Marines to lose third of strength as DMZ front scales back
Maj. Gen. William K. Jones announces the 3rd Marine Division will shed about 7,000 men next month as the 9th Regiment departs Vietnam under orders to phase out 25,000 Americans in July and August. He says the remaining Marines can keep the enemy on the run despite North Vietnamese forces across the DMZ and notes progress in pacification and Vietnamese Army integration.
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Robert D. Ohman
Dong HA
Vietnam
U.S. Marine
Demilitarized Zone
William K. Jones
3Rd Marine Division
9Th Regiment
Washington
Jones
Dmz
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Con Thien
Rockpile
Khe Sanh
U.S
Quang Tri Province
9Th Marines
9Th
Okinawa
Pompidou Wins French Presidency Defeating Poher At 57.8 Percent
Georges Pompidou won the French presidency with 57.78 percent of the vote, defeating Alain Poher who cited a call for real democracy. De Gaulle congratulated Pompidou as abstentions rose and leftist groups urged turnout in the pivotal election.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Alain Poher
Pompidou
Ompidou
London
Foreign Office
Britain
Poher
Francois Mitterrand
Communist Party
Butte Native Named New Carroll College President
Father Joseph D. Harrington, a Butte native and longtime Carroll College leader, was named the ninth president. He will take office July 1, succeeding Msgr. Anthony Brown, now administrative vice president at St. Thomas College. Harrington joined Carroll in 1960 as a biology professor and served four years as dean of studies.
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Joseph D. Harrington
Butte
Carroll College
Helena
Father Harrington
Anthony M Brown
St. Thomas College
St. Paul
Carroll
Treasury chief urges extension of 10 percent surtax
Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy urged Congress to extend the 10 percent income tax surcharge noting record employment and income. He rejected a four month compromise and said Nixon tied tax exemptions for two million poor people to the bill, making defeat unlikely. Kennedy spoke on Face the Nation and warned against betting on banks raising the prime rate again. Senator Sparkman criticized the latest rate rise as dangerous and warned wage price controls might be needed if rates stay high. Kennedy denied opposition from Rep. Wright. See EXTENSION Page 6
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Washington
Treasury
Nixon
Congress
Kennedy
CBS
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Banking Committee
Sparkman
Alabama
Weather Today Forecast With Clouds and Showers
The forecast notes a cloudy day with a chance of showers. High around 66 with a low near 40. Page weather brief.
Alaska highway hearings open in Finlen Hotel today
A public hearing on paving the Alaska highway opens at the Finlen Hotel at 10 AM with sessions 2 to 5 PM. Eighteen members of a House Public Works subcommittee join a 23 man Washington delegation as they consider designating Butte as the highway start. The hearing moves to Great Falls Tuesday and Fairbanks June 21, while reviewing Montana and Alaska water resources.
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Alaska
Finlen
House Public Works Committee
Washington
Butte
Great Falls
Fairbanks
Army Corps of Personnel
Montana
Mayor of Bannack dies after long illness
Fee Lings 87 known as Mayor of Bannack died Sunday at Barrett Hospital after a long illness. Services by Rev Ben Sampsom Tuesday at 2 in Brundage Funeral Home burial in Mountain View Cemetery. Stallings birth date July noted. details on STALLINGS Page 6.
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Ae Basentses
Bannack
Barrett Hospital
Ben Sampsom
Brundage Funeral Home
Mountain View Cemetery
Mr. Stallings
Cause of the sea tragedy eyed in Evans Melbourne collision
Investigators held a secret session to resolve conflicting accounts of the destroyer Frank E. Evans and Australian carrier Melbourne before the Evans’ two sharp turns that split the ship and killed 74 sailors. Witnesses gave opposite positions and course figures while Navy officers face potential negligence probes.
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John Nance
Subic Bay
Philippines
U.S
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
Evans
J.g
James A. Hopson
Hopson
U.S. Navy
Ronald C. Ramsey
Ramsey
John P. Stevenson
Butte Man Dies After Auto Pedestrian Crash
Jacob Bazler 74 of 15 W Copper Street died from injuries after being struck by Raymond Parker 26 of 2218 Willow as he crossed Arizona Street near Park Thursday. Coroner Leo Jacobsen said seven head injuries and limited visibility in spring snow were factors. Autopsy to confirm exact cause.
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Jacob Bazler
Arizona and Park
Leo Jacobsen
Bazler
Raymond Parker
Willow
Arizona Street
Jacobsen
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George C. Fox
Warren
Lee
Julie Eisenhower
Tricia
White House
By John Vinocur
Ireland
Jest
Faculty
Raymond G. Hunthausen
Harrington
Rep
Wright
Pat
Maude
Rhoda Genzel
Three Forks
Montana Standard
Stallings
Kansas City
Kan
Parker
Silver Bow General Hospital
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