Kennedy asks Congress to lift reserve call powers
President Kennedy asked Congress for authority to order 150000 military ready reservists to active duty for one year due to Berlin Cuba and Castro crises. He also sought one year extension of enlistments for those whose tours expire before next Feb 24. Russia moved reserves and called up youths born in 1943. Leaders from both parties pledged support and urged restraint.
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UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Berlin Wall
Castro
Cuba
Armed Services
National Guard
Russia
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Mansfield
Berlin
Moscow
Steelworkers approve new pact at Anaconda Reduction Works
Local 6002 members vote 668 to 134 with 6 void ballots to ratify a settlement with Anaconda Co. reached Aug 28. This marks the union’s first Montana contract with Anaconda, replacing Mine-Mill earlier this year. About 1,600 workers are covered as the Butte Teamsters remain unsigned after a July 16 strike.
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Anaconda
United Steelworkers of America
Anaconda Co
Montana
Butte Teamsters
Teamsters
Eagles Hall
Anaconda Reduction Works
Company
Steel
Citizens Project seeks meeting with company union
The Butte Citizens Project urges a meeting with Berkeley Pit owners and the Teamsters union to discuss the pit closure. They propose as a public relations body to pose questions and clarify conflicting concerns, noting suspensions since August 18 and no further talks scheduled.
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Citizens Project
Butte Citizens’ Project
Berkeley Pit
Cooney
E. I. Rea
Teamsters Union
Supreme Court to rule on veterans salaries case
Montana Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments on whether an appropriation to pay secretaries for veterans organizations is constitutional. Howard Johnson for the Veterans Welfare Commission asks for a show cause hearing as VWC VFW and DAV seek a ruling on the law’s constitutionality. The case follows District Judge Fall’s ruling upholding the appropriation and raises long standing disputes over salary payments.
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Howard Johnson
Veterans Welfare Commission of Montana
High Court
VWC
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Montana
Disabled Veterans of America of Montana
Johnson
VFW
DAV
Dist
Victor H. Fall
Helena
Lester Loble
Fall
Supreme Court
Garrett Allowed to Intervene to Keep Ballot Name
Gary F. Garrett 26, Republican nominee for county commissioner, won permission to intervene in a court dispute aimed at keeping his name on the November ballot. The case before Judge John B. McClernan was sparked by William P. Ellis’s challenge to Garrett’s candidacy on residency grounds. The hearing is scheduled for Monday at 10 a.m. with county officials questioned over signatures on an order to remove Garrett’s name from the ballot.
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Lewis T. Poole
Gary F. Garrett
Board of County Commissioners
Garrett
John B. McClernan
William P. Ellis
Ellis
Joseph P. Monaghan
County Commission
McClernan
H. J
Tubie) Johnson
William T. Duckham
Elizabeth Gerry
Gene Daly
Daly
Seattle
Gary Garrett
Frank V. Harper
Gerry
Johnson
Walkerville Mayor urges voters to judge Daly locally
Walkerville Mayor James R. Shea urged Municipal League members that voters, not State Examiner Albert Leuthold, should pass judgment on Silver Bow County Commissioner Gene Daly. He accused Leuthold of political speeches and called for his probe only if he repeats it in a legislative setting. Shea praised county officials for cooperation and rejected consolidating Walkerville and Butte with Silver Bow County under a California style plan.
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Municipal League
Leuthold
Daly
Mr. Daly
Butte
Shea
Boards of Commissioners
Silver Bow County
San Francisco
California
Montana
Alderman Peter J Skelley of Third Ward Dies
Peter J Skelley longtime Butte alderman of the Third Ward died Friday in a local hospital The Butte native served 44 years with the Milwaukee Railroad as yard superintendent He belonged to Butte Lodge 240 BPOE Sacred Heart Parish and was known for basketball and outdoor interests Surviving are his wife Bridget a son Dr Leo Skelley of McMinnville Ore a brother Jack Skelley and several grandchildren
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Peter J. Skelley
Butte
Milwaukee Railroad
Butte Lodge 240
BPOE
Sacred Heart Parish
Alderman Skelley
M City
Bridget
Weather outlook for West and East of Divide with frost risk
East of Divide expect mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain or snow today and diminishing winds tonight into Sunday. Highs near 42, lows 24 to 38, frost warnings in north areas. Saturday brings scattered light precipitation and colder air, then warmer Sunday. West of Divide sees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in lower elevations and mountain snow Saturday morning.
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Butte
Divide
Man mails bill with dial pad letters in protest
Carmel California based auto agency sales manager Bob Baird used digits mapping to letters on a telephone dial to write a payment check for his August bill. Pacific Telephone Co. said the check had not yet been received but would be processed routinely. He explained he did it because he "just got sick and tired of digitalis."
Snow and Ice Hit Western Montana towns
A cold front brought the season’s first general snow to western and central Montana. Snow fell in Havre Kalispell Cut Bank Helena Great Falls Missoula Lewistown Drummond and Elliston with thunder in Kalispell Missoula and Drummond. Temperatures plunged winds peaked at Cut Bank and lake waves damaged docks with no injuries reported.
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Egies
Belgrade
Billings
Dillon
Great Falls
Havre Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Montana
Havre
Kalispell
Cut Bank
Helena
Lewistown
Drummond
Elliston
Grees
Flathead Lake
Polson
Golden Triangle
Executive Secretary Barthell May Quit Montana University Post
Russell Barthell, executive secretary of the Greater University System of Montana, plans to resign and hand the papers to the State Board of Education in Great Falls on Monday. He, 53, reportedly intends to return to California as his resignation becomes effective. Barthell arrived Oct. 1, 1960, to head the Master Plan and coordinate Montana university presidents and the board.
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Nia
California
Barthell
University of Southern California At
Los Angeles
Montana
Board of Education
Board of University Regents
Taste of Winter Blasts Mining City with Winds and Snow
Winter weather arrives in Mining City with wind gusts over 20 mph and a rapid temperature drop from 70 to freezing in five hours. By 8 p.m. the airport read 32 degrees with Pipestone Pass at minus 2.
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Pipestone Pass
Snow Halts Final Stages For Glacier Park Tourists
A spring snowstorm blocked field work as combines stopped and several inches fell in Glacier National Park. Tourists on a Many Glacier to East Glacier bus were detoured via Browning due to slick U S 89 conditions. Traffic slowed though streets melted while hotels waited for the 5 p.m. train.
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Glacier National Park
Many Glacier
Canadian
East Glacier
Browning
U.S
Hudson Bay Divide
US. 2
Marias Pass
Fes Park
Power Outage Shuts Parts of Silver Bow County Courthouse
Friday visitors found areas dark while others stayed lit as officials blamed short circuits and a blown 400-watt fuse for the outage. A spectator quipped that the county likely cannot pay its light bill, reflecting street gossip.
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Silver Bow County
Nak
Sheriff's Posse Field Days Opens In Butte
Montana's Sheriff's Posse Association members arrive for the annual field days at the Butte rodeo grounds starting 1 pm Saturday and Sunday. Announcers Dr. John Kelley and Ed De George will host events including cowboy polo dipper race trailer race pistol shoot and more at the rodeo with pistol shooting at the Butte Gun Club range.
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Montana Sheriff's Posse Association
Butte
Butte Rodeo Grounds
John Kelley
Ed de George
Butte Gun Club
Rocker
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