Abrams Says Enemy Has Capacity For Offense In Vietnam
Army Gen Creighton W Abrams said the enemy can launch offensives when ready amid White House and Pentagon scrutiny of Vietnam strategy. He predicted more fighting ahead and stressed plans to modernize and expand South Vietnam's army, while declining to discuss his own future or U.S. troop levels.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Army
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Abrams
William C. Westmoreland
Johnson
Westmoreland
White House
National Security Council
U.S
Stroy
Anaconda Local Ratifies Pact With Anaconda Co
Anaconda Steelworkers Local 6002 votes 500 to 12 to approve the contract after a Washington negotiated agreement. Ed Johnson says the meeting favored terms worth about $1.20 per hour in wages and benefits over 30 months. Butte Miners Union 1 USWA will vote Saturday on the settlement details.
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Anaconda Steelworkers
Anaconda Co
Ed Johnson
Butte
Anaconda
Butte Miners Union
United Steelworkers of America
Miners Union
County forms voluntary juvenile counseling program
Silver Bow County launches a six member juvenile counseling committee to prevent delinquency with local authorities the Highway Patrol District Judge John B McClernan and Probation Officer John T Sheehan. Participation is voluntary after explanation to youths and parents.
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Silver Bow County
Highway Patrol
Dist
John B. McClernan
John T. Sheehan
Sheehan
Commission
Alpha Chapter
St. James Community Hospital
Alpha
Body of Dillon woman found after weeklong search
The body of Ina Ward, 44, missing for almost a week, was found in a field east of Dillon. Coroner Raymond Schwartz ruled death exposure with no foul play. Ward, born April 1, 1923 in Salmon Idaho, served in the Women’s Marine Corps in World War II and lived in Dillon. Survived by her father Nephi Ward of Salmon and a sister in Gibbonsville. Remains sent to Salmon for services and burial.
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Dillon
Raymond Schwartz
Ina Ward
Lloyd Thomas
Leo Williams
Nephi Ward
Salmon
Gibbonsville
Yuri Gagarin Dies in Spaceflight Crash
Moscow Radio reports Yuri A. Gagarin the first man in space was killed in an air accident on Wednesday. The news confirms the iconic Soviet cosmonaut's death shattering global astonishment and marking a tragic moment in the space age.
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Gagarin
Moscow
Yuri A. Gagarin
Moscow Radio
Weakened Montana Permit System For Air Pollution
Montana approves a weaker state permit system to regulate equipment that could create dirty air. The regulation requires pollution producing operations to obtain a permit before installing or altering any process with a substantial effect on air quality. Industry pushed changes, calling it easier to administer, with a key concession that new equipment must have maximum control capability even if economically idle.
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Jerry Holloron
State Bureau
Helena
Montana
State Board of Health
Benjamin F. Wake
Wounded attendant in holdup shows no new leads
Gale D. Wood, 23, a gas station attendant at Valley Conoco 2801 Harrison, was shot in the back during a robbery Tuesday night. He is in satisfactory condition. The gunman took cash and rifled drawers and cabinets before fleeing. Wood described the suspect as tall and lanky in black pants and a torn jacket. Police said there is no new information on the case or the amount taken.
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Gale D. Wood
Wood
Valley Conoco
Harrison
Dillon college building bids accepted
The Montana state awarded $490 257 in contracts for a library administration building at Western Montana College Dillon The two story library and one story office will be in the center of campus Mitchell Construction Co PoCATello Idaho won the general contract C W Schmid Inc Missoula the mechanical contract and Palmquist Electric Helena the electrical contract Bids opened March 6 after a previous letting exceeded funds
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Helena
Western Montana College
Dillon
Western
Mitchell Construction Co
Pocatello
Idaho
C. W. Schmid, Inc
Missoula
Palmquist Electric
Board of Examiners
Department of Administration
Napalm Blasts Foe In Key Saigon Battle Near Cambodia
U S forces pressed a day long fight for Ap Long Mac near the Cambodian border as Viet Cong redeployed toward Cambodia. The U S toll rose to 71 dead and 604 wounded in the Quyet Thang operation with 495 enemy killed in the area since Sunday.
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Edwin Q. White
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Quyet Thang
Ap Long Mac
U.S. 25Th Division
Trymen
North Vietnam
Red China
Panhandle
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Nixon Runs Away in Montana Poll Shows Split Democratic Support
The Montana Poll finds Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert F. Kennedy tied at 41 percent each for Democratic support in a statewide survey if a primary were held, with Eugene McCarthy at 18 percent. On the Republican side Nixon leads, with a clear majority among Montana Republicans.
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Montana
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
LBJ
RFK
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Page Eight Revolution Aims to Mine Hard to Get Gold
A U.S. bureau announces a new process to extract scarce gold, aiming to launch soon. Page twelve reports basketball star “Big E” signs a six figure pro contract with San Diego. Page twenty four highlights a tech student who develops a pre mapping technique.
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U.S. Bureau
San Diego
Democratic governors split over LBJ renomination in 26-state map
AP survey shows 14 of 24 Democratic governors support Johnson, with many state party leaders reluctant to back him. Defections to Kennedy or McCarthy rise in Republican-governed states, impacting 1,382 votes at the Chicago convention. Ohio and Pennsylvania face internal pressure as McCarthy and Kennedy vie for influence before the primaries.
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Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Johnson
Kennedy
McCarthy
Reagan
George C. Wallace
Jack Bell
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Chicago
Associated Press
Vietnam
Alabama
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
California
South Dakota
Lincoln
Neb
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Johnson Camp
Ohio Democratic Organization
Stephen M. Young
Young
Joseph Barr
Pittsburgh
James Tate
Philadelphia
Texas
Tennessee
West Virgi
Nia
Delaware
Hawaii
New Hampshire
Indiana
Illinois
Utah
Connecticut
New Jersey
South Carolina
North Dakota
Louisiana
Roger D. Branigin
Mlinois Atty
William G. Clark
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
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Trang Bang
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