Independent Party candidates win Butte school board race
Harry E. Robinson Jr. and James A. Curtin, Independent Party, won the Butte School District No. 1 trustees seats amid unofficial returns. Voters also approved a two mill levy for Longfellow School construction and a one mill levy for additional teachers and textbooks. Unofficial totals show strong Independent Party control and turnout near 45 percent.
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Harry E. Robinson Jr
James A. Curtin
Independent Party
Butte
Longfellow
Robinson
Curtin
Robert Petersen
John Dahlberg
Petersen
Dahlberg
New Party
Cleveland School
Robinson - Curtin
Independent
Newell Evans
John Kingston
Thomas Stanisich
Charles Nugent
Robert
Washington
Montana
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
Butte Central Round Table
Park County High School
Livingston
Montana State University
Missoula
Hazel Crosby
W. Porphyry
Mr. Curtin
Butte Miners Union No. 1
George Haney
Bank Holdup in Gilmer Nets About $20000
A stocky robber with dark glasses held up First National Bank in Gilmer on a Saturday afternoon. He escaped in a car with a woman and another man, leaving two bundled bundles of $1000 each. Teller Ila Thigpen guarded the vault as the thief grabbed cash and fled during bank construction across the street.
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Gilmer
Tex
First National Bank
D. T. Lloyd
First National
Lloyd
Ila Thigpen
Federal Reserve Bank
Baby Swallows Sliver of Glass in Billings Hospital
An 11 month old named Donald Guptill swallowed a half inch glass sliver while on a Joliet floor. A portable respirator kept him alive during transfer by a Laurel ambulance to a Billings hospital. He remained in fair condition after surgery and faces days under oxygen therapy.
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Billings
Mont
Joliet
Donald Guptill
Donald
Egyptians Hit Israelis at Nine Points
Egyptian commandos struck nine locations along the Gaza Strip after a day of gun duels. An Israeli spokesman said attacks near Ashkelon killed one or more people and that Israeli trucks, settlements, and a water facility were targeted. Arab and Israeli sides accused each other as Dag Hammarskjold arrived for a peace mission.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Strip
Ashkalon
Tel Avi
Khan Yunis
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Rome
Damascus
Syria
Rashad Barmada
Arab League
Cairo
Hammarskjold
Egypt
Fedayeen
Strip
Three Boys Die In Sand Pile Accident At Church Site
Three boys died Saturday night when a dirt pile at a construction project near the Sioux Falls Congregational Church collapsed. Police recovered brothers Dick Soderberg, 7, Gary Soderberg, 5, and Rodney Hanson, 10. The excavation was about 15 feet deep.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Gary Soderberg
Rodney Hanson
Sioux Falls Congregational Church
Opium Seized From Norwegian Freighter Helios
Hong Kong revenue officers seize 130 pounds of opium valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars during a search of the Norwegian freighter Helios on arrival this week from Japan and Manila.
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Hong Kong
Helios
Japan
Manila
Phantsy Phobias and a Want Ad Pitch
A short classified note claims few fear riding in vehicles and promotes a Want Ad service for car or truck purchases. It lists a Ford in good shape with a phantom contact number and a prompt ad writer dial.
U N Envoy Arrives for Middle East Peace Mission
Dag Hammarskjold landed in Rome to pursue a peace mission as fighting between Israelis and Egyptians continued. He met with Henry Vigier and Henry La Bouisse to receive updates on the crisis and plan UN relief and truce operations. Burns was expected to join the talks.
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Rome
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Palestine
Burns
Henry R. la Bouisse
la Bouisse
Vigier
LaBouisse
Montana Democratic farm forum proposes wheat price supports
Montana Democratic regional farm forum leaders gathered in Helena to shape state and national platforms. They summarized 20 regional meetings attended by about 700 people and urged a ceiling on bushels under the price support program with a graduated parity scale and a dollar base, plus penalties for buyers and sellers and a beef price floor with spaying payments.
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Helena
Montana
Democratic Regional Farm Forum
Democratic
Butte Moves Ahead On New Junior High School
Construction on Butte's $2,450,000 Junior High on Grand Avenue resumes after weather pause. By mid summer over 100 workers are expected. project about 30 percent complete with auditorium steel rising. The 36 classroom building will seat 1,800 in a brick reinforced concrete facility with terrazzo floors and birch interior trim.
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Rockies
Butte
Grand Avenue
D. J. Mooney
Cahill - Mooney Construction Co
Walsh Engineering Co
Bozeman Electric Co
Lester Brown
Iraqi Britain bases abandoned in accord with 1955 pact
Baghdad announces all British air force units have left Habbangiah and Shaiba former bases in Iraq. The move follows the Iraq Britain agreement signed on April 4, 1955.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Habbangiah
Shaiba
Ira
Britain
Aronson Sees Eisenhower in White House Call
Montana Governor J Hugo Aronson visited the White House on a social call to meet President Dwight Eisenhower. He spent most time with Sherman Adams and attended a luncheon hosted by Adams.
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Washington
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Aronson
Sherman Adams
Adams
AIME National President to Visit Butte
AIME national president Co E Reistle Jr of Humble Oil will visit Montana section of the Institute in Butte from Sunday to Tuesday. A banquet at Finlen Hotel Monday night will honor him with speeches on petroleum industry. He and party will attend a luncheon, a Montana School of Mines convocation, and a Kelley Mine underground tour.
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Institute
R. E. O’brien
Salt Lake City
Butte
Reistle
Committee On
Montana
Finlen Hotel
Silver Bow
Dr. van Pelt
van Pelt
Finlen
Montana School of Mines
Kelley Mine
Mr. Reistle
Denver
Colo
University of Oklahoma
Guide Found Frozen to Death in Valley Blanche
In Chamonix France an Alpine guide Paul DeMarchi was found frozen to death after an excursion from Chamonix toward Courmayeur Peak. His ski instructor companion and pupil remained missing with hope they may be found alive amid the bitter cold.
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Chamonix
France
Valley Blanche
Courmayeur Peak
Paul DeMarchi
Republican Women Conference Set in Butte April 14
Delegates from ten southwest Montana counties will gather in Butte at Hotel Finlen for a Republican Women’s Conference. National committeewomen Mrs. J Neal Tourtelette and Mrs. Barbara Gunderson will speak. Mrs. Bertha Weiloff opens the meeting. Reservations via Mrs. William Nance.
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Montana
Butte
Treasure State
Finlen
Lewis and Clark
Powell, Granite
Deer Lodge
Gallatin
Jefferson
Broadwater
Madison
Beaverhead
Silver Bow
Kalispell
Missoula
Wolf Point
Havre
Billings
Miles City
J. Neal Tourtelette
Seattle
Barbara Gunderson
South Dakota
Bertha Weiloff
Lewistown
Montana Federation Wrc
Howard Y. Williams
Weiloff
Mayo Story Dean
Washington
Montana Federation
Los Angeles Becomes Third Most Populous City
U S Census figures show Los Angeles edging Philadelphia to become the nation s third most populous city behind New York and Chicago. LA count 2 241 433. New York 7 891 957. Chicago 3 602 962. Philadelphia around 2 161 000.
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Los Angeles
U. S.S. Census Bureau
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Orissa Faces Deadly Wildlife Threats After Year of Attacks
From Cuttack reports indicate snakes killed 850 people in Orissa last year amid six man-eating tigers still at large. The state with over a million residents sees dozens of deaths in 1955 and 43 in January and February, prompting alarm over wildlife.
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New Delhi
Orissa
Cuttack
Democratic Leaders Fight To Escape Do Nothing Tag
Congress returns from a 10 day Easter break aiming to push major bills. Democrats seek quick action on a social security reform and a CIA oversight bill while funding fights and school aid remain contested. The Senate faces Byrd's absence due to surgery as they assess farm, interstate highway, and foreign aid measures.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Benson Says Farm Bill Not for Him
President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson discussed the new farm bill and Benson called it not acceptable. The bill includes a soil bank payments plan but features strong administration opposition such as 90 percent mandatory supports for basic crops this year. Senator Aiken said Congress will try to make the bill acceptable to the administration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Benson
Senate House
James C. Hagerty
White House
Senate
House
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Probers Censure Lawyers in Gas Bill Inquiry
A bipartisan Senate committee censured two lawyers from Superior Oil Co. of Los Angeles over a $2500 campaign contribution used to influence Senator Francis Case on a natural gas bill. The panel said the affair showed irresponsibility, though it found no bribe or bribery attempt and held CEO Howard B. Keck partly responsible for the lawyers actions.
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Washington
Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
Superior Oil Co
Los Angeles
Howard B. Keck
Oil and
Case
Montana Weather Report Section Summary
Montana forecast splits east and west regions with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers. East expected high 48 to 55 Sunday with little temp change. Monday shows possible mountain showers. West range 45 to 55 Sunday with increasing clouds and late showers into Monday. no major temperature shift.
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Montana
Algeria Faces Bloodiest Fighting in Rebellion
Algeria reports nearly 230 killed in clashes across Djourf, Nedromah, and Constantine amid French calls for 200,000 more troops. LaCoste says a summer deadline to settle the Algerian question, with negotiations with Morocco and upcoming U N debates adding pressure.
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Algiers
Algeria
Robert LaCoste
Djourf
Nementcha
Nedromah
Constantine
LaCoste
Paris
U. N. General Assembly
Morocco
France
U. N
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U.S
By Jack Bell
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Sonnnreneonen
Cut Bank
Dillon Senneesrens
Drummond
Glasgow
Aenneenene
Great Falls
Weer
Kalispellee
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