Wind topples Park Theater wall injuring man in Butte
High winds toppled a weakened inner wall of the Park Theater on Park Street in Butte injuring Samuel Hill. Debris damaged two parked cars and damaged Park Hat Shop Pony Cafe and Electrolux Co. Officials fear mass abandonment and razing of the site after years of fires.
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Ashley Standard Post
Park Theater
E. Park
Butte
Park Street
Samuel Hill
FE. Park
Hill
Asst
John O'Leary
Park
Thomas A. Horn
W. Aluminum
Lewis Fontana
Garden Ave
O'Leary
Park Theatre
Park Hat
Pony Cafe
Electrolux Co
People's Theater
the Park
Old Park Theater
Toll Still Mounting In Airbase Disaster
Bien Hoa Vietnam United Press International reports the Bien Hoa airbase blast killed 26 Americans and four Vietnamese with over 100 wounded, mostly Americans. Defense officials dispatched an investigation led by Lt Gen William K Martin. Estimated damage exceeded $20 million as 22 aircraft were destroyed or damaged in the explosions.
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Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
UPI
Saigon
Washington
Defense Department
William K. Martin
U.S. Air Force
Eral
Air Force
Joseph H Moore
Ar Force
America
Moore
Thailand
Pleiku Army
Spectacular Saturn 1 Night Launch Planned From Cape Kennedy
AP reports NASA plans an after dark Saturn 1 launch to orbit Pegasus 2, a space satellite for meteoroid studies. The 3 a.m. EST May 25 blast could light up Florida skies up to 200 miles away if weather cooperates.
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AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Florida
Brother and Sister Die After Horse Accident in Reservoir
In Ekalaka Montana a 12 year old girl Janice Moser and her 10 year old brother Bucky drowned when they fell from a horse into a dam backed reservoir on their Carter County ranch. Their sister Margaret 8 watched as authorities struggled to recover the bodies without diving gear.
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Ekalaka
Mont
UPI
Carter County
Janice Moser
Bucky
Willard Moser
United Press International
Margaret
Polish Official Defects to West in Berlin
The Polish Military Mission chief in Berlin sought asylum in the United States, was detained by US State Department officials, and flown to West Germany aboard a USAF plane. The defector, Wladislaw Tykocinski, a 44-year-old diplomat with a major-general rank, was identified after approaching an American sergeant at a shopping center near military HQ in Westerin. He was known as a jovial figure nicknamed the Gypsy Baron.
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Berlin
United States
State Department
Air Force
West Germany
Wladislaw Tykocinnski
Tykocinski
Marion H. Tomlinson
Westerlin
Tomlinson
Mt. Vernon
Ind
West Berlin
Junta Forces Seize 15-Block Sector in Rebel Stronghold
Dominican junta troops seized a 15 block rebel area in Santo Domingo after a day of fierce street fighting that federal officials reported left more than 530 Dominicans dead. Rebels accused U S helicopters of aiding the attack and said civilians were killed while trying to flee. International efforts stalled as OAS demands face to face talks between Caamano and Barrera.
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Junta
Rafael Martinez
Jottin Curry
Organization of American States
OAS
Col
Francisco Caamano
Antonio Imbert Barrera
U.S
Air Force
Republic
United Nations
I. J. Rikhye
Francis Caamano
United Nations Si
Rikhye
Dominican Republic
Antonio Lmbert Barrera
Caamano
U.N
Homesick Welsh stows away in crate on Pan Am flight
Brian Robson a 20 year old from Cardiff claims homesickness drove him to risk a 21 hour flight from Sydney to London in a 30 by 26 by 38 inch crate. He traveled aboard a Pan Am Boeing 707 from Australia with stops in Fiji and Honolulu and was found in the cargo crate in Los Angeles. He was treated for dehydration and a nonfunctional arm, and authorities and airline officials investigated.
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Los Angeles
Australia
Brian Robson
Great Britain
Sydney
Robson
Central Receiving Hospital
FBI
Fiji Islands
Honolulu
London
Cargo Service
Gary Hatch
Melbourne
Ansett
Australian National Airlines
Pan-Am
Ajax
British Computer Controller Co., Ltd
Cardiff
South Wales
Pan American
Two Young Montanans Die In Separate Wrecks
Two pedestrians die and two students are critically hurt in a head on crash near Malta and a one car crash involving prom bound students. Victims include Joyce Brisboe 24 Malta and Cecil Thompson 17 Scobey. An inquest is possible as sheriff Nybo notes.
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Associated Press
Malta
Joyce Brisboe
Cecil Thompson
Scobey
Brisboe
Keith Wiley
Dave Enond
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Weather outlook for Montana regions this week
Butte Anaconda area sees partly cloudy skies with cooler conditions today and tonight, rising to a slight warmup Tuesday. East Montana forecasts show cool, unsettled weather with scattered showers and a northwest wind, while west Montana remains partly cloudy and cooler with scattered showers Monday.
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Butte-Anaconda
Montana
Torrential Rains Flood Texas and Rattle Regions
Torrential downpours across south central Texas pounded areas causing evacuations as Nolan Creek overflowed its banks. Nine inches fell in Killeen and near Fort Hood, with a bridge washout derailing a Santa Fe freight train near Nolanville. Farther afield, Ohio and South Dakota saw severe storms, flash floods, and property damage, while Seattle yacht racing faced strong winds and a missing sailor.
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Texas
Ohio
South Dakota
Pacific Northwest
Killeen
Belton
Nolan Creek
Leon River
Santa Fe
Nolanville
Ft. Hood
Cherry Springs
Fredericksburg
Weather Bureau
Bedford
Cleveland
Columbus
Ithaca
Darke
Cincinnati
Black Hills
Seattle
Coast Guard
Frank Townsend
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