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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1966
Page
5
Voters favored a 450000 bond for a new Deer Lodge elementary school 467 to 293 with one invalid ballot. School board chairman Don F Valston said about 800 votes were needed to meet the 40 percent threshold, and a canvass will verify qualified voters and unofficial totals. The plan funds a replacement for 19th century structures.
Former British intelligence agent George Blake currently serving a 42 year sentence for spying for Russia seeks a divorce from his wife. Blake is 43 and was imprisoned in 1961. The couple married in 1954 and have three children.
Sheriff's Deputy Louie Borowczyk and John McGowan moved four medium logs from the highway near Star Lanes at Harrison end. Officers blamed pranksters saying the logs could have caused a serious accident as traffic would have increased from a nearby drive-in theater.
In Butte, George Preston, convicted in justice court of selling alcohol to a person under 21, appeals the $350 guilty verdict. He filed a $700 appeal bond after a trial without jury before Justice William Kopach at Dosen's Corner Bar, where Steve Stefanich, 18, was served beer on May 26. Deputy County Atty. F. Lee Williams defended the state with inspectors Glenn C. Allen and Pete Vucurovich present for the four-county area including Silver Bow.
John M. Carey completed a 30 day leave with his parents at 1005 Hornet and reported to Ft. Lewis Washington. He recently finished 12 months in Viet Nam with the 84th Army Engineers.
The Interior Department announced two generating units at Yellowtail Dam in Montana are undergoing tests. The first unit should be in service by July 15 with all four units online by year end, expected to produce about one billion kilowatt hours annually. Each generator has a capacity of 62 500 kilowatts.
The City of Butte collected 307 in bond forfeitures and 52 for driver education during a brief session led by Judge John Seton and Asst. City Atty. Maurice Hennesey. William Campbell appeared and was given until Friday to consult counsel before pleading to improper license plates and tabs. bond set at 110. Forfeitures listed include Gordon Helman 150 for drunken driving and Pearl Ruby Ruth Ann Brown Larry Bowser Sharie Cluste Joe Moslet 25 each for speeding and other minor traffic violations totaling 32.
Johannesburg AP reports The Sound of Music has become the longest running film at one South African movie house, having played for over a year with about four months more predicted to pass. It is poised to beat My Fair Lady which ran 58 weeks across city and suburban cinemas.
Mrs. Robert Hamilton leads artistic design and flower arranging at the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs convention. The event includes world gardening talks by Mrs. Gene Daly and flower show practice under Mrs. Chayka. A luncheon honors district directors and new clubs. State official remarks urge efficient water use and upstream storage proposals to benefit irrigation and municipalities.
Local headlines from Butte Anaconda highlight community updates and event notices as of Wednesday June 22 1966. Readers see brief items across civic, social, and business life with concise notes on upcoming activities and public matters.
Pfc. George C. Jones son of Ralph R. Jones of Melrose has been assigned to service in Viet Nam as a mechanic with the 701st Maintenance Battalion First Infantry Division. He completed basic training at Fort Ord California. his mother is Mrs Ada M Ingram of Dillon.
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