Apollo 10 crew returns after near moon hover and docking
Apollo 10 astronauts Stafford and Cernan glide the lunar module within 9.4 miles of the moon and dock with the command ship in a rehearsal for the July Apollo 11 landing. Young pilots the command ship in high lunar orbit as ground crews fix an equipment switch error.
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John W. Young
Young
Snoopy
Charlie Brown
Cernan
John
Stafford
Moon
Earth
Judges Draft Ethics Code for Federal Justices
Chief Justice Earl Warren calls a Saturday meeting of federal judges to draft a code of ethics and financial reporting rules. The plan aims for adoption by the Judicial Conference before his retirement, setting the first formal conduct standards for the federal judiciary.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Warren
Federal Judiciary
Fortas
Educator group faces potential loss of tax exempt status
Washington The National Education Association expects official word from the Internal Revenue Service revoking its tax exempt status. The move would mark the second major national group to lose such status recently as new IRS Commissioner Randolph Thrower orders strict interpretation of rules for religious and educational purposes.
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Washington
National Education Association
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
Randolph W. Thrower
Thrower
Carmakers under fire as FTC probes price gimmicks
The Federal Trade Commission launched an inquiry to see if car makers and dealers misled buyers with false lower prices and optional features. Hearings are set for Sept. 16-17 to hear consumer and industry input on deceptive pricing practices and related warranty reductions.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Carmakers
Miner Buried in Rock Slide at Warm Springs Creek Mine
A 27-year-old contract miner John Bain is missing after an avalanche at the Cominco American mine near Garrison Montana. Rescue teams work through rain and night with aid from inspectors Julius Jones and Max Salazar as Bain’s partner Calvin Stokes escaped the 200 ton collapse.
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Warm Springs Creek
John Bain
Bain
Linda
Cominco American, Inc
Les Coon
Montana
Cominco
Julius Jones
Salt Lake City
Max Salazar
Butte
Coons
Calvin Stokes
Deer Lodge
Stokes
Warren Welch
Welch
Vietnam war toll rises as attacks intensify
U S battle deaths last week reached the year’s second highest total with 430 Americans killed and 2,185 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses were 568, while South Vietnamese troops suffered 537 killed and 1,643 wounded. Overall U S casualties since Jan 1, 1961 climbed to 35,264 killed and 225,710 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
Battle Deaths Rise as U S Forces Engage Across Vietnam
The report notes a surge in American combat fatalities linked to intensified North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks since May 11. Heavy fighting occurred northwest of Saigon and south of Da Nang while U S units conducted round the clock sweeps. Maj. Gen. Melvin Zais defended mountain operations on Appia Mountain near the A Shau Valley, saying the mission was to locate and destroy enemy forces.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Appia Mountain
Melvin Zais
101St Airborne Division
A Shau
Poison rhu barb leaves sicken local youth
Page six reports a Butte youth fell ill after consuming poisonous rhu barb leaves. Page sixteen notes U S living costs rose six percent in the past month. Page twenty four describes Denver's airport continuing operations while the Army handles nearby poison gas containers.
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Butte
U.S
Denver
Army
Nixon vows no personal or religious balance for Supreme Court
President Nixon says he will not nominate a personal or political friend to the Supreme Court and will not seek racial, religious, or geographic balance. He named Warren Burger as chief justice candidate and ruled out a Jewish, Catholic, or Negro seat. He noted Abe Fortas’s resignation and indicated no political clearances will be sought. Burger’s nomination aims for strict constitutional interpretation and law and order compatibility.
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Family Foundation
Louis E. Wolfson
Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Oval Office
Warren E. Burger
Lyndon B. Johnson
Burger
Duke Law School
Charles E. Rhyne
Rhyne
Potter Stewart
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Atty
Herbert Brownell
N. Mitchell
Republican National Committee
Mitchell
White House
Fortas
Senate
See-In at the Butte Civic Center draws crowd for charity fair
A busy two day See-In at the Butte Civic Center offers food booths merchandise and games to aid the blind. Local groups civic clubs churches and unions staffed booths while entertainers from The Sprees to the Presbyterian Choir perform. Mike O Connell emcees Friday and Bill Thomas hosts Saturday with Craig Britton auctioning items at 1 PM.
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Butte Civic Center
Silver Bow Association For the Blind
Gib Cooney
Girls Central
Romelle and
Muri
Johnny’s
Copper King Mansion Open For Tours In Missoula And More
The Copper King Mansion at 219 W Granite opens year round 10 to 6 daily with possible after hours by appointment. The 27 room home features nine imported French fireplaces, antique displays valued at 100000, art glass, silverware, sculpture, a library, ballroom, billiard room and a gambling room not open for business. Montana hosts state high school track golf and tennis in Missoula today and tomorrow as Memorial Day weekend brings a busy schedule of community events and seasonal openings.
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Granite
William Andrews Clark
Montana
Missoula
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YSAC
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