No Comment on Labor Reform Deliberations in Congress
Washington observers weigh whether Congress will pass remedial labor laws amid McClellan Committee findings. Rep. Leslie Arends warns public opinion must press for action to curb alleged union monopoly power and graft, signaling possible shift toward stronger reforms.
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Washington
Congress
Leslie C. Arends
R-Il
House
McClellan
Executive Branch
Arends
Labor
Mitchell
Right or Wrong By George M. Melton
An essay praising the computer as a profound 20th century development compares it to nuclear energy and automation. It explains binary coding, units resembling jukeboxes and filing cabinets, and storage on magnetic tape and core memory as the machine processes data.
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Sputnik
R. J. Cordiner
General Electric
haXsip
Gottfried Leibnitz
Farm Operators Must Report By December 31
December 31, 1957 is the final date for completing Agricultural Conservation Program practices and for reporting unreported work to the ASC office. Extension may be granted if the county committee approves, allowing payment for 1957 work and completion under the 1958 program.
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Art Bay
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Bay
Silas Dishno To Hold Open House On 100th Birthday
Silas C. Dishno, longtime Big Hole Basin rancher and Missoula resident, invites Beaverhead County friends to an open house at his Missoula home on stated date to celebrate his 100th birthday. He remains active and could pass for a man in his sixties. He previously lived in Dillon before moving to Missoula at 518 West Spruce Street.
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Silas C. Dishno
Big Hole Basin
Beaverhead County
Missoula
Dillon
Dishne
West
Spruce Street
Bulldogs Sweep Vikings On Home Court For Season Openers
Western's Bulldogs improved to eight wins and two losses by defeating the Ricks College Vikings 86-71 and 89-81 on their home floor last weekend. Gary Cooper led with 27 points in the first game, Ray Scott added 18 and 12 rebounds, while Dave Staddon scored 20 for Rick’s. in the second, Cooper had 19, Nield 17, Scott 11, and Staddon was held to 10.
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Western
Bulldogs
Ricks College
Idaho
Vikings
Viking
Ray Scott
Gary Cooper
Scott
Jim Jenkins
Dave Staddon
Cooper
Max Nield
Staddon
Ricks
Rest Homes Get Television Sets In Community Drive
Dillon Soroptimists announced last Saturday that television sets have been installed for residents at the Christian and Riverview Rest Homes. The club funded the project through a successful fundraising campaign as part of its community service program.
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Dillon Soroptimists
Christian
Riverview
Club
Beaverhead County First to Exceed 1956 Seal Sale
John C. Garry, chairman, reports Beaverhead County is the first in Montana to surpass last year's seal sale contributions. A telegram from the Montana Tuberculosis Association headquarters commends the county and credits the public’s wholehearted response for the record.
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Beaverhead County
John C. Garry
Montana v Tuberculosis Association
Garry
Mill near Glen delays as shipment of equipment arrives
Minerals Engineering Company mill near Glen, switching from tungsten to manganese processing, is delayed by late equipment. Attorney Leonard Schulz says the shipment was due Monday for installation, and operations will begin once the gear is in place. The Hogback manganese mine along the Big Hole River remains in operation with ore stockpiled for processing.
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Minerals Engineering Company
Glen
Leonard Schulz
Schulz
Hogback
Big Hole
Farm Bureau Board Protests Highway Building Policies
The Montana Farm Bureau Board of Directors met in Bozeman on December 18 to review policies from the Miles City meeting and address usual business. They protest the Highway Department actions on interstate defense highway planning, urging more hearings and consideration of landowner proposals, noting potential mileage changes from Billings to Livingston and economic impact.
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Montana Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Bozeman
Miles City
Montana Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Montana Highway Department
Highway Department
Montana Farm Bureau Federation
Billings
Livingston
Yellowstone River
Terms of District Court for 1958 set by judge
Judge Philip C. Duscan of the Fifth Judicial District announced the regular court terms for 1958 in Beaverhead Jefferson and Madison counties. Court will convene at 10 oclock on each listed start date including January April July and October sessions.
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Philip C. Duscan
Fifth Judicial District Court
Beaverhead County
Jefferson County
Madison County
New Phone Book Features 1700 Dillon Numbers
W L Albertson announces a new telephone directory covering Dillon and 11 nearby communities. The directory will show a overall telephone increase of about two percent from last year, with over 1700 phones in Dillon and 200 in Lima, serving more than 31 000 telephones in the area. Basin and Twin Bridges report fewer phones than last year.
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Dillon
W. L. Albertson
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Exchange
Lima
Butte
Anaconda
Basin
Deer Lodge
Drummond
Philipsboro
Sheridan
Virginia City
Twin Bridges
Whitehall
Basin and Twin Bridges
Albertson
Worst-Sheer Elks New Years Eve Party Notice
Teen-Hoppers translate a record for a New Years Eve event at Guild Hall from 9 to 12. The notice blends playful slang with confusing phrases and invites a wide, mixed crowd to attend the party.
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Guild Hall
Snowplane Helps Save Church In Fire At Wisdom
A wild fire in Wisdom Beaverhead County destroyed Clyde Carney’s home and damaged the Big Hole Community church next door. No one was injured. Firefighters rushed to the scene after alarms sounded by Mrs. Chorn and neighbors. Ed Glassey used a snowplane to direct a wind and help push flames away from the church.
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Butte Post
Beaverhead County
Clyde Carney
Big Hole
Southern Montana Telephone Co
George Helming
Jackson
Ed Glassey
Bartender Charged With Illegal Sale of Beer to Minor
A Dillon bartender was charged Wednesday night with selling beer to a minor. Bond set at 200 dollars for appearance Friday in Justice Court before Judge R L. Later. Officers said the bartender allegedly sold beer to a member of a party of minors.
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Dillon
Justice Court
R. L
Beaverhead Cattlemen Attend Tax Study Council Meeting
Montana stock growers including Beaverhead ranchers attended the Montana Stock Growers Association tax study committee session in Helena. MSGA president J S Brenner presided. speakers included Alex Christie, S P Meade, and Dale Metlen. Attendees voted to continue tax study work and form two committees to study property classification and a proposed state sales tax impact on cattle business.
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Helena
Beaverhead
Montana
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
J. S. Brenner
Grant
MSGA
Alex Christie
Dillon
Everhead
Dale Metlen
Armstead
Alan Bradley to become Missoula mayor January sixth
Alan T. Bradley son of Mr and Mrs Taylor A. Bradley of Dillon will assume the Missoula mayor’s office January 6 after the city commission accepted Dr F Gordon Reynolds’s resignation. Bradley, 36, started his Dillon electric sign business after World War II and moved it to Missoula in 1952. He is next in line after Reynolds in the line of succession. Bradley attended Beaver County High School and Eastern College, is married to Ethel Mary Forrester, and has four children Ray 14 Alan Jr 10 Ray 5 and Forrey 3. His parents are visiting in Billings over the Christmas holiday.
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Alan T. Bradley
Taylor A. Bradley
Dillon
Missoula
Beaverhead County
F. Gordon
Reynolds
Bradley
A Bradley
Beaver County High School
Astern College
Ethel Mary Forrester
Roy Forrester
Ray Forrester
Bradleys
Ray
Alan,Jr
Forrey
Taylor Bradley
Mosearts
Week's Weather Record for Dillon Area
Mil d weather through the week ended Tuesday afternoon. a sleet and snowstorm on Monday added .03 inches of precipitation and created driving hazards. Christmas Day temperatures ranged from 25 to 41 degrees. Western College weather notes show daily readings from Dec 20 to Dec 24 with average weekly high and low near 39 and 20.
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Dillon
Western College
Toone
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James W. Boothat
George M. Melton
Silas Dishno
Mark
Farm Bureau Board
Wisdom
Beaverhad
Tax Study Council
Alan Bradley
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