Sheriff Credits Radio for Quick Bank Robber Capture
Beav erhead and Silver Bow counties activated a six county roadblock system after a Dec 19 bank robbery in Dillon. The suspect Delmer Moore fled in a 1951 Mercury, was tracked by radio and highway patrol, arrested at a roadblock, with $4665 in cash recovered. Moore faced district court in Dillon with bail denied and robbery charges filed.
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Sheriff’s Office
Temple
Fielding Graves
Graves
W. W. Hawkins
Dillon
Silver Bow County
Herb Stack
Melrose
Moore
Beaverhead County
Slack
William Dalling
James Lester
Rod Sale
Ray Olsen
Beaverhead
Delmer Moore
Tammany Avenue
Anaconda
Local Cattlemen Attend 57th National Cattlemen's Convention
Montana delegates led by Montana Stockgrowers president G R Moburn will join a 140 affiliated groups at the 57th annual American National Cattlemen's Association convention in Colorado Springs January 12 to 14. Delegates will discuss beef economics research marketing and promotion with Montanans like Orville Rostad Jack Hirschy and Lyman Brewster among active committee members. The gathering includes hotels banquet social events and preface to the National Western Stockshow in Denver with related meetings of CowBelles and Junior Cattlemen groups.
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American National Cattlemen's
Coloradao Springs
Colo
Montana Sto Kgrowers
S «la
J S Brenner
Grant
E Rittel
Wolf Creek
Lyman Brewster
Birney
Walter Donahoe
White Sulphur Springs
Dan Fulton
Ismay
E Malone
Chateau
C Simpson
Volberg
C D Terrett
Billings
Colorado Springs
Denver
American National CowBelles
American National Junior Cattlemen's Association
Submarine Pomfret Enlists Nye in Engineman Rank
Donald C. Nye of Dillon serves aboard the submarine USS Pomfret as engineman second class USN. The Pomfret recently arrived in San Diego after an extensive Far East duty tour.
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Donald C. Nye
J. W. Nye
Dillon
USN
Pomfret
San Diego
Calif
Far East
Southern Gate To 11e Treasure State
Publisher oopleaverhead Cou Tue reports on a treasure discovery headline in the state. Unclear details describe local interest and a possible government or civic involvement in the treasure finding. Further information remains sparse in the OCR fragment.
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STAT
Banks and Offices to Close for Dec 26 Holiday in Dillon
Banks markets and many offices in Dillon will observe Friday through Monday as a full holiday with Saturday Dec 26 closed. The Montana Power Dillon office closes with staff limited service, while the Vigilante Electric and the post office may remain closed. county and state offices also close Dec 26 and reopen Jan 2, with essential services operating.
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Dillon
Montana Power Company
Leonard Mashino
Power Company
Vigilante Electric
HD Agent's Daughter Killed in Auto Accident
Judy Penwell six, daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Penwell of Bozeman and granddaughter of Mrs Lara B Penwell, home demonstration agent of Beaverhead county, was killed Monday morning December 21 on her way to school. She had often visited Dillon and attended First Baptist day school. Mrs Penwell left for Bozeman after hearing of the crash.
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Judy Penwell
Norman Penwell
Bozeman
Lara B. Penwell
Beaverhead County
Dillon
First Baptist Day School
Stahls Return From Far East
W/O and Mrs. Judson Stahl and their small son have returned from Tokyo Japan and will spend the holidays in Dillon visiting the Talent family and the Stahl family. They will later go to Fort Riley Kansas where W/O Stahl will take an instructor assignment.
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Judson Stahl
Small Son
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Ir. Dillon
Leo Talent
Paul Stahl, Jr
Fort Riley
Kans
O Stahl
The Christmas Angel’s Earthly Christmas Eve Flight
The Christmas Angel surveys earthly homes in a somber mood noting forgetfulness of Christ’s birth and the fading spirit of Christmas. She visits palaces and huts, then returns aloft singing that peace on Earth and goodwill endure, still atop the Christmas tree.
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Heaven
Santa Claus
Lutheran Youth Erect Display
Young people of the Dillon Lu league built and erected a sized Nativity scene on the...
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Lutheran Youth
Dillon Lu League
Vigilante Board Elects Delegates To Big Conclave
The Vigilante Electric Cooperative board met December 19 in Dillon to elect delegates for the national co op conclave to be held January 11 to 14 in Florida. Leo Carmody Cardwell Stanchfield Wise River chaired the meeting with W D Sandy Bridges absent. Nolte warned against federal power marketing shifts requiring rural co ops to pre arrange power needs, risking high rates if excess capacity is contracted to private firms.
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Lante Electric Cooperati
Dillon
Leo Carmody
Cardwell
Stanchfield
Wise’ River
Gates
Fla
W. D. Sandy Bridges
U.S. In Department
Federal Power Marketingt
Nolte
Woulquire Rural Electric
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Lima
Armstead
Nissler Junction
Butte
Jackson
Wiscom
Salmon
Idaho
Marshall Ramsay
Sherf
Calm Moore
Lambert Eliel
Eliel Brothers Department Store
State Bank and Trust Company
First National
Center Street
Gordon Berry
Hawkins
Jack Rees
Berry
Philip A. Duncan
Leonard Schulz
Stahls
the Christmas
Marguerite LaMarche
Pacific Area
Vigilante Board
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