Southerners Win First Civil Rights Skirmish
In Washington the Senate began a heated fight over the civil rights bill with Southern opponents using delaying tactics. Senator Richard B. Russell led the tactic to fill the morning hour with journal readings to stall? the measure’s introduction. The procedural win foreshadows a prolonged battle as debates shift to later sessions.
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Washington
Senate
Sena
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Mansfield
Butte Man Hurt In Car Hits Hydrant And Pole
James J. Murphy about 25 was hospitalized after his car struck a fire hydrant and a steel utility pole at Front and Montana around 1 a.m. The crash knocked out street lights, sprayed water, and left crews from Butte Water Co. and Montana Power replacing the hydrant and pole. Police officers Del LaBreche John Gasper Maurice Mulcahy and Harold Fleming investigated.
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Butte
James J. Murphy
Front
Montana
St. James Community Hospital
Butte Water Co
Montana Power
del LaBreche
John Gasper
Maurice Mulcahy
Harold Fleming
Opening Session Draws 100 at Mental Health Workshop
More than a hundred clergy and professionals attend a dinner meeting of the Clergy Workshop Saw Health at the Finlen hotel. Minnie Waterman of Salem and Norman M. Janzer of Portland discuss child development and parent attitudes in character formation and trust building.
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Minnie Waterman
Salem
Ore
Norman M. Janzer
Portland
Finlenotel
Clared
Jack Holmes Expected to Run for Montana Auditor
Helena AP report says Jack Holmes of the Montana Rail Road and Public Service Commission plans to seek the state auditor post, a job once held by his father. The Independent Record cites a former senator who spoke on background and notes Holmes could not be reached for comment.
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Helena
Jack Holmes
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Helena Independent Record
Holmes
Montana
Independent Record
John J. Holmes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Holmes
Butte
Fire damages Butte business at Chicago Furniture and Mattress
A Monday fire of undetermined origin caused extensive interior damage to the Chicago Furniture and Mattress Co. at 300 N. Main. About 25 firefighters worked from 6 50 to 9 10 p m to control the blaze. Firemen noted flames broke into the building multiple times and owner Vincent Micone Jr said the fire likely started in a basement furnace room and spread through walls of the two story concrete brick storage building. Micone aided by bystanders removed several items before the fire was contained.
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Chicago Furniture and Mattress Co
N. Main
Vincent Micone Jr
W. Mercury
Micone
Meeting Resolves BAP Grievance on Railroad Operations
The Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railroad halted operations from 5:30 a.m. after Anaconda yard switchmen failed to report. A management union meeting Monday morning settled the grievances over railroad operations concerning concentrates and ore movement between Butte and Anaconda.
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Butte, Anaconda
Rockefeller Attacks Rivals As N H Primary Nears
Gov Nelson Rockefeller targets Sen Barry Goldwater and Henry Cabot Lodge as New Hampshire votes approach in a tight GOP presidential primary. He says Lodge write-ins signal Viet Nam support and Goldwater takes extreme positions harming his chances. Goldwater contests with five rivals for delegates and expects strong California momentum.
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Concord
N.H
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Hampshire
New York
Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Goldwater
Dixville Notch
Rockefeller
South
Viet Nam
Johnson
New England
Vicious Fighting Rages in Cyprus Paphos Battles Intensify
In Cyprus fierce, close combat erupts in Paphos as Greek and Turkish Cypriots clash house to house. British officials report an uneasy peace, fear resumption at daylight, while Turkey warns of intervention and Greece vows retaliation amid heavy casualties.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
Paphos
Kuma
Turkey
Greece
Psychologist Links Ruby Rage to Possible Brain Damage
Yale psychologist Dr. Roy Schafer testified for the defense that Jack Ruby likely was in a blacked out rage when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald. He said Ruby may have organic brain damage and psychomotor epilepsy, supporting the temporary insanity defense in the Dallas trial.
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Dallas
Yale
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Roy Schafer
Kennedy
Schafer
Ruby
Weather Outlook for Butte Anaconda Region
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a few snow flurries on Wednesday. East of the divide expect partly cloudy through Tuesday night and a mostly cloudy west with occasional snow in the mountains and scattered snow at lower elevations Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures range from highs in the 28s to 30s and lows from single digits to mid 20s across zones.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
the Divide
Three Killed in Wreck South of Conrad on Icy Montana Highway
Three people from eastern Montana died in an icy crash 16 miles south of Conrad on U.S. 91 in Teton County near the Pondera County line. A Havre man died in a separate run‑away car incident. The year’s death toll rose to 48 for the first 70 days.
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Montana
Governors Traffic Safety Committee
Havre
Conrad
U.S. Highway 91
Teton County
Pondera County
Leo F. Kimmett
Great Falls
Herman Beauchman
Williston
N.D
Beauchman
William Spitzer
Wolf Point
Spitzer
Kimmett
Better coordination urged for courses of A system
Meeting of Butte residents urged improved integration of freshman and sophomore courses across Montana University units to ease transfer from Montana School of Mines. Alumni leaders argued two-year programs should align statewide to save costs and ensure smooth junior-year transfers, with further meetings planned.
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University of Montana
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Montana State University
A. C. Bigley Jr
MSM Alumni Association
Man Pleads Guilty to Arson in Butte Case
An itinerant man identified as Joe Miller, 38, pleaded guilty to fourth degree arson and received a 90 day sentence on condition he leave Butte within 24 hours. He was caught trying to warm his hands at Shiner's Warehouse, 911% E. Second, by police after a fire was extinguished.
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Butte
Joe Miller
Miller
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Winston
Utah
Thomas F. Joyce
Shiner
John
Rotering files for district judge post in Butte
Butte attorney N A Rotering filed Monday in Helena as a candidate on the non partisan judicial ticket for judge of Dept No 2 in the Second Judicial District Silver Bow County. Rotering seeks the seat now held by retiring Judge T E Downey. Also filing for the post is fellow Butte attorney David L Holland. Rotering, 51, lifelong Butte resident, educated at Montana State University and Georgetown, has served as county attorney and deputy under two admins, with Navy service 1942 45. He is married to Dorothy Binder with two children and resides at 2539 Harrison.
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N. A. Rotering
Butte
Helena
Dept. No. 2
Silver Bow County
Rotering
T. E. Downey
David L. Holland
Montana State University
Missoula
University of Georgetown
Washington
D. C
Montana
Forrest H. Anderson
Anna E. Harrington
Dorothy Binder
Nick
Montana School of Mines
Diane
Harrison
Plane crashes into Chicago home killing co pilot
A chartered twin engine DC3 slammed into a Hoffman Estates home near O Hare while 28 skiers rode home from Michigan. Co pilot Danny Jordan, 22, Gary Indiana, managed to switch off ignitions and died. pilot Virgil Pronovost, 39, Alsip Illinois, was trapped in the cockpit for two hours.
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John I. Pelletreau
Chicago
UPI
O’hare International
Hoffman Estates
Michigan
Danny Jordan
Gary
Ind
Jordan
Virgil Pronovost
Alsip
Inl
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Glasgow
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Miles
W. Yellowstone
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Associated Press
G. L. Banks
Bill Brey
Kimmetts
Montana State College
Montana School of Mines Alumni Association
John Tobin
Tobin
Butte Area
Montana Mines
Eastern Montana
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Western
Dillon
MSU
MSC
Mines
State Board of Education
James Archibald
Mines Alumni Association
Lester Zeihen
MSM
Arthur E. Adams
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