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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
2
An Associated Press survey shows growing Senate support for curbing filibuster talk on civil rights. Yet a two thirds vote to limit debate still faces stiff resistance, reversing a year of unsuccessful attempts to passage. The 1962 May 9 vote highlighted a Southern filibuster threat.
The article details President Kennedy pushing literacy tests as a voting qualification and outlines Senate positions on cloture for civil rights legislation. It lists ten senators who may back cloture, eight who might, five who likely oppose, and ten undecided, with party affiliations and states for each. If all attend, supporters would need 67 votes to limit debate.
Four armed militants raided the home of U.S. Embassy Counselor Edward T. Long in Caracas tying up Long's wife and a maid. Slogans were spray painted on walls and no injuries were reported. The attack followed a declared retaliation campaign by the FALN and an assassination attempt on President Betancourt.
Washington United States labor secretary Wirtz led talks Sunday with railway management and five union groups as a strike deadline nears with Kennedy pressing Congress to act if talks fail. Sessions aimed at a final effort to avert a nationwide rail walkout tied to work rule disputes over featherbedding and job losses.
The Berkeley Pit operates electric shovels with 6-yard buckets and diesel shovels with 3-yard capacities. A large 15-yard shovel has been in operation since 1961.
Gov. George Wallace reverses plan to withdraw all Alabama state troopers from Tuscaloosa leaving about 100 highway patrolmen to help prevent disorder at the University of Alabama as two Negro students enrolled last Tuesday. Col. Al Lingo said he received orders to retain the force after Wallace had indicated he would withdraw the 800-man contingent. It remained unclear whether Kennedy’s telegram linking local authority to campus safety affected Wallace’s decision.
President Antonio Segni said by Monday he will know if premier designate Aldo Moro can form a new center left government to end Italy's drawn out crisis. If Moro fails, Italy may still lack stable government by President Kennedy's June 30 visit.
Moise Tshombe president of Katanga Congo was escorted to a Paris hospital for a stomach intestinal disorder. He arrived Saturday from Southern Rhodesia but French officials barred him from leaving Orly airfield due to lack of passport.
Montana's population reached 676,767 according to the 1960 census, reflecting state growth and demographic changes during the period.
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigns for personal reasons, ending his 15 year leadership. The cabinet says the move is not tied to any state issue, with no official explanation given. Levi Eshkol and Moshe Dayan, along with Shimon Peres, emerge as potential successors within the Mapai party.
Virginia City AP report says Robert Fehlberg a Billings architect was reelected president of the Montana Institute of the Arts at its 15th annual state festival. About 150 attendees saw 300 exhibition entries from NIA members. Branson Stevenson of Great Falls named artist of the year.
The Montana seal depicts mining equipment a gold pan a plow and a river with mountains in the background. The motto Oro y Plata translates to gold and silver.
A Nickel Plate freight train struck a southbound 1961 convertible at a Geneva crossing killing six Youngstown women. The victims were Sylvia Sanker Jennie Amgelo Darlene Muzenic Barbara Cowan Sandra Vansack and Juliane Palko all 18 to 21. The train remained on track with no injuries aboard.
Vatican officials say a new electric light signaling system will accompany the traditional black and white smoke signals to announce a new Pope. The system will link the Sistine Chapel to Vatican Radio for instant worldwide updates during the conclave, which may involve up to 80 of the 82 cardinals.
Oxford University students elected Paul Layland debating society president and dunked him into the River Cherwell to celebrate. Layland, 23, could not swim and drowned after being pulled to the bank. Friends note he cooperated and removed some clothing before the dunking.
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