No Comment on Depression Area Legislation In Senate
The No Comment column notes Senate moves toward depressed area legislation to fund and locate factories in high unemployment zones. Provisions include up to 324 million in federal financing, 75 percent loan support, 50 million for roads and facilities, plus technical aid. Critics warn of expanded federal control over contracts and direct local dealings bypassing states.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Sen
Douglas
Right or Wrong by George M. Melton
A Dillon city election preview reveals two voter camps behind the scenes. The commissioner recalls distrust of officials and pressure to target specific city departments while anonymity shields many callers. Continued on Page 8.
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George M. Melton
Dillon
Gaul
Chief of Police
Okeh
Al Sartori to Attend Moose Lodge Ceremonies
Dillon Loyal Order of Moose plans a Saturday program for March 30 honoring Albert J. Sartori of Spokane past supreme governor. Events include a 6:30 pot luck supper for members and candidates, 7:30 initiation, 8:30 address by Sartori, and 9:30 entertainment with Neil W. Byers and lodge guests from Montana.
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Dillon Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose
Albert J. Sartori
Spokane
Supreme Governor
Supreme Lodge
Montana
Bay Resigns as Mayor Candidate After Filing Deadline
Arthur Bay withdrew from the Citizens' Party mayoral race citing business and personal reasons. His resignation leaves the Citizens' Party ticket with A. C. Cochrane replacing Erwin Christensen for alderman in Ward 4. Ballots were printed and 1,905 electors are listed across four city wards.
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Arthur Bay
Bay
Citizens’ Party
A. C. Cochrane
Erwin Christensen
Progressive
Weston D. Strasser
Carl Robertson
Guild Hall
City Hall
Metlen
Bagley School
Progressive Party
Phillip J. Lovell
Robert J. Harrison
Phillip J. Cottom
T. W. Sargent
Dean Wright
Paul E. Puyear
E. W.bond
Matt Orr
Arlo Herman
Three Men Escape From Beav erhead River Crash
Three truck drivers Bert Henderson Harold Weeks and Jim Combes survived a crash when their car plunged upside down into a deep hole in the Beaverhead river south of Dillon. They escaped after kicking open a door and were treated for shock and minor injuries.
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Lima
Dillon
Beaverhead
Jim Combes
Bert Henderson
Harold Weeks
Beaverhead River
Royal Archer
North Dakota
Barrett Hospital
Henderson
Combs
Weeks
Buck Grain and Produce Company
Archer
Payne Smith Award To Be WMCE Scholarship
The Payne Smith Memorial Scholarship honors Dillon's five airplane crash victims. The fund, raised by Beaverhead County through $300 in donations, funds one annual scholar per year for three years at Western Montana College of Education. Eligibility centers on Beaverhead County High School seniors with emphasis on scholarship, character, activities, and financial need.
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Western College
Dillon
Don Smith
Anna Lou
Debra
Weldon Payne
Reed
Les Smith
Burt Oliphant
Martha Greene
Bill Bruer
Payne-Smith
Western Montana College of Education
Beaverhead County High School
WMCE
BCHS
Seventh Annual Square Dance Festival Draws Large Crowd
Beaverhead County Farm Bureau sponsored festival at Western College gym drew one of the largest county crowds. Grand march led by Walter Swartz and Kenneth Morrison. master of ceremonies W E Fry. Junior trophy to Beehives and Scouts LDS. Senior trophy to Mixed Squares. Fifteen groups from Grant Armstead Dell Glen Lima Nelson Riverside and Dillon performed. Music by Hill Billy Orchestra Norman Downing Kenneth Downing Harvey Whittington.
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Beaverhead
Walter Swartz
Kenneth Morrison
Norman Downing
Azile Garrison
Swartz
W. E. Fry
Joe Renfro
Frank Richards
Donna Nelson
A. C. Connie
Grant
Armstead
Dell
Glen
Lima
Nelson
Riverside
Dillon
Hill Billy Orchestra
Norman
Kenneth Downing
Harvey Whittington
Cancer Crusade officers named for Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County unit president Mrs J H Gilbert announces 1957 Cancer Crusade officers and area chairmen. Secretary treasurer Mrs Paul Temple. education chair Mrs Dan Piccone. service chair Mrs Fred Eudaily. publicity chair George R Baker. Area chairs include Dillon residents Albert Cochrane Harry Lapham Leoa Parks Monida John Judge Polaris Maggie Bryan Glen Walter Goose Wise River Tom Cantrell Lima Lee Martinell Dell Dick McNinch Frank Lightfoot Jackson Harry Rutledge Wisdom Dell Mulliner Grant John Hand Armstead R C Gravely Armstead George Webster Victor Carrigan Gayle Chaffin Dillon South Dan Ibey Malesich Dillon North.
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Beaverhead County
J. H. Gilbert
Paul Temple
Dan Piccone
Fred Eudaily
George R. Baker
Albert Cochrane
Dillon
Harry Lapham
Leoa Parks
Monida
John Judge
Polaris
Maggie Bryan
Glen
Walter Goose
Wise River
Tom Cantrell
Lima
Lee Martinell
Dell
Dick McNinch
Frank Lightfoot
Jackson
Harry Rutledge
Wisdom
Dell Mulliner
Grant
John Hand
Argenta
R. C. Gravely
Armstead
George Webster
Victor Carrigan
Gayle Chaffin
Dillon South
Dan Ibey
Malesich
Dillon North
Jaycee Jayceen State Meeting Sees 200 Reservations in Jackson
More than 200 reservations indicate strong Jaycee and Jayceen turnout for the Spring Board meeting to be held in Jackson at the Diamond Bar Inn this Friday through Sunday. National Jaycee President Wendell H Ford will arrive Saturday afternoon, address the banquet, and highlight Jaycee progress.
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Jaycee
Jackson
Dillon Jaycee
Theodore Hazelbaker
Jaycees
Montana
Diamond Bar Inn
Wendell H Ford
Butte
Jack
Wendell H. Ford
Owensboro
Tulsa
Okla
Alaska
Hawaii
Ford
United States
State Official to Attend Start of Cancer Campaign in Dillon
Mrs. J. H. Gilbert announced that Clarence Morrill executive director of the Montana Division of the American Cancer Society will visit Dillon on Monday April 1. He will show Cancer A Research Story at 9:00 a.m. address students at Western College then the Mrs. Kirk Fox class at Beaverhead High School at 10:00 a.m. and speak at a 1:30 p.m. luncheon with 75 Beaverhead unit volunteers. At 6:30 p.m. Rotary Kiwanis will hear a film Alexander s Ten Spot and talk. Beaverhead county's 1957 cancer fund quota is 1750.
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J. H. Gilbert
Beaverhead
American Cancer Society
Clarence Morrill
Dillon
Morrill
Montana
Society
Western College
Ruth Greenfield
Alexander
Gilbert
Cancer Fund
Beaverhead County
Ranch and Farm Jobs Opening up
With milder weather ranch and farm job openings rise quickly. Paul Stahl Jr of the local office reports brisk placements for spring plowing, calving, and lambing. Construction work remains idle and unlikely for weeks. Tungsten mining at Glen by Minerals Engineering Co idles many workers with potential revival tied to government stockpile funding. Other county mines plan gradual resumption.
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Paul Stahl, Jr
Stahl
Glen
Minerals Engineering Company
Montana Supreme Court Reverses Tax Ruling on Tungsten Mine
The Montana Supreme Court reversed a lower court and held Minerals Engineering Co. owes $36,896 in taxes on tungsten proceeds from Beaverhead County in 1954. The decision, written by Associate Justice R. V. Bottomly, upholds the Montana Board of Equalization regarding subsidy payments being taxable.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Minerals Engineeering Co
State of Montana
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Martha Greene
Victor H. Fall
Montana Board of Equalization
General Services Administration
Tax Board
Supreme ‘Court
State Board of Equalization
R. V. Bottomly
Weather Summary at Western College Stays Cool
The week continued cool with occasional snow flurries. Past storms left heavy snow cover on high hills and valleys.
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Western College
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Finley Peter Dunne
al Sartori
Moose Lodge
WMC
Cancer Crusade
Minerals Company
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