Butte Hub for I 15 and 90 Secured in Routing Shift
Montana lawmakers hailed Butte as the future west hub of Interstate 15 and 90 after the Bureau of Public Roads withdrew a request for study of the Whitetail east routing of IL 15 out of Butte. Official Fred Quinnell Jr. said Elk Park and Nez Perce options remain under review with Elk Park favored, paving the way to contract work near Columbia Gardens and a continued Butte–Helena corridor. Rep. Arnold Olsen reported the bureau’s withdrawal to The Montana Standard.
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Arnold Olsen
D-Mont
Montana Standard
Washington, D.C
Bureau of Public Roads
East
Homestake Pass
Whitehall
Olsen
BPR
Boulder
Elk Park
Montana
Monida
Salt Lake City
Dillon
Helena
Great Falls
Shelby
Fred Quinnell Jr
Whitetail
Nez Perce
EPR
Columbia Gardens
Quinnell
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Highway Department
Silver Bow General Hospital
Compromise Reached On Public School Funds In Montana
Montana’s 37th Legislature ended a long, partisan session with a last hour compromise on four school funding bills. Senate President Tim M. Babcock and House Speaker Clyde Hawks signed final bills in open session as mediation teams helped end the deadlock.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
Republican House
House
Donald G. Nutter
Tim M. Babcock
Billings
Bids Likely Within Month On Buttes New Air Terminal
FAA district engineer Wes Pearson said bids for the Butte airport terminal project could be called within a month. The $264,000 wood frame terminal includes cedar shingles, two dining rooms, a coffee shop, ticketing, offices, and FAA observation platforms. The plan, drawn by Norman Hamill and Associates, advances with the Silver Bow County Airport Commission and local commissioners aiming to boost Butte’s economy.
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Buttes Air
Butte
Wes Pearson
Federal Aviation Agency
Helena
Pearson
FAA
Norman Hamill
Silver Bow County
Board of County Commissioners
Airport Commission
Montana weather outlook for Friday to Saturday
Weather bulletin notes east Montana: cloudy with scattered showers or snow showers in mountains Friday and Saturday. West Montana: cloudy with scattered showers or snow showers. Friday cooler in both regions with minimal changes Saturday. Highs 45 to 55 east, 35 to 45 west. lows Friday night 20 to 32 east, 15 to 25 west.
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Montana
Legislature Did Much Work, Corette Asserts at Rotary
Butte attorney Robert D. Corette told a Butte Rotary Club luncheon the 37th legislative session was worthwhile, citing passage of the Co op tax bill and amendments to Unemployment and Workmen's Compensation acts and ongoing discussions on education. He noted the legislature may adjourn soon and compared local unemployment with other cities, listing figures for Billings Great Falls Butte Kalispell for 1961 and 1960.
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Robert D. Corette
Butte
Billings
Great Falls
Kalispell
Griffith
Minimum Wage Bill Gains Approval Of House Committee
The House Labor Committee approved a Kennedy tailored minimum wage bill. It calls for a two-step 25-cent rise from 1.00 to 1.15 in four months and to 1.25 two years later, extending coverage to 4.311 million more workers. Only about 24 million of 70 million workers are currently covered. The next Congress could rescind the final 10-cent increase.
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Washington
Kennedy
House Labor Committee
Kennedy Proposes $3.25 Billion Push to Boost Housing
President Kennedy unveils a 10 point plan to lift lagging housing with an extra 2.5 billion for city blight grants and loans and a program to build 100000 more public housing units. He requests cabinet status for the housing agency and notes a test of 40 year no down payment mortgages for low cost dwellings.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Robert C. Weaver
U.S
Capitol Hill
Senate
Seventy-One Miners Die in Japanese Coal Mine Fire
In Fukuoka prefecture Kamikiyo coal mine fire traps 71 workers while 20 escapees recount the disaster. Police cite an overheated air compressor as the blaze cause, marking postwar Japan's worst mining tragedy.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Kamikiyo
Butte Brass Stockholders Reelect All Directors
Butte Brass and Controls Co. reelects all board members at its annual stockholders meeting in the Finlen Hotel. Tim J. Sullivan reports 326 923 shares voted, sales last year 241 353.85, inventory grew from 89 416.27 to 199 329.18, with plans to add at least 100 000 more inventory to double business this fall. Manufacturing remains in Butte with contracts with 12 agents nationwide and shipments growing to New England and beyond.
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Tim J. Sullivan
Butte
Sullivan
Finlen Hotel
I. H. Bolitho
John J. Burke
John H. Cole
Robert D. Corette
John T. Downey
William J. Egan
E. P. Frizelle
Daniel J. Mooney
Thomas F. Mooney
Skyles E. Runser
E. T. Sletten
L. F. Smith
New England
Montana
Soviets Fly Space Ship With Dog Circle Earth
Moscow reports a five ton Soviet space ship carrying the female dog Chernushka circled the earth and landed safely. Tass says the mission followed a calculated orbit 154.5 miles high and 113.4 miles low with no ill effects on the animal, joining Strelka and Belka as pioneering space travelers. NASA officials note it moves closer to manned orbital flight despite a few more animal missions being needed.
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Soviet Union
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Chernushka
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Belka
Soviet Academy of Science
Ezras Asratyan
Anaconda Butte And Central Win In state basketball
Anaconda defeated Great Falls 61-50 to reach the state Class AA semifinals in Missoula. Missoula beat Bozeman 69-53 for a semifinal berth. Butte Public beat Kalispell 72-34 and Butte Central edged Helena 51-46 in the consolation round, eliminating Kalispell and Helena.
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Anaconda
Great Falls
Missoula
Bozeman
Butte Public
Kalispell
Butte Central
Helena
Anaconda- Park
Livingston
City faces scrutiny over illegal levies and salaries
State Examiner Basil Kennedy and Mayor Vern Griffith fault Butte finances as improper and "illegal" though city officials defend bonuses and past practices. The report cites illegal 3 mill levies for lighting and hydrants and a 1.7 mill excess for health and sanitation, plus disputed extra salary for City Treasurer and Police Judge.
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Butte
Basil H. Kennedy
Vern Griffith
Kennedy
Albert E. Leuthold
Leuthold
Griffith
Louise Holland
John Seton
A. B. Delaney
W. W. Lessley
Bozeman
Feton
Seton
Donald G. Nutter
Missoula
Patrick Keaney Anaconda Man Dies of Exposure
Patrick D Keaney 64 of Durston block Anaconda was found dead with fatigue and exposure as likely causes. He had been ill at St Ann Hospital but released Monday. Neighbors reported seeing him up the gulch earlier and a rescue search recovered the body about 1.5 miles from the gulch mouth. He was born in Ireland and worked for the BA&P Railway before retiring in 1956. The body rests at Finnegan Co Funeral Home.
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Patrick D. Keaney
Durston Block
Keaney
St. Ann Hospital
Henry Walsh
Henry Morris
County Road Department
Releigh Smith
Charles McEwan
Ron Eccleston
County Galway
Ireland
Anaconda
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
St. Paul Church
Anne O'Dea
Mary Black
Los Angeles
Calif
James O'Dea
Ann O'Dea
Bridgeport
Wash
Margaret Ball
Chicago
Finnegan Co
Marri Man Calls Newspapers Key in Kennedy Era
W Averell Harriman told a Rome press conference that newspapers are more important than ever in the United States. He said President Kennedy reads the papers and humorously noted occasions when he himself had not done so.
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Rome
W. Averell Marriman
Kennedy
United States
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