City invites mail opinions on daylight saving time decision
Butte residents and Silver Bow County voters are asked to mail preferences on adopting daylight saving time this summer or staying on mountain standard time. The City Recreation Board endorsed daylight saving from Memorial Day to Labor Day, citing youth programs and baseball leagues that rely on evening light.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Vern Griffith
City Recreation Board
Leonard Vainio
George Sarsfield
Bert Mehrens
Bob Lee
Alvin Hoar
Barney Rask
George Haney
Bob Sparks
Cty
Vainio
Mehrens
Lee
American Legion
Copper League
Long-Term Prisoners Seize Hostages at Tennessee State Prison
Two inmates Rivera and Farra threaten wholesale murder to gain freedom at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville. They take nine hostages including employees and a visiting lawyer, with authorities in contact via intercom.
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Pistol
Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee State
Charles O'Donnell
Keith Hampton
Lynn Bomar
Robert Rivera
Houston
Ten
Dover
Tenn
Charles Raymond Farra
Borderland, W
Livingston
Rivera
Texas
Farra
Albany
Henry Walthall
Bomar
Walthalls
Pauline Rose
Gwendolyn Tarpy
Carl Burns
Joe S. Beam
Nashville
Montana Minute Man bases set near Great Falls
Montana officials announced the first operational use of the Minute Man ICBM. Three sites costing 60 million dollars will be built within 100 miles of Great Falls and Malmstrom AFB. The plan includes 1,500 more military personnel and staged production by Thiokol near Ogden Utah.
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Helena
Montana
United States
Great Falls
Mont
Malmstrom Air Force Base
J. Hugo Aronson
LeRoy Anderson
Dmont
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Silo
Anderson
Air Force
Washington
Siberia
Aronson
Thiokol Chemical Corporation
Brigham City
Utah
Ogden
Khrushchev Pushes German Peace Treaty Demand in Paris
In a banquet at the Elysee Palace Khrushchev urged France and the West to accept a peace treaty with Germany. He tied such a move to recognizing East Germany and opening West Berlin, while calling for end of NATO and the Western European Union. De Gaulle responded politely but noncommittally. Khrushchev arrived for a 12 day visit and pressed a tough East West agenda.
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Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
France
Charles de Gaulle
West
Germany
Khrushchev
Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
NATO
Western European Union
Weather Update for Montana Regions
East region sees fair skies Thursday with partly cloudy night and Friday. Winds near eastern slopes of the Continental Divide. Temperatures rise to 50s in the northeast and 60s to 70 in the west and south. Lows 25 to 40, cooler Friday. West region mostly cloudy north and partly cloudy south with light rain or snow possible in northern mountains late Thursday or overnight. Highs 50 to 60, lows 25 to 32. The table notes maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Montana
Anaconda Cancels Oil and Gas Leases
The Anaconda Co. notified the State Land Board it has canceled 100 oil and gas leases in two counties. Sixty three leases in Lewis and Clark County and 37 in Cascade County were terminated. All leases were issued in 1959 by the Land Board.
Boedecker Seeks Montana Railroad Commission Seat
Louis G. Boecker filed Wednesday for the Democratic nomination to Montana's Railroad and Public Service Commission. A former Korean bonus administrator, the 38 year oldMontana native and Carroll College graduate is a World War II Marine fighter pilot with the Distinguished Flying Cross and five Air Medals. He noted the commission's decisions affect all Montanans and cited past performance as precedent.
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Helena
Louis G. Boedecker
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Lou Boedecker
Austin B. Middleton
Boedecker
Montana
Carroll College
Railroad and Public Service Commission
Council weighs bank counting parking meter revenue in Butte
City officials consider using Metals Bank and Trust Co to tally meter money to reduce staff. Mayor Vern Griffith forms a five alderman committee to study the plan while petitions on daylight saving time are heard with ballot talk likely for the June 7 primary.
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Butte
Vern Griffith
Metals Bank and Trust Co
DST
Joe Armstrong
Butte Regional Science Fair Draws Crowds At Civic Center
Students from Butte Area high schools displayed science projects watched by hundreds. Winners will be announced tonight at 8 15 p m after judging. The fair runs today 3 p m to 10 30 p m with exhibits open to the public.
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United States
Butte Civic Center
Butte
Boys and Girls Central
Anaconda Public
Anaconda Central
Powell, Granite
Ennis
Sheridan
Twin Bridges
Whitehall
Family Lifetime Income and Spending in a Box
A vintage ad shows an estimated lifetime income of 250 000 for an average American family with detailed expenditure breakdowns including housing 58000 food 48000 church clubs and education 26000 cars 24000 and medical bills 6000. Taxes are 36000 and readers are urged to contact Standard-Post Want Ad to convert unused items into cash. The snippet ends with a kitchen wall fan priced at 10 and mentions bowling.
Heads of Civil Defense Gather in Butte
Civil Defense directors and public officials from southwestern Montana met in Butte at the American Legion Hall. Maj. Robert Keyes of Helena delivered the keynote urging public alertness to stay alive tomorrow. Mayor Vern Griffith pledged city cooperation and Cole Sullivan hosted the event.
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Butte High
Maxine Hogan
Sylvia Richards
Charles Carelli
Bill Roberts
Phil Scalabria
Bob Toevonen
Carl Acthley
Ken Lewis
Recreation Board
Haney
Hoar
Sparks
Butte City Recreation Board
Minute Man
Falls Area
Jean Sorenson
District Court
Ted Record
W. Quartz
Record
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Ted
Nikita
Montana High Low Pep
Billings
Belgrade Grees Weneny
Broadus
Buttesnenees
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Miles City
Missoula
Yellowstone
Anaconda
Railroad Commission
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