Assassination Plot Foiled as Bomb Meant for Betancourt Bombs Car
Venezuelan president Romulo Betancourt survived a remote detonation in a parked car near an army day ceremony. The blast killed three and wounded eight, triggering border closures and an emergency cabinet session. Officials blamed Perez Jimenez supporters and foreign enemies, including Dominican links, for a plot to topple the government.
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Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Luis Augusto Dubue
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Dubue
el Nacional
Perez Jimenez
Mining City Rodeo Ends Tonight at Butte Civic Center
The mining city rodeo moves to its final round at 9 oclock DST in the Butte Civic Center with top cash prizes on the line. Friday night drew 3 400 paid admissions and an estimated 3 000 spectators roared through a thrilling display of broncos and bucking horses. Trail's End performer threw Shawn Davis in bareback riding on Thursday as crowds packed the stands and reserved seats for Saturday night finale.
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Trail's End
Shawn Davis
Whitehall
Civic Center
Butte
Butte Civic Center
Trail’s End
Brother O Dwyer Event Is Tonight
A testimonial dinner at Finlen Hotel at 6 tonight honors Brother J D O Dwyer on his 50th anniversary as an Irish Christian Brother. The former Boys Central High School principal taught there and led from 1946 to 1951. Dinner is $3 per person with reservations by noon via Dick Spurck Ed Foley or the Knights of Columbus.
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J. D. O'Dwyer
Boys Central High School
Brother O'Dwyer
Chicago
Boys Central
Dick Spurck
Ed Foley
Knights of Columbus
Seattle Couple Sentenced on Check Charges
A Seattle pair, Robert Helmbrecht and Hazel Strizic, pleaded guilty to cashing three checks totaling 60 dollars drawn on a non existent Spokane bank account. Helmbrecht, 2 1/2 years with six months to serve and three years probation. Strizic, three years suspended with three years probation. Both were assigned court appointed lawyers.
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U.S
W. D. Murray
Robert Fredrick Helmbrecht
Hazel Marie Strizic
Missoula
Spokane
Helmbrecht
Montana union vote shows 18 accept new contract
Unofficial results from Montana unions show 18 of 29 voting accept the Anaconda Co contract. The earnings package includes a retroactive 7 percent hourly rise to July 1 1959 and a 70 cent immediate increase, totaling 15 cents per hour, with fringe benefits considered. Official totals to be released Saturday.
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
FMCS
Bob McClelland
Great Falls
Kuchera seeks Cannon pledge to adopt county option gambling
Billings furniture seller Mike Kuchera, after a 33,000 vote primary third place finish, calls on Democratic nominee Paul Cannon to adopt his county option gambling plank to cut taxes and help Montana. He weighs an independent run and will press the issue at the Helena convention.
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Mike Kuchera
Paul Cannon
Billings
Kuchera
Helena
Cannon
Montana
Nevada
Mrs. Sutty Charged in Husband Slaying in Tacoma
Funeral services for Melvin S. Sutty age 40 will be held at 11 this morning in Butte after he was shot five times in Tacoma on Monday. His wife Mrs Jane Sutty 39 a former Butte resident is charged with manslaughter. bail set at 5000.
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Tacoma
Sutty
Butte
Duggan
Merrill
Associated Press
Jane Sutty
Associated Press Dispatch
Pierce County
John B. McCutcheon
Justice of Peace Court
Dispatch
McCutcheon
Two Juvenile Parades Planned in Butte Saturday
Two morning parades set for Butte feature a Kiddie Parade tied to the Fourth of July and a Boy Scout Cleanup Day. Kids 12 and under register at 9:30 in front of the courthouse. prizes total 100 dollars plus free theater tickets. routes run from the courthouse to Park and Main to Broadway and Montana. Police and fire units join the Scout march as crowds watch.
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Retail Merchants Division
Courthouse
Park
Main
Broadway
Montana
Carolyn Larsen
Petticoat Patrol
Park and Main
Sea Scouts
Air Scouts
Police Department
Fire Department
Park and Montana
Scouts Lead Butte Cleanup Parade Call to Action
Scouts from the Vigilante Council stage a cleanup parade on Park Street in Butte to raise awareness. Mayor Vern Griffith approves the effort and joins, peeling off his coat to help. Present are Dennis Boehler LeRoy Cornie Jim Davis Bill Sparks John Kreitzberg John Kirby Robert Nottingham and Jack Davis.
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Cub Scouts
Explorer Scouts
Vigilante Council
Butte
Park Street
Vern Griffith
Griffith
Dennis Boehler
Mayor Griffith
LeRoy Cornie
Jim Davis
Bill Sparks
John Kreitzberg
John Kirby
Robert Nottingham
Jack Davis
Montana Weather Outlook for Montana East and West Regions
Montana forecast shows fair conditions in the east with increasing clouds and scattered showers or thundershowers from late Saturday afternoon. Highs range from 85 to 100, with 45 to 65 overnight lows and Sunday highs of 75 to 85. West region stays partly cloudy Saturday morning with clouds and showers Saturday afternoon through Sunday, cooler Saturday night and Sunday, highs 85 to 95, lows 45 to 55, Sunday highs 70 to 85.
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Montana
Council To Hear Garbage Bid Bids At Special Meeting
Mayor Vern Griffith says the city council will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in city hall council chambers to open garbage truck bids at a special session.
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Vern Griffith
Fear Voiced Reds Seek Bases in Cuba
U S lawmakers urge OAS action to block Soviet and Chinese bases in Cuba. George V. Allen warns Cuba opens door to communist penetration in the hemisphere. Keating and Smathers call Castro a Soviet satellite. Rodgers warns of a Russian satellite near America. Herter says evidence will be presented to the Inter-American Peace Committee in August.
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George V. Allen
House
Soviet Union
Kenneth B. Keating
R-Ny
Cuba
Keatings
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Fidel Castro
Paul C. Rodgers
Central
South America
Christian A. Herter
United States
OAS Inter-American Peace Committee
Castro
Caribbean
Allen
U.S
Plane Missing After Flight From Brasilia to Rio
A twin engine Convair with 51 aboard disappeared Friday night en route from Brasilia to Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara Bay area reports say. Real Airlines noted 17 passengers and 3 crew left Brasilia, 31 boarded at Belo Horizonte, with possible congressmen among weekend travelers aboard.
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Rio
Brasilia
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