July 4 events continue with parade plans and polo
The article lists July 4 activities including a patriotic parade at 10 a.m. with entries from multiple towns, a free dance at Columbia Gardens, and a July 5 children’s sports program at Clark Park. It also notes the Montana Cowboy Polo Association tournament opening July 6 at the rodeo grounds and a July 7 continuation, plus the annual Butte Rodeo July 11 to 13.
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Anaconda
Andy Kendall
Portland
Ore
Columbia Gardens
Clark Park
Montana Cowboy
Rodeo
Butte
Butte Vigilante Rodeo
Saddle Club
Postal service to become a corporation with bond financing
A commission forecasts wide modernization of the postal service through corporate status, allowing bond financing to fund capital improvements and avoiding frequent Congress approvals. It urges collective bargaining with 710,000 workers, no strikes, and arbitration for impasses, while AFL-CIO leader George Meany notes reservations about shifting cabinet status.
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Ing
Congress
Commission
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Stodden Park chosen for new municipal pool complex
Planning cites Stodden Park as the site for a long term recreation complex with a full Olympic scale pool and diving area. Bids to be invited after final designs, with construction hoped to begin in late August and completion targeted for June 1969.
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Stodden Park
Civic Center
Berkley Pit
Silver Bow Creek
Utah Ave
Corette
Vice President Defends Loyalty at Oklahoma Caucus
Humphrey told Oklahoma Democrats he aimed to be faithful and loyal vice president and urged delegates to judge by integrity. He then traveled to Des Moines to court Kennedy supporters while praising the president's withdrawal from politics for peace and warning against pandering for popularity.
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Phrey
Oklahoma
Des Moines
Robert F. Kennedy
Oklahoma City
Catfish Farming Grows Into Multimillion Dollar Business
The Interior Department reports catfish farming has transformed from a few thousand pounds in 1963 to millions of pounds annually, signaling a major shift in the poultry of fisheries. The note recalls older days of fishing with a bent pin in the local crick as context for this rise.
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Washington (Ap
Crick
Interior Department
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
French Election Focuses on Blocking Gaullist Power
French election set today as followers urged to block de Gaulle's personal power. Le Monde reports rumors of devaluation amid concerns over foreign competition inflation and franc stability. De Gaulle gave no clear plan on devaluation despite recent heavy pressure.
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de Gaulle
le Monde
Berkeley Youth Protest De Gaulle Rally Ends in Tear Gas
In Berkeley California a Youth Socialist Alliance off campus rally protesting General de Gaulle drew 1500 to 2000 people. Police used tear gas after windows were broken and four demonstrators injured lightly while officers cleared the area with a large force.
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Berkeley
Calif
Youth Socialist Alliance
William Beall
Alameda County
Che Guevara Diary Published in Cuba for Free Distribution
The diary of Ernesto Che Guevara, slain Cuban revolutionary, has been printed in Cuba and will be distributed free to all Cubans starting Monday. The edition uses photographic copies of Guevara’s hand written entries prepared during his guerrilla campaign in Bolivia.
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Havana
Ernesto Che Guevara
Cuba
National Book Institute
Guevara
Bolivia
Miami Airline Hijacked DC3 Heads to Havana Cuba
Southeast Airlines confirms George Prellezo American citizen hijacked a DC3 flight from Miami to Marathon Key West. Radio Havana reports an American passenger produced a gun and forced a course change to Jose Marti airport Havana. Pilot safe. status of hijacker and passengers unclear.
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Miami
Southeast Airlines
George Prellezo
George
Jorge
Prellezo
Radio Havana
Havana
Key West
Marathon
Cuba
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Jose Marti
FAA
Bride killed in Montana crash mourned by family ties
A bride was killed in an accident and attended Montana State University. She had worked for a Bozeman bank in recent months. Survivors include husband, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Smith of Bozeman, sisters Diane Debra and Karen also of Bozeman, brothers John K. of Fort Lewis Washington Daniel of Bozeman, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Clem Steward of New Sharon Iowa and grandmother Mrs. C. M. Smith of Oskaloosa Iowa plus several aunts uncles and cousins.
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Montana State University
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Ft. Lewis
Wash
Daniel
Clem Steward
New Sharon
Iowa
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Oskaloosa
Four Die in Wyoming Interstate I 25 Crash
Four people died in a two car collision on Interstate 25 five miles east of Glenrock Wyoming Saturday night. The deceased are V. E. Darius Casper Wyoming and Dean Edward Vogt Omaha Nebraska. Two Vogt children, Roxanne Randant 13 and Sara Vogt 3, were treated at Casper Memorial Hospital with Roxanne in serious condition.
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Wyo
Here
V. E. Darius
Casper
Dean Edward Vogt
Omaha
Neb
Cecil Stark
Converse County
Vogt
Casper Memorial Hospital
Roxanne Randant
Belleville
Ill
Sara Vogt
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