Red Troop Build-Up Noted in Viet Nam
Washington reports rising enemy battalion concentrations in South Viet Nam and more North Vietnamese natives among Viet Cong prisoners. Weapons quality shows steady improvement. U.S. officials hint at intensified pressure, possible air strikes, and fluid Viet Nam plans. Pentagon cites successful strikes on North Viet Nam bases with major destruction at Xo Bang.
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Viet Nam
Washington
South Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
Pentagon
South Vietnamese
U.S
Fense Robert
McNamara
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Xo Bang
Two U S Planes Lost In Support Flights In Vietnam
Two U S aircraft were lost Thursday during support missions against Viet Cong forces in the central highlands. A U S Air Force B57 Canberra crashed near Binh Dinh Province after jellied gasoline fuel spilt in a target area, with two crewmen reported to have bailed out. A Marine helicopter on a supply run also crashed, four crewmen injured and treated at field hospitals in Nha Trang and Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Central Highlands
Air Force
Binh Dinhoe
Washington
Peking
Khang Khai
Xieng Khouang
Ban Ban
Laos
Two Prominent Glasgow Area Ranchers Killed
A two car headon crash west of Glasgow killed ranchers John David, 81, and Arnold Bijorgo, 51, as snow melted on the gravel Tampico road. Authorities found no reason for the collision on level land. David was a Glasgow pioneer and former Montana rancher with a small operation.
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Glasgow
John David
Arnold Bijorgo
Tampico
David
Montana
Clergyman Beaten by Four Whites Dies in Selma
Rev. James J. Reed, 36, a Boston Unitarian minister, died in Birmingham after a racially charged beating in Selma, Alabama. Reed and two colleagues were attacked after dining in a Negro cafe following a civil rights rally. Reed’s death raises Alabama’s death toll from racial strife to ten since 1962.
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Ala
Boston
Selma
Reed
Reeb
Orloff Miller
Clark Olson
Berkeley
Calif
Alabama
Johnson
Johnson Had Sent Yellow Roses Ia
Martin Luther King Jr
Montana Democrats to testify on apportionment change
Montana Senate Chairman David F. James and House Speaker Ray J. Wayrynen will testify at a U S Senate subcommittee hearing on constitutional changes to allow one legislative house to be apportioned by method other than population. They will travel by Queen Airplane and submit prepared statements while seeking congressional action or a constitutional convention.
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Helena
U. S. Senate
Montana
David F. James
D-Liberty
Senate
Tim Babcock
Ray J. Wayrynen
Silver Bow
Babcock
Birch Bayh
James
Wayrynen
Bayh
Congress
Former Illinois Governor Stratton Cleared in Tax Case
Former Illinois governor William G. Stratton, a two term Republican, was acquitted of tax evasion in U S District Court. A six by six jury found Stratton did not report 830,069 in income from 1957 to 1960. Prosecution claimed 849,946 in taxes were evaded.
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Chicago
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Hubert L. Will
U.S. District Court
Stratton
U.S
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Senate
Internal Revenue Service
Himself
Shirley
UPI
Butte Election Motion Set For Hearing Today
Attorney Joseph P. Monaghan and client Jasper Dawson appear in district court to block at large alderman elections. Monaghan seeks to vacate a previous ruling that dissolved a temporary restraining order and denied an injunction citing lack of jurisdiction. The city must hold a March 2 primary and April 5 general election under a federal order, with two aldermen elected from each ward.
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Joseph P. Monaghan
Jasper Dawson
Butte
Monaghan
John B. McClernan
W. D. Murray
United States District Court
Thomas F. Powers
Murray
McClernan
White House Sit-in by 12 Youths Demands to See LBJ
Twelve youths stage a seven hour sit in at the White House hallway demanding a meeting with President Johnson over civil rights in Selma. Four boys and eight girls, including nine Negroes and three whites, entered amid tourists and remained in a ground floor corridor. Police carried demonstrators away as two girls sang We Shall Overcome from an unmarked car.
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White House
LBJ
Johnson
Selma
Pennsylvania Ave
Neptune
Capi
Babcock Rejects Moves to Reshape Two Montana Commissions
Helena AP Governor Tim Babcock vetoed bills to enlarge the Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission from three to five members and to set new organization rules for Veterans Welfare. He also vetoed a bill requiring Industrial Accident Board approval before an insurer could stop benefits to an injured worker. The vetoes raise 1965 bills rejected by Babcock to 13 as he attended a governors conference in Las Vegas.
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Helena
Montana
Veterans Welfare Commissions
Tim Babcock
Industrial Accident Board
Babcock
Las Vegas
UCC
Afl-Cio
Madison Sheriff Put on Sideline by Foot Injury
Madison County Sheriff Phil Loucks underwent foot surgery in Madison Valley Hospital after injuring his foot during a father son basketball game in Ennis. He is expected to miss about six weeks. Deputy duties temporarily assigned to Mrs. Jim Mantz of Bozeman, a former sheriff’s office employee.
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Ennis
Madison County
Phil Loucks
Madison Valley Hospital
Loucks
Jim Mantz
Bozeman
Sheriff's Office
Government Will File Suits Against Alabama Officials
Atty. Gen. Katzenbach pledged federal suits against Alabama deputies and state troopers for civil rights violations in the Selma confrontation. Investigations aim to link individuals to offenses with about 100 officers potentially involved, though not all specific complaints can be substantiated. He stressed rapid action and said he did not urge the President to pursue this course.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Alabama
Selma
Katzenbach
Ala
Montgomery
Weather Outlook For Butte Anaconda Area
Mostly cloudy with snow showers today and warmer Saturday with highs around 32. East of Divide and West of Divide regions show scattered mountain snow with cooler Friday temperatures. The table notes 12 hour maximums, 18 hour minimums, and 24 hour precipitation ending at 5 p.m.
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Butte-Anaconda
Divide
Judge Resolves Knotty Issue In Barroom Dispute
Judge John Seton postponed afternoon trials of John Martin and Mrs. Jerry Mallette for disturbance after a barroom incident at Majesty Bar 4 E Park. Mallette testified she gave Martin $20 for drinks and a cigarette pack. change dispute led to profane retaliation. Officers described a violent exchange in bar car and jail.
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John Martin
Jerry Mallette
Mallette
Martin's Majesty Bar
E. Park
Martin
Reed
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