Bomb blast hits Saigon embassy injures Americans
A Viet Nam bomb attack on the Saigon embassy injures about 30 Americans, with two killed and several seriously hurt. Deputy Ambassador A Alexis Johnson is lightly injured. Robert Miller suffers serious cuts as the building sufers glass and brick damage. The blast appears to have come from a vehicle outside the five story complex.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
Viet Nam
State Department
Washington
U.S
A. Alexis Johnson
Johnson
U.S. Navy
Upper Volta
White House
Taylor
Ambassador Johnson
Robert Miller
Massive Search Launched for Missing Glasgow Plane
A large aerial search failed to locate a Mooney Super 21 carrying Art Kotacki Russell St. Clair and his son Ralph from Havre to Glasgow. More than 30 aircraft from Civil Air Patrol Glasgow Air Force Base and private owners scoured the Hi Line between Havre and Glasgow.
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Glasgow
Mont
UPI
Havre
Art Kotacki
Russell St. Clair
St. Clair
Ralph
Civil Air Patrol
Glasgow Air Force Base
Malta
Wolf Point
Major Aleutian region quake measured between 7.0 and 8.0
Reports from several seismologists place a large earthquake near the Aleutian Islands late Monday. Measured magnitudes range from 7.0 to 8.0 on the Richter scale with sources in Pasadena Berkeley and Seattle offering varying location estimates. Coast Guard via Kodiak reported no tremor.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Aleutian Island
Asia
Pasadena
Calif
Charles Richter
California Institute of Technology
Aleutians
Chile
Berkeley
C. Lomnitz
University of California
Aleutian Islands
University of Washington
Coast Guard
Kodiak
Kodiak Island
Butte crackdown aims to end all local gambling
County Attorney Mark P. Sullivan leads a drive to close gambling in Silver Bow County. He seeks full time enforcement with sheriff and police support, asking commissioners to assign an investigator. Bars report punchboards, pinballs, and baseball pools halted. slot machines and gaming parties paused. raffles also affected.
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Mark P. Sullivan
Butte Police
Sheriff's Office
Sullivan
William L. Dalling
James Clark
Thomas F. Powers
Butte
Federal official signals Montana to receive highway funds
Federal Highway Administrator Rex Whitton reportedly told Montana officials a go-ahead for road funding and bid settings would come soon. Local officials insisted confirmation was pending while a Montana law requiring out of state contractor licensing faced a constitutional challenge.
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Helena
Montana
Rex Whitton
Lee Metcalf
Whitton
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Metcalf
Forrest H. Anderson
E. H. Cowan
Bureau of Public Roads
Portland
Ore
Montana Highway Commission
BPR
Billings
Arnold A. Berger
Montana Supreme Court
Whitten
Berger
Chile Counts Dead After Chilean Earthquake
In El Cobre a mining village 800 miles north of Santiago residents mourn as rescue workers sift mud and rock after a quake toppled a dam and caused widespread destruction. Police say 36 bodies have been found with hope fading for survivors. President Frei and cabinet plan relief as U.S. offers aid and field hospitals.
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EL Cobre
Chile
Santiago
Eduardo Frei
U.S
Washington
United States
Anaconda Elks Club Burglary Near $1500 Stolen
Police report a burglary at the Anaconda Elks Club at Main and Third early Monday. About $1,500 was taken from a safe described as jimmied, with cigarette vending machines opened using bar keys. Officers noted two Third Street windows ajar and possible entry points. Fingerprints were collected. exit route unclear.
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Elks Club
Main
Third
Third Street
Wallace agrees to meet civil rights delegation in Selma
Gov George Wallace will see a committee of civil rights leaders, not more than 20, Tuesday morning in Montgomery. The delegation, led by Rev J E Lowery and Tuskegee President L H Foster, sought to press Wallace for democracy and bridge building across Alabama.
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Gov. Wallace
Selma, Ala
Wallace
Bill Jones
Montgomery
J. E
Lowery
Tuskegee College
L. H. Foster
Alabama
Koepel Promoted at Anaconda Company
Norbert F. Koepel of Lake Linden Michigan was elected vice president of Anaconda Co on Monday He remains senior vice president and a director of Andes Copper Mining Co and Chile Exploration Co both subsidiaries of Anaconda He started with Anaconda as a research engineer.
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Norbert F. Koepel
Anaconda Co
Lake Linden
Mich
Koepel
Anaconda
Andes Copper Mining Co
Chile Exploration Co
Gotham Welcomes Gemini Space Twins In Rainy Parade
New York feted Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young with a ticker tape parade despite foul weather. Officials and crowds hailed the astronauts as Vice President Humphrey praised their resilient reception. The duo received gold keys to the city at a Waldorf reception as Grissom noted their wet but wonderful welcome.
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Gotham
Gemini Space Twins
New York
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Som
Richard C. Patterson
Lower Manhattan
John H Glenn Jr
Grissom
Atlantic
Lower Broadway
City Hall
Hubert H. Humphrey
Waldorf-Astorianc
Scott
Mark
Judge to Hear Arguments in Remapping Action Today
US District Judge W D Murray will hear motions at 10 to allow Joseph P Monaghan and Jas per Dawson to intervene in Phoebe R Herwig v Butte City Council and Mayor Thomas F Powers. A. L Libra seeks to strike references in Monaghan’s motion noting a Feb 23 court order description.
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W. D. Murray
Clck
Joseph P. Monaghan
Jasper Dawson
Phoebe R. Herwig
Butte
Thomas F. Powers
Monaghan
A. L. Libra
Helena
Thomas Honored By YMCA Post
F. E. Thomas, former president of the Butte YMCA, has been elected a member of the Pacific Northwest Area Board for the Y. The area covers Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington with member YMCA organizations.
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F. E. Thomas
Butte
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Eagee
YMCA
Whitehall Election Set for Saturday
Whitehall and nearby communities vote next Saturday with polls open noon to 8 p.m. The notice originally claimed a mid-week date for trustees and an 8 mill high school levy.
Weather Summary for Butte Anaconda and Divide Regions
Cloudy conditions prevail with showers on Wednesday and rising temperatures. Highs today near 55, lows tonight around 24, with mountain snow flurries and occasional rain showers at lower elevations. Tuesday brings partly to mostly cloudy skies and warmer conditions, with highs generally 35 to 50 and Tuesday night lows about 30.
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Butte-Anaconda
Divide
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Wayne, Pa
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Alex Blewett
Highway Commission
Great Falls
Detroit
Leroy Moton
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Thomas
Ymca Post
Whitehall
Teres
Belgrade
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