Red China Near First Bomb Test
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said China may explode its first nuclear device soon and promised disclosure if it occurs. Officials noted timing tied to Oct 1 anniversary and Oct 5 Cairo conference, with impact on diplomacy and future balance of power.
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Washington
China
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Red China
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
France
U.S
Cairo
Highway 2 Crash Kills Oil Worker
A half ton pickup collided with a soft drink truck on US 2 east of Cut Bank killing James LeRoy Fitzpatrick 29 an oil field worker. Driver Jim Hanek 42 and passenger Bunny Augustine 49 escaped injury. Fitzpatrick was thrown from the pickup and found near the driver's side. Augustine a noted referee and Hanek from Great Falls suffered minor injuries. The crash raised Montana 1964 traffic toll to 196, near the record pace.
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CUT Bank
UPI
Here
James LeRoy Fitzpatrick
Cut
Great Falls
Jim Hanek
Bunny Augustine
Hanek
Augustine
Montana Highway
Leonard B. Rice
Fitzpatrick
Montana
Goldwater Assails Johnson as Soft on Communism in Ohio Swing
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater blasted President Johnson as soft on communism during a day of whistle stop campaigning across Ohio. He charged the administration pursues policies of drift deception and defeat and defended his Social Security voting record while criticizing Medicare moves. Observers counted crowds similar to Nixon 1960 turnout.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Johnson
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Marietta
Athens
Chillicothe
Blanchester
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Goldwater
Congress
Oakley
Oakley Goldwater
Bear catapulted by bulldozer near Lamar in Yellowstone
Helena report states Elmer Schye described a bear disrupting a construction crew near Lamar in northern Yellowstone. Workmen felled the tree with a bulldozer pulled by a cable and reportedly shotted the bear through the air about 150 feet away with no serious injuries. Rangers were absent, he warned, or they would have faced jail.
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Schye
Humphrey Campaigns Deep South Draws Heckling in Georgia
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey opened a Deep South swing for the Johnson Humphrey ticket in Georgia. He attacked Goldwater as nihilistic and spoke at the University of Georgia in Athens and in Moultrie, facing strong heckling from a portion of the crowd.
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Atlanta
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Deep South
Tifton
South Georgia
Humphrey
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
University of Georgia
Athens
Old Confederacy
Civil War Averted as Officer Offers Gun to Suspect
In Saigon, Col. John Freund, an American officer, handed his submachine gun to a suspected Viet Cong agent and invited him to shoot, averting a broader clash with tribesmen near Buon Sar Pa. Freund, honored with a Bronze Star, spent eight days as hostage and envoy to secure released prisoners amid a mass grave and tense standoff.
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Malcom W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Col
John Freund
Rhode
Freund
William C. Westmoreland
Buon Sar Pa
Ex Mental Patient Kills Family in Suburban Troy Home
A former mental patient, William Gravlin, 30, admitted killing his wife Bette 40 and seven children in their Troy Michigan house with an ax and hammer. He described the killings as due to family trouble and was held without bond on a first degree murder charge as prosecutors plan further examination.
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Detroit
Mich
Troy
Royal Oak City
William G. Gravlin
Oakland County
William Lang
Gravlin
Charles Losey
Madison Heights
Bette
Earl Stone
Hazel Park
Helena Woman Killed in Idaho
AP reports Mrs Law rence Staringer of Helena director of nursing at St Peters Hospital died in a one car crash about 30 miles west of the Idaho Montana line on U S Highway 12. Her mother Mrs John Polich of Helena was treated for shock.
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Missoula
Lawrence Staringer
Helena
St. Peter's Hospital
Idaho - Montana State Line
U.S. Highway 12
John Polich
Staringer
What Was That Boom In Butte A Mining Or Earthquake?
A Butte reader questions a loud sound and the town’s seismograph from the Montana School of Mines shows a mine blast followed by a quakelet about 150 miles away. An expert notes duration helps tell the cause with short sharp jolt for blasts and longer shake for earthquakes.
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Butte
Sheriff's Office
Montana School of Mines
School of Mines
Bill Clark
Retarded Drive Captains Listed for Rocky Mountain Association
Mrs. Frank Kelly announces captains for the Rocky Mountain Association for Retarded Children advanced gifts drive under Peoples, recreation director and ad vanced gifts chair. Citywide house to house drive team captains include Mrs. John Emery and others to lead Friday campaign with United Commercial Travelers Council 106 backing the effort.
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Rocky Mountain Association
Frank Kelly
Peoples
John Burley
Bob Emerson
Don Harrington
William O'Connor
Dan Rosa
Kevin Shannon
Dick Spruck
James Dudley
John Lovell
United Commercial Travelers
Council 106
Cochairmen
John Emery
George Oewisli Jr
Sam Appelman
H. D. Ayers
E. A. Bartoletti
Richard Bowman
A. Bugni
Frank Burey
Leo Cassidy
Jere Davis
Donald DeShazo
Tom Durkin
Dave Fisher
Pat Fleming
John Frankovich
Daniel P. Griffin
William Gimoljez
Martin Grosso
Cloyd Hall
Hazel Hansen
Frank Harper
Frank Hayes
Richard Hicklin
Dave
Chest Campaign On for $75,000
Community Chest campaign leaders and workers met at the Finlen Hotel for a pep meeting as the drive opened Monday. chairman Howie Wing urged prompt card distribution and Dan Pyfer highlighted support for eight youth-serving agencies. The first report meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the Finlen.
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Community Chest
Finlen
Howie Wing
Monay
Dan Pyfer
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Sunshine Camp
Rotana Milk Fund
Soroptimist Children’s Home
Catholic Youth
Montana Officials Backtrack On Interstate Schedule
Federal engineer FE H Cowan told Montana highway commissioners they overreacted to cost increases as 195 miles of four lane interstate work faces new dates. He urged waiting for Congress to adjust funding while Paul Johnson cited limited available federal money and revised allocations.
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Helena
Montana
FE. H. Cowan
Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Cowan
BPR
Paul Johnson
John
Weather Outlook For Butte And Divide Regions
Considerable cloudiness today and Thursday with windy spells. Temperatures show a warm trend with a modest drop Thursday. highs range from the mid 60s to upper 70s across zones east and west of Divide and northwest to southeast. Expect a few mountain showers mainly Wednesday night into Thursday. west of Divide remains mostly cloudy with cooler conditions Thursday.
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Divide
Anaconda Man Dies Under Truck's Wheels
Peter J. Wohlman age 38 died after a truck backed over him while he picked potatoes at Landreville Ranch northeast of Anaconda. He died of internal injuries en route to St. Ann Hospital. Survived by daughter and stepson, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements with Finnegan Co. Funeral Home.
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Peter J. Wohlman
Landreville Ranch
Anaconda
Deer Lodge County
Thomas D. Savage
St. Ann Hospital
Wohlman
Nu-Park
E. Park
Almont
N.D
Savage
Portland
Gertrude Ostafin
Bismarck
T. R. Ramslin
Joseph Fillbeck
Spokane
St. Paul Church
Finnegan Co
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Corrie
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Walter
Idaho
Highway Commission
Butte - Anaconda
City Anaconda
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