Top cowboys seek glory at Butte Vigilante rodeo
Tickets selling fast for the Butte Vigilante Rodeo and Saddle Club’s Wildest Show on Earth scheduled July 6 to 8. Ed Carter says a record crowd is likely as the best cowboys in the nation compete for 3500 dollars in prize money plus entry fees posted by the cowboys. Local notable Don Harrington notes many top rodeo names are in the lineup this year including Jim Charles Mac Dougall Lowell James Neil Love Bill Smith Dean Oliver and Shawn Davis.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Ed Carter
Saddle Club
Old Columbia Gardens
Nine-Mile
Woodville
Don Harrington
United States
Canada
Jim Charles
Oakdale
Western Governors Conference Opens in West Yellowstone
The Western Governors Conference begins in West Yellowstone as 11 of 25 Republican governors gather for four days of discussion and potential policy shaping ahead of a Republican Governors Association meeting at Grand Teton. Governor Tim Babcock of Montana seeks a low profile while welcoming 135 reporters. Gov. Ronald Reagan of California attends for fund raising but plans a brief stay. The roaming spotlight shifts to George Romney and Nelson Rockefeller as potential GOP candidates, with sessions at Jackson Lake Lodge and other venues.
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Republican Governors Association
Grand Teton National Park
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California
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Omaha
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Stone
Sacramento
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Woo
George W. Romney
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Johnson Kosygin continue talks at Glassboro today
Johnson and Kosygin resume discussions in Glassboro New Jersey aiming to limit the nuclear arms race curb Middle East danger and pursue a peace move involving Vietnam questions remain unsettled many details to be worked out by Rusk and Gromyko Kosygin invited Johnson to visit Moscow and the pair may advance a draft treaty on nuclear weapons and a halt to antiballistic missiles as a step toward a permanent Middle East settlement.
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Glassboro
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U.S
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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Moscow
Washington
Geneva
Glasshore
Israel
Glassboro summit lifts Johnson image despite open issues
Washington reports that the Glassboro talks stretched beyond expectations with President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin showing cordiality. The meeting improved Johnson's domestic political position, though substantive outcomes on the Middle East Vietnam or nonproliferation remain uncertain.
Glassboro talks boost Johnson Vow to peace and leadership
Analysis argues the Johnson Kosygin discussions at Glassboro mark a domestic political gain for Lyndon Johnson by projecting strength and peacemaking in foreign policy. The face to face, cordial exchanges contrast with prior stiffness and may ease fears over U S intentions in Vietnam and the Middle East. The outcome hinges on future rounds and global sentiment toward Soviet American relations.
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Middle East
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130-Man 173rd Airborne Ambushed in Central Highlands
U S paratroopers faced a major ambush by North Vietnamese regulars near Saigon with 76 American dead and 24 wounded from a 130 man company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Enemy dead estimated 400 to 500. Viet Cong shelled Dau Tieng air base wounding 40. Air campaigns extended over North Vietnam targeting rail yards bridges and storage.
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Thailand
Vinh
Dong Hoi
City county health board gains major union backing
Twenty unions in the Butte Building and Construction Trades Council and several service clubs and the Chamber of Commerce back a city county health board for Butte and Silver Bow County. A June 28 meeting with city and county officials, led by Dr. Thometz, will study the plan and its sanitary implications.
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Women's Protective Union
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Butte Musicians Association
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Chamber of Commerce
R. W. Thomett
Health Survey
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Exchange Clubs
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Robert Sparks
Earl Holman
Hubert Johnson
Thometz
Robert Vivian
The
Building and Construction Trades Council
Henry Mernin
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Women’s Protective Union
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