Air Crash in Calif May Point to Murder Plot
Investigators weigh a theory that a gunman caused the crash by shooting the pilot and copilot of a Pacific Airlines turboprop. A .357 magnum and a bone fragment were found at the rural wreck site southeast of Concord. An NBC report claimed a cockpit tape captured the pilot crying out I’ve been shot with authorities mixed on confirming details.
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Concord
Calif
Concordee Associated Press
National Broadcasting Co
Ernest A. Clark
Raymond E. Andress
Whalin
FBI
Pacific Airlines
Gers
Washington
CAB
NBC
FAA
Newark
United Air Lines
San Carlos
Salt Lake salesman reports missing car with $18000 in checks
A Salt Lake City salesman spent an anxious hour Friday after reporting his 1964 station wagon stolen uptown. Harry Lambert, a Butte traffic officer, found the car about a block away. The owner Charles Oder insisted he misplaced the auto and had not touched it. the car contained traveler’s checks totaling $18,000.
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Salt Lake City
Harry Lambert
Butte
Charles Oder
Four Die In Plane Bound For Great Falls
Four people died when a light plane vanished after taking off from a northeast Wichita airport en route to Great Falls Montana. The wreckage was found in a field about three miles from the airport. victims included Archie E. Carver and his wife and two Carver brothers Guffrey and Ralph, on the way to visit their brother Arvil.
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Wichita
Kan
Montana
Great Falls
Mont
Sheriff's
Archie E. Carver
Carver
Guffrey Carver
Ralph Carver
Weather outlook for Butte and Anaconda area
Partly cloudy and warmer today and Sunday with scattered showers Sunday afternoon. Highs near 58 today, 50 to 70 Saturday, cooling to 50 to 60 Sunday west of divide and 60 to 70 east. Lows around 32 tonight, 40 to 50 Saturday night, with one year ago in Butte 52 and 34. Maximums for 12 hours, minimums for 18 hours, and precipitation for 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Friday.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
Possible Flooding Forecast For Montana Streams
Montana forecast warns of possible flooding on multiple rivers. The Weather Bureau cites record rains last week and heavy precipitation, with the Missouri, Yellowstone, and Gallatin rivers near or above flood stages in the coming months.
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Montana
Helena
Divide
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Toston
Townsend
Manchester
Great Falls
Big Hole
Melrose
Sun
Negro lawmaker linked to assassination plot in Maryland
Maryland state senator Verda Welcome was ambushed and wounded. Ernest Young, a House of Delegates member, was indicted for conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a plot to kill Welcome. Four others charged as part of the ring, motive undisclosed.
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Baltimore
UPI
Maryland
Verda Welcome
State Senate
Ernest Young
House of Delegates
Welcome
Miners Union Jurisdiction Hearing Set
A May 19 hearing will decide a voting date for miners at Anaconda Co. in Butte and Great Falls. Jim Smith of the United Steelworkers says the election will likely occur this month or early June to unseat the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers, which has represented the plants for about 60 years. Smith notes a close result in a previous jurisdictional vote two years ago.
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Great Falls
Anaconda Co
Butte
United Steelworkers Union
Jim Smith
International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Smith
Johnson winds up tour in poverty stricken Appalachia
President Johnson closes a six state poverty tour with a massive Atlanta reception. He appealed for racial justice and urged end to extremism, promising continued war on poverty. Crowds along the 8 mile route were estimated at 500000. in Gainesville 12 year old Charles Overby received a Carnegie Medal for heroism. He pledged a government of compassion and justice for all.
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Appalachia
Atlanta
Appalachian
Georgia
Herbert Jenkins
Gainesville
Charles Overby
Overby
Carnegie
Roosevelt Square
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
America
Butte High Names Northern Montana President as Commencement Speaker
Joseph R. Crowley, president of Northern Montana College, will deliver the Butte High School commencement address on June 4 at 8 p.m. in the Civic Center. Forrest Wilson, the principal, announced Crowley's selection as about 415 candidates graduate this year.
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Montana
BHS
Joseph R. Crowley
Northern Montana College
Havre
Butte High School
Butte Civic Center
Crowley
Forrest Wilson
Wilson
Butte
University of Washington
Montana State University
Tornado Strikes Michigan City Killing Eleven
Eleven people were killed and at least 50 injured when a tornado swept southeast Michigan Friday night. Gov. Romney left the Republican State Convention to survey the disaster area in Chesterfield Township between Mount Clemens and New Baltimore. Sheriff Almstadt said the two mile by three quarter mile area suffered heavy destruction and that body searches would resume Saturday morning.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Michigan
George W. Romney
Grand Rapids
Macomb
Lester A. Almstadt
Almstadt
Chesterfield Township
New Baltimore
Armstadt
Insurance Policy Tied to Trader-in-Possible Pilot Crash
FBI probes show a Pacific Airlines passenger bought a large insurance policy on himself and may have fired at crew members before the San Francisco area crash that killed 44. Investigators examine a six empty shell revolver found among wreckage and the motive for an alleged midair shooting.
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FBI
Smith and Wesson
Pacific Flight
Officers to Be Elected Today To End Insurance Meeting
The Montana Life Underwriters Association ends its annual sales congress with an election of officers Saturday morning. The conference opened Thursday in Butte and a banquet at Finlen Hotel Friday night drew about 200 attendees.
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Montana Life Underwriters Association
Silver Bow
Finlen
Stine Douglas
New York Life Insurance Co
Spokane
Austin Redding
Butte
New York Life
Edward N. Sparks
New York
State Association
Butte High School
Sparks
John J. McKenna
Irene McFadden
Dillon
William C. Walker
Ohio National
Joseph Yerkich
Butte Association of Life Underwriters
Thomas F. Powers
Charles B. Dobbs
State Farm Mutual
John L. Peterson
Don G. Ulrich
State Farm
Glen C. King
Billings
Paul Revere Life
Harold Kountz
Northwestern National Life
Arnold E. Northrup
Seattle
Vietnamese Cambodian Troops Clash Near Saigon Front
Cambodian forces shot and seized a Vietnamese armored personnel carrier about 40 miles northwest of Saigon, killing one crewman and capturing the rest possibly 18. The battle involved US supplied armor with no American personnel. Cambodian troops also attacked Taey village, killing six, as Saigon ordered Vietnamese forces to stay on their side.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Cambodia
United States
U.S
Taey
Phnom Penh
Norodom Sihanouk
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Costa Rica
Manuel Ray
Fidel
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Belgrade
Butte Cut Bank
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