Mississippi twisters kill 42 in Jackson area
Tornadoes ripped central Mississippi at dusk killing 42 people. About half died in Jackson and others across Rankin and Scott Counties. Candlestick Park shopping center was leveled, with extensive damage to nearby plants and roads into the city. Authorities described chaotic rescue work and widespread destruction.
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Jackson
Miss
Highway Patrol
Mississippi
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Candlestick Park
Rankin County
Forkville
Ludlow
Lillian
Scott County
Cles
Capital City
Choked Road
Knox Glass Works
Continental Can
dam _ son Tile Co
Candlestick
Park Shopping
Unprecedented switch as Guinea names Nkrumah president
Kwame Nkrumah, ousted Ghana leader, named president of Guinea after Sekou Touré steps down. Diplomat Abdoulaye announced in Addis Ababa that Nkrumah would qua federal head of both nations, prompting mixed Western reactions and questions of constitutional authority.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
UPI
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Guinea
Sekou Toure
Nkrumah
Diallo Abdoulaye
U.S
Conakry
Toure
Peking
Africa
Moscow
Abdoulaye
Johnson signs cold war GI bill of rights
President Johnson signed the cold war GI bill of rights granting education housing and medical benefits to millions of veterans. He warned the cost would exceed his budget plans by 245 million for next year and 1.8 billion over five years but argued the measure serves education and honors five million beneficiaries. The act covers veterans after January 31 1955 with college benefits 100 dollars a month for up to 36 months home loan guarantees up to 7500 and VA direct loans at 17500 plus veterans hospital care and federal employment preference.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Forest Service and BLM swap land in Montana region
A 66 440 acre exchange approved between the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service moves 38 400 acres west of Missoula and around Butte to the Forest Service while BLM gains about 28 000 acres in the Little Rockies of the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Townsite layouts will let residents obtain titles as recreation use expands with Azure Cave Camp Creek and Montana Gulch development.
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Little Rockies
Azure Cave
Camp Creek
Montana Gulch
Whitehall to Lose 2 of 3 Physicians
Whitehall, a town of about 1000, will soon be without two of its three resident doctors. Dr. L. I. Klatt and Dr. J. E. Lund will relocate to Tulelake, California in April to establish a medical clinic, leaving Dr. Robert Hill as the sole physician remaining.
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Whitehall
L. I. Klatt
J. E. Lund
Tulelake
Calif
Robert Hill
Student burns draft card at Montana campus gathering
MISSOULA AP A University of Montana student allegedly burned a draft card in a campus meeting attended by about 200 people. William Arensmeyer of Anaconda, identified as a student and Young Peoples Socialist League leader, claimed the card was his and offered little comment as FBI investigated.
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Ensmeyer
University of Montana
FBI
Montana Kaimin
Arensmeyer
Young Peoples Socialist League
Fulton Lewis III
Lewis
Kaimin
Arens
Jury weighs fates in Mossler murder case in Miami
The Miami jury enters deliberations on the Candace Mossler and Melvin Powers murder trial after three days of closing arguments. Judge Schulz instructs the 12 jurors to consider murder or manslaughter verdicts with options for first to third degree, or innocence.
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Ben Funk
Miami
Fla
Candace Mossler
Melvin Lane Powers
Jacques Mossler
George Schulz
Schulz
Percy Foreman
Powers
Foreman
Richard Gerstein
Gerstein
Florida
Messler
Actor Bill Frawley Dies in Hollywood
Noted actor Bill Frawley passed away in Hollywood at an unspecified age. Friends and colleagues recall his lengthy career spanning stage screen and television. פאר
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Bill Frawley
Hollywood
Blizzard Strands Eastern Montana Ranches and Schools
A March blizzard hordes across eastern Montana and the Dakotas leaving rural residents and livestock blocked by 46 foot snow drifts. Emergency travel only advised and chains required on key routes as winds up to 45 mph create heavy drifts. Red Lodge reports 31 inches with six foot drifts, while Grass Range and nearby towns suspend classes and many areas order no travel.
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Montana
Dakotas
Montana Highway Department
Miles City
U.S. 212
Home Creek
Lame Deer
Glendive
Baker
Ekalaka
North Dakota
Highway Patrol
Lee Hoyer
Lewistown
Alaska Beach
Snowy Mountains
Hoyer
Grass Range
Moore
Brooks
Maiden
Hobson
William Graber
Red Lodge
Seven Klansmen indicted for contempt of Congress
Seven Ku Klux Klan officers including Robert M. Shelton imperial wizard of the United Klans of America were indicted on contempt charges for failing to submit records subpoenaed by the House Un American Activities Committee. They will be arraigned March 11 in U.S. District Court, facing up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine per count.
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Washington
Congress
House
Robert M. Shelton
Imperial Wizard
The
United Klans of America
U.S
House Committee On UN- American Activites
Justice Department
Federal Grand Jury
McNamara Warns of 50 Percent Viet Nam Troop Rise
Secretary McNamara told the Senate committee that the Communists may increase their fighting forces in South Vietnam by about 50 percent this year. He warned further American troop deployments could rise, and cautioned against arbitrary limits that might hinder negotiations. He testified behind closed doors after a four hour, twenty minute session.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
U.S
McNamara
Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Nam
Hind
Senate
Dean Rusk
Maxwell D. Taylor
Weather notes for Butte-Anaconda region
Partly cloudy and warmer today and Saturday. High about 20 with a low near 0 tonight. A year ago the readings were 45 and 9. Montana weather page 9.
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Butte - Anaconda
Montana
Crash survivor off critical list
Robert E. Rowley a 49 year old Butte miner injured in a truck car crash that killed his wife Kathaleen 42 and son Hugh C 22 near Livingston on Interstate 90 was taken off the critical list Thursday He is treated for a broken ankle and head injuries while authorities feared for his life the day before The Rowleys moved to Butte from 300 Colorado about three years ago and survivors include a son Allen and daughter Mrs Rolf Andersen of the Salt Lake City area
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Robert E. Rowley
Butte
Livingston
Rowley
St. Vincent Hospital
Billings
Kathaleen
Hugh C
Interstate 90
Franzen Mortuary
Utah
Poem Controversy at Montana Sparks Funding Fears
Governor Babcock warns that the obscenity incident at the University of Montana could influence legislators when appropriations are debated. The Kaimin editorials and letters protested the poem Giving Thanks 65, which faced publication rejection from campus boards and a university printer.
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Babcock
U of M’s
Kaimin
Student Publications Board
Garret
Associated Press
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State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Organization For African Unity
OAU
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Sidetracks Butte High
Anaconda High Copperheads
Butte Club
Dave Neilsen
Bill LeSage
John Cheek
Butte Central
Anaconda Central Saints
Bozeman
Deer Lodge
Hamilton
Beaverhead
Dillon
LBJ
Forest Service
BLM
Union
Powell County
Red Lodge Mountain
Mike Martin
Albert Brown
Billings Street
Mac
Walter R. Mears
Betty Babcock
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