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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
7
Two additional polio cases were reported last week to Montana’s State Board of Health, bringing the 1956 total to 53, slightly over one dozen percent of the year’s expected burden.
The latest polio figures show two new paralytic cases, both confirmed as paralytic, reported from Lake county and Butte, marking a continued rise in total cases for 1955.
Helena reports Edna J. Hinman, 54, will replace Frank Murray as clerk of the Montana supreme court while Murray becomes secretary of state. Murray, 49, won the secretary post after defeating Hinman in the Nov 6 race. Recent appointments show Republican influence in clerical posts with Hinman set to earn 6000 dollars annually.
Early 1956 to 1957 budget totals about 69 billion with 21 billion in major spending. The column argues for tighter controls and cites housing, agriculture, labor, veterans benefits, and interest on debt as areas to cut to return money to taxpayers. It urges readers to press congressmen for reductions.
The piece notes the United States lags behind in celebrating 1957 as Father Time spreads New Year across the globe. It details time differences from New Zealand to New York, Tokyo, Bangkok, Moscow, Paris, London and Buenos Aires, marking when each locale greets 1957.
A Harlowton librarian Miss Geor gia James endured seven terror stricken hours after a fall that left her with a broken hip before neighbors heard her cries and investigated on a Sunday.
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