Billings Missoula in Title Game 7 Deputies Led To Woman's Grave
In Thompson Falls Montana deputies traced a tip to a snow buried grave where Emilie Mercier was found. Bob Lee Mercier, former husband, is charged with first degree murder in Washington state. The search followed a weeks long disappearance of the 42 year old mother of six.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
Emilie Mercier
Sanders County Sheriff's
Highway 28
Montana
Wally Britton
Frank Goettleib
Hot Springs
Britton
Bob Lee Mercier
Olympia
Wash
Yelm
Mercier
FBI
Central Anaconda Play In Consolation Today
Billings and Missoula fought through 6 500 spectators to reach the consolation semifinals of the 1960 germ AA prep school basketball tournament. The night’s schedule lists Kalispell vs Livingston and Central vs Anaconda at 9 30 and 11. The article notes high school bands and spirited crowds with standout performances by Billings Broncs led by Noening and Sarisky among others.
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Billings
Missoula
Civic Center
Germ AA
Livingston
Anaconda
Kalispell
Central
Butte
Billings Broncs
Jim Noening
Russ Powers
Ike May Visit State in June
Gov. J. Hugo Aronson said there is a good possibility President Eisenhower will be the principal speaker at the 1960 Governors Conference in Glacier National Park this June. The meeting, on the eve of presidential nominations, will set the stage for pre convention political maneuvering among governors.
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Helena
Mont
J. Hugo Aronson
Eisenhower
Glacier National Park
Downey seeks eighth term as Butte Second District judge
T. E. Downey veteran Butte jurist filed Friday at Helena to seek an eighth consecutive four year term on the Second Judicial District bench co extents with Silver Bow County. Downey has served as county attorney and judge and is connected with the American Legion and St Joseph Parish.
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T. E. Downey
Butte
Helena
Butte Central High School
Notre Dame University
Army
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Casey
Puget Sound
American Legion
St. Joseph Parish
Downey
Minnie Seybold
Colorado
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Agadir Quake Death Toll May Reach 12000
Crown Prince Moulay Hassan said as many as 12000 people may have perished after the Agadir earthquakes and tidal wave. Rescue workers withdrew with 4000 known dead and 6000 believed dead, citing the risk of pestilence. Only one survivor was saved as rescue labeled efforts near collapse.
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Agadir
Morocco
Moulay Hassan
Atlantic Coast
Unions and Butte Dealers Reach Wage and Benefit Pact
Federal mediator Bod McClelland announced tentative contracts between retail meat dealers and Butte Meat Cutters Local 333 and Retail Clerks Local 4 plus retail grocery dealers. The pacts include wage merced vacation health and hospital clauses and other benefits. Victor Chemical Works employees in Butte Local 103 will vote Sunday in Carpenters Hall on the company union agreement.
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Bod McClelland
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Great Falls
Butte Meat Cutters
Butte
McClelland
Victor Chemical Works
Butte Laborers Local 103
Carpenters Hall
Judge Stewart Files for Nonpartisan Renomination
Judge Sid G. Stewart of Anaconda filed for nonpartisan renomination to Montana’s 3rd Judicial District. Elected in 1956, the bench serves Deer Lodge Powell and Granite counties. Stewart is the sixth judge to file for renomination with Secretary of State Frank Murray.
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Helena
Sid G. Stewart
Anaconda
Montana
Deer Lodge
Powell
Granite
Stewart
Frank Murray
Met Baritone Leonard Warren Dies On Stage
Leonard Warren a leading Metropolitan Opera baritone collapsed and died on stage during Verdi's La Forza del Destino at the Met in New York He was 49 and the curtain was rung down with Rudolf Bing announcing the death. The audience was stunned as Warren sang the line O fatal pages ruling my destiny.
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New York
Leonard Warren
Metropolitan Opera
Warren
Don Carlo
Rudolf Bing
Met
Three Youths Fined for Parking Meter Damage
Three youths from Anaconda faced penalties in police court after damage to city parking meters. Don Tideman 22 Opp 19 and Lee Allen Robinson were fined 300 dollars each with 90 day jail terms, suspended on payment of fines. Opp and Robinson pleaded guilty while Tideman was convicted after trial.
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Don Tideman
Ee Opp
Lee Allen Robinson
Sen
Postmasters Son Dies in Dillon
Harry Andrus Jr., son of Dillon postmaster, died at Barrett Hospital after months of illness. He was 18 and from a prominent Beaverhead County family. Born September 27, 1941, in Dillon, he attended local schools and earned football letters, played basketball, and ski team member at Beaverhead County High School. Death attributed to aplastic anemia after study at Montana State College and Western Montana College of Education.
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Dillon
Harry Andrus Jr
Barrett Hospital
Beaverhead County
Montana State College
Bozeman
Western Montana College of Education
Missoula
Salt Lake City
Beaverhead County High School
Fire explodes at Havana harbor killing up to 100
A French freighter carrying munitions to Fidel Castros Cuban army blew up beside a Havana harbor pier. Officials say 75 to 100 were killed and about 200 injured aboard the ship and ashore. The blast damaged the ship and nearby warehouses, with authorities suspecting sabotage and plane raids as possible causes.
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Havana
Belgium
Fidel Castro
Castro
Butte Crowned Class AA Queen at State Basketball Tournament
Marilyn Mack junior from Girls Central High School was named tournament queen at a dance in Boys Central High School auditorium. About 2,000 out of town students attended the event, with each penny vote supporting charity. Ten contestants competed including Nancy Engelbach of Kalispell.
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Butte
Marilyn Mack
Girls Central High School
John Mack
Argyle
Boys Central High School
Nancy Engelbach
Kalispell
Deaths in Storm Near 120 Across 23 States
The northeast faced a record March storm with savage winds and drifting snow paralyzing New England. The death toll neared 120 across 23 states led by New York with 16 and Pennsylvania with 15 as 23 inches of snow set a new city record in New Bedford.
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New England
Colorado
Connecticut
Texas
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Weather Bureau
Boston
New Bedford
Montana Weather Summary for Saturday and Sunday
Montana east region shows partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered snow in the western mountains and light snow flurries in the south. Highs 10 to 25 Saturday, 15 to 30 Sunday. lows from 5 below to 15 above. Montana west sees considerable cloudiness with scattered snow and warmer north, highs 25 to 35 both days, lows 10 to 20 Saturday night.
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Montana
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