Montana Republicans set to endorse cigarette tax in 1966 platform
Montana Republicans at Great Falls open their two day convention with plans to back the three cent per pack cigarette tax to fund a state building program. James J. Lucas leads the platform committee and signals a strong anti administration farm plank with Rep. James F. Battin shaping farm policy comments.
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Great Falls
Montana
James J. Lucas
Miles City
House of Representatives
GOP
M. S. Keller
Lucas
U.S
James F. Battin
Congress
Battin
Orville Freeman
Carmichael held for grand jury in riot case
Stokely Carmichael, SNCC chairman, waived preliminary hearing and was ordered held for grand jury on inciting a riot charge. Bond set at 10,000. He was moved to Fulton County jail. two other SNCC members, William Ware and Bobby Vance Walton, remain free on bond in the same disturbance.
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Atlanta, Ga
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Fulton County
Grand Jury
Howard Moore Jr
SNCC
William Ware
Bobby Vance Walton
Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Vote to Merge
The Independent International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers with 50 000 US and Canadian members voted Friday afternoon to merge with the AFL CIO United Steelworkers of America The leaders from Montana and Idaho reported on the pact as a step toward uniting the nonferrous metals unions and strengthening bargaining power while signaling a wait for USW convention approval.
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Great Falls, Mont
UPI
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Canada
Aflcio United Steelworkers of America
Montana
Idaho
Great Falls
International
A. C. Skinner
Denver
Barney Rusk
Butte
International Executive Board
United Steelworkers of America
Skinner
Tummsw
Rask
Iummsw
United Steelworkers
USW
Mine-Mill
CIO
Mine - Mill
Justice Department
U.S. Supreme Court
Rouse Stops Borden in 12th
The report notes Rouse edging past Borden in the 12th inning to secure the win as the game turns decisive. The event highlights a tense late surge and clutch performance by Rouse in a key moment.
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Rouse
Borden
Forest Service halts fire on Sugarloaf mountain
A 10 acre man caused fire on Sugarloaf mountain about 15 miles southwest of Butte was reported around 2 and controlled by 7. Three loads of fire retardant totaling about 1,800 gallons and 25 men were used. Mop up and investigation will continue today.
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Butte
Sugerloaf Mountain
Dale Thompson
Forest Service
Cuban Troops Reported in North Vietnam by Castro
Cuban refugees in Miami claim Fidel Castro has sent troops to North Vietnam and appointed Maj Julio Garcia Olivera as ambassador there. They say several Cubans have died, with others flown home for burial, and that news is being suppressed. State Department officials voiced no confirmation.
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Matthew T. Kenny
United Press International
MIAMI
UPI
Fidel Castro
Viet Nam
Castro
Cuba
Hanoi
Washington
State Department
Robert J. McClosky
North
North Viet Nam
Havana
Julio Garcia Olivera
Big Julio
Soviet Union
Garcia Olivera
Mansfield predicts restores Malmstrom funds
Sen. Mike Mansfield forecast the Senate would restore 1.618 million dollars for Malmstrom Air Force Base military construction after the House Appropriations Committee denied 15 projects. Mansfield, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, expected quick success in funding restoration.
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Mansfield
Senate Appropriations Committee
Brown Stolz appointed to Tech posts at Montana Tech
W M Brown and Gustav Stolz Jr named to official posts at Montana Tech by President Edwin G Koch. Brown, at the college since 1928, previously registrar and business manager and in 1965 registrar and acting vice president. Stolz, head of petroleum engineering since 1955 and past dean of students, will also remain head of his department and serves as president of the Montana Society of Engineers.
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W. M Brown
Gustav Stolz Jr
Montana Tech
Edwin G. Koch
Brown
Stolz
Department of Petroleu Engineering
Montana Democrats Oppose State Sales Tax Saturday
MISSOULA AP Montana Democrats are expected to pledge unalterable opposition to a general state sales tax at Saturday’s platform convention. The plan also includes criticisms of Governor Babcock’s vetoes on pollution control and a law restricting holding multiple elective offices.
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Missoula
Montana
Tim Babcock
Communist Party
John Birch Society
American Nazi Party
Ku Klux Klan
Engineers patch pinhole leak set for Gemini 11 launch today
Titan rocket patch used a home store fast seal to fix a 0.001 inch hole in the oxidizer line at Cape Kennedy. Gemini 11 crew Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon remain ready for an 8:48 am EDT Atlas-Agena target and 10:25 am EDT Gemini liftoff with the crew observing pad safety.
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Atlas
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Richard Gordon
Conrad
Gordon
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William R. Mackay
Roscoe
Keller
Elmer Schue
White Sulpher Springs
Frank W. Hazelbaker
Dillon
State Municipal League
Wall Street
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Malmstrom
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Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Mike Mansfield
Arnold Olsen
Johnson
Federal Reserve Board
Ers
Platform Committee
Fred E. Barrett
Barrett
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Space Agency
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Terry Heneghan
Andy Antonovich
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