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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1968
Page
1
A young woman 17 to 23 was found near Helena along the river from Townsend to Holter Dam. Miss Dorrington, a Helena hospital surgical technician, disappeared under mysterious conditions. No suspects. authorities caution parts of the body may be buried.
Sen Eugene McCarthy told supporters in Helena that while most Americans oppose Vietnam, opposition alone is not enough. He urged finding a way out and cautioned that detachment undermines effort to end the war. He linked detachment to continued support for the administration.
Ex Anaconda resident and Darby area rancher William Francisco, 33, was crushed when his tractor rolled three times on loose material in the Mink Creek area near East Fork Bitterroot River. He died after being transported to Hamilton for surgery and then to a Missoula hospital.
Montana Senator Lee Metcalf, at the state Democratic Convention, says he will not commit to Humphrey or McCarthy for the presidential nomination. He praises Humphrey while noting his respect for McCarthy, leaving his ultimate support undecided.
Helena Montana announces the late Peter Pauly of Deer Lodge as Montana's 12th inductee to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City. Pauly died in 1953 at 81 after a lifetime rising from sheep herding to banking and livestock leadership.
Floyd Coil forty one of Belgrade Montana died in a Salt Lake City hospital from burns suffered in a trucking accident Thursday. Ronald Lane of Three Forks Montana survived in fair condition after a tanker explosion following the overturned truck.
Judge W W Lessley in 18th District Court issued a permanent injunction against Rocky Mountain Phosphate Co of Garrison for failing to scrub fluoride emissions as required by a Montana Supreme Court directive issued in March 1968. Ranchers described ongoing contamination in the Garrison area and sought enforcement of the safe emission limits.
About 150 members of the Order of Ahepa and the Daughters of Penelope travel from Montana communities to Butte for the 33rd annual convention. The Finlen Hotel serves as headquarters with a church service at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, a 2 to 5 p.m. business session at the Finlen, and a 6:30 p.m. banquet.
Partly cloudy and warmer with highs around 64 today. Lows near 36 tonight. Shower chances 20 percent today and 10 percent tonight. One year ago temperatures were 65 and 43. Weather table appears on Page 2.
Senator Eugene McCarthy visited Helena to win Montana’s 26 Democratic presidential nominating votes. He urged cabinet expan sion and urged continuous issue review before the Chicago convention. Humphrey supporters cautioned leaders not to be swayed by McCarthy’s appeal. A crowd greeted him at the airport as demonstrators chanted support.
The Montana Institute of Arts wraps its 20th annual festival at the Finlen Hotel with officers elected. Herbert Jacobson of Helena named president, Leo Olson of Billings first vice president, Dean Danforth of Great Falls second vice president, and directors include Jeane Rhodes Deer Lodge Ray Champau Bozeman Lois Wadheim Hamilton Merrill Burlingame Bozeman. Exhibits and workshops remain central as hundreds tour studios and hotel displays of painting pottery metal work and weaving.
GREAT FALLS AP The Montana Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary honored two state women Friday Dorothy Roberts of Great Falls was named outstanding VFW Auxiliary unit president of the year Irene Fenton of Butte was named outstanding district president for the year
Benjamin Spock was found guilty on a federal conspiracy charge tied to draft law violations. Co defendants Coffin Ferber and Goodman were also convicted while Marcus Raskin was acquitted. The trial began May 20 with the jury foreman reading the verdicts aloud.
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