A dangerous game nuclear chicken in the Middle East
Paris notes reflect on the Cuba and Palestine crises as a high stakes diplomatic chess game. Nasser's bold deployments and Arab solidarity raise the risk of wider war. Mullahs preach holy war while the Palestine Liberation Army seeks revenge, drawing in U Thant who faces mounting international pressure.
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New York Times
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Nasser and Hussein Sign Mutual Defense Pact
In Cairo, President Nasser and King Hussein forge a five year automatically renewable defense pact uniting Egypt and Jordan against Israel. Both leaders call each other brothers and pledge joint military effort while signaling broader Arab solidarity, with implications for the Palestine Liberation Organization and Gulf security.
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Butte Memorial Day Parade Honors Soldiers Under Sky
Mining City observes Memorial Day with a Butte parade moving along uptown streets under threatening skies. The procession ends at Veterans Memorial Park with ceremonies at Mt. Moriah and Mountain View cemeteries. Kathry n Thompson of the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary opens the service at the courthouse capstan recalling the 1898 ship Maine disaster that killed 266. George Wilcox 92 and John DeCorey 91 are Butte's surviving WWI veterans. The event features numerous veterans groups, schools, and local officials led by marshal Bernard Sullivan. Weather temp holds at 48 with a westerly breeze and intermittent rain.
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Si Holman
Bob Sparks
County Board
First in series on Montana politics leads with hush
Editor note introduces a four part Republican state convention series. Thomas E Mooney reports from Helena that the first installment notes Babcock is keeping plans quiet as coverage begins. The story outlines expectations for Saturday events and statewide political climate.
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Death of Deer Lodge convict ends use of hole prison cells
The death of prisoner Larry Cheadle last fall led Montana State Prison to stop using four disciplinary cells at Deer Lodge. Warden Ed Ellsworth Jr said the action followed advice from the State Board of Institutions. Cheadle, 28, died Oct. 31 in one of the cells, prompting an investigation by State Criminal Investigator Martin T. Mangan, whose report the board refuses to disclose. The People’s Voice has urged release of the report. Cheadle’s death certificate cites acute pulmonary edema and other possible causes.
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Standard
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Helena
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State Board of Institutions
Larry Cheadle
Cheadle
Ellsworth
Martin T. Mangan
Institutions Board
Mining City Stores Open Late Wednesday Night Shopping
Butte retail districts announce Wednesday night shopping extending to 9 pm in observance of Memorial Day. Regular Monday night dates resume next week.
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Butte
Weather Ue Butte Anaconda Cloudy and cool
Cloudy and cool with a 60 percent chance of precipitation. High today 58 degrees, low tonight 42. Historical note shows a high of 78 and a low of 41 from a year ago. Weather table referenced on Page 2.
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Butte-Anaconda
Divide dam fails as Montana rivers rise from rain
Intermittent rain across Montana swelled rivers and toppled the Divide dam on the Big Hole River. Water 10 feet deep behind the sagging structure rushed downstream Monday night, threatening bridges with washouts of timber. officials note the dam has crumbled for years and offers little current use, with pumping at Divide unlikely until July 1.
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Butte Water Co
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Butte
Memorial Day traffic deaths hit record high
CHICAGO AP Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths reached a record high Monday night though officials expected a lower total than feared. By 11 p.m. EDT the toll stood at 561 on highways with 100 drownings in boating incidents, amid forecasts of 650 to 750 deaths before midnight Tuesday.
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National Safety Council
Council
Howard Pyle
Three Die In Montana Auto Crash Tuesday Night
Three persons were killed in a two vehicle wreck Tuesday night as authorities pursued investigation and prepared to release the victims' identities. The deaths raised Montana's Memorial Day toll to five and the 1967 toll to 79, compared with 94 a year ago.
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Gildford
Montana
Girls Central High School Sets Graduation Tonight
Girls Central High School will graduate 120 students at 8 o'clock tonight in the Civic Center. Speaker will be Sister Mary Janet, president of St. Mary College at Leavenworth, Kansas. Top scholars Mary Ann Lohman and Marilyn Pearce lead the class. Pearce has a 3.9 GPA, Lohman 3.875. Both plan to enter Carroll College in Helena.
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Mary Janet
St. Mary College
Mary Ann Lohman
Marilyn Pearce
Mary Kathleet
Miss Lohman
John Lohman
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