Mercury Recovery Plane Crash Kills Several Mercury Crew
Condolences flow from Acting Kenya Governor E N Griffith Jones as American consul Richard Freund confirms a memorial service will be held. A turboprop wreck near a beacon in East Africa claims seven charred bodies and ten other Mercury project personnel. The C 130 crash tied to Evreux based unit marks third such loss since 1958 with Libya bound aircraft from Mauritius and Zanzibar support routes.
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States
Kenya
E. N. Griffith-Jones
Richard Freund
Libya
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Evereux
France
Donald Bidwell
Germany
Frederick R. Jones
Ramstein Air Base
U.S
Air Force
Project Mercury
Zanzibar
Africa
Carpenter
Atlantic Ocean
322Nd Air Division
Evreux
Elmer Ombholt Named Montana State Auditor
Gov Tim Babcock appoints Elmer V Sonny Ombholt 42 year old Dutton mayor to succeed the late John J Holmes as Montana state auditor. Ombholt, WW II hero and former legislator, will seek the Republican nomination at the June GOP convention and assume office Jan 7 to complete Holmes term. Holmes died of cancer in Helena at 74.
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Ombholt
Montana
Holmes
Omholt
Babcock
Dutton
Teton County
Combat-Ready Marines Poised on Laos Border
Eighteen hundred Marines trained for jungle warfare join 1,000 U. S. troops and Thai forces near the Laos border to contain Communist rebels. Britain considers forces for Thailand while Australia New Zealand Pakistan and the Philippines offer support. U. S. plans total 5,000 combat troops to seal the border and aid Thai defense.
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Laos
Robert E.udick
Bangkok
UPI
U. S
Laos-Thailand
Britain
Thailand
Singapore
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
U. S. Defense Department
Washington
Young boy killed in street accident in Butte
Arthur William Triniman, 84 year old Butte resident, was struck by a car on East Broadway near Washington School as playmates described a cowboys and Indians game. Driver Mrs Karen Hockaday, 20, said she stopped at a stop street and did not see the boy in time. The fatality marked Silver Bow County's third traffic death of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Quinn
Arthur William Triniman
Butte
Arthur
June Triniman
E. Granite
Arthur Triniman
Montana
Thornton Avenue
East Broadway
Karen Hockaday
Granite
Johnny Corcoran
Frankie Theofelis
Washington School
Thornton
Theofelis
Corcoran
James Corcoran
E. Broadway
Frank Theofelis
Roadblocks Set To Check 1962 Butte Driver Permits
Acting Mayor Mehrens ordered city police to run roadblocks to verify driver licenses after reports that city driver permits sales have dropped. Chief Clark certified the action. roadblocks planned today and Saturday. City treasurer data show 11,235 permits sold in 1961 and 9,668 in four and a half months of 1962. Drivers operating without a 1962 permit face a $2 fine.
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City Treasurer's Office
Butte
Bert Mehrens
James A. Clark
Clark
Tom Powers
Powers
Bankers Gather in Missoula for Installment Credit Conference
Montana Bankers Association holds two day Installment Credit Conference in Missoula with Ted Jacobs of First National Bank and speakers R D Corette Philip L Corneil and Dr Arthur R Upgren. Finlen Hotel hosts sessions with over 100 bankers expected and Thomas M Edwards organizing local arrangements alongside Richard Rubie and R L Samson.
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Ted Jacobs
First National Bank of
Bureau of Economic Studies
MacAlester College
St. Paul
Thomas M. Edwards
Metals Bank and Trust Co
Richard Rubie
Citizens Bank of Havre
Association
Edwards
R. L. Samson
Union Bank and Trust Co
Helena
Charles A. Riggs
Laos princes urged to form national union to avert war
President Kennedy said the United States is counting on three rival Laos princes to form a government of national union to avert a general war. He cited indications that pro Western Premier Phouma and pro Communist Souphanouvong would meet soon, though Far East reports varied. He could not say how long U S troops in Thailand would stay as Laos battles unfold.
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Boun Oum
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Thailand
Saigon
Moscow
U. S
United States
Southeast Asia
Peiping
China
SEATO
Laos
95Th Regiment
3Rd Marine Division
Nong Han
Udorn
Bangkok
Vientiane
Mekong River
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Asia
Far East
Death Summons Mr. Boucher
Theodore Boucher of Boucher Bros. died in a local hospital Thursday morning at age 60. A Butte native and Army World War II veteran, he was a longtime partner with his brother Fred in the business. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and belonged to Skyline Sportsmen's Association. Requiem Mass is set for Saturday at 9 at St. Ann Church with burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. rosary Friday night at 8. He is survived by sisters Rose Harry and Mary Ledingham, brothers Eli and Edward, and many nieces and nephews.
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Theodore Boucher
Boucher Bros
Massachusetts
Butte
Boucher
Fred
Skyline Sportsmen's Association
St. Ann Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Duggan Merrill Mortuary
Rose Harry
Mary Ledingham
Long Beach
Calif
Eli Boucher
Seattle
Edward Gray
Weather Outlook for Butte Area This Week
Partly cloudy today through Saturday with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Highs 56 today, 60 to 70 Friday and Saturday. lows 34 tonight, 35 to 45 Friday night. East and West of Divide show varying showers with slight warming Friday and little temperature change. Precipitation table notes maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending at 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Butte
Divide
Farr
Honors Accorded Mines Students at Annual Convocation
Montana School of Mines recognized several students at its fifth annual honors convocation in the Library-Museum Building. Dr. E. G. Koch highlighted public acknowledgment of scholastic and athletic distinc tions and gifts to the school. Harry D. Greenberg received a $500 mining scholarship from the American Smelting and Refining Co. Cameron C. Brown earned a $300 fellowship from the Billings section of the AIME. The petroleum department announced a $3,000 graduate fellowship from Continental Oil Co. with recipient to be announced. Bradley D. Bilyeu of Wolf Point won the $250 Great Falls Breweries scholarship and a $400 Socony Mobil Oil grant for a senior petroleum engineering student. James T. Conway received a $500 metallurgical engineering scholarship from the American Smelting and Refining Co. The Electrochemical Society awarded Robert F. Johnson the first $1,500 F. M. Becket Memorial Award to support summer research at a listed institute, with Gottingen’s Max-Planck Institute chosen.
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Montana School of Mines
E. G. Koch
William A. Vine
Department of
American Smelting and Refining Co
Harry D. Greenberg
Flin Flon
Manitoba
Douglas H. Harnish
Department of Petroleum
Wolf Point
Socony Mobil Oil Co
Bradley D. Bilyeu
E. Bilyeu
Vernon Griffiths
Salt Lake City
James
Dr. Griffiths
F. M. Becket
Electrochemical Society
Robert F. Johnson
Anaconda
Johnson
Max-Planck Institute
Gottingen
Germany
Col
Saturday Space Shot Delayed To Tuesday
Cape Canaveral reports a postponement of astronaut Scott Carpenter's orbital mission to next Tuesday due to irregularities found in the parachute mechanism after analysis of the February Glenn flight. The delay follows a late night meeting with Carpenter and Project Mercury officials.
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Cape Canaveral
UPS
Civilian Space Agency
Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Federal Space Agency
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Montana Highway Engineer W E Bawden Dies at 63
W E Bawden 63 longtime Montana Highway Department maintenance chief died in Helena after a heart attack. He oversaw 6027 miles of roads, 707 employees, and an annual budget over 8 million dollars. Born in England, he studied at MSC and earned an engineering degree in 1925.
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Helena
Upi
William E. Bawden
Montana Highway Department
Bawden
Bill
England
Centerville
Blaine School
Butte Business College
Montana State College
Aigh
Enli
MSC
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Great Falls
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House of Representatives
Elmer V.omholt
Thailand-Laos
Princes of
Arthur W. Triniman
Leonard Bay
Pat McCall
Arizona East
Covert Street
Edmond Taylor
Sacred Heart Parish
Triniman
Linda
JFK
By Robert Barkdoll
Mr. Boucher
Billings
Belgrade S . Broadus
Butte Cut Bank
Dillon Drummond
Glasgow Great Falls
Havre Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall Ati
Mines
T. Conway
Conway
T. L. Conway
Christian Brothers High School
W. E. Bawden
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