Marines Engage Near Demilitarized Zone Fight Ongoing
Near the demilitarized zone U S Marines Bravo and Delta of the 4th Regiment were cut off and fought hard against a North Vietnamese battalion. Later reports said they likely reached safety with air and artillery support as reinforcements moved in. In other actions Marine casualties were not confirmed while air power crippled Hanoi's transport near Thanh Hoa.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Frontier Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Hanoi
Quang Tri
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Bozeman Doctor Named President of Montana Medical Association
Dr. A. B. Wadheim of Bozeman was installed as president of the Montana Medical Association at the 88th annual convention, succeeding Dr. Paul J. Gans of Lewistown. Other officers included Billings' Alfred M. Fulton as president-elect and Wolf Point's Mark B. Listerud as vice president. Lipinski received AMA accolade for Viet Nam volunteer service.
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Bozeman
A. B. Wadheim
Montana Medical Association
Paul J. Gans
Lewistown
Alfred M. Fulton
Billings
Mark B. Listerud
Wolf Point
Hugh V. Anderson
Great Falls
Herbert T. Caraway
Robert W. Thomatt
Butte
American Medical Association
Gans
Robert K. West
Cut Bank
Oscar A. Swenson
Sidney
Russell Hegland
John J. Lipinski
Kalispell
AMA
Viet Nam
Civil rights bill to face rematch in 1967
Senate leaders on both sides expect a new Johnson civil rights proposal next year after the current effort likely fails Monday to end debate and move to action. Dirksen Hart and Mansfield warn the issue will reopen in the 90th Congress with the House expected to push for action first.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Dirksen
Hart
House
Congress
Giant meteor flashes across Midwest lighting fires
Residents in at least nine states reported a blazing meteor seen from Albany to St. Louis that exploded over northeastern Indiana and scattered fiery debris across Indiana Michigan and southern Ontario. Police and newspapers logged widespread calls as the sky briefly lit like day and photoselectric lights failed in Port Huron.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
United States
Ontario
Canada
Adler Planetarium
Chicago
Albany
N.Y
St. Louis
Indiana
Michigan Woods
Jerry Boyd
Essexville
Mich
Sanilac County
Michigan
Trout Unlimited Convention Heads to Butte This Week
Trout Unlimited leaders George A. Griffith Grayling Mich and Martin K Bovey Chelmsford Mass will lead a delegation in Butte Friday through Sunday Montana president Wells Morris Jr Butte director Dr L G Hammer and others from multiple states and Canada have reserved at the Finlen hotel The conference will focus on free flowing rivers and opposition to the Rei chile Dam in the Jefferson Whitehall irrigation project Sen Lee Metcalf will speak at the banquet where national trout conservation awards will be presented.
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George A. Griffith
Grayling
Mich
Martin K. Bovey
Chelmsford
Mass
Trout Unlimited
Butte
Wells Morris Jr
West Yellowstone
Montana
L. G. Hammer
Finlen Hotel
Michigan
Colorado
Ohio
Virginia
Minnesota
New York
Vermont
California
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
British Columbia
North Carolina
Wyoming
Reichile
Bureau of Reclamation
Jefferson Whitehall
Lee Metcalf
Montana Traffic Fatalities Rise to 197 with Two Victims
Two people died in Montana traffic crashes on Saturday pushing the annual toll to 197. Ernest Welch, 57, of Missoula, died after a Friday night pedestrian collision. Frank Rutledge Hargrove, 71, of Star Route Bozeman, was killed when his 1957 station wagon left Interstate 15.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Helena
Kilroy Mystery Bixby Montana Town On The Map Or Not
State officials report a hoax claiming a Montana town named Bixby exists. A truck with mining gear supposedly bound for Bixby triggers calls to highway rail postal and historical offices. No town named Bixby appears on current maps. Busby, Biddle and Birney do.
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Bixby
Montana
Missoula
Pacific Coast
Highway Department
Postal Department
Railroads
Chambers of Commerce
Auto Associations
Santa Fe Girl Seeks Santa Claus Gifts in Letter
A Santa Fe girl named Mona Sungle writes to Santa Claus asking for a telescope camera doll clothes and a live horse. The Aug 12 letter was mailed to Santa Claus and forwarded to the Santa Fe newspaper.
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Santa FE
N.M
Mona Sungle
Santa Claus
North Pole
Inspector enters squabble over tavern license transfer
A dispute over the Montana Liquor Control Board approving a retail license transfer near Butte High School intensified. Mayor Powers criticized the action allowing Silver King Tavern to move to 235 S. Main, with a rear alley entrance to comply with school proximity rules.
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Montana Liquor Control Board
Butte High School
Sparks
Thomas F. Powers
Silver King Tavern
Main and Silver
Old Silver City Club
Jess Gonzales
S. Main
State officials debate $18,000 salaries for top aides
In Helena AP dispatch reports Harriet Miller plans $18,000 pay for four division heads, including deputy James Watkins and others, as part of the 1967 69 budget. With Montana statutes capping Miller at 12,500 yearly, the proposal highlights salary disparities among state leaders versus university presidents and federal program funds.
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Helena
Capitol
Public Instruction
Harriet Miller
State Department
State University
Stanley Rogers
State Hospital
A.C. Knight
Pulmonary Disease Hospital
Floyd A. Green
Supreme Court
University of Montana
Montana State University
Billings
Butte
Havre and Dillon
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Demilitarized Zone
Bravo and
Delta Companies
4Th Marine Regiment
Moscow
Friendship Society
Nguyen Xien
National Assembly
Fyodor K. Kulakov
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
Nguyen Cao Ky
Assembly
Midwest
Port Huron
Wyne Glassbrun
Sweetser
Horn Ele
Mentary School
Grenada
Miss
Kilroy
Thomas E. Mooney
Standard State Bureau
Busby
Biddle
Birney
Elizabeth N. Harrison
Ralph G. Hay
Phillip A. Ward Jr
Miss Miller
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