Paratroopers Celebrate Homecoming After Nixon Withdrawal Order
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division 3rd Brigade rebel with joy on a Hoc Mon canal bridge eight miles north of Saigon as they learn their unit will be included in the 35,000 man pullout. GI cheers, hugs, and impromptu parades erupt while traffic halts on Highway 1 and Vietnamese onlookers watch.
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Vietnam
Ghost hospitals waste millions say ribicoff
Sen. Abraham Ribicoff cites government waste in unoccupied hospitals tied to Hill Burton SBA and EDA programs. He notes Belle Glade Florida project with 50 percent occupancy and Carver Memorial 13 bed hospital deemed unnecessary as examples of misused health funds.
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Haynsworth nomination questioned by AFL CIO chief
AFL CIO president George Meany testified that Judge Clement Haynsworth is unfit for the Supreme Court on three grounds including labor record, civil rights indifference, and unethical standards. Senate committee hearings continue with about 20 witnesses as no early vote is expected. Meany cited all ten labor decisions reversed by the Supreme Court as proof of anti union sympathy.
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Recreation complex plan advances in Butte
Inside page six notes a recreation complex plan is under way in Butte. Page ten mentions a “Daredevil” filming event. Page four reports Green Berets to stand trial.
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Green Berets
Zoning Referendum Discussed by City Planning Board
The City-County Planning Board faced opposition to zoning in Butte with a call for a June ballot. About twenty residents attended the hearing as three more meetings were planned in Blaine Whittier and Longfellow areas. The plan includes rezoning parts of the central business district for industrial commercial or residential use and clarifies rules on mobile homes condominiums and existing properties.
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Butte
Erv Holman
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Holman
Planning Board
J. J. Burke Jr
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Longfellow
Burke
Leo Belanger
Weather outlook: cloudy with chances of showers
The forecast notes a cloudy day with a chance of showers. High near 68, low around 40, with the region’s weather map on page 4.
Montana Supreme Court accepts Ameri cans United as friend of the court
The Montana Supreme Court allows Ameri cans United to participate as a friend of the court in the Anaconda parochial school levy case. Leo J. Kottas Sr. filed to represent Protestants and Other Ameri cans United for Separation of Church and State. The dispute centers on a $65 162 levy approved May 27 to fund eight lay teacher salaries at Anaconda Central High School, with Deer Lodge County School Dist 10 appealing.
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Montana Catholic Conference
American United
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Deer Lodge
Anaconda Central High School
Robert W. Chambers
Nixon seeks world peace in UN General Assembly address
President Nixon urged all U.N. members to push peace in Vietnam and asked the Soviet Union to help ease the Middle East crisis and halt the arms race. He spoke to the 126 nation General Assembly, with Gromyko applauding but planning to study the remarks. Cuba Albania boycott noted.
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Mass immunization planned for German measles in Montana
Montana Health Department outlines statewide mass rubella vaccination clinics for children from one year to puberty. Dr. Mary E. Soules notes first Rubella vaccine shipment arrived and stresses preventing adult exposure. Rubella mild in children but dangerous for early pregnancy, with past outbreaks causing fetal defects and deaths.
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Maurice O Connor 62 Dies Owner Of Typewriter Exchange
Maurice Patrick O Connor 62 of 1916 Whitman died suddenly at home. Requiem High Mass at St John the Evangelist Church Saturday 9 30 a m. Burial at St Patrick Cemetery. Born August 5 1907 in Waterloo Iowa he came to Butte in 1937 and opened O Connor Typewriter Exchange. Survived by widow Henrietta brothers Leo Idaho Francis Livingston sisters Rose Parker Wibaux Genevieve Klein Sun City Alyce Brooke Pony.
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Iowa
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Butte
O’connor Typewriter Exchange
Montana
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Georgetown Lake Boat Club
St. John the Evangelist Parish
Dolan’s
Henrietta
Leo
Idaho
Francis
Livingston
Rose Parker
Wibaux
Genevieve Klein
Sun City
Ariz
Alyce Brooke
Pony
Nixon to reveal draft plans in Friday statement
The White House announced that President Nixon will speak Friday on future Selective Service plans. Press secretary Ziegler said the president would address reporters at 11 30 a.m. EDT, followed by a news conference led by Defense Secretary Melvin Laird. The briefing will not be carried live on TV or radio.
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White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
House backs plan to scrap Electoral College for direct popular vote
The House approved a constitutional change by a 33-70 vote to abolish the Electoral College and elect the president by direct popular vote. The measure, needing Senate approval and state ratification, faces long odds for a 1972 election timeline.
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