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Horn Edition rriceiu cents Intend and PubUdMd Saeond CUu-tfetter at It w. OranlU, ButU, under Act of March 1ST. Butte-Anaconda, Montana, Friday Morning, September 28, 1 962 59 Established 1876- Senate A I I i i tv ill I 'Hi jfTr ifi 1 i'S'i'' a -5 r7 up ted facts "endorsed by Sen. (Mike) Barrett also said: the interests of all Montanans concerned will be looked after by the two senators. I would include there the interest of the Flathead Indians.

"Undoubtedly, whatever is agreeable to them, to protect Montana's interests, would have to prevail in the version the House approves." Morigeau had told UPI that his Ww were vested in the House where be said the Indians had houses, the legislation would mere-(ald, 4 priation would have to come month to testify before a subcom-mroueh seDarate legislation. imittee of the Senate Public Works 1 11 I WASHINGTON (UPI) The Sen ate Public Works Committee Thursday recommended construc tion of Knowles Dam in Montana. The bill, as approved by the committee, would authorize appropria tion of $50 million for preliminary work on the controversial project. However, the project was not in cluded in a House flood control bill slated for final public works committee action Even if finally approved by twtn V- ed at -Reaction to the committee ac-1 Committee, tion was beginning to be express-' They told the committee the Thursday night. 'tribe planned to develop Buffalo Walter Morigeau," chairman of P8, and which it the Flathead Indian Council, said owns along with the Knowles dam Arlee the committee's action Know reservoir would was "a little bit of a shock," The, P1 tribal council has opposed the I ower dam.

Morigeau and Walter McDon-' J- E. Corette also testified against "IbeeXpromi promised Senate Passes Bill Raising Postal Rates, Employes' Pay VV? A Success of the bill's floor managers in keeping key provisions intact enhanced the possibility that the House will accept the Senate version. The House has passed legislation to raise mail but a separate more gen erous pay boost bill is stalled. Federal Forces former Flathead chairman, i the dam. His company wants to oeveiop me ouiiaio rtapius sues i a.

i t- i. as run-of-the-river projects. Offic ials of the utilities company re served comment on Thursday's development Barrett Lauds Metcalf State Democratic Party Chairman Fred told United Press International in a telephone interview from his Joolin home that Sen. Lee Metcalf, D-Mont, apparently had been able to convince the committee the Knowles; project "is needed and is a practical project." He said Metcalf, in testifying before the subcommittee, submit-1 Turn Back died" marshals to see that the taskis accomplished. hope," said Attorney General Kooert r.

iienneay, tnat ma matter will be resolvfd peacefully and without violence "However, if this is not to be, the federal government will see to it that the orders which presently outstanding are main- tained and enforced, whatever action that ultimately may require The Justice Department called off its latest attempt to have Meredith admitted to the all-white university after the Negro and- his escort of 25 marshals got within 30 miles of the campus. A Justice Department state ment said the action was taken after it learned that the force es corting Meredith "might not be sufficient to accomplish its mis sion without major violence and bloodshed." Jack Greenberg, Meredith's A GREAT RECEPTION Is the manner In which Col. George S. Howard, U.S. Air Force Band director, Thursday described the Butte welcome given the airminded musicians.

Howard also enjoyed discussing baton techniques with leaders of the Butte, Anaconda, Dillon and Deer Lodge high school bands. Left to right are Linda Martin, 17, Butte High; Alice Lake, 17, Anaconda High; Ann Mitchell, 17, Beaverhead County Dillon, and Bob Bennett, 15, Powell County High, Deer Lodge. (Staff photo by Sam Melhorn) (Stories on page 11.) WASHINGTON (UPIWThe Sen- ate Thursday passed a complex bill carrying a one-cent increase in postal rates and a billion-dollar pay -boost for 1.6 million federal workers. Final action came after the Senate beat down all major amendment efforts, including one to modify restrictions on distribu tion by mail of Communist propaganda. The bill now goes to the House.

The roll call Senate vote was 72 to S. The no votes were cast by Sens. Harry F. Byrd, A. Willis Robertson, and John J.

Williams, R-Del. Just before final passage, the lawmakers accepted by voice vote an amendment which would require the postmaster general to alert the public about obscene matter entering this country through the mails. offices would detain such material on written request -1 The measure would raise $602 million in new revenues by tacking another penny on the cost of mailing first class and airmail letters and postcards, effective Jan. 1. Most increases for second and third class mail would be spread over two or three years.

Mississippi Showdown Temporarily Averted Stamp Decision Possible Soon 3 Day Trial Ends "Questions of opinion and jues-(startfe4 Tueifday: trans of ideas are not involved," he! Witnesses called Thursday were said. The only question is, does Charles Davis, a Columbus grocery this act meet the guidelines pf our operator; John E. Roemer, Mis-constitution? Our law a long time soula service station operator, and "our day in court." The Indians have complained that as owners of the damsite they "should have been consulted." "We're entitled to a hearing and just compensation," Morigeau said. X. Gov.

Tim BabcodtK who testified Knowles Reservoir would flood three towns and damage the National Bison Range along with the. forest industry, was travel ing Thursday and could not btN reached for immediate comment Se addition! stories pages 18.) spokesman in New Orleans, said he had been told in advance of the attempt that Meredith would have adequate backing to get past the state officers who set up a human barricade in front ef the tree-lined campus. Farther Efforts Pestpoaed "We will advise him to make no further efforts, to enter the campus until after the insurrection there has been put down by the executive branch of the United States government," Greenberg later said. The Justice Department announced that the marshals escorting Meredith to Oxford "had been directed to return to Memphis" without approaching the campus, where a crowd of about 1,000 students had fathered. At the time mat Meredith was reported en route, Lt.

Gov. Paul Johnson toured the campus urg- Continued Page' 18, CoL I) censee of KXLF has substantial stock interest. CATV system in Butte," Waole said in his tele- gram. OUea Cites Complaint I Rep. Arnold 01 sen, said complaints had been reoeived from both the city and rural areas even though cable television was not being extended to rural areas.

Otsen said he hoped all persons in the Butte area would have an opportunity to see the World Ser les "as it has been carried by in Spain Climbs U.S. Offers Aid Gene E. Todd of Great Falls, an officer and operator of a meat (Continued Page 18, Col. 3) Flood Toll Past L000: By ANTHONY NOVARRO BARCELONA, Spain (UPI) The toll of dead tr missing in two nights of flash floods climbed above the 1,000 mark Thursday night and the United States volunteered men, supplies and equipment from its Air Force and Navy bases in Spain to help in Spain's greatest natural disaster. The Spanish embassy in Wash in 'Inferior Signal FCC Asks Butte TV Station Why Series Won't Be Shown WASHINGTON (UPI) The i addressed to station KXLF-TV.

Federal Communications Commia- "It is also our understanding sion has asked the management that principal stockholder or li- Joe Grenier, Deer Lodge, Badly Hurt in Butte Mishap Enrollment Hits 404 at Montana School of Mines Registrar W. Milton Brown re- ported Thursday that enrollment for the autumn quarter at Montana School of Mines in Butte has hit 404. This is 34 more than were enrolled at the close of the 1961-62 school year and is the largest enrollment since immediately following World War II when there was an influx of GI students. Brown said that 61 young women are among the registrants. Montana Mines offers the same courses for the first two years as any other Montana college.

Registration at the famed mining, metallurgical and petroleum engineering college will continue through Oct 5. It is expected the number attending will show an increase by deadline time. Judge Studies Request to Be By BERT GAS KILL Whether Robert F. Carter qualifies as an independent candidate in the Nov. 6 electionwas argued In district court Thursday.

Judge John B. McClernan took J. E. Tenge Heads Chamber MILES CITY (UPI) J. E.

Tenillbank Thursday was named president of the Mon tana Chamber of Commerce here during the group's annual convention. Tenee succeeds H. E. Rakoruin of Ennis. R.

H. (Ty) Robinson of Missoula was re-elected to the board and remained as first vice president. New directors art Carl W. Bell of Glasgow and George Redhair TT1 ffn.Mk I t-i ette of Butte and 0. D.

Markle of Glasgow. K. TENGK 1 1 LEON DANIEL OXFORD, Miss. (UPI) The fear of violence and bloodshed, engendered by the presence of 500 club carrying state officers, forced tiw federal government to cancel plans to eorolT Negro James Meredith intothe Univer sity of Mississippi Thursday night, The Justice Department imme-, diately dispatched "several hun- Trans World Airlines offered to fly assistance from Boston to Barcelona. The first aid accepted was bulldozers to help search -the deva stated area for hundreds still missing and feared buried in mile after mile of soggy debris.

The civil governor's office an nounced that 374 persons were known dead and 465 missing. An other 536 were listed as Injured in the cloudbursts which brought walls of water that wiped away villages and turned farmlands into seas of mud and debris. The toll was expected to rise. Bulldozers and other earth- moving equipment from the U.S. Zaragosa air base could speed the search for bodies and possible survivors among the tons of mud and debris left by the floodwaters of three rivers," officials said.

The hundreds of injured and the thousands of homeless posed other problems for the relief team headed by Chief of State Fran- clsco Franco's top aide, Capt. Gen. Agustin Munoi Grandes, the (Continued Page 18, Col. 1) cooler en. 37.

East of Divide: Quite cloudy i with a few showers and windy at! times Friday and Saturday. Part- ly cloudy Friday night. Cooler, highs both days 65-75. Lows Fri day night JM0. West of Divide: Mostly cloudy with showers at times and some- what.coole nlirW uvt aarlv ftatuMav maht Friday 80-70.

Lows Friday night 5-46 THE TABLE Maximums are for 11 ihln-hnums for 18 hours and precipitation for 24 hours, ending at I p.m. Thursday. Jfu i BirrTE By THOMAS E. MOONEY (Standard-Port State Boreaa) HELENA A decision is possible sometime in October on whether a law passed by the Legislature in 1961 to license and impose a tax on firms using trading stamps and' other redeemable promotion devices is constitutional. At the conclusion of a three-day trial in Helena, District Judge W.

W. Lessley of Bozeman, who heard the case when Helena judges were disqualified, indicated he might issue his ruling possibly in the third week in October. The judge instructed attorneys for both sides in the case to file final papers with him by Oct. 11. In a summation near the end of Thursday's court session, the judge said the only question to be determined is whether the law is constitutional.

Butte Man's Put on Ballot Carter's request for a place on the ballot under advisement The judge ordered briefs submitted Monday. A decision probably will be made soon, due to the nearness of the general election and necessity to print paper ballots. rv Carter, 1739 Florence, was defeated in the Democratic primary for nomination as county clerk and recorder. William T. Duckham, incumbent for 11V4 years was the nominee and is the defendant in the action VXS8'' cffx 1.:.

uugiiu iimc uitui mi imur was required Thursday as attorneys presented their cases. Duckham was represented by County Atty. Robert J. Holland and (Continued Page 18, Col. S) High Court Again Refuses to Review Gary Garrett Case HELENA UPI) The Montana Supreme Court has refused for the second time to review la dispute over the residency qualifications of a nominee for the Silver Bow County Board of Commissioners, The rehearing request had been filed with the high court by Butte lawyers Joseph P.

Monaghan and 'registered "voter, who wants Gary F. Garrett disqualified as the Republican nominee for commissioner. Ellis contended parrett did not have the required residency to -be-, candidate. Garrett is slated to oppose the incumbent, Mrs. Elizabeth Gerry, ago told the legislators they could Pass any law they desire if it fol lows the constitution." Points Outlined He outlined the five principal points on which he said his decision rests, and over which the two sides of the case hold directly opposite views, as; Whether the law prohibits legitimate business enterprise, whether it is unreasonably discriminatory, whether it is uncertain, ambiguous and unintelligible, whether its title is defective, and whether the penalties provided for violations are unconstitutional because they are oppressive and excessive.

The plaintiff's side of the case, which was brought by Garden Spot Market, of Helena against the State Board of Equalization charged with administering the law, was completed Wednesday. Thursday morning the defense, including Robert Helena service station operator appearing as an intevenor, completed its case with the testimony of three witnesses. Gordon's Jewelry, of Butte" and Helena, an intervener on the plaintiff's side, offered no witnesses of its own. during the trial which Falls Man Dies When Truck Rolls Into River HELENA (UPI)-Geney Murphy, 46, of Great Falls drowned early Thursday when his parked truck rolled backwards into the, Missouri River near Craig. Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Dave MkkHemas said Murphy, en route from Wolf Creek to Great Fans, had pulled his IVi-ton pickup off the highway at a parking place four miles north of Craig.

Murphy apparently went to sleep without setting his brakes or leaving the oar in gear. Middleroas said the pickup rolled backwards, tore out two guard rail posts and toppled 75 feet over boulders into the river. The sheriff said the cab was crumpled and Murphy was caught between the steering wheel and corner, post. He said death probably was caused by drowning. No Inquest is planned.

crusher operator for a contractor in the Wolf Creek area, had left Wolf Creek shortly after midnight. The truck, its doors jammed and cab sticking out of the. water, was discovered about The death raised the 1962 traf fic toil to 1SS compared with 197 on this date a year ago, of a Butte, television sta- tion to comment on complaints that it will not carry the World Series baseball games. Ben P. Waple, acting secretary of the FCC said the commission had received allegations that the viewers nave been tow to sign up for cable television if they wanted the World Series.

The request for comment was ington said the death toll had risen to 600 in addition to 465 listed as missing and that property damage ran to more than $30 million with 40 factories destroyed the Tarrasa and Sabadell area alone. U.S. military authorities of fered material from the leased U.S. bases in Spain to help in rescue work. Iberia Airlines and 11:15 a.m.

between Park and Broadway in an area adjacent to the Finlen Hotel, The police report said Grenter, who was afoot, was crushed be-j tween his automobile, parked on east side of the street, and one owned by Earle Jackson, 620 S. Da- kota. The Jackson machine, the report saw, was. panted oenina Grenler i vehicle, and was struck on the left side by a Railway Ex- Eress Agency, truck driven Elore Beaulieu, 2224 S. Wyoming.

Beaulieu was driving norm at the time, officers said Traffic was heavy on the street, and there were cars, abreast in the area in which high school bands were assembling to salute the Air Band. Jackson reported to the police statkm that he and his wife were sitting ki their oar, 'parked just north of the alley off Wyoming Street He said Grenier pulled in ahead of him, parked and stepped around to the back of his car. He said he felt a bump, and his car was pushed into the Grenler car. pinning the Deer Lodge resident between the two vehicles. Jackson reported he hurriedly backed his car up to release the injured man.

by ambulance. Grenier is known throughout Montana. He has been active for many years in Deer Lodge commit-tiity affairs. He was assistant gen-eraf chairman of (he Tri-Cbunty fair at Deer Lodge recently; He was to surgery after admission to the hospital. (tfiurtuA Partly cwudv and that station for years.

In bb telegram, Waple said it had been alleged the station would not carry the World Series even though it la available to the station. StaUea Owaer RepHes "In Billings, Joseph S. J. H. (Joe GYenier, 74.

Deerj Lodge, suffered, severe injuries Thursday morning in a traffic mishap on North Wyoming street. He is a patient in St James Com- munrty Hospital. According to a police report, Gre-! nw froHira rf both Hie accident occurred at about, 2Brakemen in Derail Here Two brakemen of the Union Pa cific Railroad suffered slight injuries Thursday in a derail mishap in the UP-Northem Pacific yards a short distance east of the Kaw Avenue crossing. J. D.

Buck, 46. and M. A. Sparks, 47, both of Lima, were treated at St. James Community Hospital and released.

They incurred superficial cuts. with three cars and a caboose which struck a derail and left the tracks. The cars did not overturn, and a wrecker restored them to service and cleared the 11ns within a short There appeared to have been little serious damage to the Injured I today with occasional show- High today 68, low "tonight Billings Belgrade Broadus Butte Cut Bank SSL-m mond HSVre "en Kalispett Lewistowa Livingston Miles City Missoula West Yellowstone Whitehall High LowVPrec. 85 8J 79 57 14 40 74 34 si 75 '42 69 II 84 50 -MSl 80 40 63 43 82 a -71 40 -'it' 66 43 64 24 88' president of Garryowea Broadcast- (Continued Page 18. Col.

8) Buile Cancer Unil Elects Officers longtime treasurer, has been elected president of the Society. Be succeeds Dr. S. I. Jones.

Abo named 'at a meeting of the board of dlrcton were Dr. Harold Scnwertx. vice Vesklent; Mrs, Kendrick Smith, reflected secretary, and G. Gustafsoo. treaa- txer.

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