Algiers Massacre as Demonstrators Clash with Troops
In Algiers on Monday, French troops opened fire on unarmed civilians protesting for a French Algeria, killing 50 and wounding 180 at Mustapha Hospital figures. One riot police officer died, six government forces wounded. The OAS had urged Europeans to march with flags but unarmed. A second front reported in Oran with possible house to house searches. Attacks followed a brief volley and two hours of chaos near the War Memorial and the post office.
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Algiers
UPI
Pointblank
Algeria
Mustapha Hospital
OAS
Oran
Edmond Jouhaud
Rue d’Isley
Kennedy Wins Point on Farm Controls
The House agriculture subcommittee approved a modified Kennedy wheat program by a 7 to 4 vote. The plan, part of a broader omnibus farm bill, would start with the 1963 crop and uses a quota system with acreage allotments and marketing certificates to manage surplus and set wheat prices.
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UPI
Kennedy Monday
House Agriculture
Kennedy
House
J. Floyd
Kurilich Pleads Innocent to Assault Charge
Risto Kurilich, 45, faced a first degree assault charge after a Sunday gunshot wound to Kenneth Patrick, 23, near Yellow Stone Bar at Covert and Granite. Patrick treated for an arm wound and released. Bond set at 3500. Kurilich held if not posted. He previously faced a delinquency charge tied to a March 11 raid at 1900 Wall where 44 people were arrested.
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Risto Kurilich
Kenneth Patrick
Kurilich
Patrick
St. James Hospital
Yellowstone Bar
Covert and
Granite
Justice of the Peace
William Kopach
J. J. Winston
Wall
President Seeks 600 Million Public Works Boost
President Kennedy urged immediate 600 million dollars for a public works program to aid redevelop ment areas including Butte and Anaconda. He said unemployment remains high in hundreds of communities and asked Congress to authorize stand by funds up to 2 billion for recession relief.
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Butte
David Burnham
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Anaconda
Charles A. Buck
Ley
D-N.y
House Public Works Committee
John W. McCormack
Congress
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Walter W. Heller
The
Council of Economic Advisers
David E. Bell
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Health, Education and Welfare
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Public Works Committee
Sen
Joseph S. Clark Jr
D-Pa
Babcock
Berlin Deadlock Persists as Rusk Returns Home
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held a four hour Berlin crisis talks in Geneva with no progress and no further talks scheduled. Both prepared major statements for Tuesday at the 17 nation disarmament conference while Rusk planned to depart for Washington.
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Geneva
UPI
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Rusk
Gromyko
T. G. Narayanan
Washington
Butte Firm Wins Contract for Mill at Bonner
The Cahill Mooney Construction Co of Butte has won the contract to build the Anaconda Forest Products Plant planing mill at Bonner. Construction starts April 2 and will cover about seven acres under one roof, employing around 100 men.
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Cahill-Mooney Construction Co
Butte
Anaconda Forest Products
Robert E. Sheridan
Montana
Battin to Seek Reelection for Montana Eastern Seat
Rep. James F. Battin, Republican from Montana, said he will file for reelection to represent the Eastern Congressional District. The 37-year-old Billings lawyer and former Yellowstone County official intends to file in the first week of April and campaign on pro enterprise, taxpayer protections, and Montana economic interests. Battin, a Wichita native who moved to Montana in 1929, served in World War II and holds degrees from Eastern Montana College and George Washington University, with a career in law and local government in Billings.
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Washington
UPI
James F. Battin
Mont
Montana
Battin
Yellowstone County
Billings
Congress
Leo C. Graybill Jr
Great Falls
Wire
Wichita
Kan
Eastern Montana College
George Washington University
D. C
Barbara
Loyce
Patricia
De Gaulle Warns OAS Rebels of Punishment
President Charles de Gaulle called Algeria's OAS rebels a band of criminals and warned that their only future is punishment in a speech asserting an all-out war against the rebels.
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DE Gaulle
OAS
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Secret Army Organization
Democratic Leader Criticizes Gov Babcock Speech
Helena UPI report quotes Democratic Chairman John J. MacDonald accusing Gov Tim Babcock of being less than honest about the states finances. MacDonald contends the 1959 legislature balanced the budget and reduced the deficit while approving revenue measures.
Fatal Butte Collision Prompts $452200 Suit
A district court complaint in Butte seeks $452,200 in damages from Reynolds Wholesale Co. and Thomas Reynolds over a March 1 crash on East Park near Thornton. Victims Freda Fall and Thomas Reynolds are named with estates and widows seeking compensation for loss of income, support, society, and punitive damages.
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Butte
Freda Phyllis Fall
James D. Fall
Gordon Fall
Vivian McNeece
Ray Reynolds
Thomas G. Reynolds
Reynolds Wholesale Co
Butte Beverage Distributing
John Doe
Fall
Seattle
Reynolds
East Park
Thornton
Thomas Reynolds
Hicle
Butte Area Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
Butte and vicinity mostly cloudy with showers through Wednesday. Today's high around 45, tonight near 28. East of Divide expect variable clouds with mountain and plains showers, cooler conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with highs 50 to 70 east and 40 to 60 west. Snow possible in mountains west of Divide with lower elevations seeing scattered showers and cooler temps.
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