Johnson Gains Negro Leader Roy Wilkins Support
President Johnson wins strong backing from NAACP leader Roy Wilkins as he pursues Kennedy era civil rights goals and fiscal restraint. He meets with top officials at the White House and announces a presidential inquiry board into Kennedy’s assassination to head off rival probes.
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Alvin Spivak Washington
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Roy Wilkins
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Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
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CIA
McGeorge Bundy
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAAC
FBI
Commission
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Johnson names bipartisan commission to probe Kennedy assassination
President Johnson named a seven member commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy. The bi partisan panel includes Senators Russell and Cooper and Representatives Boggs and Ford, with Allen Dulles and John J. McCloy as members. The FBI and a Texas state inquiry also proceed, aiming to reveal the facts for the American people.
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Johnson
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Kennedy
Assassi
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Special Commission
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D-Ga
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Hale Boggs
D-La
Gerald Ford
D-Mich
Allen W. Dulles
CIA
John J. McCloy
New York
Congress
United States
FBI
Texas
Immigrants Naturalized in Butte Federal Court
Six adults gained U.S. citizenship and two children born abroad were naturalized Friday in federal district court in Butte with Judge W. D. Murray presiding. New citizens include Manfred A. Doett and Charles G. Staschel from Germany and Norway natives Jozsef Rona, Ivar Stenburg, Elizabeth Van Ostrum, Salvador A. Venegas from Mexico and the Netherlands respectively, plus Canada-born minor David John Bartzen and Germany-born minor Sharon Elizabeth Stewart by parental petition.
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United States
Federal District Court
Butte
W. D. Murray
Manfred A. Doett
Charles G. Staschel
Lermeny
Jozsef Rona
Ungary
Ivar Stenburg
Norway
Elizabeth van Ostrum
Netherlands
Salvador A. Venegas
Mexico
David John Bartzen
Canada
Sharon Elizabeth Stewart
Germany
John D. and
Dora L. Stewart
118 Die In Trans-Canada DC-8 Crash Near Montreal
A Trans-Canada Airlines DC-8 carrying 118 people, many football fans, crashed shortly after takeoff from Montreal in heavy rain, killing all aboard. The jet, bound for Toronto, broke apart in a wooded area near St. Therese, 25 miles north of Montreal, delaying Grey Cup travelers.
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ST. Therese
Que
UPI
Trans-Canada Airlines
Montreal
Canada
Toronto
Vancouver
B.C
Murder Trial Opens as Defendant Denies Loaded Gun
Billings, AP. Burton W. McNeil testifies he believed his wife ended an affair with Frank Reichert and says he did not know his rifle was loaded until it fired, killing Reichert in a truck stop parking lot. McNeil claims the shot was accidental amid marital turmoil and stress.
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Burton W. McNeil
Reichert
Billings
McNeil
Tacoma
Wash
Butte Area Construction Heads List of Improvement Projects
Helena dispatch reports 12 highway improvement contracts in the Butte region set for award on Dec 18. Projects include 18.5 miles of grading and surfacing, 31.2 miles of seeding, and a large I 90 segment southeast from East Butte Interchange. Largest work is nearly three miles of I 90 and a 254.5 foot underpass near East Butte Interchange.
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East Butte
Hootenanny Day Marked In Butte With Santa Parade
Butte hosts Hootenanny Day with Santa Claus arrival at 2 p.m. A downtown street parade will proceed through the business district, with a later Harrison Avenue procession and candy distributions. Three high school bands join the uptown march. A Civic Center hootenanny show at 8:30 p.m. features Hootenanny West stars, amateur acts, and prizes of 100 50 and 25 dollars. Notable entertainers include Peter Evans Hoyt Axton and the Sherwood Singers.
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Chamber
Civic Center
Butte
Hootenanny West
Peter Evans
Sherwood Singers
Hoyt Axton
Evans
Sherwood
Karen Gunderson
Axton
Georgia
Greenback
Three Chessmen
Bill Robinson
Jim McArthur
Bill McLaughlin
Bruce Lester
Great Falls
Girls Central Coquettes
Three Bachelors
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Traffic Fatalities Below Predicted Thanksgiving Toll
AP reports national traffic deaths during the long Thanksgiving weekend were below the normal four day toll with 241 lives lost by the holiday midpoint. The National Safety Council had not estimated total deaths for the period starting Wednesday at 6 p.m. local time and ending Sunday midnight.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Youths named for service academies by Sen. Metcalf
Butte Anaconda and Sheridan youths are among four main candidates picked by Senator Lee Metcalf for Naval and Military Academy appointments. Nominees include John Hanley Salvail Butte Alan D Paige Sheridan and John Lewis Kosich Billings for Naval Academy Patrick John Moe Anaconda for Military Academy.
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Anaconda
Sheridan
Sen
Lee Metcalf
U.S
John Hanley Salvail
Alan D. Paige
John Lewis Kosich
Billings
Naval Academy
Patrick John Moe
Military Academy
Metcalf
Air Force Academy
Salvail
Jack A. Salvail
912
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Naval Reserve Submarine Service
Paige
Sheridan High School
L. M. Paige
Montana State University
Missoula
Moe
Anaconda Central High School
Raymond Moe
Melrose
Doris Moe
Young Moe
Weather Outlook Midweek Warmth Mix Across Divide
East of divide Partly cloudy and warmer through Sunday with highs around 42 and lows near 15. Winds 15 to 30 mph from the southwest along east slopes. West of divide variable clouds with valley fog and highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s and Saturday night lows around 25 to 40.
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