Two Cuban Athletes Defect at Central Games
Two Cuban swimmers defected from the Cuban athletic delegation at the 10th Central American and Caribbean Games in San Juan Puerto Rico and sought asylum in the United States. Francisco Marti Gonzalez, 20, said he walked out a gate at the Olympic Village and was approached by officials.
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San Juan
P.R
United States
Francisco Marti Gonzalez
Olympic Village
U.S
Juan Pablo Vega Romero
Jamaica
Cuba
San Juan Harbor
Jose Llanuza
Marti
Puerto Rican Olympic
Llanuza
Immigration Service Office
Tragic Kalispell Tire Blast Claims 18 Year Old
In Kalispell Montana on June 10 Richard A. DiMeo, 18, died when a tractor tire he was inflating burst and hurled him against the shop ceiling. Present were Goodyear representatives Daniel Harding and Doug Brown as authorities awaited removal of a flat tire from a dual unit. DiMeo, born July 28 1917 in Anaconda, was from a ranching family and previously ran a dairy and worked at several local jobs. He leaves a widow Bernice, a son Clifford Jr., and multiple relatives.
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Montana
Richard A. DiMeo
Kalispell
Galle
Daniel Darrell Harding
Sampson
Doug Brown
W. Gold
Goodyear Tire Co
Smith
Anaconda
Frances Galle
Valentine Galle Sr
Lost Creek
City Dairy
Clover Leaf Creamery
City Transfer
Bernice
Clifford N. Jr
James Roe
Butte
Alvin Holland
Jerry Rodgers Sr
Oceanside
Calif
Tena LeRay Gallo
Billie
Bobbie MacEacheron
Hugo
Hubert
Salem
Ore
Francis Landreville
Finnegan Co
The fish that never was undercuts giant trout tale
Reports of a giant rainbow trout lured from Hap Hawkins Lake by a Butte angler on Sunday proved unfounded. A 38 pound salmon caught in Idaho’s Salmon River by a fisherman named Blankenship had been shown locally, fueling the rumor. An investigation Monday found no proof of the extraordinary catch.
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Dillon
Hawkins Lake
Idaho
Blankenship
State to order one million Montana road maps for 1967
Montana highway officials approved a plan to publish one million road maps for 1967. New inserts will show inset maps of Great Falls Billings Butte Missoula and Helena and list Montana radio stations call letters and frequencies.
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Helena
Montana
Orvin B. Flare
Great Falls
Billings
Butte
Missoula
Montana Broadcasters Association
Firefighters Aid in Resuscitation and Car Fire Call
Firemen responded to a resuscitation call at 1306 East Second Street aiding John Cunningham and transported him to Silver Bow General Hospital. They also tackled a car fire at 13 percent West Park caused by a cigarette lighter short circuit with no damage reported.
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John Cunningham
Silver Bow General Hospital
Tehy
W. Park
Meat theft at suburban home on vacation
Mrs. Dan Bosch reported to the sheriff that while she and her family were away meat was taken from a freezer at 277 Harvard Street. Plants were uprooted and damaged in the break in Tuesday.
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Dan Bosch
Harvard
Robbery Report At Montana Hotel In Anaconda
A man told Butte police that two young men robbed him Monday night on West Mercury. They took $15 in cash, a wallet and keys after the incident at the Montana Hotel, Anaconda.
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William Olin
Montana
Anaconda
Butte
West Mercury
Taken
Tires Stolen From John J Harringtons Car in Front of Home
John J Harrington of 1750 B Street reported a theft in front of his residence. An unknown suspect jacked up the car and removed two tires and hub caps.
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John J. Harrington
Chimps Begin Nature Return on Rubondo Island
Ten chimpanzees born and raised in European zoos arrive on Rubondo Island in Lake Victoria for a back to nature experiment led by German zookeeper Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. The group includes three males and seven females, facing a wild, resource-scarce environment after top human provisioning.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Rubondo
Lake Victoria
Bernhard Grzimeck
Seamen Strike Leader Denies Communist Pressure
William Hogarth, head of the National Union of Seamen, denies political coercion behind Britain's 37 day walkout. He says none of the 48 member NUS executive nor most branches are Communist or Trotskyist. The strike blocks about 800 ships and 62,500 union members, with a Thursday vote to decide on continuing the stoppage.
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London
UPI
William Hogarth
National Union of Seamen
NUS
Hogarth
Harold Wilson
Communist Party
Wilson
Edward Heath
Britains
King confronts hostile crowd during Mississippi march
Dr Martin Luther King faced jeering whites as Negroes marched to the Neshoba County Courthouse in Philadelphia Mississippi. Stones, blows and vandalism followed while King urged federal protection and pledged to return. The Mississippi march also memorialized slain activists Goodman Chaney and Schwerner.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Martin Luther King
Neshoba County
King
Luther
Christian Leadership Conference
Phladelphia
Yazoo City
Gunman shoots at Australian antiwar leader Calwell
A 19 year old factory hand fired at opposition Labor leader Arthur Calwell outside Mosman Town Hall in Sydney as he left an anti Viet Nam rally. Calwell suffered facial cuts from glass but was not hit by a bullet and remained in satisfactory condition at Royal North Shore Hospital. Police charged the shooter.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Labor Party
Arthur Calwell
Calwell
Royal North Shore Hospital
Mosman Town Hall
Viet Nam
Clarence Woody Dies in Virginia City Trailer Court
Madison County sheriff’s officers seek Woody’s relatives after the man was found dead in his trailer from a heart attack. He was in his late 50s, about 6 ft 2 in, 180 to 190 lb, with ties to Wallace Idaho Thompson Falls and Philipsburg. Services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Raper Funeral Home Virginia City. Burial in Virginia City Cemetery.
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Virgina City
Clarence Woody
Virginia City
Madison County
Guy Hulse
Woody
Wallace
Idaho
Thompson Falls
Philipsburg
St. Laurence
Hulse
Raper Funeral Home
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Arctic Motors and Service, Inc
Harrison
Enterprise
Golden Gate Bridge
Alameda Naval Air Station
Mississippi
Mt. Nemo Baptist Church
James Chaney
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
Abc-Tv
George Romilly
Romilly
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Goodman
Chaney
Schwerner
Cecil Price
Abernathy
Price
India
SAUNA
Galena
Dakota
Valley View
Belever Realtors
Lennox Heating Systems
Empire Wall
W. Broadway
USS
Produced
United States Steel Corp
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