Montana after a collapse. Wayne alerted police and a mucker cleared a passage to them. Two men were injured and hospitalized while the younger Evans was unharmed. The rescue was led by Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Dave Middlemas with deputies and rescue volunteers.
J James Farmer former national director of the Congress of Racial Equality is rumored by NBC as Kennedy successor in the U.S. Senate. Farmer says Rockefeller has not contacted him and he remains in his Brooklyn 12th District congressional race backed by both Republican and Liberal parties.
A 16 16 House Judiciary Committee vote blocked President Johnson backed gun control measures. Emanuel Celler urged sending the bill to the floor for a June 20 vote as Republicans opposed it while some Democrats supported it. The split reflected deep partisan tensions over mail order sales of rifles and out of state transfers.
Four inmates held 18 men and 5 women at gunpoint in a failed jail break. A correctional officer was grazed by a bullet but treated and released. Reporter William B. Williams was to hear grievances under guard safety assurances as negotiations continued.
Police hunt associates of James Earl Ray in London as extradition moves proceed for King assassination. Ray, held after arrest at London airport, faces possible two month extradition battle to return to the United States for trial in Memphis Tennessee.
Partly cloudy through Thursday with showers and thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Showers likely at 60 percent through tonight. High today around 75 with a low near 45. One year ago temperatures were 50 and 40. Weather table Page 2.
The Montana Defender Project at the University of Montana advances a Native American focused legal aid program. It highlights a national model using retention papers to influence inmates and notes Indians form a large share of Montana's prison population. Judge William J. Jameson cites about 80 percent of Montana federal cases involve offenses on Indian reservations.
Roger V. Pierce a 57 year old mining consulting engineer and former AIME head died Monday night at his Salt Lake City home. Authorities say the heart attack caused his death as he sat in his living room watching television. Services will be held Thursday at noon at All Saints Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City.
Harriet Miller, state superintendent, hired Krissie the cat to trap a marauding desk mouse. The cat failed to work indoors due to noise and lights, she says, and will not be paid unless it catches the mouse. Staff report ransacked desks and varying mouse descriptions amid tense department mood.
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