Humphrey predicts Vietnam troop pullback by 1969
Hubert H. Humphrey, opening his campaign, said the United States could begin removing some South Vietnam troops by early 1969 or late 1968 even as negotiations continue. He urged voters to reject the "age-old coalition" of Republicans and Dixiecrats and criticized Nixon on nuclear issues.
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Philadelphia
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
South Vietnam
United
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
State rejects aid for Butte vo tech dormitory project
Montana boards refuse state funding for a $1.2 million Butte Vocational-Technical Center dormitory citing a prior position. The center's operations budget was set at $351,683 for 1969 70 and $449,615 for 1970 71, with plans to align the center with industry and adjust training to job opportunities.
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Butte
Vo-Tech
Daniel J. Foley
Standard State Bureau
Helena
Butte Vocational - Technical Center
Board of Education
A. A. Arras Jr
Cut Bank
Butte Center
Arras
Dan F. Sweeney
Sweeney
Great Falls and Billings push for area vocational centers
Spokesmen for Great Falls and Billings urged Montana Board of Education to designate their cities as area vocational technical education centers, arguing both cities host 20 percent of Montana's students and could fund construction with bond issues. designation would unlock state and federal funding and require about two years to implement.
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Helena
Great Falls
Billings
Montana
Board of Education
Missoula
Butte
Winston Weaver
John Reichel
Electric
Citizens’ Committee
Designa
Reichel
Harold L. Wenans
Weaver
Daley defends police after Democratic Convention clashes
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley reiterated that police used reasonable force during the Democratic National Convention protests while condemning media exaggeration. He acknowledged possible overreactions by some officers and cited pro police support letters totaling about 60,000 versus roughly 4,000 critical communications.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Yippies
Jerry Rubin Burns
McCarthy withdraws name from Montana ballot in 1968 bid
Senator Eugene McCarthy officially requests Montana Secretary of State Frank Murray to remove his name from the November ballot. McCarthy cites no desire to be the New Reform Party nominee and a notarized Sept. 5 letter ends the bid. O'Dwyer also plans to remove his name, leaving the party without a presidential candidate though gubernatorial efforts continue.
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McCarthy
New Reform Party
Frank Murray
Montana
United States Senate
New York
Paul O'Dwyer
Nigerian ruler Gowon rejects trading Ojukwu for peace
Lagos Nigeria AP Maj Gen Yakubu Gowon Nigeria's military ruler said he would not exchange the life of Biafran leader Lt Col Odumegwu Ojukwu for peace in the civil war. He added that if his troops caught Ojukwu inside the dwin-
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Lagos
Nigeria
Yakubu Gowon
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Ojukwu
Biafra
Gowon
Delegates Clash Over World Constitution Draft
Delegates at the World Constitution and Parliament Associations meeting in Wolfach debated minimal versus maximal drafting for a new world constitution. The draft aims to the UN and national governments, with plans for a federal assembly based on population. The assembly would be an equal body, distinct from the UN, and 30 nations are represented though no Communist states.
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Wolf Ach
Germany
United Nations
Arthur Brackman
New York City
Convention
Backman
Weather update for Butte Anaconda region
Mostly fair today with a rise to 80 degrees and a low around 44 at night. Becoming partly cloudy on Wednesday with continued warmth and a 10 percent chance of precipitation tonight, zero percent today. See weather table Page 12.
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Butte-Anaconda
Fall of Rome: Drugs or morals
Ancient Rome may have fallen partly from chronic lead poisoning after aristocrats added lead oxide to wine to prevent souring. A UC chemist said the empire’s break up could stem more from heavy metal poisoning than moral degeneracy, citing high lead in Roman remains and modern exposure concerns.
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Rome
Atlantic City
N.J
University of California
James L. Sandmeier
Los Angeles
American Chemical Society
United States
Clair C. Patterson
California Institute of Technology
Scientist urges world bank aid for kidney transplants
Dr. Paul I. Terasaki at the Transplantation Society congress proposed national and international pooling of cadaver kidneys to speed matching and shipping. He noted current preservation limits, cited blood cell typing as key to long term success, and described global efforts to link transplant centers in the US and Europe.
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World Bank
New York
Paul I. Terasaki
School of Medicine
University of California At
Los Angeles
Transplantation Society
Terasaki
Europe
John J. van Rood
University of Leiden
Netherlands
Jefferson School Closure Draws Youth Pickets
In Butte on the East Side, about eight elementary students gathered with homemade boards chanting Help Keep the Jefferson Open as the impending closure loomed. Principal John McMeekin said the last class would dismiss at 3:45 with most students reassigned to Grant and a few to Monroe. Local trustees cited enrollment declines tied to Anaconda Co. property purchases near the Berkeley Pit.
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Jefferson
Butte
John McMeekin
Grant
Monroe
Berkeley Pit
Anaconda Co
New Street Signs Planned in Butte
Mayor Thomas F. Powers announced reflectorized street signs for Butte with the first phase costing about 1000 dollars for signs. The project covers roughly 24 to 25 square blocks in the near future.
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Butte
Thomas F. Powers
Bozeman votes today on sewer system
Bozeman voters decide on a $1.4 million revenue bond to fund a new sewer system with enlarged primary and secondary treatment. The plan aims to curb pollution of the East Gallatin River, supported by a $520,170 federal grant covering 30 percent. The system would serve about 32,000 people, up from 16,000.
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Bozeman
East Gallatin
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