Reds Harass Berlin Traffic as MIGs Patrol Corridor
Soviet MIG fighters buzz West Berlin airports and shadow Western airliners in a new air and sea pressure campaign on Berlin. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard still flew to Berlin in a US Air Force plane for a cabinet meeting despite the harassment. Portions of East German airspace and canal routes were closed to Allied traffic and U.S. troops in Heidelberg.
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Berlin
API
West Berlin
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Th’ Hs
Tempelhof
Bonn
Heidelberg
West Germany
U.S. Army
East Germany
U. S
Bertin
House to Debate Medicare and Social Security Increases
The House prepares to take up a six billion dollar Medicare and Social Security package after Rules Committee action. The plan would guarantee 60 hospital days plus 20 nursing home days for all Americans over 65 with a $40 patient share, add optional doctor services, liberalize aid for the needy, and raise old age payments retroactively to payroll tax increases.
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Washington
Rules Committee
Johnson
Early Bird Rockets Into Orbit First Private Satellite
The Early Bird spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy on a three stage Delta rocket reaching a 830 to 22,950 mile yo yo orbit. It aims to become the first commercial communications satellite linking North America and Europe with private control. Ground plans include a signal to ignite a payload motor and gradual orbital nudges to final 22,300 mile high position.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Bird
Atlantic Ocean
Munications Satellite Corp
North America
Europe
Brazil
Equator
Irish election ends in calmer campaign as voters choose leader
Dublin AP reports Ireland's campaign closed with reasoned debate. Fianna Fail leader Sean Lemass, 65, seeks a third term as prime minister and an outright majority to push economic growth and unity. Opponents Fine Gael led by James Dillon and the Irish Labor party led by Brentan Corish push reforms. whether any party gains a clear majority remains uncertain.
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Dublin
Ireland
Republic
Fianna Fail
Sean Lemass
Lemass
Fine Gael Party
James Dillon
Irish Labor Party
Brentan Corish
Fine Gael
Labor
Peachy Diet Thieves Loot Truck at Butte Warehouse
Thieves cut a lock on a truck at the Butte Warehouse and Cold Storage Co. 803 South Montana and fled with four dozen cases of peaches and 15 cases of fruit pies. The gas tank was drained before they escaped, sheriff's officers said.
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Butte Warehouse and Cold Storage Co
S. Montana
Trial Set July 7 On State Remap
A federal three judge court set July 7 at 10 a.m. in Helena for the trial of Phoebe R. Herweg’s suit against the 39th Legislative Assembly and three Montana federal judges. A pre trial conference is scheduled for May 7 at 10 a.m. in Helena. Herweg seeks to have state constitutional provisions on legislative representation declared invalid under the 14th Amendment.
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Helena
Phoebe R. Herweg
Legislative Assembly
Richard H. Chambers
Pope
Murray
Jameson
Missoula
Montana
U.S
Heavy Viet Nam battle leaves US crew missing and dead
Reported clashes near Cau Mau intensify as B57 bombers strike Viet Cong positions. Six Americans were listed as dead or missing, with over sixty wounded, amid ongoing fighting around Vinh Loc and broader South Viet Nam operations.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Cau Mau
Vinh Loc
Viet Nam
Drunk Driving Test Turns Lazy Obstacle Course Evening
In Sparks Nevada a Tuesday test simulating driving after eight to twelve drinks shows 10 volunteers including Madeline Cherry and Ed Epper failing to control vehicles. Doctors log they will analyze results over several weeks and note impaired driving skills.
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Sparks
Nev
Madeline Cherry
District Judge orders Garrison phosphate plant closed as nuisance
Dist. Judge Jack L. Green ordered the Rocky Mountain Phosphate Co plant at Garrison closed until the nuisance factor is eliminated. The firm may seek a trial period to continue operation after proving cleanup. Bryce Rhodes said the plant resumed recently “with the totally changed” and that sulfur compounds and odors have been eliminated. Green said emissions offend residents and interfere with enjoyment of life and property though not health, and gave until 6 p.m. Monday to close unless improvements justify continuation.
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Garrison
Bryce Rhodes
Mountain Phosphate
Rocky 5
Rhodes
United States
Green
State Board of Health
U.S
Garri- Cention
Pope to revise laws on mixed Catholic Protestant marriages
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will issue a pontifical document amending canon law on marriages between Catholics and non Catholics. The changes aim to ease ecumenical tensions by limiting the dual pledge on raising children Catholic and reducing Catholic pressure for the partner's conversion.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Ice Jam Breakup Eases Pressure on Yellowstone River
Associated Press reports ice jams on the Yellowstone River loosened Tuesday, easing pressure on an earthen dam near Sidney and pushing high water downstream toward the Missouri. Montana and North Dakota counties faced flooding, with soil erosion expected along six southeastern Montana counties as the river carries away topsoil.
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Yellowstone
Sidney
Anoth
Montana- Dakota
North Dakota
Missouri
Montana
McKinzie County
LeRoy Latz
Williston
Richland Park
Fairview
Cornelia
Federal Soil Conservation
Floodwaters Isolate Midwest Towns
Floodwaters isolate towns in Minnesota and Iowa and force hundreds from farms and homes. Rivers rise with the Little Sioux at Cherokee at 25.6 feet, eight feet over flood stage, as Des Moines Cedar and Shell Rock waters also climb. Iowa adjutant general Junior Miller conducted aerial surveys of the Fort Cherokee Marshalltown Waterloo areas.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Coutl
Junior Miller
Adjutant General of
Fort
Cherokee
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Little x
Des Moines
Cedar
Shellrock
Butte Montana Weather Outlook Through Thursday
Mostly cloudy today through Thursday with occasional rain or snow showers. Cooler with highs around 45 today and lows near 30. In Montana east, snow showers in mountains with rain later. lows 25 to 35 Wednesday night. West Montana sees snow showers in high mountains and rain at lower elevations. highs Wednesday 40 to 50.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Montana
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Associated Press
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