Babcock Foresees End to Montana Red Ink
Governor Tim Babcock told the Missoula Chamber of Commerce that by the end of the 1963 biennium Montana will erase a $4.5 million deficit. He credited former Gov. Donald G. Nutter for reversing the spending trend and warned lawmakers of continued fiscal control while signaling possible funds for schools and custodial institutions.
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Missoula
Tim Babcock
Montana
Babcock
GOP
Donald G. Nutter
Nutter
Montana State University
Soviets Propose East Germany Control Routes
The Soviet Union urged that Communist East Germany gain control of land air and canal routes to West Berlin and that an international advisers body aid implementation. The US dismissed it as a minor variation aimed at Berlin and demilitarizing West Berlin. Talks in Geneva failed to progress on Berlin or nuclear test ban issues.
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Geneva
UPI
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
United States
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Rusk
U. S
Kennedy Backed Tax Bill Moves to House Floor
Kennedy backed tax reform bill gains House action after Ways and Means committee cuts relief to 1.175 billion and Rules panel limits amendments. President says the measure will speed recovery in capital goods and construction while offering a domestic equipment investment tax credit and revised withholding rules.
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Washington
UPI
Congressional
House
Kennedy
America
Ways and Means
House Rules Committee
U.S
Kennedy Opens Stockpile Details Assembled For Public Hearings
President Kennedy ordered secrecy lifted on 12 strategic materials from the 7.7 billion stockpile and announced details will be disclosed at upcoming hearings led by Senator Stuart Symington. The list includes aluminum chromite cobalt copper lead manganese molybdenum nickel rubber tin tungsten and zinc with data on goals stock and excess.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate
Edward A. McDermott
Office of Emergency Planning
Symington
Firm to Set Up Butte Office For Urban Renewal
Ron Thompson and John Laws met with Mayor Vernon Griffith to plan an urban renewal program for Butte. Their firm and Harstad will open Butte offices within a week to prepare a workable program for submission to the Federal housing agency before survey funds become available. The survey will assess feasibility and cost nothing to the city.
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Butte
Ron Thompson
John Laws
Seattle
Vern Griffith
Thompson
City County Planning Board
Harstad
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Griffith
Libby Man Dies In Idaho Jeep Wreck
Frank C. Sweet 43 of Libby Montana died at Grangeville General Hospital from injuries after his jeep left Whitebird Hill and rolled a quarter mile down a mountain. A woman companion was hospitalized.
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Grangeville
Idaho
UPI
Frank C. Sweet
Libby
Mont
Grangeville General Hospital
Whitebird Hill
Here
French Fleet Sails Toward Algeria in Tense Showdown
The Mediterranean fleet led by Adm. Jubelin with the Colbert and Lafayette sails from Toulon toward Mers-el-Kebir near Oran in a move seen against the OAS. Tensions rise as the government readies Algeria independence steps while addressing cease-fire moves and the release of 17,000 Algerian prisoners.
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Paris
UPS
France
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Euro
Colbert
Adm
Andre Jubelin
Toulon
Mediterranean
Lafayette
Navy
Mers-el-Kebir
Oran
Tew
de Gaulle
OAS
Bab-el-Oued
George Haney to Return as Butte School Chief
George Haney the Butte city superintendent of schools on leave will return to Butte. He has been with the Department of Health Education and Welfare in Washington DC. Trustees of School District No 1 granted a year leave. Charles C Davis succeeds him as superintendent. Davis becomes principal at Butte High School with Forrest Wilson moving to head football coach. Wilson is replaced by Sam Jankovich as coach.
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George Haney
Butte
Haney
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington, D. C
Charles C. Davis
Davis
Butte High School
Forrest Wilson
Wilson
Sam Jankovich
Lucky Double Buck Day Promises Two-Dollar Wins
About 213 two-dollar bills await winners at Butte stores as Lucky Double Buck Days run today and Saturday. The Butte Trade Promotion Association backs the two-day promo with local retailers circulating the bills and awarding an extra $2 bill for a winning serial number. Check today’s Montana Standard Butte Daily Post on Page 7 for winning numbers.
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Butte
Butte Trade Promotion Association
Chamber of Commerce
Montana Standard-Butte Daily Post
Two Helena Teens Held in Elliston Burglary
Two Helena teenagers were jailed in Powell County for questioning in the Elliston burglary. Sheriff Burt said they were nabbed in a 1955 model auto reported stolen from a Helena used car lot. Most loot, including whisky, cigarettes, candy, and money bags, was recovered.
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Deer Lodge
Helena
Powell County
Elliston
Everett Burt
Burt
Norman Lauri
Weather outlook shows snow flurries and cooler temps
Butte area mostly cloudy through Saturday with occasional snow flurries. Highs near 36 today and 32 45 Friday and 30 40 Saturday. Lows 10 to 30. East of Divide scattered snow in mountains and lower elevations. west of Divide calmer with lighter snow. End of period precipitation covers 24 hours to 5 p.m. Imursaay.
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Butte
Divide
Argentina Strikes Against Frondizi Amid 24 Hour Walkout
In Buenos Aires a 24 hour general strike called by Peronist unions challenges President Frondizi. Military commanders placed troops on stand by as observers see limited impact since two thirds of unionists did not join. The protest targets Frondizi's post election actions backing ousted dictator Peron.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Arturo Frondizi
Ely
Chicago
Frondizi
Juan D. Peron
Oir
Explosion Kills 16 Miners in Hapton Valley
A coal dust explosion at Hapton Valley Coal Mine in Burnley England killed 16 miners and injured 20. About 200 men were underground. most escaped as there was no roof fall. Cause unknown. miners reported a dust cloud from a coal face 160 yards away before the blast.
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Burnley
England
UPI
Hapton Valley
National Coal Board
Ground Broken For Concentrator In Butte
Construction on Butte's multimillion dollar copper ore concentrating plant began with earth moving at the site southeast of the Berkeley Pit. About 1 million cubic yards of earth will be removed, with 50 workers now and 1,400 at peak. Ralph M. Parsons Co. is general contractor. first concrete expected April 1.
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Butte
Berkeley Pit
Silver Bow Creek
Continental Drive
Anaconda Co
F&s Contracting Co
Ralph M. Parsons Co
Los Angeles
Navy patrol bomber missing over Cascade mountains
Air planes and helicopters hunted the P2V Neptune missing with 10 San Francisco Bay area crewmen aboard. The craft lost altitude near Mt. St. Helens after reporting engine trouble while flying from Oregon toward California. Two jet pilots saw the plane but could not contact it. It marks the second military plane disappearance in a week.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
Here
Mt. St. Helens
Oregon
California
U.S
South Viet Nam
Guam
Manila
Landlord, Tenants in Police Mildly Interrupt Quiet Night
A Thursday night dispute between a landlady and a couple ended with police involvement. The landlady blasted a radio to drive out the tenants, who protested. The husband tenant argued the problem was his snoring and the quarrel drew limited police action.
Class AA Tournament nets MHSA $10 334
The Montana High School Association will net 10 334 45 from the Class AA basketball tournament at the Butte Civic Center March 8 10. Gross receipts were 23 010 80 for the three day eight team event. The Chamber of Commerce backs the deal with the association.
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Montana High School Association
Butte Civic Center
R. Rex Dalley
Kalispell
Great Falls
Missoula
Butte Chamber of Commerce
High School Association
Butte
Bakersfield Distances Extend on Freeway Sign
The Bakersfield distance on the northbound San Diego Freeway sign increased from 98 to 112 miles in the past week, while smog concerns persist for the Los Angeles region. The comment notes Bakersfield has effectively moved 14 miles in seven days.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Bakersfield
San Diego
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Roger Frey
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