Mariner 7 Heads for Mars on Pole Observation
Cape Kennedy launch sends Mariner 7 on a near perfect course toward Mars south pole. NASA officials note two planetary vehicles en route this year as Mariner 6 follows a July 31 overflight and Mariner 7 Aug 5 pass. The craft use twin cameras and infrared sensors to scan ice caps water vapor clouds dust and possible vegetation. A brief computer relay after separation provided unscheduled data before stabilizing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mariner 7
Mars
South Pole
Newton W Cunningham
Mariner
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert H. Gray
Mariner 6
Equator
Gunshot Kills W. J. Stuber in Anaconda
William J. Stuber aged 63 was found dead at 10 Cedar Anaconda Thursday noon. Coroner ruled accidental gunshot wound. Survived by wife Alvina and six grandchildren. Body at Finnegan Funeral Home. Also notes Butte school election date adjustment to April 5.
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William J. Stuber
Cedar
Anaconda
Washoe Park
A. A. Longfellow
Mr. Stuber
Martin
S.D
Anaconda Co
Lutheran Church
Alvina Stuber
Lenard Stuber
Don Stuber
Butte
Vernon Stuber
Germany
van Margaman
Finnegan Co. Funeral Home
Cold wave slows Montana snow melt and raises flood risk
A strong cold front and northerly winds swept into Montana delaying spring warmth and snow melt. Temperatures fell from the 50s to below zero to 25 above in Great Falls and Billings, with warnings issued for stockmen. The Weather Bureau forecast a delay in runoff but potential Milk River flooding next week.
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Montana
Divide
Great Falls
Billings
Weather Bureau
Butte Autorama Opens With 60 Vehicles At Civic Center
The annual Butte Autorama begins today at the Civic Center and runs 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with no admission. Ten auto dealers present autos trucks and campers including a $264000 Chrysler exhibit and the Charger III concept car from Dodge. Ford Pontiac exhibits also featured. Free coffee and cookies. Sheriff posse assists in venue and parking lot.
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Butte Autorama
Civic Center
Butte Auto Dealers Association
Chrysler
Dodge
Ford
Pontiac
Sheriff's Posses
Central girl wins first place in state contest
Debbie Rivera a Butte Girls Central High School senior won first place in Montana statewide Ability Counts theme contest. She earns an expense paid trip to Washington DC to attend the President's Committee meeting May 12 and her entry advances to the national contest for a chance at 2500 in awards alongside other state winners.
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Washington
Rivera
President’s Committee
Warden faults younger inmates in Montana prison disturbance
Helena AP report cites Warden Ed C. Ellsworth Jr blaming younger inmates for unrest at Rothe Hall after a TV cut off and Lt. Torma friction. Sit down protests spread across Dormitory 4 with meals, lighting, and guard tensions escalating to fires and broken benches.
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Helena
Montana
Ed C. Ellsworth Jr
Ellsworth
Board of Institutions
Forrest H. Anderson
E. G. Kellner
Rothe Hall
Galley 7
U S Troops Kill 120 In Battle Near Demilitarized Zone
U S infantry with air strikes artillery and armor killed 120 North Vietnamese soldiers in a four mile front near the DMZ. U S losses were 14 killed and 30 wounded. The clash marked the largest engagement of a week of fighting across Vietnam with about 20 overnight shellings reported as the enemy pressed late in its fifth week.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
U.S. ready for secret talks on Vietnam settlement
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the United States is ready for secret talks with the enemy on a Vietnam settlement and for simultaneous troop withdrawals. He cautioned the foe has not accepted Saigon's latest offer and noted progress has come in Paris through secret sessions. Rogers urged good faith negotiations and outlined hopes for an international political settlement and reduced hostilities in Southeast Asia.
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Washington (Ap
William P. Rogers
U.S
Rogers
Paris
Saigon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hanoi
Viet Cong
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Weather outlook predicting clouds and light snow
Cloudy skies with a chance of snow mark the day. Temperature highs around 45 and a low near 22. Page 2 weather table provides regional details.
Judge Walter L. Pope, ex Missoula judge, dies in California
Longtime jurist Walter L. Pope died in Burlingame California at 80 from a heart ailment. A former Ninth Circuit chief judge and adviser on admiralty rules he practiced law in Missoula and taught at the University of Montana. Funeral services are scheduled in Burlingame with burial in Missoula.
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Burlingame
Calif
Walter L. Pope
US Court of Appeals
Mills Memorial Hospital
Pope
San Mateo
Ninth Circuit
Harry S. Truman
Missoula
Mont
University of Montana Law School
Earl Warren
U.S. Supreme Court
Valparaiso
Ind
University of Nebraska
University of Chicago Law School
Lincoln
Anguilla chief Webster returns to cheering homecoming
Ronald Webster arrived to a rousing welcome from about 200 Anguillans after touring Washington and New York to press Anguilla's case. Three youths lifted him from the plane and carried him on their shoulders as Royal Engineers began flying in from Britain to replace paratroops. No departure date for the troops was set.
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Anguilla
Ronald Webster
Washington
New York
Webster
Royal Engineers
Britain
Island
Eisenhower's Condition Improves and Stabilizes
Walter Reed Army Hospital reported Dwight D. Eisenhower, 78, rests more comfortably with easier breathing after days of declining heart function. The late afternoon bulletin said no further deterioration is evident and the general remains generally weak.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Sirhan's Defense Tests Its Case
The article covers Sirhan Sirhan's defense team presenting arguments to challenge the assassination trial. Key witnesses and defense strategies are outlined as the case proceeds, with emphasis on presenting alternate theories and questioning prosecution evidence.
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Sirhan
Bozeman Woman Heads Welfare Board First Female Chair
Mrs. D J Davis of Bozeman became Montana Board of Public Welfare chair the first time a woman holds the post on the 32 year old agency. She has long worked with Sen. Lee Metcalf and led Gallatin County Democrats. The board also named Dan Mizner vice chair and executive officer of the Montana League of Cities. The panel approved a new compensation plan and a day care policy funded 75 percent by federal funds to aid low income working mothers. Next meeting set for April 23-24.
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J. D. Holmes
Capitol
Helena
D. J
Betty” Davis
Bozeman
Montana
Board of Public Welfare
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Senate
U.S. House
Metcalf
Davis
Gallatin County
Democratic Central Committee
Sev
Edith R. Battey
Billings
Belle R. Nye
Roy ‘Margaret’’ Nelson
Plentywood
Gladys B. Hoffman
Louise H. Hansen
Baker
Dan Williams
Ted Carkulis
Nelson
Ing
Dan K. Mizner
Deer Lodge
Montana League of Cities and Towns
Frank L. McPhail
Great Falls
Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education
Robert Howard
Browning
Webster Keller
Fishtail
Mizner
Keller
Timm Babcock
Forrest H. Anderson
Jeremy G. Thane
Missoula
Jess L. Angstman
Havre
Merle D
Welfare Department
Merit System
Melvin P. Martinson
Carkulis
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Oaks
Philadelphia
Jim Strothman
AP Aerospace
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THE
Associated Press
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Torma
Ellworth
By Robert D. Ohman
Nixon
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Fulbright
California
Neb
Luella Platt Pope
Richard L. Pope
Old Greenwich
Margaret Jane Doe
Camden, N.Y
Walter Pope
Ike
FPC
Montana Power
Canada
Nevada
Bozeman Woman Heads Welfare Board
Board of Health
Unemployment Compensation Commission
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