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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1955
Page
14
US Steel prepares for a large shutdown as wage talks with United Steelworkers remain deadlocked. A strike could begin at midnight Thursday, threatening production and the broader economy amid industry high wages and rising costs.
Aaron Crumbley, a Granite City High School student, signs up for a summer cheer course at Uuma State Normal University. He is the only boy in the class, which includes 110 girls.
Sheriff reports a Wyoming rancher killed five members of his family before taking his own life. The victims include Alexander his wife daughter mother and father, found in a rural home near Sublette County. A .30-06 rifle was cited as the weapon.
Washington panel hears exporters from New England and Iowa opposing duty changes in sugar legislation. The hearing targets quotas for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba amid sugar supply concerns and opposition from Cuban interests. Industry figures from New England Export Club and Fort Wedge Laboratories outline stances against Cuba-oriented subsidies and export shifts.
A garbled report discusses U S stockpiling of vanadium in Colorado amid wartime planning. It mentions government agencies like the AKU and AEC, pending mine operations, and a tentative price per pound, with references to processing plants and stockpile totals in four Western states.
The Air Force rejected atomic furnaces for heating the new Air Force Academy and will use natural gas instead. Col. Albert E. Stsitz said a cost study by Syeka and Hennessy found atomic energy uneconomical given time, cost, and construction constraints. Central and service-area plants will use high temperature hot water district systems, with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill advising on mechanical and electrical matters.
A massive tornado ripped through Scottsbluff and nearby areas causing two deaths and at least 39 injuries. The storm damaged housing projects, farms, bridges, and river banks while North Platte and Mitchell saw flood impacts. Emergency crews from Scottsbluff and neighboring regions aided 20 evacuated families as guards assisted in Mitchell and local observers reported hail up to two to three feet in some areas.
Three judges of the Circuit Court of Appeals accepted a disbursement plan by Colorado Interstate Gas Co and ordered all reasonable dispatch in refunds. The plan aims to reimburse about 4.4 million dollars to 252,594 Colorado and Wyoming consumers, with an average home receiving about ten dollars. Colorado Interstate wholesales natural gas to seven retail suppliers in Colorado Springs and Trinidad municipal systems.
Washington Democrats defeated a Republican bid to restore 2 million dollars for Eisenhower’s atomic peace ship exhibit. The missile program funds had been cut in committee and were opposed on a party line vote.
A Florida firm, Water Resources Development Corp., wins a yearlong contract to seed clouds over 3 million acres in county and timberland areas with silver iodide. The operation uses 43 generators and aims to induce rain only under clean atmospheric conditions. The price is under a cent per acre.
Northwest Constructors faced pushback from about 40 farmers in Moctezuma county as they negotiate rights of way for a proposed natural gas line from the San Juan Hasty to the Pacific Northwest. A tentative start in southwest Colorado was outlined, with landowners seeking higher compensation and alternate routing under ongoing discussions.
Reports from oil drilling indicate multiple wildcat efforts in Weld County. Brinkerhoff and Priddy-Union Pacific crews advance in James Sloss-Trinkers area while Pierce covers, Carr Priddy-Union Pacific No L of California, and California survey for an offset near Priddy. Hector Lopez of the Athletics hails from Panama and played last season in Ottawa.
Billy Graham drew about 25 000 attendees in Dortmund Germany for a large public appearance. The tour stop drew substantial crowds as he spoke on faith and moral issues.
Parliament debates Adenauer government proposal to call up volunteers for a provisional army ahead of a future permanent law. West German leaders push to demonstrate readiness to allies and deter Soviet pressure before the Geneva conference next month.
Two Pueblo, Colorado residents convicted last month for conspiring to violently overthrow the government posted a total bond of 20,000 dollars to appeal their convictions and sentences. Scherrer, 35, a Communist party leader in Steel City, was given three years in prison and fined 2,000 dollars. His 36-year-old wife, expecting a baby, received a car prison term and a 1,500-dollar fine. The bonds were posted in district court by a woman who identified herself as Maurine Star-Snick of Adams County.
In Toronto, Donald Mek Wis tied 28 and charged with disturbing the peace in a movie theater. Police say 18 year old Hock of Richmond Hill started a fight with another youth in the theater.
A Royal Court in St Helier sentenced a youth to 12 strokes for stealing a rare item. The Attorney General Cecil S. Morrison recalled prior cases about sent youths for hard labor, noting later outcomes varied and some punished individuals later proved to be innocent or mischaracterized.
Funeral services for Kenneth Ray Simpson of northeast of Ault are set for Thursday at 2 p m at Waldron Mortuary Chapel in Eaton with interment in Eaton Cemetery.
Four men were injured in a plane crash near Casper after authorities blamed insufficient altitude. Pilot Howard Mankins of Odessa Texas failed to clear Casper Mountain, causing the collision. Mankins sustained a head injury, A V Patterson of Odessa suffered facial and limb shock, while Paul Maddox and Earl Mouduth of Fort Collins endured minor injuries.
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