24 Hour Cease Fire Set Up in DR War
In Santo Domingo the rebel and junta factions signed separate 24 hour cease fire agreements for noon Friday. Red Cross and UN negotiators arranged the truce to allow evacuation of dead and wounded and restocking of hospitals. The deal aimed to pause four days of fighting in the city and involved leaders Imbert Barrera and Francisco Caamano Deno with cautious expectations for a permanent settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR War
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Red Cross
United Nations
Junta
Dominican Red Cross
Luis F. Fernandez Martinez
Embajador Hotel
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Imbert
Francisco Caamano Deno
Fernandez Martinez
Jose Antonio Mayobre
U.N
U Thant
Mayobre
Organization of American States
Camp Near Anaconda Approved for Job Corps Youths
Gov Tim Babcock approved a Forest Service run Job Corps camp near Anaconda for 200 underprivileged youths following a public hearing. The $760000 facility, 12 miles west of Anaconda in Deer Lodge National Forest, will employ 36 staff and boost the local economy by about $378000 annually.
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Foster Creek
Deer Lodge National Forest
Anaconda
Babcock
Trapper Creek
Darby
Forest Service
Kicking Horse Reservoir
Rowan
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Treasure State
Jetliner Crash Kills 12 Near Cairo in Desert
A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720B crashed near Cairo airport killing 121 aboard, with 114 passengers and 13 crew. Among the dead were seven Americans, including Lewis P. Howard and his wife Marian, plus other U. S. nationals and a diplomat, as rescue teams and Bedouin scavenged the wreckage in the desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
UPI
Pakistan International Airlines
PIA
Karachi
George Brock
Arthur C. Hill
Jerry Harris
Stamford
Conn
Donald B. Love
Riverside
Committee approves limited veto powers for governors
The House Labor and Education Committee voted 19 to 9 to grant governors limited veto authority over local poverty projects while giving the Office of Economic Opportunity power to override vetoes deemed arbitrary, politically influenced, or racially biased. It also approves spending 1.5 billion dollars for the war against poverty next fiscal year, doubling this year’s outlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
House Labor and Education Committee
Congess
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Birmingham
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N. Y
R. Sargent Shriver
Mighty May sale invites Butte shoppers today and tomorrow
Readers in the Butte trade area are invited to participate in a Mighty May sale and lucky number promotion by the Butte Chamber of Commerce Retail Promotion Committee. One hundred prizes totaling 3000 dollars. No purchase required. Winners report to the Chamber office for prize delivery.
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Butte Trade
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte
U S Planes Strike Deep Into North Viet Nam War Zones
U S warplanes raid multiple targets in North Vietnam in daylong strikes totaling over 100 aircraft. In Da Nang a Communist mortar barrage hit Marine positions, killing one and wounding two. Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne met Communist fire in a Bien Hoa maneuver with no casualties.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
Viet Nam
da Nang
U. S. Air Force
Thunderchief
Hanoi
Moscow
Tass
Coral Sea
Phu Qui
Naval Base
Phuoc Loi
173Rd
U.S. Airborne Division
Bien Hoa
Boy 8 Struck by Car in Butte
An eight year old Butte boy, Stanley Earl Jones, suffered scratches and bruises after being hit by a car in the 2300 block of Florence while returning from a Cub Scout meeting. The driver, Kathryn H. Dunfee, 1028 S Wyoming, said the boy emerged from behind a parked vehicle into traffic.
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Butte
Florence
Stanley Earl Jones
Stanley L. Jones
Yale
Silver Bow General Hospital
John O'Leary
Gloria Dei Lutineran Church
Kathryn H. Dunfee
S. Wyoming
Partly cloudy today with showers this weekend in Butte Anaconda
The forecast for Butte Anaconda calls for partly cloudy skies through Saturday with a few afternoon showers on both days. High near 60 today, low around 32 tonight. A year ago temps were 69 and 35.
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Butte-Anaconda
Weather outlook east and west of Divide
Partly cloudy conditions continue Friday into Saturday with cooler readings east of Divide on Friday and warmer highs on Saturday. West of Divide remains partly cloudy with similar temperatures and a slight warmup Saturday. Maximums cover 12 hours, minimums 18 hours, and precipitation 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Divide
U S Maintains Neutrality in Dominican Crisis
White House states the United States remains neutral as reports surface of American troops engaging rebels in Santo Domingo. Deputy Defense Secretary Vance acknowledges isolated incidents but says U S forces fired only in self defense and did not aid the junta.
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Washington
UPI
White House
United States
Dominican Republic
U. S
Santo Domingo
George E. Reedy
U. S S
Johnson
Reedy
Defense
Cyrus R. Vance
McGeorge Bundy
Vance
U S
Army detachment salvages 155 mm shells from wreck near Gold Creek
An Army explosive disposal detachment led by Capt. D. J. White and Lt. Martin A. Waller used a crane Wednesday to move 155 mm illuminating shells from smoking remains of NP freight cars near Gold Creek east of Drummond. They aim to salvage nearly all of the ammunition from a derailment involving 39 of 69 cars, with no fused fuzes reducing danger, but extreme caution remains as the Viet Nam bound ordnance is recovered.
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ARMY
Gold Creek
Drummond
D. J. White
87Th Ord
Nance
Presidio
San Francisco
Martin A. Waller
27Th Ord
Tooele
Utah
White
Viet Nam
Jim Oset
Five Carloads of Unexploded Ammo Recovered From Train
Helena AP reports no ammunition exploded in the derailment of 39 freight cars near Gold Creek Montana. A car of propellant powder burned noisily but five cars of 155mm illuminating ammunition and 105mm high explosive rounds did not burn. EOD squad prepared five ammo cars for shipment by Friday night. Cargo destined for Vietnam.
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6Th Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EOD
Gold Creek
Trinder
EOD Squad
D. J. White
Tooele
Utah
Asian nations back U.S. aid to South Viet Nam and bombing North Viet Nam
A United Press International survey finds broad support from Thailand Malaysia and the Philippines for American action in Vietnam. Thai Foreign Minister Tha nat Khoman endorses bombing and U.S. policy. Malaysian Premier Tengku Abdul Rahman backs force against Communists. Philippine leaders and officials support firm American action and U.S. bombing raids in the North as essential to regional security.
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U.S
South Viet Nam
North
Saigon
UPI
Viet Nam
United Press International
Thailand
Long
Thanat Khoman
United States
Southeast Asia
Malaysia
Tengku Abdul Rahman
Alliance Party
Korea
Asia
America
Philippines
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Diosdado Macapagal
Mauro Mendez
Ameri
Queen Elizabeth II Tours Rhine Amid German Unity Plea
Queen Elizabeth II rode Lorelei down the Rhine for a three hour cruise as German crowds cheered. She urged a great effort to remember uniting ties while Prince Philip and guards faced cannon salutes and a bouquet incident at Coblenz.
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Coblenz
Germany
UPI
Britain
Elizabeth II
Rhine River
Lorelei
Prince Philip
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Rhine
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International Red Cross Committee
Antonio Delgado
The
Pan American Sanitary Bureau
Part
World Health Organization
Robert Sadin
Peace Corps
Gov. Babcock
United Arab Republic
Lewis P. Howard
Elizabeth Clare
Sturgis, Mich
Howard
Marian Peeters
Saudi Arabia
London
Pakistan
Butte Merchants’ “Mighty May’ Sale
Red Land
Navy
Boy
Queen Elisabeth
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