Freedom Riders Arrested in Jackson Mississippi
Twenty seven riders from two buses entering Jackson were arrested after ignoring orders to leave the whites only waiting rooms. Charges included breach of peace disobeying an officer and inciting a riot later dropped. each faced 500 dollar bonds. The NAACP pledged legal help and bond funding as crowds gathered outside the bus terminal.
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Jackson
Miss
Freedom Riders
Mississippi
Montgomery
Ala
W. D. Rayfield
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Montana Power rate hearing delayed in Helena session
The No. 1 rate expert for Montana Power testified that a general natural gas rate increase would yield a 6.09 percent profit in 1962. without the raise MP would earn 3.93 percent. Hearing divides into two sessions with Butte-scheduled start moved to July 18 after a request from Leo Graybill Jr. Also discussed were dividends, rate bases, and a fair return definition by expert William Gilman.
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PSC
Butte
Leo Graybill Jr
Great Falls
Jack Holmes
Paul Smith
Louis Boedecker
Carter William
Great Falls Gas Co
William Leapheart
Helena Consumers Association
Montana Power
J. J. Harrington
William C. Gilman
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tax Meeting Set in Butte Today
State and county officials convene in Butte to air delinquent tax issues as Silver Bow County faces calls for remedial legislation. A previous county meeting with the Chamber of Commerce discussed tax collections and sales of delinquent properties.
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Butte
Helena
Silver Bow
Butte Chamber of Commerce
James A. Poore
Committee to be named to tackle school salary stalemate
In Butte a citizen meeting with 20 plus organizations approved Rabbi Max Kerr to appoint seven members to meet with the Butte Teachers Union and the Board of Trustees of School District No. 1. The aim is to restart negotiations stalled since May 15 when teachers walked out.
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Mining City
Butte Teachers Union
Board of Trustees
Max Kerr
Citizens
Nutter in Butte Pledges Aid to Montana Mining Lift
Gov. Donald G. Nutter told a joint meeting of the Montana Section of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and the Anderson-Carlisle Society that he will devote time and effort to lift Montana's mining industry. He called mining the state's economic cornerstone and said benefits to mining help the entire economy. The event at the Montana School of Mines Library-Museum drew nearly 100 attendees.
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Nutter
Butte
Ingness
Montana School of Mines
Montana
American Institute of Mining and
Eee Engineers
Anderson- Carlisle Society
AIME
William Pickard
Miles City
Mines
Guy Weaver
Great Falls
Montana Aime
Montana Weather Report East and West Regions
Montana east shows variable clouds with isolated afternoon thunderstorms in the mountains and cooler air in the northeast. Thursday highs 65, 70 to 80 elsewhere. Thursday night and Friday cooler with lows 35 to 45 and Friday highs 60 to 75. Montana west remains fair with scattered clouds and warm conditions on both days.
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Montana
Exercises Held for 66 Graduates of Boys Central High
John C. Sheehy delivers the commencement address to 66 graduates of Boys Central High School at Columbia Gardens Pavilion. The Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus provided an honor guard as juniors escorted the seniors in white tuxedos. Sheehy urged courage and aiming high, praising parental, school, and Christian Brothers’ guidance and noting advances in science and space research.
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John C. Sheehy
Billings
Boys Central High School
Columbia Gardens Pavilion
Knights of Columbus
Sheehy
Christian Brothers
Montana Highway Commission awards record nine project contracts
The Montana Highway Commission approved contracts totaling 6.6 million for nine road projects in a single-day bid letting, the largest in department history. Goodfellow Brothers Inc. won 4.06 million for a 5.275 mile four-lane I-90 section near Bozeman, the largest single job let. Other bids include work in Gallatin Cascade Valley and Dawson counties with multiple bridges, interchanges, and road widening totaling 18 million so far this year.
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Ean
Highway Department
Wire Division
Portland
Ore
Gallatin
Interstate
Rocky Canyon
Bear Creek Road
Trail Creek
Bozeman
Goodfellow Brothers Inc
Wenatchee
Wash
Tschache Brothers
Glasgow
Examiners to Visit Galen for Labor Peace Talks
The Montana Board of Examiners will travel to Galen June 1 to hear all concerns regarding unions and employee organization at the Montana State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The session in the sanitarium theater starts at 2 p.m. A broader agenda included bids for warehouse roofing and other unrelated matters before the visit.
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Examiners
Galen
Helena
State Board of Examiners
Montana State
Donald G. Nutter
Frank Murray
Forrest H. Anderson
Sanitarium
Standard-Post
Board of Examiners
Rail Merger Opponent Sees 100 Jobs Lost in Butte Area
M A Ross of Cleveland warns the GN NP railroad merger would cost about 100 local jobs and $620,000 yearly in lost income. He cites government surveys and urges a public meeting at Race Track firehall Thursday night sponsored by the Silver Bow Railways Employer Association.
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Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad
Butte
M. A. Ross
Cleveland
Ross
Railway Labor Executive Assn
Wees
Race Track
Silver Bow Railways Employer Association
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kennedy to Address Joint Session of Congress Today
President Kennedy will speak before a joint session at 11 30 a m to outline urgent national needs and a plan for increased spending on foreign aid defense and space programs. The address aims to boost the space race and civil defense funding as networks prepare to carry the speech live.
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Kennedy
Congress
Washington
White House
Senate
House
John W. McCormack
Mass
Butte Gasoline Prices Slashed Across Stations
Butte residents saw gasoline prices cut by about two and a half cents per gallon after Texaco Conoco and Humble Oil announced reductions. Regular dropped from 38.3 to 35.9 cents and premium from 42.5 to 39.9 at key stations, with varying prices at others and expectations of a general rollback by Thursday.
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Butte
Standard Post
Conoco
Texaco
Humble Oil
Standard
Phillips 66
Union
Jefferson County Records Second Traffic Fatality
In Whitehall AP report a propane tanker left U S Highway 10 at LaHood Park killing driver Ray Owen Shaner of Billings. The crash disrupted NP railway tracks and power with a passenger train rerouted. the tanker was empty. It marked Montana 87th traffic death and Jefferson County's second for the year.
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Milwaukee Road
Butte
Vernon Moncure
Powell
Wyo
Montana
Jefferson County
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Montana High Low
Belgrade
Broadus
Boys Central High
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Yuri Gagarin
Cmdr. Shep
Lewis and Clark
Birch Inc
S. Birch & Sons Construction Co
Cascade County
Greenfield
South Canal
Fairfield
Mackin & Sons of
United States Steel
the Steel
Ardson Construction Co
Dawson
U. S. 10
Circle
Gus N. Albert
Lyndale
C. B. Laud Construction Co
Blaine
Chouteau
Glacier
Hill and Toole
Richardson Construction Co
William J. Clark
Cahill Mooney
Montana State College
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