Wales Mine Explosion Kills 31 Miners at Cam Brian
In Tonypandy Wales a gas blast ripped through the Cam Brian coal mine leaving 31 dead and 13 injured. Rescue crews worked through the night as officials ordered a public inquiry into the cause and Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip sent condolences. Ernest Breeze and Les Williams were among the victims.
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Tonypandy
Wales
UPI
Gant Cambrian
Cambrian Mine
Green
My Valley
Ernest Breeze
Les Williams
Myrddin Pritchard
Pritchard
Gerald Blackmore
South Wales
Fred Lee
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Lee
Governor Signs No Discrimination Clause For Montana Funds
Gov. Tim Babcock signed a no discrimination clause enabling about 1 million dollars in semiannual mineral leasing revenue for Montana schools and roads. The funds come from Bureau of Land Management lands with 37 percent of gross receipts allocated to the state and split between the Highway Department and Department of Public Education.
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Paul Johnson
Babcock
BLM
Billings
Johnson
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Department
Public Institution Department
Johnson urges industry to match tax cut plan
President Johnson asks Congress for a 4 billion excise tax reduction with two 1.75 billion cuts in 1965 and 1966 plus smaller annual steps through 1970. He envisions price cuts by industry, notes no defense spending rise, and details July 1 1965 and January 1 1966 repeal and rate changes affecting cars, movies, lights, and phone service.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Junta Rejects Peace Proposal in Dominican Crisis
In Santo Domingo the military civilian junta rejected White House peace moves and pushed tanks into a house-by-house operation to crush rebel holdouts in the northeastern city. Brig. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera said American troops would back the junta’s bid against communism as OAS urged a cease-fire north of the corridor.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
White House
Antonio Imbert Barrera
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Imbert
Organization of American States
OAS
President Peynado
Isabella River
Quisqueya Baseball Stadium
Eastwest
Ozama River
U.S
FBI Chief Warns Soviet Groups Include Spies in US
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a House subcommittee that nearly every Soviet visiting group in the United States contains at least one KGB officer among diplomats scientists students and exchange missions. He warned cultural exchanges could aid espionage and described extensive KGB involvement in Soviet student and scientific delegations. He cited reports from 1964 showing over 20 percent of Soviet students were suspected agents.
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FBI
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
KGB
U.S
Spe
Wayrynen urges withdrawal of Galen per diem plan
Silver Bow County Democrat Ray J. Wayrynen urged the Montana Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Galen drop the $12 per diem for patients. He called it a public health issue and said withdrawal would be commendable, noting distress among patients and several active TB cases leaving the hospital over the charge.
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Wayrynen
Galen
Ray J. Wayrynen
Silver Bow County
Montana State
Department of Institutions
Butte
Butte Metal Trades Council Charges Anaconda Co In Dust Dispute
The Butte Metal Trades Council filed a charge with the NLRB Seattle office accusing Anaconda Co of discriminating against a job steward who protested dust conditions at Berkeley pit operations in Butte. Union leaders say the steward was fired for his protest while stockholders met.
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United Press International
Butte Metal Trades Council
Anaconda Co
Butte
Seattle
National Labor Relations Board
al Boogal
NLRB
Boogal
Berkeley
Trades Council
The
Mines Graduation Tickets Available
Tickets for the 65th commencement of Montana School of Mines are available through the president's office. Call 723-9476 or write to the Office of the President. Commencement is Sunday June 6 at 3 30 in the Library Museum Building with Don Anderson as speaker and honorary doctorates to Don Anderson and Vincent Perry.
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Montana School of Mines
Don Anderson
Lee Newspapers of
Montana
Anderson
Vincent Perry
The
Anaconda Co
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda region
Fair and warmer today with a mainly cloudy night and Wednesday. Highs around 54 today, lows near 32 tonight. East of Divide expects fair conditions, lighter winds. West of Divide remains milder Tuesday with possible showers on Wednesday afternoon in the western mountains.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
Western Mountains
Dowtin to Speak at Butte Armed Forces Day Luncheon
Col Rex Dowtin USAF commander of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB will address the importance of a mixed force of missiles and bombers to keep the peace at the nohost luncheon in the Hotel Finlen Treasure State Room. Men and women are invited.
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Rex Dowtin
USAF
Butte
Navy League of Butte
341St
Strategic Missile Wing
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Col. Dowtin
Hotel Finlen Treasure State Room
Bomb experts defuse time bombs after Bien Hoa blast
Two US Army demolition specialists, Col. John P. O'Shaughnesy and Capt. Robert J. Earl, risked their lives to locate and destroy remaining time bombs at Bien Hoa Air Base after an explosion killed 26 Americans and four Vietnamese officials. Authorities called the incident accidental and dispatched Gen. William K. Martin to investigate as air strikes against the Viet Cong continued.
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Saigon
UPI
Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
William K. Martin
Air Force
Marine
North
Cong
U.S
da Nang
John P. O’shaughnessy
Portland
Ind
Robert J. Earl
Ramsey
N.J
Babcock Protests Possible Loss Of Veto Over Federal Projects
Helena Montana Gov Tim Babcock protests to Congress an amendment that would end the governors veto over federal neighborhood youth corps projects He cites plans from the Montana Farmers Union and proposals at Butte and Billings while Browning on the Blackfeet Reservation reportedly won preliminary approval Aides say no final approvals are in yet and Babcock notes other governors plan similar protests
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Helena
Tim Babcock
Congress
Montana Farmers Union
Butte
Billings
Browning
Blackfeet
Babcock
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
Republican Governors’ Organization
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Jack Hallowell
Denver
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Fred Braus Dies in Butte at 48
Frederick C. Braus, 48, lifelong Anaconda and Butte resident, died at his home in Butte on Monday from natural causes per Coroner Andy Aleksich. Born August 7, 1916 in Anaconda, he worked at Hansen Packing Co. and the Northern Pacific Railroad, and for 20 years served as secretary in the legal department of the Anaconda Co. He married Dorothy Churchill in 1940. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs. Dennis Klemp, sister Mrs. Robert Shabarker, brother Robert E., and grandson Dennis Michael Klemp. Body at White's Funeral Home.
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Frederick C. Braus
Anaconda
Butte
Andy Aleksich
Mr. Braus
Butte Business College
Hansen Packing Co
Northern Pacific Railroad
Anaconda Co
Braus
Dorothy Churchill
Immaculate Conception Church
Dennis Klemp
Robert Schabarker
Robert E
Bellevue
Wash
Dennis Michael Klemp
White
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