Churchill bids farewell in London as resignation looms
Sir Winston Churchill hosted about 50 guests at 10 Downing Street in what was believed to be his farewell party as prime minister. He is expected to resign and hand in his letter to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, with Anthony Eden set to succeed him. The House of Commons recesses for Easter, and Butler must present the budget before dissolution.
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London
Winston Churchill
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
Downing St
Churchill
Labor Party
Buckingham Palace
Palace
St. James’s Park
Anthony Eden
Woodford
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
No Big Military Manpower Cuts Set Plan
Secretary of Defense Wilson and Adm. Radford told Congress there will be no further major manpower cuts beyond those planned. They backed a long term defense program favoring nuclear weapons and reduced manpower, with overall active forces held near 2.86 million by June 30, 1956. The Army bears most of the reductions, with smaller Navy and Marine cuts and a small Air Force increase.
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Adm
Arthur Radford
Congress
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Radford
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Robert Anderson
Department of Defense
Army
Air Force
Autopsy body of Medric LaRoque in trailer fire death
An autopsy found Medric Joseph LaRoque 27 died by suffocation and burning in a trailer blaze at the Unit Trailer Court in Anaconda. Fire officials believe the fire was fed by oil in the heating apparatus as LaRoque tried to escape. He had been linked to Montana gas tax refund swindle and was previously jailed in Missoula.
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Anaconda
Medric Joseph LaRoque
LaRoque
R. F. Peterson
Butte
A. A. Longfellow
Longfellow
Los Angeles
Montana
Anaconda Reduction Works
Russell Mattern
Eugene C. McBride
Walter Riley
William Ehlafald
Savina Cecconi
Roque
John H. Magann
Arthur Longfellow
Thomas D. Savage
Michael T. Morris
Frank LaForest
Patrick Laughlin
Francis Chamrau
Missoula
Martinsdale Snowbound After Record Montana Storm
Martinsdale, Mont patients reports show the town cut off as roads are drifted by a historic snowstorm. Officials say no snow on ground locally though drifts reach up to 12 feet and more than two feet fell in 48 hours.
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Montana
State's Worst Storm in Years Strands Hundreds of Cars
Montana plows freed hundreds of stalled vehicles as spring storm snarled central areas. At least two deaths were blamed, with one 14 month old killed in an auto crash near Great Falls and a trailer fire in Anaconda. Snowdrifts reached twelve feet in Billings. trains halted freight service. many schools closed. telephone and traffic disrupted.
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Associated Press
Montana
Great Falls
Carla Virtala
Medric Laroque
Anaconda
Greyhound
Wolf Creek
U. S. 91
Billings
Paul Kober
Columbus
U. S. Highway 10
Livingston
Northern Pacific Railway
Laurel
Brady Area
Gary Collins
al Christman
Cascade County
Highways Still Are Dangerous in Butte Vicinity
A spring storm left Butte highways slippery and dangerous with buses limited to the west and south and east schedules canceled. A possible break in weather is forecast Tuesday with cloudier skies clearing and a high near 35.
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Western Air Lines
Highway Department
Harding Way
MacDonald Pass
Boulder Hill
Anaconda
Blizzard Lashes New England with Snow and Outages
A violent spring blizzard struck New England on Monday, dumping up to 30 inches of snow in places. Two deaths were recorded. ski resorts and roads were blocked as thousands of vehicles stalled. Power lines fell, cutting electricity to communities while the Berkshire Hills saw heavy 24 inch accumulations and Cape Cod faced 50 mph winds. Hotels crowded with displaced travelers in Pittsfield as transport clogged.
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New England
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Mass
Cape Cod
Wanted Ad Help Boost Your Household Budget
A local advice note says the worst fault of parents is bad disposition and promotes Want Ads as a smart way to save money. Call 5451 to place a sweet disposition ad for filling vacancies selling used items hiring help or recovering lost articles. An advertiser reports Bendix automatic washer selling for 35 dollars. Ph. 0000.
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Bendix
Palm Sunday Rail Tragedies Kill Thirteen in Mexico
Mexican Railways report two express derailments during Palm Sunday weekend. A National Railways crash near the Canyon of Death in Nayarit state killed 13 and injured about 90 as travelers rode from Guadalajara to Manzanillo. In Sinaloa, the Pacifico Railroad crash near Culiacan injured 17. 13 hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.
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Sinaloa State
Pacifico Railroad
Nogales
Ariz
Culiacan
Mazatlan
China Stalin Purged, Kao Kang Purportedly Kills Self
Peiping radio reports Kao Kang, longtime leader in China's 5 year plan and pro Russian faction, purged from the party and alleged to have committed suicide after a conference in Peiping. Jao Shu shih is said to be alive, charged with conspiring to seize party and state leadership during a purge driven by Central Committee actions.
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Red China
Communist Party
Peiping
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Jao Shu-shih
Shanghai
Jao
East China
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Central Committee
Mao Tze-tung
Communist China
Stassen and McClellan discuss Pakistan grain project
Sen. McClellan and Harold Stassen met to bridge differences over the Pakistan grain storage project. McClellan pledged a full inquiry while Stassen agreed to testify Wednesday on why Agricultural Construction Co. of Los Angeles was chosen amid complaint of lower bids from Kansas City firms.
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D-Ark
Harold E. Stassen
McClellan
Stassen
Pakistan
Senate
Foreign Operations Administration
FOA
Goa
FDA
McClelland
State, Justice
Defense Department
Agricultural Construction Co
Los Angeles
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Kansas City
Bulldozer Delivers Expectant Mothers in Sheridan Snow
In Sheridan Wyoming a bulldozer replaced a taxi to haul pregnant women to the hospital after a three foot snowfall. The vehicle made three trips through heavy drifts as mothers-to-be awaited childbirth in the next hours.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Governor Names Wesley Castles as His Secretary
Wesley Castles, currently director of Montana's Unemployment Compensation Commission, is appointed executive secretary to Gov. J. Hugo Aronson, succeeding Fred J. Martin. Chadwick H. Smith will replace Castles as UCC director. Both take effect May 12, with gradual transition. Castles, 36, Missoula county prosecutor and former Army criminal investigator, was named outstanding young Montanan of 1951 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Wesley Castles
Montana
Unemployment Compensation Commission
J. Hugo Aronson
Fred J. Martin
Chadwick H. Smith
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UCC
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Missoula County
Superior
Montana State University
Missoula
Castles and Luedkein
Malenkov Appears at Hungary Tribute in Moscow
Former Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov resurfaced at a Moscow party honoring Hungary after two weeks of absence from public events. He resigned on February 8 citing inexperience and blamed his failure in advancing agriculture. last appeared March 23 at the Supreme Soviet opening.
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Moscow
Georgi M. Malenkov
Hungary
Malenkov
Supreme Soviet
Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic
Sullivan Wins Butte Mayoral Race In 1940 General
Democratic incumbent Tim J. Sullivan were reelected mayor of Butte with 5,331 votes against Republican Thomas R. Morgan who polled 4,340. Sullivan also led the Seventh Ward aldermanic contests while Lindquist held the Eighth Ward seat, leaving the council with 15 Democrats and one Republican.
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Tim J. Sullivan
Butte
Mr. Sullivan
Thomas R. Morgan
Sullivan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
The
Sullivan Valve and Engineering
Walter A. Sullivan
James C. Kelly
J. A. Kissock
T. J. Carrig
R. E. Jones
Larry McAllister
Kissock
Carrig
Mr. Jones
Mr. McAllister
John Lindquist
J. D. Armstrong
Lindquist
Mr. Armstrong
Earl MeeCarthy
Seton
Holland
Thomas R Morgan
Manslaughter trial jury selection continues in Dietrich case
District Court in Butte spends Tuesday interviewing prospective jurors in the manslaughter trial of 17 year old Craig Dietrich charged in the death of 47 year old William C. Sagar on a Butte street. Both sides group admits 14 of 45 venire remain to be questioned as peremptory challenges dwindle. The state plans to call at least 25 witnesses, defense undecided. Dietrich sits with his parents as attorneys and court reporters frame the day’s proceedings.
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Craig Dietrich
T. E. Downey
Dietrich
William C. Sagar
Butte
David L. Holland
R. Lewis Brown
N. A. Rotering
John T. Prothero
Frank V. Rice
John B. McClernan
E. L. Rosellini
Downey
Rosellini
Sagar
Whitmore Loses $10 in Stamps Between Post Office and Chamber
Mrs. Whitmore of 1500 Carolina reported to Butte police that she lost ten dollars in two cent stamps between the Butte Post Office and the Chamber of Commerce on Monday afternoon.
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Butte
Weather Outlook For Butte And Montana Tuesday
Warm Tuesday with decreasing clouds. In Butte expect a high around 35 and a low near 19. Montana east sees diminishing snow in southeast and south central areas, west slightly warmer, highs 30 to 40, then partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday. Montana west mostly cloudy Tuesday, partly cloudy Wednesday with rising temperatures, highs 35 to 45.
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Montana
Three Pilots Die in Single United Airlines Crash
A United Airlines DC6 airliner crashed on takeoff from MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma New York killing three pilots Henry Dozier 40 Stanley C Hoyt 45 and Vernis H Webb 35 all aboard were crew on a routine check flight with no passengers aboard. The four engine plane dove exploded and burned after lifting about 150 feet debris spread over a quarter mile area.
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United Airlines
MacArthur Airport
Here
Henry Dozier
Montclair
Stanley C. Hoyt
Hicksville
Vernis H. Webb
New York City
United
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